[Doctor 2Brains]

For later

[Enlightened1]

LOL!

The Marine Drill Instructors in the 2nd half of this video is exactly the way I remember it at Parris in the early 1990s.

[gfbtbb]

Just an act they learn to put on for the kids.

[doorgunner69]

BFL

[Gay State Conservative]

Our Drill Sergeants at Fort Knox (1969) were as tough as nails.SSG Freuhauf had done tours in Korea and Vietnam and SGT King had just finished his second tour of Vietnam.

OTOH,I've heard it often said that Marine DI's are the biggest pansies you'll ever see.

[PROCON]

I was in Army AIT training at Ft. Sill, OK in 1976 in the field artillery. Marines were also there for field artillery training in the barracks next door.

That Marine DI put those poor marines thru hell; outside footlocker inspections at 0200, etc.

We had it relatively better as most of us had our mosquito wings by then and the Marine or Army DI's didn't mess with us...

[BBell]

Physically, Marine boot camp was not bad. Training was not bad either.

But what I did not expect was all the physiological B.S. That is what almost pushed me over the edge.

BTW, two things I learned in Marine Basic Training were how to hold my bladder and how to hold my bowels .

[lakecumberlandvet]

October 1968. The month and year that I realized that I’d really stepped in it when I arrived at Great Lakes boot camp. Learned real quick to do as I was told. Mostly worked but still got yelled at from time to time. Navy instructors could yell as loud as any Army or Marine instructor. Boot camp and basic training is designed to convert a civilian mindset to a military mindset in a very short order. That mostly worked for my four years in the Navy. I eagerly walked away after my enlistment was up.

[familyop]

There are some quiet trainees in that video. I always wondered what initial training was like for REMFs.
;-)

[familyop]

There are many different kinds of combat engineer in combat heavy units. Here’s one from a light unit (at 13:46).

DIRTY SECRETS of the VIETNAM: U.S. Combat Engineers (720p)
http://youtu.be/-YZcM7dbOKs?t=13m46s

[SaraJohnson]

Reminds me A LITTLE of home sweet home with my dear ole dad.

[familyop]

Army & Marines Swap Drill Sergeant for a Marine Combat Instuctor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb0TN78f61Y

[Marine survives for days without the Navy. ;-) ]

[thefactor]

Ugh, where’s the “Not this shit again!” picture. That is sorely needed on this thread.

[JimRed]

Bump.