The United States Marine Corps Museum on Parris Island
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2022
- Visiting The United State Marine Corp Museum On Parris Island
Stuart and Missy toured the USMC Museum on Parris Island during our stay in South Carolina. The Marines are an elite fighting force and rich in history.
Parris Island has a long and proud history as the Marine Corps recruit training site. Every year, 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island for the chance to transform their lives and become United States Marines. The training they receive is rigorous, demanding, and unlike anything they will have experienced before.
But it is also life-changing, providing them with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed as Marines. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps.
It is a place where recruits learn to work hard, think critically, and be part of a team. They also learn to face challenges with courage and determination. For many recruits, Parris Island is the first step on a journey that will take them places they never thought possible.
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Great video Stu. To be fair I spent more than 13 weeks in Cornwallis. Kit bag drag walk of shame kinda thing.
Thanks, Patty...feels like so long ago...I was 18 going on 19 when I was in Cornwallis...some 35 or so years ago now.
Training day? You missed a lot. Particularly Physical Training (PT).
The training schedule was from 0400 to 2200 (6 hrs to sleep). We had 10 minutes of free time in the evening, in which you had to write home, but also clean all your gear, particularly your rifle.
0400 was bunk drill, where we took apart our bunk linens and blanket, clutched them to our chests, and double timed in place in front of our bunks until everyone was out. Then we had drill to make our bunks. Note, everything that we did was timed. And, you had better be done when the seconds given were finished. Then, of course, off to the head (bathroom), and then outside for PT. It was dark out. I arrived on July 1st and the temp was about 75o at 0400. After PT and some basic drill. There was a morning inspection of the barracks and the individuals and their rifles and belt. Then we double timed (ran) to the mess hall.
If we walked (called herded), then we kept calling out Moo, Moo, as cattle. Then the day was filled mostly with drill and soon rifle drill and PT, with some classroom on history, traditions, and how to use your gear and rifle. We had classes, PT, obstacle courses leading up to the main one, a bear, drill, and a lot of mental anguish inside and outside the barracks.
"We Were Immersed."
There was no "at your convenience" that you did something. You never did any other than what the DI ordered and in the time he or she allotted to you. You were timed to dress and timed to tie your boots.
And, you had to ask for for . The drinking fountains and any food machines that we might see in some building, were off limits. We drank tap water out of our canteens only. During any interim inspection or classroom prep time, or any time we were not doing something specific, we Had To Stay in the "area of our bunk" and sit on our footlockers, not the bunk. Never the bunk. The area was the left side, the front, and the right side of the bunk. There were two picnic tables in the center of the squadbay (a platoon's area of the barracks. They were off limits
This was not a casual schedule. It was intense from 0400-2200 at lights out.
Three to four DI's were assigned to each platoon and were constantly roaming about, yelling and screaming orders.
Thanks for your comment....I never was a Marine, so we had no idea what you went through. I appreciate your sharing.
The yellow footprints were added in 1965, when I was there I didn't know that and I often liked the idea that by pure luck I stood on the same set of footprints that my great great grandfather did but he went through in 45. I still like to think that the footprints are in the same area that he got there at.
Good editing and music. Perhaps a hair softer.
Thanks..this was one of our first ones...we were learning