@@fargeeks that's because a lot of the DI's back then had either served in Korea or Vietnam and war is brutal ( to say the least) and that's what they are supposed to be preparing you for. I've heard so many people say that if the DI's weren't so bad then they would enlist! I reply that if a DI can break you then you don't belong in the military at all because an angry DI IS NOTHING compared to any enemy soldier trying to kill you.
@@hoatattis7283 I do not believe it was Andy McCane's intent to slight ANY branch, Darin. The video was concerning USMC boot camp and USMC recruits. I am confident if Andy had viewed a video depicting another branch of the US Military he would have given the appropriate salutation. Please give my regards to your wife, Karen and make sure to let her know I send her my love, Snowflake! The verse of the Marine Corps Hymn you were unaware of: If the Army and the Navy ever look upon heaven's scene They will find their wives sleeping with United States Marines Have A Nice Day...Molon Labe...Semper Fi
@@hoatattis7283 I served in the Navy, 24 August 1970 to 10 November 1971. I was a Navy corpsman. For a variety of reasons, United States Marines will always come first among all our service people in my heart and mind. That having been said, I'm extremely proud of every member of the armed forces of the United States who serve our country honorably. Andy McKane, 19 September 2022.
@@usmc3547 You're obviously a United States Marine! God knows I love you Marines. My love for Marines and the Marine Corps will stay with me for the rest of my life and hopefully remain with me if there is an afterlife. I'm one who believes there is an afterlife (of some sort at least). That being the case, I've got no doubt whatsoever the streets of heaven will be guarded by United States Marines! Andy McKane, a former corpsman, U.S. Navy. I served---honorably---in the Navy from 24 August 1970 to 10 November 1971. We both know the meaning of the date I was discharged. I tell my Marine and Navy friends, "It's was the Navy's gift to the Corps to provide my discharge as a birthday present to our beloved Marine Corps." Semper Fidelis to every United States Marine who ever served our country and the world honorably. And, by the way, thank you for sticking up for me! You were right in doing so. Andy McKane, 19 September 2022.
At Boeing I was sent to HR for yelling at fellow worker who was having temper tantrum and throwing chairs. I was the one who got in trouble over this but senior management gave me a break telling me they knew I served in the Marines and understood that Marines will never tolerate Bull Shit. I kept my job. Semper Fi
It doesn't matter which country you served with, or which service you were in, you will always remember your time at basic training. You will also be a fellow veteran.
My dad is a Vietnam veteran Marine, who served in the Arizona Territory and in and around An Hoa in 1968 and 1969 with the First Battalion, Fifth Marines. I’ll always be proud of him and his service. God bless all Marines, past and present. And no other voice could have given the narration of this video the gravity that Jack Webb does. Great stuff.
@@voiden3338 Yeah, you're right, I'm sorry, lol. He's told me about the 1/5 many times, but I always get the name backwards. I'll edit my comment to reflect the name correctly.
"And A Few Good Men" was filmed in 1973. I went through MCRD San Diego from 2 December, 1970 to the middle of March, 1971. Platoon 3162. I recognized the receiving barracks, the barber shop, the big and little grinders, the classrooms. All of it, including Edson Range up at Camp Pendleton, is authentic. The film at one point used the phrase "Extra training and attention". That phrase is an understatement.
We arrived late at night so we couldn't see anything other than the receiving building. Got to go to sleep for an hour or two and we were right back up and at em. Jul-Oct 76. Platoon 2080 MCRD San Diego.
@David Johnson I meant no disrespect and apologize if that is the case. I did not have Drill Instructors, nor did I do anything heroic. My dad was a Drill Instructor in San Diego from 1972 - 1974 , hence why I am asking.
WOW! I saw my D.I. in this film. Sgt Cruz (9:00) was my drill instructor in the same year this film was made. I graduated platoon honor man on Aug 17, 1973. Platoon 1051!!! This film has special meaning to me. Once a Marine, Always a Marine! Semper FI
I can attest to this. Army didn't want me due to the MEPS duck walk, Marines said "Prove you've worked on it" I did, signed a contract. I forever resent the Army for fucking me like that. This was 2016 to 2018.
I chuckled at that comment too. I was DI from '83 to '85 at MCRD San Diego with 3rd Bn, Kilo Company. I remember when we were doing "Adventure Training" and rappelling off the tower. I had a recruit who was "mentally challenged" in the IQ department and was terrified of heights. He was on the platform all geared up to rappel, but instead, he wrapped his body around a support beam and refused to let go. Another DI and I pulled him loose, called "on belay," and threw him over the side as he squealed like a pig. The belayer quickly stopped his descent and he slowly descended to the ground. I still remember it with a smile. That recruit went to Motor T after Boot. Good training!
That's why we're careful. If the Army don't want you, you'll probably make an outstanding Marine. Too bad for them. ARMY- "Ain't Ready for the Marines Yet". Oorrah!
Platoon 102 started Jan 3 1966 graduated April. I was promoted to PFC and was squad leader at graduation. USMCRD SAN DIEGO. 5 months later I was up to my ass in Vietnam. I was there 66-68. I've never done anything that was as exhilarating and mesmerizing since then. I have stories I've stopped telling because people just can't believe them they were so extreme. Ever dig out a gold tooth with your bayonet? Ever empty a full 20 round clip into the head of someone who killed a friend of yours turning it into an unrecognizable goo? I'm 73 and have nightmares monthly for 52 years but VA says no PTSD. SURE WASN'T LIKE THE MOVIES. Once a Marine always a Marine.
My late dad went to MCRDSD 19740624 to 19740925 (Medically setback 2 weeks) graduated with Platoon 2065. It's crazy to vision him going through the training at that time. Ranking all the way to Sergeant Major in his career before passing away in '03. Thank you all for your sacrifice and service to our country. This vet salutes you!
Ooorah! I like looking back on our proud history of recruit training. The uniforms may change but the basics are still the basics. Discipline, sweat, and more sweat!
I just pulled this up randomly and was happily astonished to see one of my boot camp Drill Instructors on the video. I was in platoon #1014 in January of 1972 and he was the Junior Drill Instructor, Sgt. Cruz. Wow !! I hope he had a great career and future.
Same here, Jack. Actually joined December 1970--one month past my 17th b'day. Went active 16Jun71. You go to San Diego or PI? PI for me--3rd Battalion, Golf Co. Plt. 355. You no doubt got a service #. Mine was 264XXXX. Right before they went to SS #'s. Like yesterday, indeed. Semper Fi, Bro.
@ Tab, Hello brother! 1970 was a special time for me in High school growing up in San Francisco. I went active July 12th, 1971. M.C.R.D. San Diego. I was 3rd Battalion, platoon 3074. service # 276xxxx. we had M-14's and the m-16's. Went through sea school 1972, and stationed Mare Island, calif. on U.S.S. proteus Subtender. I'm sure we could talk for hours. take care my Brother! keep punching!
Very doubtful, Nik. The Marines pulled out of 'Nam in, I think the month of May, in '71. The Army stayed in the fight until '73. Still some Marines there in specialty jobs, no doubt, like embassy duty and what not. Whether any of the ones pictured in the vid got in on that is highly unlikely, but not impossible. I think it was the embassy Marines that you see loading the Vietnam refugees on the helicopters during the evacuation. Maybe a few pilots and advisors. That's about it.
GySgt Retired October 1973 - December 1973 MCRDPI. I like watching what I went through. The night before I went to Pittsburgh AFEES I watched Tribes Jan Michael Vincent and the DI (Jack Webb). I am proud to of served in the greatest military organization in the world. Semper Fi
I stepped on the Island 5 Oct 73 graduated 28 Dec 73; Platoon 395, India Co 3rd Bn. Platoon 395 last Platoon to be dismissed for 1973 on Parris Island. Spent 4 in the Corps, honorably discharged 4 Oct 77, as a Sgt. Semper Fi
@@usmc-veteran73-77 We come from the same platoon SSgt Stewart was the SDI. I am recruit Reagle laundry number 54 what say you? I retired 14 October 1993 Retired GySgt.
Apr 4th 1984 PLT 2035 was my first day. Went from 0311 to 0331, 8151 and finally 5953 years later. I regret nothing and loved every minute of 23yrs. My Senior Drill Instructor was SSgt Greene. A lean mean green amphibious monster that thrived on war..and to my surprise MANY years later was the Guest of Honor (unknowingly to me) at a MC Ball In Iwakuni...he was a SGTMAJ now...and when I heard his voice I have to admit..I was met with a little fear as well as a little sentimentality. After ceremonies I bee lined to him and we spoke. No words can express what an honor it was for me. Semper Fi.
HailRider, Great story Marine. I can imagine your trepidation in hearing his voice again! Our Junior DI (Sgt Starbuck) was the tough one of the three. I can still hear his voice in my head 51 years later. Unfortunately, he was KIA Quảng Ngãi province when the recon patrol he was leading was exposed and ambushed by the Viet Cong(Feb 1967). He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously. A Marine's Marine! Semper Fi
Bob, I am honored to have read your reply. I have been blessed to have met many Viet Nam vets as they were the top dogs when I entered in the early 80's..including my father who was a Sailor on the mobile riverine forces. I believe they were called LRRPs. He recalled to me stories of going up the rivers, patrolling and dropping off and picking up Marine Patrols. I would chuckle as he told that within hours of dropping off Army troops they would be calling for extractions...but often when they went to pick up the Jarheads and arrived at the rally point - would radio them and was told " Nah, we are good, come back again next week." He said that spoke volumes about the bravery and tenacity of Marines. And knowing how small of a world it is, you never know. Perhaps my father had met Sgt Starbuck. Semper Fi, Marine.
Boot camp : for me it was July to September 1963. To really appreciate it all, you have to go through it. What I was taught was essential to surviving Vietnam in 67 and 68. Semper Fi
This was made the year I was born. Military life was the ONLY life I wanted but I was born mostly deaf. Eventually, I found out about this thing called military contractors. So I sent myself to A&P school and I medically retired from an Army post at 40 after 10 years of wrenching BlackHawks, Chinooks, Kiowas, Apaches, and the last Huey in inventory. It was a very rewarding career, of which I would repeat every second, even knowing it will kill me. I just won't get a 21-gun salute or a military headstone.
My experience on Parris Island was much more intense than this video shows. I don’t recall our Drill Instructors ever “talking normal” to us, always yelling cursing from the time you got up til lights out… They really dialed it back for the cameras
I was at MCRD San Diego in 1973, about the same time this film was made. Platoon 3067. We arrived just before midnight. After MOS training in Virginia I was assigned to 1/2 at Camp Lejuene. Us Hollywood Marines took a lot of mouthing from the PI guys. The weather at PI was much hotter and more humid than San Diego. That’s about the only difference I found between the two MCRDs. About the sixth or seventh day we returned from breakfast chow to find our barracks totally ransacked. Beds mattresses and footlockers scattered everywhere. The DI’s came out of the duty hut screaming cussing and yelling. They exercised us for what seemed like hours. Then they took us out for a little run. Along the way several folks fell out and started walking, including myself. After the platoon got back to the barracks the DI came for all of us stragglers. He exercised us for what seemed like hours. I NEVER fell out of a run again in my four years!! Not even going 12 miles at NCO school when they tricked us by running past the barracks at the 9 mile mark!! We thought the end was in sight but kept on going!! Semper Fi!!
@@stephenwood4605 I hated that part...pull up to the barracks, "What we gonna do when we get back.... gonna take a shower and hit the sack.....bullshit" ... We'd put it in neutral for a couple of minutes and then hear the DI holler, "We're going back out"..... Holy Shit... SEMPER FI and HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOVEMBER 10 2022
I hated my time in boot camp 1986 . The DIs were assholes . I remember b4 graduation they told the whole platoon that they hated us , and looked forward to most of us being 0311 . I left Paris island hoping I would catch up to any of those DIs in the fleet for after hours beat down at an E club
I spent the better part of 8 years getting my ass chewed. I played defensive back in football. Those of you who played know if you get a real good db coach he is crazy and highly aggressive. Nothing is ever right and all of you are sh*t. So that is a nice way to go in to island already knowing you are useless sh*t
Seems like I remember marine boot camp in the 1960s as incredibly brutal because many of these marines were expected to fight in Vietnam. You faced training that was vital and if you didn’t cut the mustard you may not survive in combat. That DI had that in mind during that period of training. The stress level in those three months had to be something more intense then anything these young men could imagine. It had to be because combat in Vietnam was brutal. Remember that on Veterans Day. A lot of Marines died over in Vietnam and many came home suffering the price of horror they could never escape.
I spent 18 months in country. I graduated from MCRDSD in Oct ‘65 and ITR 30 NOV., joined 5th Marines in December at Camp Margarita. My DIs were tough but they had to be. I think that’s why I survived.
Interesting But just 3 months? I guess it has changed. Well, try to be part of a underwater-group? Normal 3 months is just rest untill... 9 months (re-training first once a year and after 4y you had to re-trained only every second year. Untill you're 32yo.).
7 August 1969 and my 17 year old life was changed forever standing on them yellow footprints. The draftees thought I was crazy because I had to enlist for 3 year and they only had to do 2, But I had choices and they didn't. I didn't hear about Woodstock and Charlie Manson/Sharon Tate until after graduation. The movie is a sanitized version of what we experienced as the Marines were in a hurry to get more troops "Over There".....
I attended boot camp in San Diego in the Navy. The Marine boot camp was right next door. We could see them through the fence every day. On extremely hot days a black flag would be raised over the regiment headquarters and we were required to cease from all exertions. So we sat in the shade along the fence line and smoked cigarettes for hours while watching the Marines. These guys were double timing it up and down the field with full combat gear, helmet, their rifles and a full pack on their backs. Honestly, it was hard to even see these guys because of the heat waves shimmering off the tarmac. All I could think of was "Those poor bastards!"
***** Don, NTC on April 30, 1997, and ceased all military operations. you should Google the old base and see it now. It is a living community center now. Our old barracks is now an elementary school. I was there in Sept.-Oct 1986. Company 196. The only boot camp left is in Chicago. They tore the one in Orlando down and built houses.
Near the end of basic, everybody's equipment was inventoried prior to turn in. The Drill taught us how to steal all the missing items from other companies that "didn't watch their equipment", None of our people had to pay for lost items. An introduction on how NCOs watch out for their people. This practical training was useful frequently later in my service.
Gear adrift is gear a gift. I heard that many times. Secure your trash , Devil. My fave, "There's only one thief in the Marine Corps, everyone else is just trying to get their shit back..." Or "Go and ACQUIRE ( Insert item )". If all else failed, and I mean everything else, there was always Siagon Sam's. Beats having a Missing Gear Statement.
TO BE A MARINE You Have To Believe In: Yourself - Your Fellow Marine - Your Corps - Your Country - Your God. Semper Fidelis. First Battalion, Platoon 1002, MCRD San Diego, Graduated 28 March 1973.
I don't quite remember it being exactly this way, as I got off that bus in the early morning hours of Sept. 24, 1971. At the ripe old age of, barely 17, i was assigned to Platoon #196. The toughest nine weeks of my life and yet somehow I made it through. It didn't hurt me in the least and shaped me both mentally and physically for the rest of my adult life. It was my honor to be allowed to become a US Marine, not all make it! I stand proud beside the Few, and to this day gladly acknowledge everyone that show their loyalty, regardless of branch of service. Semper Fi
I was at MCRD San Diego in 1973, about the same time this film was made. Platoon 3067. About the sixth or seventh day we returned from breakfast chow to find our barracks totally ransacked. Beds mattresses and footlockers scattered everywhere. The DI’s came out of the duty hut screaming cussing and yelling. They exercised us for what seemed like hours. Then they took us out for a little run. Along the way several folks fell out and started walking, including myself. After the platoon got back to the barracks the DI came for all of us stragglers. He exercised us for what seemed like hours. I NEVER fell out of a run again in my four years!! Not even going 12 miles at NCO school when they tricked us by running past the barracks at the 9 mile mark!! We thought the end was in sight but kept on going!! Semper Fi!!
I Went through Boot at Parris island Mid May to Mid August of 81. That was the longest summer of my life. I turned 18 there. 42 years ago. It goes quick. Make the most of it, and Trust in the Lord. Semper Fi!
Be prepared to be jealous. In the opening scenes at the back door to receiving barracks you might have noticed that there were a number of windows on the 2nd deck. One of those windows looked into my room. I shared that room for six months with two other Marines in receiving barracks itself. One of my roommates went off to Sea School at the other end of the grinder and the other went to Embassy school. I changed MOS and went off to a major headquarters G-2 as an 02. The stuff we got away with in receiving barracks still gives me grins and giggles over it.
Went to Lackland AFB for BMT in July 1988. San Antonio was very hot that year and remember arriving there around 01:00 hrs. We got to our Squadron building 3701st to begin our induction and we were swarmed by a horde of TIs screaming and yelling at us calling us every obscene word. Will never forget that first initiation to boot camp and the following 6 weeks, but will never forget my Flight's TIs to this day: SSgt. Chanslor, TSgt. Brown and Sgt. Bell. Thank you Air Force for the good lessons learned in BMT.
I was thinking exactly the same thing before I read your reply. I served June 28, 1973 to October 31, 1980. Platoon 257, 2nd RTBTN Parris Island. Semper Fi to all my Brothers and Sisters who served in the Corps.
I was at MCRD, PI, SC, the same time as the Everly Brothers and R Lee 'Gunny' Ermey were at MCRD, SD, Ca. The jargon used by Ermey in the movie, "Full Metal Jacket", was vogue and used at the time we were in boot camp. The only two things in the boot camp segment of the movie that I did not witness personally was where Gomer Pyle had to march with with his trousers around his ankles and the suicide scene. Even tho it did not involve food, a fellow recruit had left his footlocker unlocked...and you know the rest.
My father was with the Dutch engineers corps as a driver in 1955,i myself was with the Dutch engineers corps in 1976 (laying mines and bridges), At some stage my father gave me the book Battle Cry by Leon Uris,the best book on war i ever read,it is about training of Marines at San Diego before they go to war in the Pacific,i have read it countless times. "You will act as a man and will be treated like a man" to me sounds like the perfect recipe for human driftwood in society today.
I know one thing. No matter what life throws at me and I will always be a Marine no matter what. Eugene Cunningham Platoon 2117 1972 earned a Stripe after Graduation. I was so Proud to become a Marine. Sempre Fi my Brothers you are one of the Proud and The Few. Welcome to the Club.
Good video even if it is 40 yrs old. I keep asking myself what is different about today's training from what I see here. It would be interesting to see a similar narrative video shot today. Thank you Marine Corps Veterans for your outstanding service...Semper Fi, from a USAF career veteran.
Man what memories I went to BOOTCAMP at parris island it made who I'm to be a MARINE is the greatest thing a young person can be just to hear that world MARINE semakes everyone take notice THE FEW THE PROUD THE MARINE CORPS I so glad I was a MARINE I know I am special but I have humility as all MARINES have Semper Fi to all my brothers and sisters THAN YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 😊
I must have watched this 100 times while I was on delayed enlistment back in 75. Jack Webb is the only person in the world who could have narrated this
Arrived at MCRD San Diego July 13,1976, 2nd Battalion, E Company, Platoon 2079, Graduated Oct. 14, 1976. Perhaps the proudest day of my life. I don't think a day goes by where I don't have some reflection back on those days. Semper Fi!
@IAMTOPWRENCH1 We had a Sgt. Weber as 1 of our Drill Instructors, a tall , skinny black dude who would often say, "All I give for free is hard dick and bubble gum, and I'm fresh outta bubble gum!' wonder if it was the same since you were right after me.
For me the hardest thing we did was Bends & Thrusts and Mountain Climbers until the Drill Instructor got tired. Platoon 1048, A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Graduation date 27 July 1973.
My time in the Corps was 1961 - 1966 and was in an era when time in the Marines was offered to some guys instead of going to prison. I knew of several who said after a while, they wished they had chosen jail time instead of this stuff. Ha! Later on, however, most became good Marines. Semper Fi!
In the mid-sixties you could be drafted into ANY of the military services-----I was drafted into the US Coast Guard and stationed at Governors Island ; not to far from the Statue of Liberty Island....PURE luck-----repairing harbor bouys-----channel markers etc---My Greek buddy; who could speak/ read/ write fluent Greek; was sent to Rome, Italy (NATO) and was assigned to a Greek Army Colonel's Staff----A one in a million shot----
I went to Paris Island Jan 7 1982, Graduated on April 1st. My bunk mate was a join the corps or go to Jail guy. Danny R. I was in the air wing so I came across him 2 more times, Iwakuni and Tustin. He did as good as a lot of guys that I knew. The Corps has a way of knocking you into line.
Jan 3 1966 USMCRD SAN DIEGO platoon 102. Two tours in Vietnam. Once a Marine always a Marine. Served from Jan 3 1966 to Dec 10 1970. God bless the men and women of today's Corps I salute you. There is no peace without United States Marines at the ready.
India Company PLT 3044 MCRD. I was born in 1973, and in 1991 joined the Corps. Retired in 2020. Amazing footage looking at the Depot from the year I was born. Thank you for sharing this, and Semper Fi Marines.
I Graduated from MCRD in 1973 and remember Col. Raymond P. Coffman shown towards the end giving out the trophies. I will agree that this movie was used as a recruiting tool and as such was Parent friendly. The training looks easy, but make no mistake, it was tough! Remember back then DI's could hit, and did......most were straight back from Vietnam and knew what real war and realistic training was all about. Did some have chips on their shoulders?, maybe...............Semper Fi
Just curious, James Haney - did you know my drill instructors? I entered boot camp in January of 1970 at MCRD San Diego, Platoon 2007. My Platoon Commander was SSgt. V.D. Martin; Drill Instructors Sgt. R.J. Vankuiken and Sgt. L. Corner. My Series Commander was Lt. W.M. Carter, and my Series Gunnery Sgt. was GySgt. D.G. Munro. Semper Fi!
james haney Thanks for getting back to me. I had great admiration for my drill instructors, particularly SSgt. Martin and Sgt. Corner. Gunny Munro always reminded me of Humphrey Bogart in appearance. We didn't have much contact with him during training, but he made a great impression on me. It's amazing how all these years later I still have such strong memories of my experience in the Marines, and boot camp especially. It's really true, "Once a Marine always a Marine." You drill instructors did a great job. Thank you for your dedication to country and Corps. With deep respect, Keith Popko (Cpl.)
My father was a 30 yr Marine, 1948-1978. Korea at Chosin , Vietnam 3 times. My brothers and I have always been proud of our father, who turns 89 this year. Side note oldest brother and I born at Camp Pendleton, middle brother at Quantico.
Went back in 1977 to attend D.I. School; Honor Graduate Class 1-78. Six recruit platoons later and seven D.I. School class later, left Apr 1981. Arrived a Sgt, promoted meritoriously to SSgt, and then selected for Warrant Officer.
..."redundancy is good." ...thanks for the post, absolutely appreciated. (...may all of your prayers be constant and you find the switch for every on/off.,...)
Wow. . .The DI's are tame as hell. It's gotta be for the film. My grandfather shared some things about his DI's in the 60s that seemed straight out of a horror story.
Yes, the DI's were rough, and we had lots of fistfights among ourselves in the barracks as well. We were on edge and tense, and often got physical. We had fights when the DI's weren't around, but they seemed to encourage it. But after all, we were training for combat, not for a trip to Disneyland. The DI's took us civilians and made us into warriors, and they wanted us to be tough enough to survive what lay ahead. We learned a lot, and we learned that only discipline and good training can create the circumstances needed to effectively fight an enemy who wants to kill us.
I was there. Joined 10/17/61. You had to man up. No grab ass was tolerated. We had a DI at ITR (Infantry Training Regiment) that told us "'duck walks' are illegal. We can't do those anymore.!" (You old Marines now what they where.) He then proceeded to yell "Give me 25 'duck walks'!" He was one of the meanest MFs I've ever seen. A Chosin Reservoir veteran from the Korea War.
Great video, this brings back a lot of memories!!... I was at MCRD-SD in 1969 and a lot of what I see here is very familiar. When I was there the training was more "hard-core".......this video shows the "soft-core" side of it. But I love the video anyway. Was in for 8 years and had orders for DI school.......but.....decided to jump out and be an Architect. Once a Marine, always a Marine, it's gotta be green!!! Semper Fi
Yes it was. My 1st day of active duty 5 Oct 73, Parris Island Platoon 395, India Co 3rd Bn. A day I will never forget. Changed me for life. Did my 4 yrs made Sgt in 38 months. A lot of us made Sgt fast. Back then the Corps strength was only 125,000. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt.
@@usmc-veteran73-77 Great comments! I tried MARINE OCS, Quantico and hated their "hands on" approach. I dropped out and went into Army, and never had any instructors put their hands on me again. I think IF I'd gone as Enlisted man, in USMC, I'd NOT had that issue!
@@usmc-veteran73-77 No wonder your Corps is crap A Sgt in 3 years Christ our infantryman takes 6/8 years Which is why our Infantry are the best. 3 years Jesus what a joke
My father-in-law was in the Navy. He used to tell me, "Just remember, the Marines are a DEPARTMENT of the Navy.' My response was, "Yeah, the Men's department!"
Went through Army basic in 1993. Constantly tired, constantly sore, constantly hungry. But we always knew that Marine training was on a whole other level.
But look at the good it will help for the rest of your life. You'll have skills that are better than Liam Neesom. After all that sort of training, NO one will mess with you ever. It pays off.
This may have been the motivation I needed to join after dropping out of HS a couple months before. Scored a GED while serving and a BS/CS later using GI Bill
I loved basic training. I liked that for once in my life, I knew what I was supposed to do. Infantry OSUT, Ft. Benning 2004. Alot of that class was KIA/WIA in OIF or OEF over the years.
That was the quintessential USMC movie until Full Metal Jacket. The best scene is when they went looking for the dead sand flee, one recruit thought he would be slick and say he found it. Tech SGT Moore said is that flee male or female. The recruit said male Sir, you got the wrong one keep digging!
OOH-RAH!!! Semper Fi!!! I graduated MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina, 1st Battalion, A Company, Platoon 161, on 22 Sep 1976. I still get chills when I hear the Marine Corps Hymn. Many thanks to then SSGT John Mersino, SGT Randy Shuck, and SSGT Johnson. Still proud to be a United States Marine!
PLT. 3076 1973, THIS VIDEO BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING MY DRILL SGT. SGT. MENDOZA IN OKINAWA IN 1975 I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK SGT. MENDOZA, S/ST VOORHEES AND PLT COMMANDER S/SGT BARR FOR TAKING MR TO THE LIMIT AND BEYOND... GOD BLESS THE DI'S
Oddly enough, the Jack Webb movie "The DI" was what made me decide Oh,Hell No for the Marine Corps. Then I found my cousin's "yearbook" from his time at PI in the 50s and it became OH HELL NO. Lol God bless all of you who went and made it through.
Remember this day very well back on 5 Oct 73, Parris Island; Platoon 395, India Co 3rd Bn. Ssgt Stewart, Ssgt Johnigon, Sgt Valentine & Sgt Guest. Thank you.
Everyone of those Drill Instructors were Nam Combat Vets. They all had a CAR on their rask. Didn't get to blouse our boots till the last week of Boot. Didn't get the infiltration course till after graduation from boot at Camp Pendleton Semper Fi! 2nd ITR Hotel Co. Camp Horno MCRD San Diego. 26 Nov 65 Platoon 176 Hollywood Marine! Housed in 'Quonset Huts'. G/2/5 An Hoa Quang Nam Province 68/69
I was drafted into the Marines in December 1969. I turned 25 in boot camp when the average recruit was just 19. Boot camp was at that time very hard, and punishments were frequent both individually and as a group. Still, I wouldn't trade my time in the Corps for anything. USMC Dec 1969- Sept 1971
I love how calm and quiet the DIs are, if the camera crew wasn't there it'd be a completely different story, lol.
Yeah they definitely downplayed that, Wheres al the screaming bloody murder 24/7???
if they are that calm i be more interested in enlisting, but from what ive heard was back then them DIs were BRUTAL!!!!
@@fargeeks I'm sure boot camp in the 1970s was A LOT more intense than it is today.
@@fargeeks that's because a lot of the DI's back then had either served in Korea or Vietnam and war is brutal ( to say the least) and that's what they are supposed to be preparing you for. I've heard so many people say that if the DI's weren't so bad then they would enlist! I reply that if a DI can break you then you don't belong in the military at all because an angry DI IS NOTHING compared to any enemy soldier trying to kill you.
Semper Fi to every man and woman who wears and has worn the uniform of a United States Marine! Thank you for your service!
Andy McCane What about the Army Navy Air Force all of whom out number the Marines and let us not forget the Coast Guard
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I do not believe it was Andy McCane's intent to slight ANY branch, Darin. The video was concerning USMC boot camp and USMC recruits. I am confident if Andy had viewed a video depicting another branch of the US Military he would have given the appropriate salutation.
Please give my regards to your wife, Karen and make sure to let her know I send her my love, Snowflake!
The verse of the Marine Corps Hymn you were unaware of:
If the Army and the Navy ever look upon heaven's scene
They will find their wives sleeping with United States Marines
Have A Nice Day...Molon Labe...Semper Fi
@@hoatattis7283 I served in the Navy, 24 August 1970 to 10 November 1971. I was a Navy corpsman. For a variety of reasons, United States Marines will always come first among all our service people in my heart and mind. That having been said, I'm extremely proud of every member of the armed forces of the United States who serve our country honorably. Andy McKane, 19 September 2022.
@@usmc3547 You're obviously a United States Marine! God knows I love you Marines. My love for Marines and the Marine Corps will stay with me for the rest of my life and hopefully remain with me if there is an afterlife. I'm one who believes there is an afterlife (of some sort at least). That being the case, I've got no doubt whatsoever the streets of heaven will be guarded by United States Marines! Andy McKane, a former corpsman, U.S. Navy. I served---honorably---in the Navy from 24 August 1970 to 10 November 1971. We both know the meaning of the date I was discharged. I tell my Marine and Navy friends, "It's was the Navy's gift to the Corps to provide my discharge as a birthday present to our beloved Marine Corps." Semper Fidelis to every United States Marine who ever served our country and the world honorably. And, by the way, thank you for sticking up for me! You were right in doing so. Andy McKane, 19 September 2022.
yeah thanks I got one on ebay for a good deal
At Boeing I was sent to HR for yelling at fellow worker who was having temper tantrum and throwing chairs. I was the one who got in trouble over this but senior management gave me a break telling me they knew I served in the Marines and understood that Marines will never tolerate Bull Shit. I kept my job. Semper Fi
Do you know Mr. Adams? Fellow Marine retired from Boeing
When cameras come around training gets easy.
That's the damn truth. It's a cake walk with cameras around. Not even close, or on the same planet, as real training
No, it doesn't. I've been through MCRD San Diego. They take PRIDE in how hard the training is.
Today in the space force is otherwise when cameras around training gets harder ☠️
@@JohnnyRebKy *damned 😉
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It doesn't matter which country you served with, or which service you were in, you will always remember your time at basic training. You will also be a fellow veteran.
In the U.S military, you need 180 days of active service to be considered a veteran. Washing out of basic training doesn't make you a veteran.
@@ivanlowjones That works better than the UK 1 day of pay.
@@SimonAmazingClarke ,
My dad is a Vietnam veteran Marine, who served in the Arizona Territory and in and around An Hoa in 1968 and 1969 with the First Battalion, Fifth Marines. I’ll always be proud of him and his service. God bless all Marines, past and present.
And no other voice could have given the narration of this video the gravity that Jack Webb does. Great stuff.
Might have you meant 1st Battalion 5th marines?
@@voiden3338 Yeah, you're right, I'm sorry, lol. He's told me about the 1/5 many times, but I always get the name backwards. I'll edit my comment to reflect the name correctly.
Ra fighting fifth get some!
Fighting 5th
My father was with 1st Bn 5th Marines October 1968 till September 1969. His name is Charles Van Voorhis would of been a Corperal at the time.
"And A Few Good Men" was filmed in 1973. I went through MCRD San Diego from 2 December, 1970 to the middle of March, 1971. Platoon 3162. I recognized the receiving barracks, the barber shop, the big and little grinders, the classrooms. All of it, including Edson Range up at Camp Pendleton, is authentic. The film at one point used the phrase "Extra training and attention". That phrase is an understatement.
The M-14 was used through boot, including at Edson range. We transitioned to the M-16 in ITR, which for me was mid March of 1971 to mid April of 1971.
Went thru in May of 2018 and it still looks the same lol
We arrived late at night so we couldn't see anything other than the receiving building. Got to go to sleep for an hour or two and we were right back up and at em. Jul-Oct 76. Platoon 2080 MCRD San Diego.
@David Johnson who were your Di’s?
@David Johnson I meant no disrespect and apologize if that is the case. I did not have Drill Instructors, nor did I do anything heroic. My dad was a Drill Instructor in San Diego from 1972 - 1974 , hence why I am asking.
Jack Webb never losses his authoritive and commanding voice.
Just the facts, ma'am.
It was all the cigarettes
was thinkin' the same thing
I watched The DI with Jack Webb a total of 479 times!
I thought I was watching Dragnet!! Lol
WOW! I saw my D.I. in this film. Sgt Cruz (9:00) was my drill instructor in the same year this film was made. I graduated platoon honor man on Aug 17, 1973. Platoon 1051!!! This film has special meaning to me. Once a Marine, Always a Marine! Semper FI
MrMBMStudio Graduated Charlie Co. Plt 1051 Jan 16, 2014
Thank you for your service.
HAMMATIME 25 I was Charlie myself in 2001. Plt 1022 Semper Fi!!
God damn, "I WAS GUIDE IN BOOT CAMP" bragging traces all the way back to 1973 lmao, Semper Fi devil.
Your all full of shit! We NEVER called them d.is! That was a P.I. thing! Hollywood Marine 73!!!
"The Corps is very careful in selecting its recruits" I nearly spit out my food laughing at that one! The army didnt let me enlist but the USMC did
I can attest to this. Army didn't want me due to the MEPS duck walk, Marines said "Prove you've worked on it" I did, signed a contract. I forever resent the Army for fucking me like that. This was 2016 to 2018.
When the FUCK is duck walking useful? Not like we’re duck walking in the field tf
I chuckled at that comment too. I was DI from '83 to '85 at MCRD San Diego with 3rd Bn, Kilo Company. I remember when we were doing "Adventure Training" and rappelling off the tower. I had a recruit who was "mentally challenged" in the IQ department and was terrified of heights. He was on the platform all geared up to rappel, but instead, he wrapped his body around a support beam and refused to let go. Another DI and I pulled him loose, called "on belay," and threw him over the side as he squealed like a pig. The belayer quickly stopped his descent and he slowly descended to the ground. I still remember it with a smile. That recruit went to Motor T after Boot. Good training!
That's why we're careful. If the Army don't want you, you'll probably make an outstanding Marine. Too bad for them.
ARMY- "Ain't Ready for the Marines Yet". Oorrah!
Hell I had guys in the Marines that couldn't even reed.
Platoon 102 started Jan 3 1966 graduated April. I was promoted to PFC and was squad leader at graduation. USMCRD SAN DIEGO. 5 months later I was up to my ass in Vietnam. I was there 66-68. I've never done anything that was as exhilarating and mesmerizing since then. I have stories I've stopped telling because people just can't believe them they were so extreme. Ever dig out a gold tooth with your bayonet? Ever empty a full 20 round clip into the head of someone who killed a friend of yours turning it into an unrecognizable goo? I'm 73 and have nightmares monthly for 52 years but VA says no PTSD. SURE WASN'T LIKE THE MOVIES. Once a Marine always a Marine.
It never gets any better Ray. Semper Fi
If the person has never been there seen that, they will never understand.
My late dad went to MCRDSD 19740624 to 19740925 (Medically setback 2 weeks) graduated with Platoon 2065. It's crazy to vision him going through the training at that time. Ranking all the way to Sergeant Major in his career before passing away in '03. Thank you all for your sacrifice and service to our country. This vet salutes you!
I was in boot camp at MCRDSD June 22 1976 to Sept
740624 to 740925 Sergeant major is quite an accomplishment.
Who were his Di’s?
@@brandonglidden SDI Sgt DeShaw, DI SSgt Miller, and DI Sgt Houser
oh man i heard sergeant major is someone you dont ever mess with
Ooorah! I like looking back on our proud history of recruit training. The uniforms may change but the basics are still the basics. Discipline, sweat, and more sweat!
I just pulled this up randomly and was happily astonished to see one of my boot camp Drill Instructors on the video. I was in platoon #1014 in January of 1972 and he was the Junior Drill Instructor, Sgt. Cruz. Wow !! I hope he had a great career and future.
Sgt. Cruz was a senior DI in Oct. 72. I believe Plt. 1133.
today is July 12th. 45 years ago I joined the marines on July 12th 1971. M.C.R.D. hard to believe I was in two years before this film. like yesterday!
Same here, Jack. Actually joined December 1970--one month past my 17th b'day. Went active 16Jun71. You go to San Diego or PI? PI for me--3rd Battalion, Golf Co. Plt. 355. You no doubt got a service #. Mine was 264XXXX. Right before they went to SS #'s. Like yesterday, indeed.
Semper Fi, Bro.
@ Tab, Hello brother! 1970 was a special time for me in High school growing up in San Francisco. I went active July 12th, 1971. M.C.R.D. San Diego. I was 3rd Battalion, platoon 3074. service # 276xxxx. we had M-14's and the m-16's. Went through sea school 1972, and stationed Mare Island, calif. on U.S.S. proteus Subtender. I'm sure we could talk for hours. take care my Brother! keep punching!
did these guys see action in vietnam ?
Very doubtful, Nik. The Marines pulled out of 'Nam in, I think the month of May, in '71. The Army stayed in the fight until '73. Still some Marines there in specialty jobs, no doubt, like embassy duty and what not. Whether any of the ones pictured in the vid got in on that is highly unlikely, but not impossible. I think it was the embassy Marines that you see loading the Vietnam refugees on the helicopters during the evacuation. Maybe a few pilots and advisors. That's about it.
i know the marines fought in the tet offensive
GySgt Retired October 1973 - December 1973 MCRDPI. I like watching what I went through. The night before I went to Pittsburgh AFEES I watched Tribes Jan Michael Vincent and the DI (Jack Webb). I am proud to of served in the greatest military organization in the world. Semper Fi
I stepped on the Island 5 Oct 73 graduated 28 Dec 73; Platoon 395, India Co 3rd Bn. Platoon 395 last Platoon to be dismissed for 1973 on Parris Island. Spent 4 in the Corps, honorably discharged 4 Oct 77, as a Sgt. Semper Fi
@@usmc-veteran73-77 We come from the same platoon SSgt Stewart was the SDI. I am recruit Reagle laundry number 54 what say you? I retired 14 October 1993 Retired GySgt.
THE JETS AT THE NEAR BY AIRPORT IN SANDIEGO MCRD ROCKED ME TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT AT LITESOUT
Apr 4th 1984 PLT 2035 was my first day. Went from 0311 to 0331, 8151 and finally 5953 years later. I regret nothing and loved every minute of 23yrs. My Senior Drill Instructor was SSgt Greene. A lean mean green amphibious monster that thrived on war..and to my surprise MANY years later was the Guest of Honor (unknowingly to me) at a MC Ball In Iwakuni...he was a SGTMAJ now...and when I heard his voice I have to admit..I was met with a little fear as well as a little sentimentality. After ceremonies I bee lined to him and we spoke. No words can express what an honor it was for me. Semper Fi.
HailRider, Great story Marine. I can imagine your trepidation in hearing his voice again! Our Junior DI (Sgt Starbuck) was the tough one of the three. I can still hear his voice in my head 51 years later. Unfortunately, he was KIA Quảng Ngãi province when the recon patrol he was leading was exposed and ambushed by the Viet Cong(Feb 1967). He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously. A Marine's Marine!
Semper Fi
Bob, I am honored to have read your reply. I have been blessed to have met many Viet Nam vets as they were the top dogs when I entered in the early 80's..including my father who was a Sailor on the mobile riverine forces. I believe they were called LRRPs. He recalled to me stories of going up the rivers, patrolling and dropping off and picking up Marine Patrols. I would chuckle as he told that within hours of dropping off Army troops they would be calling for extractions...but often when they went to pick up the Jarheads and arrived at the rally point - would radio them and was told " Nah, we are good, come back again next week." He said that spoke volumes about the bravery and tenacity of Marines. And knowing how small of a world it is, you never know. Perhaps my father had met Sgt Starbuck. Semper Fi, Marine.
I was there when you were there. I graduated May 4, 1984. 1st Battalion. 0331. I actually bumped into one of my DIs in Okinawa in 1987.
Boot camp : for me it was July to September 1963. To really appreciate it all, you have to go through it. What I was taught was essential to surviving Vietnam in 67 and 68. Semper Fi
John J. Flanagan Thank you for your service!
John Joseph Flanagan
You speak the truth! I can say that because I was there also!
PLT. 348
JULY 63, THREE DAYS AFTER I TURNED 17.
I-3-3 NAM 65 & 66
OPER. STARLITE 8-18-1965
WELCOME HOME EVERYONE
SEMPER FI
Nice to hear Jack Web narrating this. I'm a big Dragnet fan. Time for this old Marine to go watch some reruns!
More of Jack Webb , as a D.I.
czcams.com/video/YV8kJu4NDsQ/video.html
RIP R.Lee Ermey
Junkman2000 semper fi
Jack webb in the D.I. is bad ass too
There’s a ton of them on CZcams.
Jack Webb also starred in movie "The DI"
This was made the year I was born. Military life was the ONLY life I wanted but I was born mostly deaf. Eventually, I found out about this thing called military contractors. So I sent myself to A&P school and I medically retired from an Army post at 40 after 10 years of wrenching BlackHawks, Chinooks, Kiowas, Apaches, and the last Huey in inventory.
It was a very rewarding career, of which I would repeat every second, even knowing it will kill me.
I just won't get a 21-gun salute or a military headstone.
My experience on Parris Island was much more intense than this video shows. I don’t recall our Drill Instructors ever “talking normal” to us, always yelling cursing from the time you got up til lights out… They really dialed it back for the cameras
I was at MCRD San Diego in 1973, about the same time this film was made. Platoon 3067. We arrived just before midnight. After MOS training in Virginia I was assigned to 1/2 at Camp Lejuene. Us Hollywood Marines took a lot of mouthing from the PI guys. The weather at PI was much hotter and more humid than San Diego. That’s about the only difference I found between the two MCRDs.
About the sixth or seventh day we returned from breakfast chow to find our barracks totally ransacked. Beds mattresses and footlockers scattered everywhere. The DI’s came out of the duty hut screaming cussing and yelling. They exercised us for what seemed like hours.
Then they took us out for a little run. Along the way several folks fell out and started walking, including myself. After the platoon got back to the barracks the DI came for all of us stragglers. He exercised us for what seemed like hours. I NEVER fell out of a run again in my four years!! Not even going 12 miles at NCO school when they tricked us by running past the barracks at the 9 mile mark!! We thought the end was in sight but kept on going!!
Semper Fi!!
@@stephenwood4605 I hated that part...pull up to the barracks, "What we gonna do when we get back.... gonna take a shower and hit the sack.....bullshit" ... We'd put it in neutral for a couple of minutes and then hear the DI holler, "We're going back out"..... Holy Shit...
SEMPER FI and HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOVEMBER 10 2022
I hated my time in boot camp 1986 . The DIs were assholes . I remember b4 graduation they told the whole platoon that they hated us , and looked forward to most of us being 0311 . I left Paris island hoping I would catch up to any of those DIs in the fleet for after hours beat down at an E club
@@tupelomississippiflash968 If YOU made it thru boot camp, they didn't hate you! They were making you a tougher Marine. Semper Fi brother.
I spent the better part of 8 years getting my ass chewed. I played defensive back in football. Those of you who played know if you get a real good db coach he is crazy and highly aggressive. Nothing is ever right and all of you are sh*t.
So that is a nice way to go in to island already knowing you are useless sh*t
Seems like I remember marine boot camp in the 1960s as incredibly brutal because many of these marines were expected to fight in Vietnam. You faced training that was vital and if you didn’t cut the mustard you may not survive in combat. That DI had that in mind during that period of training. The stress level in those three months had to be something more intense then anything these young men could imagine. It had to be because combat in Vietnam was brutal. Remember that on Veterans Day. A lot of Marines died over in Vietnam and many came home suffering the price of horror they could never escape.
I spent 18 months in country. I graduated from MCRDSD in Oct ‘65 and ITR 30 NOV., joined 5th Marines in December at Camp Margarita. My DIs were tough but they had to be. I think that’s why I survived.
Interesting
But just 3 months?
I guess it has changed.
Well, try to be part of a underwater-group?
Normal 3 months is just rest untill... 9 months (re-training first once a year and after 4y you had to re-trained only every second year. Untill you're 32yo.).
The few, the proud, the marines...God Bless EACH and every one of them..
7 August 1969 and my 17 year old life was changed forever standing on them yellow footprints. The draftees thought I was crazy because I had to enlist for 3 year and they only had to do 2, But I had choices and they didn't. I didn't hear about Woodstock and Charlie Manson/Sharon Tate until after graduation. The movie is a sanitized version of what we experienced as the Marines were in a hurry to get more troops "Over There".....
I attended boot camp in San Diego in the Navy. The Marine boot camp was right next door. We could see them through the fence every day. On extremely hot days a black flag would be raised over the regiment headquarters and we were required to cease from all exertions. So we sat in the shade along the fence line and smoked cigarettes for hours while watching the Marines. These guys were double timing it up and down the field with full combat gear, helmet, their rifles and a full pack on their backs.
Honestly, it was hard to even see these guys because of the heat waves shimmering off the tarmac. All I could think of was "Those poor bastards!"
35wildbill Really? It's gone? So what boot camps are left? And what did they do with the base in San Diego? Sell it to the city?
***** the marines have a name for you navy guys rust pickers
spike spiegel
Never heard that one. When I was in we were called squids by the Marines.
or maybe that was what the senior officers called yous guys
***** Don, NTC on April 30, 1997, and ceased all military operations. you should Google the old base and see it now. It is a living community center now. Our old barracks is now an elementary school. I was there in Sept.-Oct 1986. Company 196. The only boot camp left is in Chicago. They tore the one in Orlando down and built houses.
8 years before my dad went in. 34 years before I came in. A lot has changed in the content of boot camp, but not in the essence. Semper Fi!
In the day time? When I got on the yellow footprints, it was zero dark thirty.
Nobody cares boomer
Yes it was 74 1113
agree
Same here but this is in the 70s and a lot has changed
Bashar al-Assad that makes zero sense
Near the end of basic, everybody's equipment was inventoried prior to turn in. The Drill taught us how to steal all the missing items from other companies that "didn't watch their equipment", None of our people had to pay for lost items. An introduction on how NCOs watch out for their people. This practical training was useful frequently later in my service.
Creatively acquired! Never stealing.
Gear adrift is gear a gift. I heard that many times. Secure your trash , Devil.
My fave, "There's only one thief in the Marine Corps, everyone else is just trying to get their shit back..."
Or "Go and ACQUIRE ( Insert item )".
If all else failed, and I mean everything else, there was always Siagon Sam's. Beats having a Missing Gear Statement.
This young men are now old men, if there still with us. My Dad is a Korea area vet and 91 years old. God bless them all.
Ohh Rahhh! I love the Marine Corps.....MCRD San Diego back in the day. What memories.
Bends and thrust until you die is one of many things I remember from 1970 ‘s Marine boot camp ... Sadistic drill instructors in those days .
TO BE A MARINE You Have To Believe In: Yourself - Your Fellow Marine - Your Corps - Your Country - Your God. Semper Fidelis. First Battalion, Platoon 1002, MCRD San Diego, Graduated 28 March 1973.
I don't quite remember it being exactly this way, as I got off that bus in the early morning hours of Sept. 24, 1971. At the ripe old age of, barely 17, i was assigned to Platoon #196. The toughest nine weeks of my life and yet somehow I made it through. It didn't hurt me in the least and shaped me both mentally and physically for the rest of my adult life.
It was my honor to be allowed to become a US Marine, not all make it! I stand proud beside the Few, and to this day gladly acknowledge everyone that show their loyalty, regardless of branch of service.
Semper Fi
Semper Fi Jack. I went in at 17 also. (Avoided the draft anyways!)
@@vic5828 Thank You for your service Vick
Vietnam vet 1968-69...SO glad I joined the Air Force!
I was at MCRD San Diego in 1973, about the same time this film was made. Platoon 3067.
About the sixth or seventh day we returned from breakfast chow to find our barracks totally ransacked. Beds mattresses and footlockers scattered everywhere. The DI’s came out of the duty hut screaming cussing and yelling. They exercised us for what seemed like hours.
Then they took us out for a little run. Along the way several folks fell out and started walking, including myself. After the platoon got back to the barracks the DI came for all of us stragglers. He exercised us for what seemed like hours. I NEVER fell out of a run again in my four years!! Not even going 12 miles at NCO school when they tricked us by running past the barracks at the 9 mile mark!! We thought the end was in sight but kept on going!!
Semper Fi!!
I Went through Boot at Parris island Mid May to Mid August of 81. That was the longest summer of my life. I turned 18 there. 42 years ago. It goes quick. Make the most of it, and Trust in the Lord. Semper Fi!
Be prepared to be jealous. In the opening scenes at the back door to receiving barracks you might have noticed that there were a number of windows on the 2nd deck. One of those windows looked into my room. I shared that room for six months with two other Marines in receiving barracks itself. One of my roommates went off to Sea School at the other end of the grinder and the other went to Embassy school. I changed MOS and went off to a major headquarters G-2 as an 02. The stuff we got away with in receiving barracks still gives me grins and giggles over it.
Semper Fi. They left out "a few details" from USMC boot camp experiences. No words to explain, has to be experienced. Semper Fi Marines.
Are you talking about The Crucible? How about running the Marine Corps Marathon? I did that 4 times: 1991-1994. GREAT race!
I remember that shit being tougher than that i guess if they showed the true BRUTAL USMC bootcamp recruitment would drop
To this day I'm still a marine my civilian counterparts at work hate me but i got shit done
Went to Lackland AFB for BMT in July 1988. San Antonio was very hot that year and remember arriving there around 01:00 hrs. We got to our Squadron building 3701st to begin our induction and we were swarmed by a horde of TIs screaming and yelling at us calling us every obscene word. Will never forget that first initiation to boot camp and the following 6 weeks, but will never forget my Flight's TIs to this day: SSgt. Chanslor, TSgt. Brown and Sgt. Bell. Thank you Air Force for the good lessons learned in BMT.
I joined up and it made a difference in my life to this day. 1973 I was shipped out to Hawaii and spent the war at a airfield.
On Dec 7, 2013 I will have my 40 year anniversary of joining my beloved Corps at the age of 17...where the hell did the time go ?
OOOFRIGGINRAH !
congrats and Thanks!
Buck:
You were on "Frequent Wind", the Mayaquez, or are flying a false flag. Those who know will know the truth!
1975 mcrd
I was thinking exactly the same thing before I read your reply. I served June 28, 1973 to October 31, 1980. Platoon 257, 2nd RTBTN Parris Island. Semper Fi to all my Brothers and Sisters who served in the Corps.
IT GOES WHERE IT HAS TO FOR EVERYONE; ON TO THE PAST AND WITH YA! SF/USMC FOR EVER! CARRY ON!MARINE!
Full Metal Jacked was the cleaned up version of training in 1963 Paris Island.
I was at MCRD, PI, SC, the same time as the Everly Brothers and R Lee 'Gunny' Ermey were at MCRD, SD, Ca. The jargon used by Ermey in the movie, "Full Metal Jacket", was vogue and used at the time we were in boot camp. The only two things in the boot camp segment of the movie that I did not witness personally was where Gomer Pyle had to march with with his trousers around his ankles and the suicide scene. Even tho it did not involve food, a fellow recruit had left his footlocker unlocked...and you know the rest.
Actually FMJ portrayed the training circa 1966
"Extra training and attention", that made me laugh out loud!
1977-1983 parris island 3rd btn 3038 i was 2531 in fleet. once a marine always a marine ooooraaah!!!!
Yes, Adrian Everett. EVERY MARINE knows who the narrator is and how fitting that -he- narrates this video.
My father was with the Dutch engineers corps as a driver in 1955,i myself was with the Dutch engineers corps in 1976 (laying mines and bridges),
At some stage my father gave me the book Battle Cry by Leon Uris,the best book on war i ever read,it is about training of Marines at San Diego before they go to war in the Pacific,i have read it countless times.
"You will act as a man and will be treated like a man" to me sounds like the perfect recipe for human driftwood in society today.
The movie of the same name is really good as well!
I know one thing. No matter what life throws at me and I will always be a Marine no matter what. Eugene Cunningham Platoon 2117 1972 earned a Stripe after Graduation. I was so Proud to become a Marine. Sempre Fi my Brothers you are one of the Proud and The Few. Welcome to the Club.
this video has some funky beats..!
Good video even if it is 40 yrs old. I keep asking myself what is different about today's training from what I see here. It would be interesting to see a similar narrative video shot today.
Thank you Marine Corps Veterans for your outstanding service...Semper Fi, from a USAF career veteran.
that was truly a great watch
thanks for posting it, I really enjoyed seeing this...
Am I the only one who shed a tear at the end of the movie? That was a beautiful ending.
Man what memories I went to BOOTCAMP at parris island it made who I'm to be a MARINE is the greatest thing a young person can be just to hear that world MARINE semakes everyone take notice THE FEW THE PROUD THE MARINE CORPS I so glad I was a MARINE I know I am special but I have humility as all MARINES have Semper Fi to all my brothers and sisters THAN YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 😊
I must have watched this 100 times while I was on delayed enlistment back in 75. Jack Webb is the only person in the world who could have narrated this
William Windom would have been a good alternate.
Arrived at MCRD San Diego July 13,1976, 2nd Battalion, E Company, Platoon 2079, Graduated Oct. 14, 1976. Perhaps the proudest day of my life. I don't think a day goes by where I don't have some reflection back on those days. Semper Fi!
@IAMTOPWRENCH1 We had a Sgt. Weber as 1 of our Drill Instructors, a tall , skinny black dude who would often say, "All I give for free is hard dick and bubble gum, and I'm fresh outta bubble gum!' wonder if it was the same since you were right after me.
Standing on those yellow footprints, bright red "Kid and Play" flattop haircut, saying to myself...What have I done?
Parris Island, SC 1986.
Drill Instructors go through very tough additional training before they are enabled to train raw recruits into Marines.
For me the hardest thing we did was Bends & Thrusts and Mountain Climbers until the Drill Instructor got tired. Platoon 1048, A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Graduation date 27 July 1973.
My time in the Corps was 1961 - 1966 and was in an era when time in the Marines was offered to some guys instead of going to prison. I knew of several who said after a while, they wished they had chosen jail time instead of this stuff. Ha! Later on, however, most became good Marines. Semper Fi!
61-65, Semper Fi.
In the mid-sixties you could be drafted into ANY of the military services-----I was drafted into the US Coast Guard and stationed at Governors Island ; not to far from the Statue of Liberty Island....PURE luck-----repairing harbor bouys-----channel markers etc---My Greek buddy; who could speak/ read/ write fluent Greek; was sent to Rome, Italy (NATO) and was assigned to a Greek Army Colonel's Staff----A one in a million shot----
I went to Paris Island Jan 7 1982, Graduated on April 1st. My bunk mate was a join the corps or go to Jail guy. Danny R. I was in the air wing so I came across him 2 more times, Iwakuni and Tustin. He did as good as a lot of guys that I knew. The Corps has a way of knocking you into line.
John Johnson
Damn! Same year, PI, Platoon 354 and you?
@@richardthornhill4630
Same years. PI, Platoon 354 here. What MCRD and platoon? .
Jan 3 1966 USMCRD SAN DIEGO platoon 102. Two tours in Vietnam. Once a Marine always a Marine. Served from Jan 3 1966 to Dec 10 1970. God bless the men and women of today's Corps I salute you. There is no peace without United States Marines at the ready.
India Company PLT 3044 MCRD. I was born in 1973, and in 1991 joined the Corps. Retired in 2020. Amazing footage looking at the Depot from the year I was born. Thank you for sharing this, and Semper Fi Marines.
I Graduated from MCRD in 1973 and remember Col. Raymond P. Coffman shown towards the end giving out the trophies. I will agree that this movie was used as a recruiting tool and as such was Parent friendly. The training looks easy, but make no mistake, it was tough! Remember back then DI's could hit, and did......most were straight back from Vietnam and knew what real war and realistic training was all about. Did some have chips on their shoulders?, maybe...............Semper Fi
Drill Instuctor 8511 1970 - 1973 remember them making this
Thank you for your service!
Just curious, James Haney - did you know my drill instructors? I entered boot camp in January of 1970 at MCRD San Diego, Platoon 2007. My Platoon Commander was SSgt. V.D. Martin; Drill Instructors Sgt. R.J. Vankuiken and Sgt. L. Corner. My Series Commander was Lt. W.M. Carter, and my Series Gunnery Sgt. was GySgt. D.G. Munro.
Semper Fi!
Keith Popko
I believe I knew Gunny Munro and maybe Martin. I arrived on the field in June 70 second battalion F company
james haney Thanks for getting back to me. I had great admiration for my drill instructors, particularly SSgt. Martin and Sgt. Corner. Gunny Munro always reminded me of Humphrey Bogart in appearance. We didn't have much contact with him during training, but he made a great impression on me.
It's amazing how all these years later I still have such strong memories of my experience in the Marines, and boot camp especially. It's really true, "Once a Marine always a Marine." You drill instructors did a great job. Thank you for your dedication to country and Corps.
With deep respect,
Keith Popko (Cpl.)
fuckin semper fi.
OCS in Quantico started the best experience in my life. Semper Fi !!!!
As a USN surface vet, may God Bless the United States Marines!
Nothing pulls you in like Jack Webb's voice..
dragnet. Sgt Joe Friday
“Provide additional motivation!” I can guess what that means. “Get down, kiss the groun’ and push!” Aye Sir!
Way to go brothers.
Thank you Jack web y'all be good be safe.
I was 13 when this video was made.5 yrs later I was on those same yellow boot parents. OOH RAAH .
I was at Parris Island in summer of 1982. Glad to be a Marine even though I no longer serve. Semper Fi. Oorah !!!
OohRah Eddie. Semper Fi back at ya!
USMC 1976-1980 Parris Island. 0811 Artillery. My Dad fought in Korea. 3rd bn, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Div. Semper Fi.
My father was a 30 yr Marine, 1948-1978. Korea at Chosin , Vietnam 3 times. My brothers and I have always been proud of our father, who turns 89 this year. Side note oldest brother and I born at Camp Pendleton, middle brother at Quantico.
Who was your SDI at P.I?
USMC 1958 1962 Salute Sir
3/6 out of Second Marine Division, 96-05. Every day above ground is a good day. Semper Fi brother.
Went back in 1977 to attend D.I. School; Honor Graduate Class 1-78. Six recruit platoons later and seven D.I. School class later, left Apr 1981. Arrived a Sgt, promoted meritoriously to SSgt, and then selected for Warrant Officer.
..."redundancy is good."
...thanks for the post, absolutely appreciated.
(...may all of your prayers be constant and you find the switch for every on/off.,...)
I graduated MCRD in San Diego.
Semper Fi.
Todays Marines are not the same !
True, and we live in a very different world and time. I am not sure that I could be a Marine today, Their techonolgy is way to advanced for me. 🙂
Wow. . .The DI's are tame as hell. It's gotta be for the film. My grandfather shared some things about his DI's in the 60s that seemed straight out of a horror story.
it's for the parents
Nah DIs were tamer back then.
Yes, the DI's were rough, and we had lots of fistfights among ourselves in the barracks as well. We were on edge and tense, and often got physical. We had fights when the DI's weren't around, but they seemed to encourage it. But after all, we were training for combat, not for a trip to Disneyland. The DI's took us civilians and made us into warriors, and they wanted us to be tough enough to survive what lay ahead. We learned a lot, and we learned that only discipline and good training can create the circumstances needed to effectively fight an enemy who wants to kill us.
I was there. Joined 10/17/61. You had to man up. No grab ass was tolerated. We had a DI at ITR (Infantry Training Regiment) that told us "'duck walks' are illegal. We can't do those anymore.!" (You old Marines now what they where.) He then proceeded to yell "Give me 25 'duck walks'!" He was one of the meanest MFs I've ever seen. A Chosin Reservoir veteran from the Korea War.
Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs
This is a great and very inspiring video
served in greens for 32 yes. it was tough in the beginning but during difficult times the training saved the life of self and my comreds.
Great video, this brings back a lot of memories!!... I was at MCRD-SD in 1969 and a lot of what I see here is very familiar. When I was there the training was more "hard-core".......this video shows the "soft-core" side of it. But I love the video anyway. Was in for 8 years and had orders for DI school.......but.....decided to jump out and be an Architect. Once a Marine, always a Marine, it's gotta be green!!! Semper Fi
One of my older brothers went to boot camp in 1970 and one of my younger brothers went there too in 1979. Semper Fi. I'm proud of both of them.
By this time in 1973, the MILITARY DRAFT IS OVER.
These are ALL volunteers!
Yes it was. My 1st day of active duty 5 Oct 73, Parris Island Platoon 395, India Co 3rd Bn. A day I will never forget. Changed me for life. Did my 4 yrs made Sgt in 38 months. A lot of us made Sgt fast. Back then the Corps strength was only 125,000. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt.
@@usmc-veteran73-77 Great comments! I tried MARINE OCS, Quantico and hated their "hands on" approach. I dropped out and went into Army, and never had any instructors put their hands on me again.
I think IF I'd gone as Enlisted man, in USMC, I'd NOT had that issue!
Coiled Steel It doesn’t matter if they are volunteers. 90% still went to Vietnam. Damn, you dumb.
Master Sergeant 90% of combat troops left Vietnam the summer of 72.
@@usmc-veteran73-77 No wonder your Corps is crap A Sgt in 3 years Christ our infantryman takes 6/8 years Which is why our Infantry are the best.
3 years Jesus what a joke
I tried to get in the Marines once but I couldn't pass the physical. My head wouldn't fit in a jar. GO NAVY!!
Just remember, the Marine Corps is a branch of the Navy, it's called the men's branch. Semper Fi.
...it's 'men's dept' as the ancient joke goes.
The USN ,the best chauffeurs a marine ever had!
My father-in-law was in the Navy. He used to tell me, "Just remember, the Marines are a DEPARTMENT of the Navy.' My response was, "Yeah, the Men's department!"
OK you jar heads, you got me on that one. Semper Fi.
Went through Army basic in 1993. Constantly tired, constantly sore, constantly hungry. But we always knew that Marine training was on a whole other level.
But look at the good it will help for the rest of your life. You'll have skills that are better than Liam Neesom. After all that sort of training, NO one will mess with you ever. It pays off.
18tangles "Train with" is not the same as "trained by."
18tangles "With," you fucking nub.
www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/careers/marine-corps/2014/11/30/australia-deployment-guide-marine-corps-training-drinking-crocodiles-outback/19523045/
18tangles Thanks for proving you're a jingoistic moron. BYE.
18tangles "DUBEST PEIOPLE"
Lololol idiot
This may have been the motivation I needed to join after dropping out of HS a couple months before. Scored a GED while serving and a BS/CS later using GI Bill
I love this because I went here in 1970. I went to Nam....0341.
My father graduated Parris Island, SC in 1944.......God Bless his memory!
My son and grandson are Marines and my granddaughter is seriously considering it. Very proud Marine Mom and Grandmother for sure.
I joined the Marines in 1973 to all Marines before and after semper Fi did my. basic parris island 2nd battalion mos O311.
Joined June 28, 1973. Platoon 257, 2nd RTBTN as well. Unfortunately, I wasn't a "real Marine." MOS 6636, F-4 Phantom electrician.
tim barnes June 21, 1973. Platoon 253. Amazing. You were a week behind me. Graduated September 21st.
I loved basic training. I liked that for once in my life, I knew what I was supposed to do. Infantry OSUT, Ft. Benning 2004. Alot of that class was KIA/WIA in OIF or OEF over the years.
Beautiful... makes me want to reenlist !
Jack Webb as the narrator, and who was once...THE D.I.!
Good movie
That was the quintessential USMC movie until Full Metal Jacket. The best scene is when they went looking for the dead sand flee, one recruit thought he would be slick and say he found it. Tech SGT Moore said is that flee male or female. The recruit said male Sir, you got the wrong one keep digging!
@@ditryn hahaha! Either way he still would have been wrong! Lol
@@ditryn LOL, got the wrong one...!
@@jonathanbaron-crangle5093 male or female destined to fail
OOH-RAH!!! Semper Fi!!! I graduated MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina, 1st Battalion, A Company, Platoon 161, on 22 Sep 1976. I still get chills when I hear the Marine Corps Hymn. Many thanks to then SSGT John Mersino, SGT Randy Shuck, and SSGT Johnson. Still proud to be a United States Marine!
Jim Bohannon I was a yr ahead of you sept22,1975.1st btn a co plt169 sgt martin no.1
I graduated from MCRDSD platoon 1068 on Sept 17th 1976
PLT. 3076 1973, THIS VIDEO BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING MY DRILL SGT. SGT. MENDOZA IN OKINAWA IN 1975 I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK SGT. MENDOZA, S/ST VOORHEES AND PLT COMMANDER S/SGT BARR FOR TAKING MR TO THE LIMIT AND BEYOND... GOD BLESS THE DI'S
Oddly enough, the Jack Webb movie "The DI" was what made me decide Oh,Hell No for the Marine Corps.
Then I found my cousin's "yearbook" from his time at PI in the 50s and it became OH HELL NO. Lol
God bless all of you who went and made it through.
Jack Webb, narrator, super-conservative, great voice.
Have you watched the movie “The D.I” with Jack Webb? It was made in the last 1950’s at Parris Island.
Remember this day very well back on 5 Oct 73, Parris Island; Platoon 395, India Co 3rd Bn. Ssgt Stewart, Ssgt Johnigon, Sgt Valentine & Sgt Guest. Thank you.
Everyone of those Drill Instructors were Nam Combat Vets. They all had a CAR on their rask. Didn't get to blouse our boots till the last week of Boot. Didn't get the infiltration course till after graduation from boot at Camp Pendleton Semper Fi!
2nd ITR Hotel Co. Camp Horno
MCRD San Diego. 26 Nov 65 Platoon 176 Hollywood Marine! Housed in 'Quonset Huts'.
G/2/5 An Hoa Quang Nam Province 68/69
Amazing video!!
Thank you all Veterans!
I was drafted into the Marines in December 1969. I turned 25 in boot camp when the average recruit was just 19. Boot camp was at that time very hard, and punishments were frequent both individually and as a group. Still, I wouldn't trade my time in the Corps for anything.
USMC Dec 1969- Sept 1971
Excellent Presentation. Thanks. Out.
Excellent video no one tells the stories like jack good old days simper fi
I went through in 83 in San Diego. I've never regretted it. One of the best decisions of my life