Drill Instructor Encounters (Remastered and New Footage)

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  • čas přidán 13. 07. 2022
  • Watch to the end to see the longer version of the previously released "Piece of Paper" scene. in this video, join actual Marine Corps Drill Instructors working with recruits at various stages of Boot Camp. Some scenes are taken from the feature film series, Black Friday: Dark Dawn (www.darkdawnmovie.com). This video has been remastered, with brand new footage added to previously released portions.
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  • @TheCaptain14
    @TheCaptain14 Před rokem +879

    “It’s a piece of paper!!
    It doesn’t W E I G H A N Y T H I N G.”

    • @royhorn2782
      @royhorn2782 Před rokem +75

      Funny how a DI can make a piece of paper feel like it weighs 100 lbs. This is an absolutely priceless display of the ingenious tactics that DIs use. I love it.

    • @mikewall449
      @mikewall449 Před rokem +9

      @@royhorn2782 I think it's all in the recruit's head, the DI just help him realize how much heavier it is.

    • @t-bone2944
      @t-bone2944 Před rokem +13

      See now we all know that it’s the ink that makes it heavy

    • @Lugnutify
      @Lugnutify Před rokem +1

      @James john same

    • @Avis_Victoriae
      @Avis_Victoriae Před rokem +24

      What we don't know is that the recruit's arms have been shredded by a smoke session prior to this. Lmao

  • @solomondavid8422
    @solomondavid8422 Před rokem +1623

    I was feeling really cold and instead of grabbing a blanket I watched this video. Warms my heart every time.

  • @edgarkoen1230
    @edgarkoen1230 Před rokem +206

    That was the heaviest piece of paper of his life.

    • @user-yr5cx1bc5mKsenia
      @user-yr5cx1bc5mKsenia Před 3 měsíci +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @henrymoore748
      @henrymoore748 Před 2 měsíci +3

      I cried when he dropped his arms😂😂😂😂

    • @danielkover7157
      @danielkover7157 Před 26 dny

      And then the poor recruit next to him was made to help him hold it up.

    • @markl2322
      @markl2322 Před 16 dny

      Oh, I know what it's like to find out that something as lite as a piece of paper can somehow become as heavy as a load of lead, and gold bricks...
      So, I have a space in my heart for that Private.

  • @calvincameron354
    @calvincameron354 Před rokem +284

    "Open your sister mouth right now"
    Drill Instructors have some of the greatest insults of all time.

    • @MrGomjabber
      @MrGomjabber Před 4 měsíci +25

      I got caught laughing once at one of their insults at another recruit. I couldn't help it, boy did I pay for that.

    • @dukenukem7043
      @dukenukem7043 Před 2 měsíci +4

      well they aren't allowed to cuss anymore, so it would orignally have said biotch , but now they say sister

    • @jamiethompson1008
      @jamiethompson1008 Před 2 měsíci +2

      They should always be allowed to cuss thats bullshit

    • @dukenukem7043
      @dukenukem7043 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@jamiethompson1008 yep its cringe af now. instead of saying F'ing. they say "freakin" and it sounds dumb

    • @lamadesurvivor5216
      @lamadesurvivor5216 Před 5 dny

      @@jamiethompson1008facts, that’s what makes the military, the military

  • @Jharris2real
    @Jharris2real Před rokem +2110

    Crazy that I’m a Drill Instructor now watching this, I remember way back in 2012 when I was a poolee I would watch this!

    • @aidyngreen8680
      @aidyngreen8680 Před rokem +15

      What company

    • @Optim40
      @Optim40 Před rokem +46

      You sound weak Marine!

    • @kagnewcobra5228
      @kagnewcobra5228 Před rokem +70

      "Way back in 2012" LOL Thank you for your service!

    • @volcomguy51
      @volcomguy51 Před rokem +41

      Look guys, we got a comedian! I love DIs, they care for their recruits but man they make the best comedians. Sgt D Barrera, USMC, 2005-2015, BLT 2/2 2007, 9th Comm BN 2010.

    • @Jharris2real
      @Jharris2real Před rokem +14

      @@aidyngreen8680 Alpha, PI

  • @victorbetancourt3105
    @victorbetancourt3105 Před rokem +221

    When that recruit looked at the camera he was hating this life at that moment

  • @ethanlyons4258
    @ethanlyons4258 Před rokem +596

    i graduated almost a year ago. didn’t get the rope the first time but my drill instructors kept motivating me. looking back, they acted this way because they want to see you succeed. when i finally got up the rope, ssgt gonzalez said “feels good not being a wimp right?” if you show effort and improvement, the drill instructors will notice.

    • @austin3115
      @austin3115 Před rokem +22

      Probably had the same di, he was Sargent though and my kill hat. Good guy tho

    • @keineahnung2
      @keineahnung2 Před 10 měsíci +11

      Mike company Parris Island? We might have had the same SDI too

    • @richvarela9636
      @richvarela9636 Před 10 měsíci

      a wimp? wow encouragement ... so people who aint strong enough are wimps? not everyone can make it thru boot camp but at least they tried.. glad you made it be safe.

    • @tannerthornton8827
      @tannerthornton8827 Před 9 měsíci +9

      boot

    • @yaboygrave
      @yaboygrave Před 9 měsíci +6

      Which Depot and Company? I had a Sgt Gonzalez who was my drill hat a few years ago and if it’s the same guy that would be dope

  • @bryanmahon7866
    @bryanmahon7866 Před rokem +443

    I went thru this in 1979. Some of my drill instructors were Vietnam vets, they seemed to hate everything that walked, talked, and breathed... You don't know it at the time, but your success in training to become a U.S. Marine, reflects on their record as a drill instructor... Thank-you Gunnery Sargeant Jones Senior, Sargent Craig, and Staff Sargeant Jones... You hated me then, but I'm forever a U.S. Marine... You did shake my hand after boot camp graduation though.

    • @KoolJay2324
      @KoolJay2324 Před rokem +32

      Absolutely! One of my drill instructors served in ramadi and another served in fallujah. Full of absolute hatred; but these are the instructors that will teach you shit. Thankful I had them

    • @mattvonruden9589
      @mattvonruden9589 Před rokem +19

      Staff Sargent Smith senior DI sent me a quote after boot camp...i cant remember it exactly but it says something like i beat and break their bodies today, so that their lives will be saved tomorrow...it really brought all the breaking down to build up stuff to clarity in my mind

    • @robertmorris8997
      @robertmorris8997 Před rokem +7

      That's because you were a Marine AFTER you graduated.

    • @ThomasAAnderson-gi5qt
      @ThomasAAnderson-gi5qt Před 10 měsíci

      Nah, nah that ain't hate that's love Marine Corps love the only love a Marine knows to express when faced with meat sacks who have the audacity of thinking they can become United States Marines. Until graduation, it's a hate/hate relationship with a bit of love sprinkled on now & then.

    • @johnwade1095
      @johnwade1095 Před 10 měsíci +1

      They do not hate you. Tough love.

  • @Saltee323
    @Saltee323 Před rokem +115

    "It's a piece of paper...It doesn't weigh anything!!!" Lol, I'm dead.

    • @Jaymellyz
      @Jaymellyz Před rokem +3

      Most underrated comment 💀

    • @official_commanderhale965
      @official_commanderhale965 Před rokem +2

      Not as dead as his arms.

    • @Saltee323
      @Saltee323 Před rokem +10

      @@official_commanderhale965 True, I been there. When they make you hold your arms out for extended periods, it doesn't matter what you are holding. At some point, they will just give out. It's just that statement killed me.

    • @ShiningDarknes
      @ShiningDarknes Před měsícem

      @@Saltee323 Didn't seem to be bothering any of the other recruits overly much.

  • @conscripted2782
    @conscripted2782 Před rokem +78

    8:46 this instructor just went through 2 levels of voices to get the write one 💀

  • @TheBourbonWrench
    @TheBourbonWrench Před rokem +348

    I literally didn’t learn learn how to climb a rope until I got to my army unit. Regardless of how much they are yelling, if you’d just listen to what they are yelling, you’d actually learn something. Kuddos to them. And also, word of the wise to new recruits, just freaking listen to what’s being yelled at you. They are screaming the answers to the test.

    • @rockoorbe2002
      @rockoorbe2002 Před rokem +24

      Turns out that basic training independent of the branch that you're in is full of stuff that in retrospect is all common sense. It's up to the recruit/trainee to figure it out and especially listen to what the instructors are yelling

    • @blakemcilwain8043
      @blakemcilwain8043 Před rokem

      Stepdad took that habit home with him that’s why he’s a lonely ass drunk who beats autistic kids he can go ruin his liver by himself fuckin prick warrant officer

    • @TheBourbonWrench
      @TheBourbonWrench Před rokem

      @@blakemcilwain8043 hey bro you okay?

    • @50buttfish
      @50buttfish Před rokem +2

      I learned how to climb a rope with my legs straight out, and ONLY ARMS. Wonder if that would Pi$$ of the DIs?

    • @TheBourbonWrench
      @TheBourbonWrench Před rokem +13

      @@50buttfish i remember a guy who did that, they simply didnt care because he touched the top. they were more focused on the nerd who couldnt get 3 feet up the rope

  • @CLSGL
    @CLSGL Před rokem +47

    9:43 making that other recruit next to the recruit who couldn’t hold up his paper put his arms underneath is genius. You’ll hold that damn paper so you don’t put that pressure on your teammate.

  • @tornadochaser9785
    @tornadochaser9785 Před rokem +66

    "This recruit sounds like a SISTER" is gold

  • @Whiskey.Tango.Actual
    @Whiskey.Tango.Actual Před rokem +80

    What’s crazy is that these recruits are out there and can view their own slay sesh on CZcams.

  • @bobsmurda119
    @bobsmurda119 Před 8 měsíci +9

    DI: "you are a moron aye aye sir"
    Recruit: "AYE AYE SIR!"
    😂😂😂😂 Had me dying lmao

  • @BarryMcCokinnerass
    @BarryMcCokinnerass Před 5 měsíci +84

    Just a Chair Force guy here who retired after 20 years but let this be known. I appreciate ANY and EVERYONE who earned the right to call themselves a Marine.😎
    You guys are badass! Keep up the great work!

    • @ryan0150
      @ryan0150 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Nice username

    • @CollinKillian
      @CollinKillian Před 3 měsíci +1

      Naval EOD here, guarantee every time we desperately needed air support, you were saving our lives down there. Yeah, I'll still make fun of ya, but know we were your biggest fans when we needed ya..

    • @Aqueox
      @Aqueox Před 2 měsíci

      @@CollinKillian >Gun run coming in
      "I love you holy shit thank you!"
      >Guns leave
      "... Bitch...."

  • @jakeinator722
    @jakeinator722 Před rokem +342

    SSgt Nichols is an inspiration. I wish he was still around as active SSgt.

    • @RenzCanSpit
      @RenzCanSpit Před rokem +1

      B co on Parris island??

    • @jamesabel687
      @jamesabel687 Před rokem +11

      @@RenzCanSpit I had him when I was in Charlie company on the island

    • @averagecitizen8491
      @averagecitizen8491 Před rokem +10

      @@jamesabel687 did he serve 2 tours on the drill field? This footage is from San Diego

    • @RedKeyCam
      @RedKeyCam Před rokem +15

      ssgt nichols was my master sgt a few months ago and hes finna get out soon

    • @Canadian9525
      @Canadian9525 Před rokem

      @@jamesabel687 🤣😅🤣😅 Parris Island???? He was in San Diego and he was a Turd!!!! 😅🤣😅🤣

  • @williamtell2053
    @williamtell2053 Před rokem +244

    It's amazing what you can endure and do when being intimated

    • @marccano5061
      @marccano5061 Před rokem +44

      Nothing, I mean nothing in the F**"ing civilian world has compared to my experience in the Corps, well except for my ex maybe 🤔 bosses, college, jobs, I always felt like I was one step ahead when it came to dealing with very stressful situations, and I owe that to the Corps. Not some bullshit weekend retreat to hold hands in the forest.

    • @bigdee8189
      @bigdee8189 Před rokem

      Don't be intimidated by anyone!!! That means you're scared!! If you're scared, then you let someone fuck with your head, and they own you!!

    • @williamtell2053
      @williamtell2053 Před rokem +6

      @@bigdee8189 that is what the military needs you have to be willing to go into battle at a moment notice

    • @squidusn71
      @squidusn71 Před rokem +5

      Don't get intimidated, get motivated.

    • @TD_JR
      @TD_JR Před rokem +4

      @@squidusn71 Getting intimidated and beat down got a lot of wimps and losers in the weight room. Sometimes, being made to feel small and insignificant leads to some fantastic life choices.

  • @ArmyPL1981
    @ArmyPL1981 Před rokem +38

    Never give up, never show weakness, work together as a team. In combat you'll thank your DI for the rigorous training you've received. It could save your life.

  • @ronbentley5489
    @ronbentley5489 Před rokem +36

    I see the Corp hasn't changed since 68 when I wanted to earn the chance to be a Marine brother.....we were tempered in the furnace of boot camp to endure the fire of combat......and so thankful for teaching us stress and thinking clearly can be done at the same time...
    Semper Fidelis my brothers

    • @williamsweeney7954
      @williamsweeney7954 Před 4 měsíci

      69 here. I remember more profanity and a lot of thumping.

    • @80Jasonmw
      @80Jasonmw Před 6 dny

      @@williamsweeney7954 hasn't changed?

  • @nonyabiz9487
    @nonyabiz9487 Před rokem +93

    I knew him as Sgt Nichols or simply as "AYE SIR." He was my very first introduction to the Marine Corps way of life. During the drill instructor introduction they made us get on our feet and scramble on line and I accidentally ran into him. He body slammed me to the ground but he made sure my head didnt bounce off the ground. Ha! So there I was on the ground with him over me yelling with his finger in my face doing the "you will not laugh, you will not cry" speech. After that I ran to our line and in the chaos accidentally kicked a foot locker across the squad bay with my shine bone. It hurt so freakin bad! The whole experience was exactly like the Full Metal Jacket movie but 10 times worse! This guy loved the Marine Corps and he actually cared a lot for the recruits.

    • @DD-1996
      @DD-1996 Před rokem +4

      Damn! Really?

    • @STONECOLD1988
      @STONECOLD1988 Před 11 měsíci +6

      I didn’t join but I worked at MCAS MIRAMAR as a civilian employee & someone told me to try the boot camp challenge which happens at MCRD San Diego every September… I tried it twice… 2012 & 2013… I met SSGT Nichols twice in 2013 he was going a signing meet & greet at the MCX Miramar & I had already seen Ears Open Eyeballs Click… my cousin at the time was a SSGT in the Marine Corps… he recently retired… anyway i recognized SSGT Nichols the first day I met him & I walked up & we talked & I bought a copy of Black Friday Dark Dawn & he signed it for me… & gave me some good advice… Really great man! second time was at MCRD after the boot camp challenge ended… we met again & he introduced me to his son & we met it short & he asked me how I did & how it was & what my thoughts were on it… that was the last time I saw him to me personally it was an honor to meet him I can’t explain…

  • @funnydylan9834
    @funnydylan9834 Před rokem +65

    8:30 I love this line “It’s a piece of carbon paper, dammit!” lol 😆

    • @wakcedout
      @wakcedout Před rokem +5

      Oh its not the paper that causes pain, its keeping those arms out.
      My instructors in security forces did this to us with our plastic rifles we had to use one day.
      As one kept asking about stories of another, we just shouted the pain away and kept our arms out.
      Kinda makes me laugh that a bunch of airmen can hold up a chunky plastic rifle, yet this marine recruit couldn't hold up a piece of paper lol.

  • @kennethgreene7124
    @kennethgreene7124 Před rokem +43

    I love the instructor at the end of the video. Able to change his voice to 5 different tones spontaneously as needed. I think some of these instructors have way too much fun😂

    • @rem-0515
      @rem-0515 Před 13 dny

      Oh I agree, I know this is all for a purpose but you can definitely tell when they're on a power trip and enjoying it lol.

  • @BigE-wf6zo
    @BigE-wf6zo Před rokem +23

    I was a Drill Instructor in the late 80s at San Diego. Glad things haven't changed!

    • @tomr3422
      @tomr3422 Před 5 měsíci

      I was a recruit at MCRD San Diego in the late 80's - it doesnt look like much has

    • @Kki-rx1mr
      @Kki-rx1mr Před dnem

      I com to you ..can you Drill me vor better Live for me ❤❤❤❤

  • @lancecrane10
    @lancecrane10 Před rokem +126

    "you are a moron" gets me everytime.

  • @rsb6677
    @rsb6677 Před rokem +213

    Rope climb! True story where I conquered my fear of heights! Half way up I'd look down and my arms would turn into spagetti noodles I was afraid I wasn't going to be strong enough to to pull myself up and hold on and finish! I was afraid my arms would give out 3/4'ths of the way up,and I'd lose my grip let go and fall to my death or fall and break my neck,so i gave up, I slid down and tried to cheat.I jumped into the line of guys that did finish that obstacle and were on to the next! Some baby faced silver bars captain seen me and calmly said hey recruit come here! I saw what you did. He asked me a simple question. "Why did you join the Marine Corps"? I thought and answerd HONESTLY, "Because EVERYONE in this recruits family thought that this recruit wouldn't be able to do it and this recruit wanted to prove them wrong"! He looked me dead in the eyes and said is that what your doing now? He said "look, you can cheat alot of people in life and get away with it, but in your heart, YOU know the truth"! He stuck his finger in my chest like my dad used to do when he was chewing me out and said, "Dont ever cheat YOUSRSELF"! I looked around to this interaction like "oh sh*t this guys going dime me out to my Drill Instructors and theres gonna be hell to pay! He must of read my mind, He smiled and said dont worry recruit I wont say anything to your D.I's.And again he stuck his finger in my chest and said but you have a descion to make! about faced and walked off. I stood there and that sh*t hit like a sledgehammer in my chest I knew I was wrong I knew I cheated. I got back in line waited my turn and thought "I dont know how I'm going to do this, but even if it f*cking kills me I'm going to do this"! I get up the rope half way again I look down, my arms turned into spaggetti noodles and I started to panic. I see him, that Same Captain yelling, up at me "DON'T LOOK DOWN!!! NEVER LOOK DOWN, ALWAYS LOOK UP HAND OVER HAND UNTILL YOU SLAP THE TOP OF THAT OBSTACLE"! I did it and it felt so unreal the rest of the world and its sounds seemed to drown out and fade away! I was so excited I made my way down the rope so fast i burnt the skin off my hands! I was so pumped full of adrenaline and besides myself I didnt even care! I wanted to say thank you Sir. He was gone, nowhere to be seen, like he was a ghost or something and just vanished into thin air. I NEVER was afraid of heights or anything else after that day, it takes ALOT to rattle me! I thank God for the Marine Corps every day!

    • @xipingpooh5783
      @xipingpooh5783 Před rokem +20

      To the day I die I’ll never turn my back on the Corps. I’ve helped Marines and Marines have helped me. The best fraternity on earth. Semper Fidelis🇺🇸

    • @NFLYoungBoy223
      @NFLYoungBoy223 Před rokem +7

      I never climbed the rope during MCRD but when it mattered most I climbed the rope during crucible

    • @rsb6677
      @rsb6677 Před rokem +9

      @@NFLYoungBoy223 as long as you conquerd your fear and left it there THATS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!

    • @NFLYoungBoy223
      @NFLYoungBoy223 Před rokem +5

      @@rsb6677 I love it here😭

    • @kevp6488
      @kevp6488 Před rokem +4

      Damn, I currently am afraid of heights and just finished a comment on not being able to rope climb. I just realized that even if I figured out the technique and gained the arm strength, I would've had another problem that I never got the chance to even think about! This is one hell of a feeling... 😶 Well done.

  • @joryskidmore7041
    @joryskidmore7041 Před 10 měsíci +10

    "It's a piece of paper! IT DOESN'T WEIGH ANYTHING!!!" ..... That's the best shit ever.

  • @Clone4082
    @Clone4082 Před rokem +45

    Man, I got out of the Marines 3 years ago and it feels like this all happened yesterday

    • @Bret4207
      @Bret4207 Před rokem +3

      Got out in 1982, feels the same way.

    • @jeromepittman459
      @jeromepittman459 Před rokem +1

      I got out of the Corps 1989 it feels like yesterday. My SDI was a Nam grunt

    • @phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842
      @phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842 Před rokem +1

      @@jeromepittman459 oh shit lol…I went on 98 wasn’t shit going on then 9/11

    • @transitionministries2072
      @transitionministries2072 Před 6 měsíci

      I went to SD Boot in 1966, left the Corps in 1970 & am a Nam Vet. You never forget you DIs!

  • @kevp6488
    @kevp6488 Před rokem +492

    I feel for these guys, even in my young and skinny days I couldn't for the life of me figure out the rope climb. Still bugs me.

    • @sethwallace4878
      @sethwallace4878 Před rokem +30

      J-hook my dude soooo much easier

    • @HolmWrecker
      @HolmWrecker Před rokem +108

      We were made to climb the rope in middle school physical education, we had to at least try. I was a monkey boy so it was easy for me. Back when schools were actual schools. Now public schools are just a bad baby sitting service.

    • @jaferris7657
      @jaferris7657 Před rokem +13

      I wasn’t ever able to figure out the whole rope thing. Most of the recruits in my platoon didn’t as it was something that they just skipped over as they didn’t see it as necessary. That was the only part our platoon didn’t excel in over the other platoons.

    • @sheepleslayer586
      @sheepleslayer586 Před rokem +12

      I just built my upper core and dead hung while pulling myself up the rope with just my upper strength.
      I was/ am a skinny guy lol but I have pretty big arms for my size.

    • @michaellipken9726
      @michaellipken9726 Před rokem +3

      yeah i was lucky to not have to do it in gym. I think i tried it once and couldnt figure it out. so much easier to rock wall climb

  • @jessb1775
    @jessb1775 Před rokem +296

    This brings back so many memories when I attended recruit training at MCRD San Diego. Moments that will be permanently etched into my mind.

    • @wookiepower23m20
      @wookiepower23m20 Před rokem +2

      That's wear i went

    • @lbc562jb
      @lbc562jb Před rokem +2

      God this shit happened all the time and it was hilarious!!!! HIT THE PITTTTTT!!!!!!!

    • @yankee_tango
      @yankee_tango Před rokem +7

      I still remember being on fire watch and watching the planes take off from the airport next store. Things haven't changed much since i was in boot camp. The pit near the chow hall has a special place in my memories and my heart.

    • @natedog805402
      @natedog805402 Před rokem +1

      I didn't rly know what to expect when I got there but when I was at firewatch at night this same di would always come up and load up on me like he was gonna punch me but just call me a pussy instead cuz I flinch hahah

    • @wookiepower23m20
      @wookiepower23m20 Před rokem +2

      @@yankee_tango thats where I puked for not saying thank you to the lady who gave me my food

  • @firststeward
    @firststeward Před 4 měsíci +8

    Been almost 30 years since I got out USMC. Man I can’t help but love my Marine Corps D.I.’s. Among the finest profession in the World. On my momma!❤

  • @PaulosTheGamer
    @PaulosTheGamer Před rokem +5

    "It's a PIECE OF PAPER, IT DOESN'T WEIGH ANYTHING!!!"

  • @novoice9286
    @novoice9286 Před rokem +139

    these recruits will look back and remember ssgt and be like "damn..i miss him"

    • @magilla2282
      @magilla2282 Před rokem +26

      I miss my drill sergeant. He gave me a lot of shit in the beginning. As he would say "I was tore up from the floor up." He smoked me like a joint lol. When I arrived at Boot camp I didn't know how to do shit. I remember I was in chow line one day. This was about halfway thru Boot camp. I was standing in chow line depressed to the point I had nothing left emotionally. I never cried or freaked out, I just shut off. I'm standing in line and lost my military baring. I was not moving thru chow line correctly and my Drill Sergeant shouts out my name. He was about to rip me a new one. I look up at him, he looked in my eyes, and said nevermind and left me alone. I will never forget that. I was at my breaking point and instead of breaking me, he let me heal. At the end of Basic I am proud to say that 2 people from are platoon we're chosen for a promotion. I was one of those 2.

    • @tylerkelly4335
      @tylerkelly4335 Před rokem +7

      @@magilla2282 thats awesome bro that you overcame that feeling of emptiness and made it through training. I was the same exact way but i didnt make it through boot camp and you did man. I regret most of my days from just quitting and sometimes i wish i had another chance but I would have to get waivers and lose 30 lbs to reenlist and physically I get injured alot. But its for the best and just wanted to say good job on not giving up and pushing through the hard times!

    • @prepareforwinter213
      @prepareforwinter213 Před rokem +1

      @@magilla2282 damn, do you think he understood how you felt ? Did you ever ask him

    • @asasial1977
      @asasial1977 Před rokem +3

      @@magilla2282 had a similar situation at Bootcamp while on mess week.
      I was gone, DI got in my face, he saw I was gone and backed off, let me go sit down and actually acted like a human for a few seconds which did help bring me out some.
      He could see it in my eyes, he knew.
      I asked to go to medical the next morning, I had some kind of bug from working in cold food prep, freezer, refrigerator, cold room, through the hot steamy kitchen, to the line at room temperature, back and forth all day.
      He told me to get screwed… a little more colorfully than that.

    • @asasial1977
      @asasial1977 Před rokem +3

      Came up to me sometime later.
      Got right in my face and made me eyeball him. Eye contact at 6 inches maybe. You don’t normally make eye contact period, unless you want messed up.
      He looked me dead in the eye. Then very calmly but seriously spoke “Son, there’s something wrong with you”
      Well he wasn’t wrong. 😆

  • @stevenrouse6829
    @stevenrouse6829 Před rokem +30

    At 6:30 the D.I. and recruit one on one is such good memories , looking back on that now is like a Father and son moment .

  • @ctilson176
    @ctilson176 Před rokem +14

    I graduated recruit training in November of 2003 and it is an experience that I remember vividly to this very day.

    • @bon2yan88
      @bon2yan88 Před rokem +2

      december '06 air force

    • @Cam-gn6uk
      @Cam-gn6uk Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@bon2yan88 What was your squadron? I was 320 the rock but the mascot was a gator

    • @bon2yan88
      @bon2yan88 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Cam-gn6uk 321st predators we're near the gate

  • @bluehemp7177
    @bluehemp7177 Před rokem +66

    The 5 branches of the military needs to bring this kind of training back

    • @mrv.3768
      @mrv.3768 Před rokem +2

      Agreed

    • @dantedelgadillo9289
      @dantedelgadillo9289 Před rokem +12

      They still have it more people need to join and stop complaining and see for themselves

    • @LittleSalex
      @LittleSalex Před 7 měsíci +2

      ​@@dantedelgadillo9289nah they don't they lowered the standarss

    • @coomslayer7937
      @coomslayer7937 Před 6 měsíci +2

      You mean this difficulty or this exact type?

  • @sourarmoredhero7765
    @sourarmoredhero7765 Před rokem +33

    The piece of paper DI has one of the best DI voices I've ever heard...I mean, after SSgt. Nichols of course. I'll go haze myself.

  • @brodocbetty4856
    @brodocbetty4856 Před rokem +50

    I was Army 1974 BCT, Our Drill Sergeant's were made of steel and I would never repeat that experience, hardest thing I've ever done in life. They didn't yell, They didn't have to, You knew they meant business and they were badasses for real.

    • @michaelvandyke6715
      @michaelvandyke6715 Před rokem +4

      Was in basic in "73", they could still lay hands on you!
      Slap on the head, a gut punch, kick your feet when your down, etc ..
      You did the straight and narrow, 17 weeks felt like a year...😂😂😂

  • @mtmadigan82
    @mtmadigan82 Před rokem +26

    Lol watching this never gets old. Its a whole lot more fun to watch this than it ever was being on the receiving end. 🤣

  • @wizdiz04
    @wizdiz04 Před rokem +17

    I still have nightmares of being back in boot camp. Good times 😁

  • @jockeyjack3367
    @jockeyjack3367 Před rokem +11

    It’s impressive how the DI’s can keep up so much energy

  • @BC-2
    @BC-2 Před rokem +18

    Not even a damn 8 and a half by 11, just a g--damn 5 by 8...CARBON COPY!!! CARBON COPY!!! That drill instructor truly knows how to stir the shit pot and is hysterical in doing so.

  • @bluejoenevada
    @bluejoenevada Před rokem +28

    i miss the obstacle course so much , it was so much fun , my dad took me out to play on the course when i was little in the early 70's , i took my turn in the mid 80's , and i took my daughter with me for a gladiator event in 2019 to show her how much fun it is , to have doubt about it and then the pride of completing it

    • @mgoblue0970
      @mgoblue0970 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Ditto.
      I thought it was a shit ton of fun.
      I asked to do it again and well, that didn't go good for me.

    • @bluejoenevada
      @bluejoenevada Před 10 měsíci

      @@mgoblue0970 , me and my daughter entered the Gladiator Assult Challenge , a mud run event a few years ago just so she could have the experience to enjoy , it made me feel like it was the great fun in basic again

  • @jimheckert5383
    @jimheckert5383 Před rokem +6

    The change is forever!!! Thank you S\Sgt.Farrell,Sgt. Beck, Sgt.Crockett This recruit is forever grateful!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @immortal4471
    @immortal4471 Před rokem +448

    ah...Recruits you may feel like this is hell when you go through it, but I promise the older you get the fonder you look back on all the pain and suffering you endured to be called a United States Marine.

  • @michaelbaldwin5495
    @michaelbaldwin5495 Před rokem +44

    I was 5’10,126lbs,arrived a well balanced recruit with a chip on each shoulder (1971).They sent me the motivation platoon ,kicked my ass.😂🇺🇸

  • @shaydesofblue2281
    @shaydesofblue2281 Před rokem +8

    Damn, this hits hard. One hell of a journey. 2015 felt like yesterday.

  • @bodezzy212
    @bodezzy212 Před rokem

    Retiring this year, earned both titles and still watch this stuff for motivation!

  • @KingIntrepid1
    @KingIntrepid1 Před rokem +22

    The piece of paper was priceless

    • @DD-1996
      @DD-1996 Před rokem +1

      It was priceless because IT DOESN’T WEIGH ANYTHING!!!!!!

  • @philchurch1115
    @philchurch1115 Před rokem +8

    I was in the Navy 1982 to 1988 with VS-41 and VS-33 two west pacs AZ2 and boot camp was in San Diego and you could hear the marines in bootcamp getting yelled at while we were in our racks and trying to sleep .. I will always remember boot camp ..

  • @jasonk5579
    @jasonk5579 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I could watch these all damn day. Semper Fi.

  • @beyondtheopendoorministrie2258
    @beyondtheopendoorministrie2258 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I wish I went into the Marines. I’m doing basic training in 1992 June at Fort Jackson, South Carolina for United States Army. RC you a drill. Instructor was a former United States Marine. Who transferred over to the US Army. I can say that looking at these videos I remember and I still watch my basic training VHS cassette from 92. Thank you. DI Command Sergeant’s Major Rick.

  • @putridstar
    @putridstar Před rokem +3

    Finally a video I've been waiting for ever

  • @danlilly1790
    @danlilly1790 Před rokem +13

    The piece of paper kicking your ass was one of the many super happy good fun times I remember from The Island.

    • @tritontransport
      @tritontransport Před rokem +1

      He tells the recruit “you sound like a sister” 😂. In the 90s they called you something way different and way more un PC than a “sister” like a word that starts with a F or a Q 🥴🤣 9:15

    • @tiemanschnitzel7940
      @tiemanschnitzel7940 Před rokem +1

      Shoulda seen it in '75.

    • @thegodhand9572
      @thegodhand9572 Před rokem +2

      i had to do the paper thing with heavy ass books for like an hour when I was 11~ when I did the smallest shit, love abusive parents

    • @tritontransport
      @tritontransport Před rokem +2

      @@thegodhand9572 🤣 hardly abusive parents making you hold up a book. Abusive would be clubbing you in the face with the book and busting your nose

  • @MikeHinze
    @MikeHinze Před 3 měsíci +4

    They better realize that DI won't be as half as hard on them as the enemy will!

  • @vermillionwarrior3968
    @vermillionwarrior3968 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Drill instructors are so much nicer and funnier than they used to be!! This is headliner material! 😮😂😂😂

    • @vermillionwarrior3968
      @vermillionwarrior3968 Před 2 měsíci +1

      No racial slurs, no homophobic slurs, less swearing even! It's a cleaner, more modern Corps! Somehow MORE terrifying this way...😦

  • @sheepleslayer586
    @sheepleslayer586 Před rokem +5

    More of this PLEASE, SIR!

  • @kurtseidel8742
    @kurtseidel8742 Před rokem +3

    Awesome!!! Those Drill Instructor's are the best, made me what I am today....best of the best!!!

  • @daveshangar6820
    @daveshangar6820 Před rokem +11

    The way you beat this game is to realize that everybody screws up. You're never going to be perfect enough. They're always going to get in your face and find something wrong with everyone.

  • @flank84
    @flank84 Před rokem +5

    Trained to hate failure and despise weakness. I loved that shit.

  • @gephrygeph6480
    @gephrygeph6480 Před rokem +5

    Ahh, the memories! MCRD San Diego '86.

  • @royjamesbrown56
    @royjamesbrown56 Před rokem +29

    When that recruit at 2:02 said “Yes Sir”, I immediately thought “Welp, you done fucked up son”

    • @DD-1996
      @DD-1996 Před rokem +1

      He even done fucked up when he just failed to acknowledge the Senior and got not one but two drills in his face, even that one who acknowledged the failure by hearing and LOOKING AT (2:08) the Senior correct the recruit and therefore decided “OOP, I GOTTA HELP HIM!”

  • @itsyoure9802
    @itsyoure9802 Před rokem +3

    “ITS A PIECE OF PAPER! IT DOESNT WEIGH ANYTHIIIIIIIING!”

  • @anthonywalden3029
    @anthonywalden3029 Před rokem +4

    And whenever I have a bad day, I watch videos like these and after that; my days are not so bad 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @novoice9286
    @novoice9286 Před rokem +79

    3:18 had me fucking ROLLING

  • @josephblaha3586
    @josephblaha3586 Před rokem +3

    I love these videos, they bring back memories!

  • @littletom6546
    @littletom6546 Před 3 měsíci

    Graduated MCRD 1989……I loved every second of this video. Rah!

  • @2NDCBT
    @2NDCBT Před rokem +19

    My Son is at MCRD at his moment. Almost 40 years after I stood on those yellow footprints! I'm so F'n proud of him. 2nd CBT Eng. Btn 1982 .

  • @anthonydouglascontares3471

    Geez this brings back a forgotten time from 48 years ago. I guess half way through the 2nd phase of boot you were conditioned mentally and physically nothing bothered you from that point on.

  • @brad506th
    @brad506th Před rokem +3

    There is something savagely satisfying about watching privates getting scuffed up. Brings back some warm memories. Hell, I remember day one at Benning, washed away YEARS of speech therapy in just an hour. Took me 2 weeks to remember how to talk without a stutter again.😆😅😅

  • @philortiz2445
    @philortiz2445 Před 11 měsíci

    I graduated boot camp in 1974 out of San Diego. This brings back so many memories along with nightmares.

  • @randypennington7837
    @randypennington7837 Před rokem +2

    Days of our lives DI I could watch all day!

  • @Sancte_Benedicte
    @Sancte_Benedicte Před rokem +6

    5:53 SSgt you looked like you wanted go absolutely BALLISTIC

    • @Aqueox
      @Aqueox Před 2 měsíci

      Gotta love the jaw twitch and "WHAAT?!?!" in genuine frustration.

  • @andrewstirton1785
    @andrewstirton1785 Před rokem +6

    Been there, done that! Being a Marine DI is an exhausting job, there are extremely dedicated!
    Simper Fi

  • @dizzle8451
    @dizzle8451 Před rokem

    This is the best IT content so far!

  • @arebelfromhell
    @arebelfromhell Před 10 měsíci

    Been over 10yrs. and i don't miss this at all lol but no regrets.

  • @Zer0Mercy83
    @Zer0Mercy83 Před rokem +46

    The Marine Corps is the greatest thing ever created.

  • @xXW1LDDOG13Xx
    @xXW1LDDOG13Xx Před rokem +12

    5:14 you know you done messed up when Chief DI singles you out.

    • @stevefowler6039
      @stevefowler6039 Před rokem

      Senior DI, not Chief....but ya, u done fucked up when the SDI is smoking u

  • @callydou1859
    @callydou1859 Před 5 měsíci

    These instructors are amazing. I am speechless

  • @ZootyZoFo
    @ZootyZoFo Před 8 měsíci +8

    This is something that stays with you your entire life, you never forget it. It’s been 41 years since I stepped on the yellow footprints at MCRD San Diego. 78 recruits started with my platoon and 41 of the original graduated as Marines on 7 May 1982. Platoon 1023. Senior Drill Insrtuctor SSgt Paul A. Smith Sr., Drill Instructor SSgt R. Strickland, Drill Instructor SSgt D. Kerns. Our receiving Drill Instructer was SSgt Rolfer. Semper Fi!

  • @TopGuardDawg
    @TopGuardDawg Před rokem +6

    3:17 that voice crack got me dying lmao

  • @DavidMoreno-qg5xp
    @DavidMoreno-qg5xp Před rokem +12

    5:43 scared the crap out of me 😂

  • @userXm7-xm7bz8ki4s
    @userXm7-xm7bz8ki4s Před rokem

    This just got me through the rest my work day.

  • @richardeckert9753
    @richardeckert9753 Před rokem +7

    When I went through at PI in 1967 I weighed 118 Ibs (the very minimum for enlistment). I could go up those ropes like a monkey. Never had a problem with most of the physical stuff. I returned to PI for a reunion years later when I was in my 50’s and did the ropes again with no problems

  • @mikey92362
    @mikey92362 Před rokem +330

    For the single guys who want to know what it's like to be married, this is it.
    Relentless Yelling. Intimidation. Nothing you do is good enough. No sex. Perpetual exhaustion. This marriage simulator is hyper realistic!

    • @64worshipper
      @64worshipper Před rokem +16

      A greater truth was never spoken.

    • @flyawax1
      @flyawax1 Před rokem +5

      😂😂😂

    • @nealwray1506
      @nealwray1506 Před rokem +19

      Clearly you’re not happy in your marriage. I suggest you take time off from work etc and take your wife out for a weekend getaway. Talk about what you both expect from each other and meet each other in the middle. If you’re going to post here about how this video compares to marriage it just tells that your marriage is going through this. When both find compromise for each other then things will begin to go in the right direction.

    •  Před rokem +10

      @@nealwray1506 clearly you don't understand. Here's how a weekend getaway would go. A fight would start about where to go (it would never get past here). We would argue the entire way there,the entire time there and on the way home. NO THANKS! I'll just stay in my shop with my dog. He always loves me and never bitches at me. I don't need another mommy,I need a wife... never gonna happen.

    • @mikey92362
      @mikey92362 Před rokem +9

      @@nealwray1506 she'll just see you as a simp. And she'll see your gesture as groveling. Treat her like a queen and she'll see you as a peasant. Treat her like a celebrity and she'll treat you like a fan.
      That weekend trip will just intensify her loss of respect for you and make her hypergamy even stronger.
      Women aren't like men. They're like cats. You want them to want you? The only way is to ignore them and show that you don't need them.

  • @dickgrayson4325
    @dickgrayson4325 Před rokem +47

    I love this. The Marines teach accountability amd responsibility to men. These are men that will be disciplined.

  • @ronnyh3049
    @ronnyh3049 Před rokem +7

    Attention to the smallest detail is what’s pounded in these young Marines, could save their lives later on.🇺🇸👍🏻

  • @johnrobinson4445
    @johnrobinson4445 Před 10 měsíci +1

    "Get away from me."
    I love it. Didn't even raise his voice. Didn't need to.

  • @mikeclement4029
    @mikeclement4029 Před rokem +8

    Ah, the good old "it's just a piece of paper"... that fucking hurts after a few minutes, if you don't believe me try it.

    • @williampfeiffer4536
      @williampfeiffer4536 Před rokem +1

      How bout the invisible Marine Corp chair?

    • @blackwoodsecurity531
      @blackwoodsecurity531 Před rokem +1

      My art teacher in HS was Airborne in Vietnam.
      You could get out of detention if you could hold a textbook out in front of you for the rest of the class. If you did it he'd toss the pink slip.
      If you made any noise while holding the book, you got a second slip and the option to add a second book to pay for the second detention.

  • @Dan-rj8ex
    @Dan-rj8ex Před rokem +4

    One of the funniest parts of boot camp that I can remember is while on fire watch in the middle of the night, the recruits would yell “Aye sir!” In their sleep. I miss Parris Island and I would go back in a heartbeat!

    • @vpfirephotography5492
      @vpfirephotography5492 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I was at the very back side of the squad bay and id be laughing listening to the recruits on fire watch getting smoked at 2 in the morning cause they couldnt give the fire watch report to save their lives.

  • @erics362
    @erics362 Před 6 měsíci +4

    My difficulty climbing ropes was my biggest obstacle (literally and figuratively) at MCRD Parris Island in 1992. Luckily, it didn’t delay my graduation. Once I could grasp the concept of using my legs to do most of the work, it became easier.

  • @spongeboymebob771
    @spongeboymebob771 Před rokem +4

    I love the genuine confusion on the DI's face as he goes "WHAT?!"

    • @Aqueox
      @Aqueox Před 2 měsíci

      Dude that jew clench and eyes widening up in rage and confusion just sends me man... Didn't catch exactly what was being said before though. Whatever it was... It was not good.

  • @elemele4real
    @elemele4real Před rokem +8

    One, two, three four I love Marine Corps!

  • @BigDMartial
    @BigDMartial Před rokem +12

    "open your mouth, sister!!" 😂😂

  • @grayghost7216
    @grayghost7216 Před rokem +6

    "It's a piece of paper, it doesn't weigh anything!" he projects vibes of Sam Kinison.

  • @navychief8425
    @navychief8425 Před 3 měsíci

    I am a retired Navy Corpsman, out of my 22 years I spent 15 years with the FMF in one way or another. Two grunt battalions, one tour at 2nd FSSG and one assignment to Parris Island. When I was at PI I was a Chief and in charge of the rifle range BAS. I can tell you from my experience these men and women who wear the campaign cover truly care for the recruits they train. I had many heart to heart conversations with DI's about recruits who were sick or injured. They would do anything and everything to make sure a motivated recruit made it through training. Semper Fi

  • @jgraves7285
    @jgraves7285 Před rokem +4

    Babe wake up, Moto posted another boot camp video

  • @JW-fm2cy
    @JW-fm2cy Před rokem +54

    LOL OMG!! Love these videos being a vet all these clips brings up flashbacks from my boot time. Love the experience till this day and wouldn't trade it for anything.

    • @marccano5061
      @marccano5061 Před rokem

      I heard that! PLT 1076

    • @portee9113
      @portee9113 Před rokem

      I feel like to get the full experience out of it its best to go young. The people who join at age 25 or above can better see through the bullshit. The 18 yrs olds are scared shitless lol.
      It's like going to a haunted house when you are a kid vs when you are an adult. It just isn't the same.

    • @jugghead-1975
      @jugghead-1975 Před rokem

      @@portee9113 I’ll buy that ... hit the island at 17 yrs old ... turned 18 while I was there and shitless is exactly the right word!

  • @PatchesKB
    @PatchesKB Před rokem

    This is beautiful!

  • @bosskey7212
    @bosskey7212 Před 2 měsíci

    seemed like Hell at the time, but all these years later I know they were some of the best lessons I would ever learn in life. I still remember every single DI's name, voice, cadence, everything. I am so grateful I went thru that time cause I needed it and it made me not only better then but even better when I got out.