[BFO]

"I mean, to a real Marine, you’re not a Marine – I mean even though you swore an oath and you’re technically on the payroll, you’re not a real Marine until you get out of basic training. And he never got out of recruit training."

So did he washout or not? Sounds like a 2nd washout.

[kellynla]

He washed out of boot camp.

A recruit does not get the "eagle,globe and anchor" until he/she graduates from boot camp.
And a DI doesn't call a recruit a "Marine" until the day he/she graduates from boot camp.
So Blather can call himself whatever he likes but he can't call himself a MARINE!!!

And that's the bottom line.

Semper Fi,
Kelly