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Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:01 am to Mr Breeze
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Out of boot you feel invincible, you're not but you feel that way. I remember boot camp as if it was yesterday, as all former Marines do with great fondness. It's where we became Marines. S/F brothers.
Yep, to this day I still have the can do in me.
Got to love it at mess hall time when the DI tells everybody that we fixing to eat duck. Yep, duck the frick in and duck the frick out.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:02 am to deeprig9
It's important to remember that 95% of veterans went to the last hard basic training.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:02 am to GeorgeTheGreek
Lol terrible troll attempt
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:11 am to Mr Breeze
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:11 am to lsucoonass
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And he’s in another movie prior to this as a DI, can’t remember the full title. “Charlie Company” was part of the movie’s name
The boys of company C .
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:13 am to fishfighter
I can stll hear one of the DS from another Platoon yelling "Cram & Jam, Cram & Jam, choke that Sh!t on a Shingle down, and move!"..
Not good for the digestion.
Not good for the digestion.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:14 am to fishfighter
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DI tells everybody that we fixing to eat duck.
Ours called it "Russian" duck.....you're gonna rush the frick in and duck the frick out.
They would also say " when the guide is done...you're all done." The guide was the last one in line at the chow hall...if you were close to him in line, you better start shoveling shite down your mouth. Seemed like our guide could eat in two minutes or less every time.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:21 am to deeprig9
Went through much later, but it was still a fricking shock to go through at 18. Definitely wakes you up to how stupid the others in your platoon are. FMJ was fairly accurate but the DIs I remember were much more intimidating than Ermery and would spazz our way harder than he did. If you did anything wrong, you had 3 DIs in your face in 2 seconds screaming as loud as possible and within 1 inch of you. Don’t remember any racial slurs but I do remember waking up in the middle of the night to some of the kids getting the shite beat out of them in the middle of the night in the ‘gear locker’ for fricking up too bad on a few occasions.
This post was edited on 5/25/20 at 8:24 am
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:47 am to TDcline
I went in at 28, I was old man
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:57 am to Beessnax
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Fort Jackson, SC in 1981 was very similar.
Tank Hill!
Yessir!!
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:57 am to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
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Are the two of you still together?
Thanks
I got a full “tee-hee” out of that one.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:59 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR
quote:197th Infantry Brigade. The "Dollar Ninety-Seven" was their "informal" nickname on post.
Tank Brigade
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:59 am to deeprig9
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how much was embellishment
not much
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:01 am to lsucoonass
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Relaxing Jackson
Obviously you weren’t there.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:11 am to lsucoonass
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went in at 28, I was old man
Holy shite. That’s old for Marines. Hats off to you.
We had a guy who was like 34 in boot camp with us. 34 is still relatively young, but the Drill Instructors called him “grand old man of the Marine Corps” every time they saw him. Anyway, dude ended up breaking his leg and tearing a bunch of shite up in his knee on the crucible, but he finished the crucible and minimized everything until graduation day. He made it through boot camp and was medically separated upon graduation. He’s 100% paid for the rest of his life. Baw was from New Orleans and used to run a bar down there. No clue if he posts here, but really cool guy.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:13 am to deeprig9
My dad served in the 1950’s and served in Korea. He said he made many friends during boot camp but his best was a Puerto Rican guy from New York which the Drill Sergeant hated. My dad said he just gave him shite every day. The day that they finished boot camp the drill sergeant told my dad’s friend I wish you had the balls to fight me ,so the Puerto Rican told him let’s go. They go behind the barracks and sergeant takes off his stripes. The sergeant didn’t know that my dad’s friend was New York Golden Gloves champion. Dad said he put an arse whipping on the sergeant
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:21 am to cubsfan5150
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AF basic in 1999
Probably just like the marines in the 70s...
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:31 am to touchdownjeebus
1969, Army Basic Training, FT Bliss, TX is where I was first introduced to the lovely little drill called "This is my rifle, this is my gun." The offending individual got to watch as his whole platoon got to perform this lovely ritual.
We also got to perform the manual of arms using our foot lockers. Now that was a challenge.
We also got to perform the manual of arms using our foot lockers. Now that was a challenge.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:34 am to Wolfhound45
Bingo, that was them. Remember the patch.
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