re: Question for OT Marines

Went to Parris Island in May 91. My “heavy”, or junior green-belt DI was mean as hell…never off, always seemed madder than a bathed cat. Two years later I went to OCS and that Marine was my Senior DI. Different role entirely. My experience was similar to TexanTiger…tough, but a truly indelible, positive experience. I’m still in but haven’t been back to PI since. PCS’ing back there this summer. Can’t freakin wait. Geaux Tigers and Semper Fi.

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my Coast Guard boot camp class.

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Man get that bullshite out of here

I've heard interviews where R. Lee Ermy said in real life DIs were not as hard was the way he played Gunny Hartman.

I know nothing personally, I went through AF basic in 86, it was like cub scout camp, expect not as hard.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to speak in multiple syllables and 5+ letter words. Please tell me you’re at least a jarhead and not any of the others.

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BeerThirty

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Baw, I know you meant well, but you can’t come into a thread about Marine Corps boot camp talking about your basic training experience in the Coast Guard

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Bend and thrusts

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Begin bitch
Faster faster faster
Fly fly fly
STOP

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Pvt Pyle was a special case, probably intended to represent the draftees who in other times would have been rejected as unsuitable for military service.

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Stupid question that I should know the answer to, but did the USMC take draftees in the Vietnam era? I always assumed all the draftees went to the Army/Navy.

Edit: never mind, google answered my question. Answer is yes, the Marines did take draftees. Never would have guessed.

Just for historical perspective, my father went through Army Basic Training in the early sixties, just before Vietnam started revving up to full speed. His Drill SGT was a WWII/Korea Lieutenant Colonel who had been RIF'd back down to NCO and was just putting in his time to retirement, when he would retire at his former LTC rank. He gave zero fricks. It wasn't always harder back in the day.

In 1994 I arrived in PI on the same day the DI said "eye balls" at the swimming pool and blew his brains out in front of a bunch of recruits.

1st and 2nd Battalion was near the brass so DIs had to watch their six always but 3rd Battalion out in the sticks seemed to have a lot of rumors of shenanigans.

Seen a recruit scratch his nose for sand fleas in formation and the DI made him keep scratching until he bled.

Seen a recruit get thrashed daily at the rifle range. DI made him takes his boots off and bury them in the sand. Spent more time in the sand pit than actual snapping in. Rifle qual day came and the guy shot well below passing score and he gets up, hits our shooting instructor with the rifle, then points the weapon at our DI and the company commander. Series Gunny walks up to him and rips the rifle right out his hands. A few Marines tackle him and he was arrested. Pretty sure I left PI before that recruit did.