I'm leaving next Monday, (august 13) for Parris Island, for marine corps boot camp. This is both a goodbye to the forums, as well as a request for anything that could save me a little trouble, from anyone who has been through it already. Any advice would be appreciated.
sucks to be you. Flip on autopilot and continue mission.
Good luck bro, I hear Paris Island is tough, but at the same time, it'll make you tougher than you think you are or could be. My only advise is keep a low profile and do everything they say. No use in fighting it, they'll win It's a test of willpower. You'll do great bro, some of it will even be fun
Take care and talk to you in a few months
Take care and talk to you in a few months
Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it
good luck dude. Have fun
Good luck. With regards to the advice, i think someone else did the same thing a couple of months ago, and he got tons of responses. Search for it. Once again, good luck, i've heard it's tough
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
I got a tip, if marine bootcamp is anything like army OSUT. DO NOT GET CARE PACKAGES SENT TO YOU.
Or people may rip on you and steal them.GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
I got a tip, if marine bootcamp is anything like army OSUT. DO NOT GET CARE PACKAGES SENT TO YOU.
Isn't boot camp supposed to be the opposite of fun?Buckles wrote:
good luck dude. Have fun
Thanks for the luck and the advice guys. I have a few more days here, until monday, then I get back after 13 weeks, Ill be home again 10 days before Thanksgiving.
more like the whole company gets smoked while you stand in fron of the formation being forced to eat whatever was sent to you very slowly by the drill sgt's. Man, everytime somebody got cookies sent them, the smokey bears would have em standing in front of everyone forcing them to munch em down while everyone else is get PTed. As private snuffy eats his cookies, hes making a lot more friends with the rest of the company. And then, once hes done with his cookies, drill sgt gives him a private smoking session untill all the food he just ate is thrown up. good times.cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Or people may rip on you and steal them.GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
I got a tip, if marine bootcamp is anything like army OSUT. DO NOT GET CARE PACKAGES SENT TO YOU.
active duty?keghog wrote:
Thanks for the luck and the advice guys. I have a few more days here, until monday, then I get back after 13 weeks, Ill be home again 10 days before Thanksgiving.
remember, home is a crutch.
Like that bit from Full Metal Jacket?GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
more like the whole company gets smoked while you stand in fron of the formation being forced to eat whatever was sent to you very slowly by the drill sgt's. Man, everytime somebody got cookies sent them, the smokey bears would have em standing in front of everyone forcing them to munch em down while everyone else is get PTed. As private snuffy eats his cookies, hes making a lot more friends with the rest of the company. And then, once hes done with his cookies, drill sgt gives him a private smoking session untill all the food he just ate is thrown up. good times.cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Or people may rip on you and steal them.GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
I got a tip, if marine bootcamp is anything like army OSUT. DO NOT GET CARE PACKAGES SENT TO YOU.
sort of, it wasnt so much punishment as it was just fun for the drill sgtsM.O.A.B wrote:
Like that bit from Full Metal Jacket?GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
more like the whole company gets smoked while you stand in fron of the formation being forced to eat whatever was sent to you very slowly by the drill sgt's. Man, everytime somebody got cookies sent them, the smokey bears would have em standing in front of everyone forcing them to munch em down while everyone else is get PTed. As private snuffy eats his cookies, hes making a lot more friends with the rest of the company. And then, once hes done with his cookies, drill sgt gives him a private smoking session untill all the food he just ate is thrown up. good times.cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Or people may rip on you and steal them.
Run away. To Spain. Or somewhere else far far away...keghog wrote:
I'm leaving next Monday, (august 13) for Parris Island, for marine corps boot camp. This is both a goodbye to the forums, as well as a request for anything that could save me a little trouble, from anyone who has been through it already. Any advice would be appreciated.
When you find yourself chanting "hoo-rah", don't take it too seriously, especially when they roll out the indoctrination videos. Like Gunslinger said, switch on the autopilot, but never forget you're human first and marine second later in the game. You'd be surprised how many jarheads take it seriously, and more surprised how many are just pretending when they're in the group.
As for bootcamp, its just a thing. Stay quiet, make sure your buddy is as squared away as you are. If you're wrong, they're wrong, and vice-versa. Don't try to buck the system, plenty of time to goof off after you graduate. You'll realize later just how short of a time it was.
As for bootcamp, its just a thing. Stay quiet, make sure your buddy is as squared away as you are. If you're wrong, they're wrong, and vice-versa. Don't try to buck the system, plenty of time to goof off after you graduate. You'll realize later just how short of a time it was.
ahaha. I want to send an entire squadron a box of cookies, including the drill sgt.
Aint that the fucking truth. Dont count the days. It goes by so fast compared to the other time your gonna see in the military. And whatever you do, do not talk about boot camp to your fellow marines once you get down to your permanent unit. People who have been in the military longer than a day hate hearing about the same stories everybody goes through when you first join.GorillaTicTacs wrote:
Don't try to buck the system, plenty of time to goof off after you graduate. You'll realize later just how short of a time it was.
Youll realize how small a space boot camp takes up in your memories when youre done with your service.
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you'll have fun .......................... you won't realize it till about 3 years into the fleet but you'll have fun
and oh yeah boot camp is the easiest part of you future military career ........... good luck ...... sound off LOUD, be faster than the man to your right and left, do NOT scratch, keep your eyes locked on a object directly in front of you till you hear "Eyes"
and oh yeah boot camp is the easiest part of you future military career ........... good luck ...... sound off LOUD, be faster than the man to your right and left, do NOT scratch, keep your eyes locked on a object directly in front of you till you hear "Eyes"
dont lock your knees
if you a g/f break it off before you leave you don't need the personal luggage on your mind ---- if you're married
break if off you don't need the personal luggage tugging at your wallet G.L.
break if off you don't need the personal luggage tugging at your wallet G.L.
Oh fun times! I wonder how muggy humid it is in SC right now
Welcome to the suck.
I went to the island during June, July, and August. Twas good fun.
Platoon 1001.
I went to the island during June, July, and August. Twas good fun.
Platoon 1001.
Aye Sir, Yes Sir, No Sir.
Don't Drop your Weapon. EVER.
Make sure you eat the Eggs and Jello (you'll figure out why eventually)
Don't volunteer for anything and don't be last at everything.
Don't Drop your Weapon. EVER.
Make sure you eat the Eggs and Jello (you'll figure out why eventually)
Don't volunteer for anything and don't be last at everything.
Don't say you are tired, ever.S3v3N wrote:
Aye Sir, Yes Sir, No Sir.
Don't Drop your Weapon. EVER.
Make sure you eat the Eggs and Jello (you'll figure out why eventually)
Don't volunteer for anything and don't be last at everything.
Erm, don't let anyone know your birthday if you can
Last edited by Shem (2007-08-08 13:41:45)
this needs to followed, if nothing else.SEREMAKER wrote:
if you a g/f break it off before you leave you don't need the personal luggage on your mind ---- if you're married
break if off you don't need the personal luggage tugging at your wallet G.L.