[doorgunner69]

I sometimes wonder, looking back, which was the better way to go through bootcamp, SD or PI. Strangely enough, never recall discussing that with guys who went through PI.

Seeing all the homes up on the hill in the sunset as we used the wash racks, watching the airliners take people to who knows where..... Essentially seeing the world happen just beyond your reach. The isolation of PI may have been a better way to get through without the longing to be out there..........

[oh8eleven]

The isolation of PI may have been a better way to get through without the longing to be out there ...
You're pretty close. I was 1st Battalion, PI, and if we got a smoking circle in the evening, we could see headlights of vehicles off in the distance crossing the causeway back to the mainland.
Can't tell you how many times I said I wish I was in that car/bus/cab/deuce-and-a-half/six by ... whatever ... just get me the hell off this island!
Other than that, there was no evidence of life outside PI. None.
Semper Fi ...

[Mr. Lucky]

One word:

humidity.

[FreedomPoster]

How much coastal SC humidity have you ever encountered?

I've never done BC, but I can't imagine doing it in Beaufort in the Summer.

On the general subject, we were partying with friends one July 4th a few years ago on a dock right next to the Beaufort hospital, when this guy comes running across the hospital lawn, down the rock seawall, and into the Beaufort River. Did I mention there are oyster beds in the shallows? Did I mention that his hands were handcuffed behind his back?

Right behind him are a Marine MP and a private security guard, who were NOT HAPPY they had to get all wet securing this guy. I think they dropped a radio into the water, too. This provided quite a spectacle for the group of us partying on the dock, some of whom were retired military. We're pretty sure the guy was a runaway Marine boot from PI, who would likely be getting the boot.