When the cameras are gone all of this will change. I went thru in 1998 and the DI 's were cursing, knocking recruits out of the way, boots were getting thrown at portholes, footlockers getting dumped and trashcans were thrown and kicked thru the squadbay.
I was in Hotel Company Plt.3034 . Feb.88 May 10th 88 . SDI .Ssgt.strowbridge. DI.Ssgt.Dukes . DI.Sgt.Miller . Sgt.Wyatts . I'm a Disabled Marine Now. Had eight years active duty and eight years in the reserves . Desert Shield/ Storm . 13th Meu Blt.1/4. Semper Fi Marines .
I went to P.I. 1979. And the were doing more than that. I go hit in the face with the M16A1 because i left it not on safe and they beat and punched on us. Cursing was every dam day. It wasn't any of that nice talking or taking there cover off to sweet talk with us. What happen to the Corps .All this sweet talk bs. We are the fighting force and i sure wouldn't want no dam punk girly boys on my fire team.
@@MrRambo50 You're so full of shit dude, Marines to this day are still taking souls and making the grass grow with the blood of our enemies. You're not special, Marines are still Marines.
@@MrRambo50 Me too in 79 Nov - Dec Hollywood Plt 2096 and when we got picked up we got FKNG DESTROYED !!! Up and down the ladder wells, racks and foot lockers and RECRUITS were flying too...... No time outs, no DI's ever took their covers off to sweet talk us and we got THUMPED. We had Vietnam Marines right out of the bush....... straight killers....
Back in those days, this was the only place you saw an E5 sergeant. Here or in a recruiting office. At that time, B duty kept most E5s out of the fleet until right before they picked up E6. I rarely saw one. I always had a corporal as a squad leader and a staff sergeant as a platoon sergeant. The only rarer birds you saw were master gunnys (they were mostly in training units, MCLBs, and supply shops).
"Keep in mind this is an island...". In other words, what he was saying to them was if any of them might have been thinking of trying to escape at this stage, it's not gonna be as easy as it looks in the movies 😃
When I joined in the Summer of 1990, we sure as hell were running and stomping through those squad bays. Also, those footlockers were not only being dumped, they were thrown!
Yup. 3053 Mike Co '94. When my platoon first got picked in all the chaos a cookie fell out of someones pocket. DI's went ballistic and made us all drink water until we puked. Good times.
@@mtmadigan82 This was almost accurate. Instead of the sea bags just being dumped, they were thrown all over the place, and the recruits were getting knocked around.
Music to my ears. I went to MCRD San Diego Aug-Nov 1989 Platoon 3075. Just had a nephew ship off to San Diego a couple weeks ago. This is the day that every Marine remembers. I love the sense of calm you get the first few days at Receiving. DI's aren't really going crazy, just a lot of being rushed around...and then you form it up and go to your real platoon. Series Commander is all calm, the Senior is calm, then come these monsters! Love it.
San Diego, M Co, 3989, Sep-Nov 1983. I quickly discovered my capacity of short term memory and that I could tolerate ANYTHING thrown at me. Now retired.
This is the watered down version. If that Co was standing behind the camera 12:36 not sounding in sync and with volume, you would be see what really happens.
I respect the hell out of the Marines. I ended up in the Navy, but wish I would have went in the Marines. I went to RTC Orlando the same year as these guys. Hard to believe that these guys, and I as well, are around 50 now. Man how time flies. God bless the Corps.
11:26 Zerooooooo! Freeze recruit - freeze I've been half listening keeping my eyes on my 8" MDF board rotating and sharpening my knife. Freeze recruit freeze did it. Chill bumps. For a second it was training day 7 1992. I was in that squad bay again I swear. My first day at boot camp was the birthday Nov 10. My actual bday is the Nov 12. So I turned 21, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years all in bootcamp. Best time ever.
wow!!!!! Sgt Carpenter was my plt Sgt. in Okinawa back in 95…. Good dude, and Marine. I constantly would goof off with a mop handle or what ever I could get doing drill movements with a make shift guide on….. he caught me and instead of hammering me for not “working”…. He instead showed me a couple of corrections. Very easy going guy and very approachable, as well as a great leader… I hope he and his family are doing well.
@@nonamewhorehey7174 Good day Sir! He arrived to Okinawa month of April, and i only remember he was stationed in Hawaii. He mentioned to me back then that he stayed in Okinawa for 6 months then back to Hawaii..Thank you so much Sir. God bless and stay safe as always..
@@dolly95hk65 Yeah he most likely was stationed at swab or hansen the two most northern bases on the island… in which case we may have crossed paths on weekend liberty out on the town…. No problem, and like wise to you as well ma’am!
I remember when my platoon was picked up (PLT 264, Series 264 PI, 1975), the Drill Instructors showed us photos of recruits that TRIED to go AWOL. Almost all had been partially eaten by the crabs by the time their bodies were found. An effective scare tactic to keep we kids with our platoons.
I also was in 3072 same year! I know you posted this comment 4 years ago, but hoping you may see this! Not sure if we were in the same cycle but graduated in August.
Went through in 81 , loved all of it . I knew it was a big game to weed out the useless ones however it’s a numbers game to graduate a certain amount of body’s 😢
I met a frmer senior DI that was a DI in the 90's. A retired gunny. I asked him how it was back then. He said, at night he had to call in a few times for the counts, to make sure none of his DIs, didn't kill any of the recruits in their sleeps. 🤣🤣
A few years ago, a great many mothers of recruits complained openly about the way their children were treated during boot camp. It went so far that the DOD announced that changes would be made in training. I am of the school that potential enlistees be told in advance what would be expected of them at boot camp. The parents and their kids should be asking TOUGH questions of the recruiters. We are talking about possibly the biggest life change their children will experience. Succeed or fail, it will stay with them for life.
How true it is completely different the DI'S back when I was going through boot camp were like u have no idea they were the toughest that they had back then when the Cold War and Nam was getting started
Put it this way this one marine had mismatch cammies geuss what happened next you have no idea he was sore for two weeks couldn't move when he hit the rack slept streight
SDIs did not do all the yelling and screaming in those days. SDIs usually let the kill and 3rd hats do all that back then. SDI was more of a daddy role, and he usually saved his fury for when somebody really screwed up.
Sgt Bliss was my DI 8/92 to 11/20/92. Plt. 3105 SDI SSgt. Rooks, DI Sgt. Bliss and DI SSgt Hammacher. Sgt. Davis was with another platoon during my cycle.
Lol, wow... I didnt know there were video cameras in 1992! Or at least that mortal enslisted types could afford such things! MCRD SD, Alpha Co, Plt 1097, YOOL 2002
3059, K Co., 3 RTBN, 6-2-89 to 8-18-89. You guys were picking up when we were at the rifle range. I was fire watch while the rest of the platoon was at the fireworks show in the WTBN barracks.
@@garysheldonjr8379 Because when I was in bootcamp, the drill instuctors, except for one, were unprofessional, they beat us recruits. do u have a problem with my experience?
@@johnnybravo515 can you tell me more about your harsh experience (on how the drill instructor became physical on recruit) on bootcamp? I love to hear stories ffrom the bootcamp
This looks a lot more relaxed than I remember. As soon as our CPT left, all Hell broke loose. I went to Boot Camp in 1998 though. This says 92'? Hmm, ok. I just remember the CPT left and then, receiving was over.......and holy buckets of monkey shit. Just like that movie Aladdin, It was a "Whole New World" LOL.
1997 1st Battalion Delta Co. Recruits were getting smacked all over the place. I remember one recruit getting a trash can put on over his head wear all you can see is from the waist down lol. He just stood there at attention because he wasn't fast enough.
Army BCT 1981. I remember "get your sorry effing ass to the position of attention/parade rest." and "Any of you bad-asses wanna take a swing at me you go right ahead".
It must be in the 90s. I went to PI in November 98. Platoon 3018 3rd Batallion Mike Company SDI: Sgt. Marrow DI: Sgt. Spinney, Sgt. Falcon (pronounced Falcone), and Sgt. Walker Graduated: Feb 26, 1999
Three hat team including the senior. That sucks. You guys were busting your asses 24/7. Smallest team I had was 4 including senior. Hope you had better cycles lol
@@ReanuKeevesAus A "hat" is a term for a drill instructor, due to the campaign cover they wear. A baby hat is a recent graduate of DI school who is assigned to a platoon mid cycle to push recruits and get hands on experience.
Yes it has changed. I was there in 1973 they called you names and made fun of your parents then. They had the motivation and CCP platoons back then where you were PT'ed to death. I was there 3 years ago for a family day and Graduation and they were PT'ing in sneakers, I just laughed my ass off. A lot has changed there.
I went in 2005. They called us names, played mind games (I remember being crammed into the head with 80 recruits and we had to stand in the toilets to fit), and motivation platoon was still there, known as "Pork Chop Platoon" or PCP. The reason we PT in sneakers is because studies have proven that PT'ing in boots causes injuries and the Marine Corps is far more injury aware then it used to be. In other words, they are looking at maintaining the highest level of readiness possible. This video is from the 90's, before the Corps switched to digital camo, and I'm blown away at how soft the DI's were back then. They must have recruited demons as DI's after 9/11 because my boot camp experience was nothing like this.
Soft, no. If you notice at the beginning of the video, there was a gunny with a canvas belt in the picture. Probably a depot inspector. They had to be good until later, when the inspector and cameras were gone. Also, during this era, SDIs usually wanted to get through this initial inventory with all the recruits actually having everything they were supposed to have. The bad games usually happened later in the day.
Left the Corps in 1980 ! And after watching dozens upon dozens of these various , " Marine " Boot camp videos, I believe that having these videos, takes the edge off the recruit ! As the D.I.'s lose their advantage of, " Shock ond Aw " that else would be intact ! Just as not knowing what to expect on the battlefield, keeps your head on a swivel, and in the game, so should going to Boot camp be ! Seems too, that the already changes made, and ones of long standing, Military courtesies being considered, are in my opinion attacks from within the Government itself ! And with that, to the detriment of the safety of the United States ! Since the Genie is already out of the bottle, I doubt it's going back in ! Sad as it is ! Just my Two cents ! And as this too will one day likely come under scrutiny, SEMPER FI
I don’t know why this video showed up in my feed in 2021. Im not old school. I only knew digis in 2002. This woke Marine Corps with female DIs in a platoon of men is embarrassing.
I was a Drill Instructor in this series. This is around 1991-93. Parris Island SC. 3d BN I Co. Oorah!!
I was in India Co. 3073 5/26/92 graduated 8/21/92 Semper Fi
@@christopherslates5080 who were your DIs?
I was a recruit in 93. I was plt 3089 kilo company. My DI's were Gatewood, Fair, Miller , and wood.
@@horrormaster574 I remember all of them. Oorah!
When the cameras are gone all of this will change. I went thru in 1998 and the DI 's were cursing, knocking recruits out of the way, boots were getting thrown at portholes, footlockers getting dumped and trashcans were thrown and kicked thru the squadbay.
I was in Hotel Company Plt.3034 . Feb.88 May 10th 88 . SDI .Ssgt.strowbridge. DI.Ssgt.Dukes . DI.Sgt.Miller . Sgt.Wyatts . I'm a Disabled Marine Now. Had eight years active duty and eight years in the reserves . Desert Shield/ Storm . 13th Meu Blt.1/4. Semper Fi Marines .
I went to P.I. 1979. And the were doing more than that. I go hit in the face with the M16A1 because i left it not on safe and they beat and punched on us. Cursing was every dam day. It wasn't any of that nice talking or taking there cover off to sweet talk with us. What happen to the Corps .All this sweet talk bs. We are the fighting force and i sure wouldn't want no dam punk girly boys on my fire team.
@@MrRambo50 You're so full of shit dude, Marines to this day are still taking souls and making the grass grow with the blood of our enemies. You're not special, Marines are still Marines.
Goddamn don’t you miss it sometimes tho?
@@MrRambo50 Me too in 79 Nov - Dec Hollywood Plt 2096 and when we got picked up we got FKNG DESTROYED !!! Up and down the ladder wells, racks and foot lockers and RECRUITS were flying too...... No time outs, no DI's ever took their covers off to sweet talk us and we got THUMPED. We had Vietnam Marines right out of the bush....... straight killers....
Now that is one young Senior DI. And only an E5 at that. Good for him.
Back in those days, this was the only place you saw an E5 sergeant. Here or in a recruiting office. At that time, B duty kept most E5s out of the fleet until right before they picked up E6. I rarely saw one. I always had a corporal as a squad leader and a staff sergeant as a platoon sergeant. The only rarer birds you saw were master gunnys (they were mostly in training units, MCLBs, and supply shops).
@@bhkidd Our platoon must have been a freak of nature, because we had two Gunnys.
@@genxmurse7019 Must have been a couple of freshly promoted late tour DIs about to rejoin the fleet. That did happen occasionally.
"Keep in mind this is an island...". In other words, what he was saying to them was if any of them might have been thinking of trying to escape at this stage, it's not gonna be as easy as it looks in the movies 😃
I was in 3118, this guy was our platoon's senior DI also.... he went on to get a doctorate in education
When I joined in the Summer of 1990, we sure as hell were running and stomping through those squad bays. Also, those footlockers were not only being dumped, they were thrown!
I graduated ptl 3039 April 25 1990
First night one goof ball got choked...shit flying
@@Nica-Ra-Wata Think those hats are playing “nice” for the camera.
Bravo Company MCRD San Diego 1997
Yup. 3053 Mike Co '94. When my platoon first got picked in all the chaos a cookie fell out of someones pocket. DI's went ballistic and made us all drink water until we puked. Good times.
As it should be.
It's amazing I'm 66yrs old and I still have the habits the DI's taught us
Same here and I'm 51
52 years old.. Same Here
Same. I am 47 yrs old.
Yup, I'm 46 and I still speed walk and I still do everything quickly and as fast as possible without question.
Same at 56
hey kid, u went and got that laundry basket real good... ur the guide now....
Back in my day you met your drill instructors officers were not involved in anything at all
@@therond.patron4959 drop day and final inspection. other than that, never saw one. not even walking around. 🇺🇸
@@oxymoronic12 Exactly we also had Corporals on the drill field and Lance Corporal's at MCT
@@therond.patron4959 yes. and we were so green we were like, "YES Lance Corporal"... lol
aye aye lance corporal
Now this is boot camp I remember. It's been 24 years for me and I remember this like it was yesterday.
Same 22 though.
@@mtmadigan82 This was almost accurate. Instead of the sea bags just being dumped, they were thrown all over the place, and the recruits were getting knocked around.
Platoon 2001, 1981. I'm still surprised our DI's didn't murder any of us.
Still and all, a nice glimpse here into another era. All are fascinating.
Music to my ears. I went to MCRD San Diego Aug-Nov 1989 Platoon 3075. Just had a nephew ship off to San Diego a couple weeks ago. This is the day that every Marine remembers. I love the sense of calm you get the first few days at Receiving. DI's aren't really going crazy, just a lot of being rushed around...and then you form it up and go to your real platoon. Series Commander is all calm, the Senior is calm, then come these monsters! Love it.
San Diego, M Co, 3989, Sep-Nov 1983. I quickly discovered my capacity of short term memory and that I could tolerate ANYTHING thrown at me. Now retired.
This is the watered down version. If that Co was standing behind the camera 12:36 not sounding in sync and with volume, you would be see what really happens.
I respect the hell out of the Marines. I ended up in the Navy, but wish I would have went in the Marines. I went to RTC Orlando the same year as these guys. Hard to believe that these guys, and I as well, are around 50 now. Man how time flies. God bless the Corps.
We were told there were only two ways off the island, in a uniform or in a box and he didn't care which we chose. Plt 257, 1 July 1960.
I was surprised the Series O gave the part about the island being surrounded by sharks! Even in 1992, that wasn't PC.
Or in handcuffs.
11:26 Zerooooooo!
Freeze recruit - freeze
I've been half listening keeping my eyes on my 8" MDF board rotating and sharpening my knife. Freeze recruit freeze did it. Chill bumps. For a second it was training day 7 1992. I was in that squad bay again I swear.
My first day at boot camp was the birthday Nov 10. My actual bday is the Nov 12. So I turned 21, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years all in bootcamp. Best time ever.
In 1984, it was Sir Yes Sir and Freeze Private Freeze.
Disappointed, I didn’t hear one “Oh hell no get back!”
Its has been 39 years ago since I step on the foot prints of MCRD SD and I don't forget single day of my recruit training. Semper Fidelis
They’re saying “Freeze, Recruit, Freeze.” But in 1984, it was “Freeze Private Freeze.” And it was “Sir Yes Sir” instead of “Yes Sir.”
Depends on the Battalion, 2nd Battalion used private 3rd Battalion used recruit, not sure about 1st or WRTC (4th Battalion)
Went through San Diego in Jan - Apr of 1990! No cameras, but this is relatively close. My Drills were a lot more hands on lol!
wow!!!!! Sgt Carpenter was my plt Sgt. in Okinawa back in 95…. Good dude, and Marine. I constantly would goof off with a mop handle or what ever I could get doing drill movements with a make shift guide on….. he caught me and instead of hammering me for not “working”…. He instead showed me a couple of corrections. Very easy going guy and very approachable, as well as a great leader… I hope he and his family are doing well.
Hi Sir! You know a name Peter Phillips? He was station in Oki back 1995 April! Thank you Sir and God bless..🙏
@@dolly95hk65 Not off the top of my head… and thats when i arrived was in April of 95. Was he stationed at Kenser or do you know?
@@nonamewhorehey7174 Good day Sir! He arrived to Okinawa month of April, and i only remember he was stationed in Hawaii. He mentioned to me back then that he stayed in Okinawa for 6 months then back to Hawaii..Thank you so much Sir. God bless and stay safe as always..
@@dolly95hk65 Yeah he most likely was stationed at swab or hansen the two most northern bases on the island… in which case we may have crossed paths on weekend liberty out on the town…. No problem, and like wise to you as well ma’am!
@@nonamewhorehey7174 Sir! Just in case you might have info here is my FB, Dolly Isay.. Once again thank you Sir..God bless🙏
My time was 1993 Charlie Company, Platoon 1094. Much respect!
Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Yagle, Drill Instructor Bixby, Drill Instructor Martin, Drill Instructor Klotz, Drill Instructor Shaefer.
September 1993 myself. Platoon 2113
Went through in 1997. This is definitely indicative of my experience.
This DI is so low key good ol boy. You could have a beer with him.
I'll never forget platoon 1090,sargeant Williams,Charborneau and Towns😢😢😢😢😢
Sgt. Carpenter was my heavy.
I remember when my platoon was picked up (PLT 264, Series 264 PI, 1975), the Drill Instructors showed us photos of recruits that TRIED to go AWOL. Almost all had been partially eaten by the crabs by the time their bodies were found. An effective scare tactic to keep we kids with our platoons.
Me pl.269 summer of 75, became a MP. Gladly over.
Series Gunnery Sergeant Kent was my DI and a staff sergeant at the time. Plt. 3048
Look at that Recon Sgt ...looks mean as hell..
You got to be kidding me. I was in 3072 that same year. I believe my buddy was in this platoon.
I also was in 3072 same year! I know you posted this comment 4 years ago, but hoping you may see this! Not sure if we were in the same cycle but graduated in August.
What year?
You can believe it the s*** hits the fan on this day!
Went through in 81 , loved all of it . I knew it was a big game to weed out the useless ones however it’s a numbers game to graduate a certain amount of body’s 😢
Ah the old 3d Bn Bks! I got my brick too... Lima Co!
Oh the memories.... Plt 3029 I Co. 3rd Btln. Jan to April 1997 SDI SSgt Kerht
I met a frmer senior DI that was a DI in the 90's. A retired gunny. I asked him how it was back then. He said, at night he had to call in a few times for the counts, to make sure none of his DIs, didn't kill any of the recruits in their sleeps. 🤣🤣
I can guarantee you they had this Platoon lean mean killing machines.
A few years ago, a great many mothers of recruits complained openly about the way their children were treated during boot camp. It went so far that the DOD announced that changes would be made in training. I am of the school that potential enlistees be told in advance what would be expected of them at boot camp. The parents and their kids should be asking TOUGH questions of the recruiters. We are talking about possibly the biggest life change their children will experience. Succeed or fail, it will stay with them for life.
How true it is completely different the DI'S back when I was going through boot camp were like u have no idea they were the toughest that they had back then when the Cold War and Nam was getting started
The SDI is whispering. SOUND OFF, Devil Dog!!
I was in 81 di were a hell of a lot more harder oooooooweeee
Put it this way this one marine had mismatch cammies geuss what happened next you have no idea he was sore for two weeks couldn't move when he hit the rack slept streight
SDIs did not do all the yelling and screaming in those days. SDIs usually let the kill and 3rd hats do all that back then. SDI was more of a daddy role, and he usually saved his fury for when somebody really screwed up.
@@johndorsey9070 Oh, damn. I did the woodland/summer weight mismatch once myself. That was a long quarterdeck...eh...I...mean day.
Sgt Bliss was my DI 8/92 to 11/20/92. Plt. 3105 SDI SSgt. Rooks, DI Sgt. Bliss and DI SSgt Hammacher. Sgt. Davis was with another platoon during my cycle.
I was also in Platoon 3105, but in the year 2001. SDI SSGT Hall, DI SSGT Frazier (now Sergeant Major), and SSGT Miller.
I remember all...I was a Di in 3108....me, Carpenter and Vaught...
I was in Plt. 3076 in 1973 @ MCRDSD SDI S/Sgt Barr DI's S/Sgt Voorhees & Sgt Mendoza a pickup DI was S/Sgt Dwyer. Also Utilities were Green Not Camo.
I love the Kill Hats bro
I remember that day
Just the beginning....
Lol, wow... I didnt know there were video cameras in 1992! Or at least that mortal enslisted types could afford such things! MCRD SD, Alpha Co, Plt 1097, YOOL 2002
shot was hard core July 4 1989 when I was there ...3rd Bn 3080 Mike Co
3dBn Plt 3014 KCo 16Nov'89 - 9Feb'90 here! Oorah!
3059, K Co., 3 RTBN, 6-2-89 to 8-18-89. You guys were picking up when we were at the rifle range. I was fire watch while the rest of the platoon was at the fireworks show in the WTBN barracks.
The series commander needed some retraining on his ironing abilities. The SDI needs to lower his waistline.
Platoon 372, I Company, 1974.
this senior Di looks like hes actually professional.
They all are
@@chrismc410 No, they are not all professional.
@@johnnybravo515 Why you say that?
@@garysheldonjr8379 Because when I was in bootcamp, the drill instuctors, except for one, were unprofessional, they beat us recruits. do u have a problem with my experience?
@@johnnybravo515 can you tell me more about your harsh experience (on how the drill instructor became physical on recruit) on bootcamp? I love to hear stories ffrom the bootcamp
This looks a lot more relaxed than I remember. As soon as our CPT left, all Hell broke loose. I went to Boot Camp in 1998 though. This says 92'? Hmm, ok. I just remember the CPT left and then, receiving was over.......and holy buckets of monkey shit. Just like that movie Aladdin, It was a "Whole New World" LOL.
1997 1st Battalion Delta Co. Recruits were getting smacked all over the place. I remember one recruit getting a trash can put on over his head wear all you can see is from the waist down lol. He just stood there at attention because he wasn't fast enough.
Bliss, this is Will...SSGT Williams at that time. I worked with Draughn, Deck and Couglin.....
Howdy
@ProfessorBliss ...also I worked that SDI in my very first Platoon...Vaught was the SDI...I also worked with SSGT Bryant. Good times man.
I was in 3073, 92. Had Sgt. Carlstead, Sgt. Allen, Ssgt. Andrews and Senior Ssgt. Badillo. I remember Sgt. Bliss and Sgt. Davis.
I was there with you. I am Heidelbach. Good times...
I was in 3072 that year. Semper Fi.
72? Booger booger. Haha. SF
heidebr LOL.... YEP...we where the Nasty Platoon.
Andrews was a SDI in my series which I believed followed this one.
Cracks me up
Sr Di Ssgt Cirillo..Di Sgt Walker..Di Sgt Colonna ..Di Ssgt Ledford 1994 Parris Island .Do you remember these Drill Instructors.Thank You Sir
Platoon 1050 Bravo Company PI Graduated June 20 1986
Sir where you a 2nd platoon Di during the summer 1994.
That's good
12:57 I remember my DI's yelling like that all the time.
Those barracks in 3rd battalion are no longer there. They have new barracks behind 2nd battalion.
I remember... 3rd Bn, 3031, H Co, 3013..
The SDI may be laid back in this part, I bet catching his wrath would be Hell
Lima Company 3091 1991 Sgt. Fasion, Sgt. Rogers
Samuel Davis I was Lima Co. 3092 Sep-Nov 1988
Lima Co. 3065 Aug 93 SDI Henao, SSgt Martin, Sgt Hagler 2nd deck
I had Sgt. Rogers Lima Company 3094 1991
On PI from 1999-2004
1/29/1980 arrival to Paradice Island
2/15/81 here...
3073, India Co. 3rd Herd. Sept 1992, Sunny San Diego.
Semper
I was in plt 3084 India Co 3rd RTB PISC
Recon Marine doing Drill Instructor duty...
Stuff was different back then.
Why is he walking down the rows pushing their arms down?
Does he have 2 Purple Hearts or a Navy Cross?!? I can’t tell.
My SDI and Series GySgt were both Recon Marines. Both had combat tours in the Golf War. 1994, I Co. 3rd Bn pt.3008 Parris Island, SC -Semper Fi.
This is the beginning of the real thing.
Army BCT 1981. I remember "get your sorry effing ass to the position of attention/parade rest." and "Any of you bad-asses wanna take a swing at me you go right ahead".
How about inspection arms with your footlocker’s????? What year is this.
Or how about trying to stuff your footlocker in your left breast pocket lol fun times
From the 90s
It must be in the 90s. I went to PI in November 98.
Platoon 3018
3rd Batallion
Mike Company
SDI: Sgt. Marrow
DI: Sgt. Spinney, Sgt. Falcon (pronounced Falcone), and Sgt. Walker
Graduated: Feb 26, 1999
I went in 2001. Not a prosperous career but still a hell of experience.
You don't see that flattop haircut in the military anymore, do you?
Flat top hair cut wasn't authorized when I was in..92-96
Classic footlocker dumping 😂
This looks to be early 90's or before..
The woodland cammies give it away.
1992.
boot camp was a blur
that money valuables bag.
Three hat team including the senior. That sucks. You guys were busting your asses 24/7. Smallest team I had was 4 including senior. Hope you had better cycles lol
Young Sgt's they can handle it! In 1998 we had 3 the entire time, but there were two baby hats as well that joined us for a bit midway in between.
@@sfmc98 what's a baby hat? I'm ex Australian Army Vet so not 100% on US traditions.
@@ReanuKeevesAus A "hat" is a term for a drill instructor, due to the campaign cover they wear.
A baby hat is a recent graduate of DI school who is assigned to a platoon mid cycle to push recruits and get hands on experience.
I like marines
I company 3104....1991
He looks like a little 14 year old dressed as a Marine.
The “heavy” can’t be more than 150 pounds soaking wet.
Damn the DIs were so calm back then. Today they just screaming shit I can’t even understand 😂😮💨
Wait for the camera's to be turned off, then make a judgement.
Lee are you the one giving commands?
Yuppers
@@ProfessorBliss thank you for your service
What happened to our corps?
when did they walk like that with there stomicks out like some wimp?They sure did change from the real marines
Old head
3082 - 3rd Bn Kilo, 1991. And why the hell are that Marine's pants so high?! Unsat my friend. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dont be walking down that DI highway
What year is this ?
1993
I remember a recruit 💩 himself on Black Friday.
3068 Mike Company. 1995
Is this still the first day?
Yes, we call it black Friday
@@GenX_US_Marinethat's one long day 😖
Shit hasn't changed at all why everyone say boot camp was different back then I went in 2012
Yes it has changed. I was there in 1973 they called you names and made fun of your parents then. They had the motivation and CCP platoons back then where you were PT'ed to death. I was there 3 years ago for a family day and Graduation and they were PT'ing in sneakers, I just laughed my ass off. A lot has changed there.
I went in 2005. They called us names, played mind games (I remember being crammed into the head with 80 recruits and we had to stand in the toilets to fit), and motivation platoon was still there, known as "Pork Chop Platoon" or PCP.
The reason we PT in sneakers is because studies have proven that PT'ing in boots causes injuries and the Marine Corps is far more injury aware then it used to be. In other words, they are looking at maintaining the highest level of readiness possible.
This video is from the 90's, before the Corps switched to digital camo, and I'm blown away at how soft the DI's were back then.
They must have recruited demons as DI's after 9/11 because my boot camp experience was nothing like this.
Soft, no. If you notice at the beginning of the video, there was a gunny with a canvas belt in the picture. Probably a depot inspector. They had to be good until later, when the inspector and cameras were gone. Also, during this era, SDIs usually wanted to get through this initial inventory with all the recruits actually having everything they were supposed to have. The bad games usually happened later in the day.
2065 Fox Co 1976
Just begin
3045, 82 PI....
I never met a Marine I didn't get along with.
Left the Corps in 1980 !
And after watching dozens upon dozens of these various , " Marine " Boot camp videos, I believe that having these videos, takes the edge off the recruit !
As the D.I.'s lose their advantage of,
" Shock ond Aw " that else would be intact !
Just as not knowing what to expect on the battlefield, keeps your head on a swivel, and in the game, so should going to Boot camp be !
Seems too, that the already changes made, and ones of long standing, Military courtesies being considered, are in my opinion attacks from within the Government itself !
And with that, to the detriment of the safety of the United States !
Since the Genie is already out of the bottle, I doubt it's going back in !
Sad as it is !
Just my Two cents !
And as this too will one day likely come under scrutiny,
SEMPER FI
No screaming the SDI speech?
and this is 3rd Battalion? WTF
This was back in the pussy days between the end of the cold war and 9/11.
Albemarle Photo Designs If this was back in the pussy days then what's today?
Today is soft corps.
After 9/11, the script was flipped and shit got hard core again.
I don’t know why this video showed up in my feed in 2021. Im not old school. I only knew digis in 2002. This woke Marine Corps with female DIs in a platoon of men is embarrassing.
Carmelo Alvarez
this is baby talk // looking for any one who grad from parris island in aug, 1982..... my platoon 1033
How many years did you serve ?