Drill Instructor Encounters (Remastered and New Footage)
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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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“It’s a piece of paper!! It doesn’t W E I G H A N Y T H I N G.”
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.
@@royhorn2782 I think it's all in the recruit's head, the DI just help him realize how much heavier it is.
See now we all know that it’s the ink that makes it heavy
@James john same
What we don't know is that the recruit's arms have been shredded by a smoke session prior to this. Lmao
I was feeling really cold and instead of grabbing a blanket I watched this video. Warms my heart every time.
Aww😙
Every time!!👍
Really does 😊
I was feeling really cold but grabbed my DD214 blanket instead.
@@tsalazarguitar ahhaha im dead
"Open your sister mouth right now" Drill Instructors have some of the greatest insults of all time.
I got caught laughing once at one of their insults at another recruit. I couldn't help it, boy did I pay for that.
well they aren't allowed to cuss anymore, so it would orignally have said biotch , but now they say sister
They should always be allowed to cuss thats bullshit
@@jamiethompson1008 yep its cringe af now. instead of saying F'ing. they say "freakin" and it sounds dumb
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.
Probably had the same di, he was Sargent though and my kill hat. Good guy tho
Mike company Parris Island? We might have had the same SDI too
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.
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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
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!
What company
You sound weak Marine!
"Way back in 2012" LOL Thank you for your service!
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.
@@aidyngreen8680 Alpha, PI
When that recruit looked at the camera he was hating this life at that moment
Real shit.
That part kills me everytime. That was the infamous "man i fucked up comming here" look lol
@@vpfirephotography5492 he want to kill the camera man but the camera man never dies lol
Priceless 😅
That’s the “suck” baby
That was the heaviest piece of paper of his life.
😂😂😂😂
I cried when he dropped his arms😂😂😂😂
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.
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
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
That's because you were a Marine AFTER you graduated.
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.
They do not hate you. Tough love.
"This recruit sounds like a SISTER" is gold
8:46 this instructor just went through 2 levels of voices to get the write one 💀
haah the froggy voice
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.
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.
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
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
@@blakemcilwain8043 hey bro you okay?
I learned how to climb a rope with my legs straight out, and ONLY ARMS. Wonder if that would Pi$$ of the DIs?
@@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
"It's a piece of paper...It doesn't weigh anything!!!" Lol, I'm dead.
Most underrated comment 💀
Not as dead as his arms.
@@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.
What’s crazy is that these recruits are out there and can view their own slay sesh on KZhead.
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.
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😂
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.
Damn! Really?
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…
SSgt Nichols is an inspiration. I wish he was still around as active SSgt.
B co on Parris island??
@@RenzCanSpit I had him when I was in Charlie company on the island
@@jamesabel687 did he serve 2 tours on the drill field? This footage is from San Diego
ssgt nichols was my master sgt a few months ago and hes finna get out soon
@@jamesabel687 🤣😅🤣😅 Parris Island???? He was in San Diego and he was a Turd!!!! 😅🤣😅🤣
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
69 here. I remember more profanity and a lot of thumping.
"It's a piece of paper! IT DOESN'T WEIGH ANYTHING!!!" ..... That's the best shit ever.
8:30 I love this line “It’s a piece of carbon paper, dammit!” lol 😆
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.
It's amazing what you can endure and do when being intimated
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.
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!!
@@bigdee8189 that is what the military needs you have to be willing to go into battle at a moment notice
Don't get intimidated, get motivated.
@@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.
I was a Drill Instructor in the late 80s at San Diego. Glad things haven't changed!
I was a recruit at MCRD San Diego in the late 80's - it doesnt look like much has
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.
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...😂😂😂
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!
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🇺🇸
I never climbed the rope during MCRD but when it mattered most I climbed the rope during crucible
@@NFLYoungBoy223 as long as you conquerd your fear and left it there THATS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!
@@rsb6677 I love it here😭
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.
"you are a moron" gets me everytime.
“AYE AYE SIR”
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!❤
Man, I got out of the Marines 3 years ago and it feels like this all happened yesterday
Got out in 1982, feels the same way.
I got out of the Corps 1989 it feels like yesterday. My SDI was a Nam grunt
@@jeromepittman459 oh shit lol…I went on 98 wasn’t shit going on then 9/11
I went to SD Boot in 1966, left the Corps in 1970 & am a Nam Vet. You never forget you DIs!
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.
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 .
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!
Nice username
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..
@@CollinKillian >Gun run coming in "I love you holy shit thank you!" >Guns leave "... Bitch...."
@@CollinKillian you got smoked on all fronts against the muslims
I still have nightmares of being back in boot camp. Good times 😁
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.
J-hook my dude soooo much easier
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.
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.
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.
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
This brings back so many memories when I attended recruit training at MCRD San Diego. Moments that will be permanently etched into my mind.
That's wear i went
God this shit happened all the time and it was hilarious!!!! HIT THE PITTTTTT!!!!!!!
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.
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
@@yankee_tango thats where I puked for not saying thank you to the lady who gave me my food
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.
I graduated recruit training in November of 2003 and it is an experience that I remember vividly to this very day.
december '06 air force
@@bon2yan88 What was your squadron? I was 320 the rock but the mascot was a gator
@@Cam-gn6uk 321st predators we're near the gate
It’s impressive how the DI’s can keep up so much energy
these recruits will look back and remember ssgt and be like "damn..i miss him"
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.
@@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!
@@magilla2282 damn, do you think he understood how you felt ? Did you ever ask him
@@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.
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. 😆
Lol watching this never gets old. Its a whole lot more fun to watch this than it ever was being on the receiving end. 🤣
The 5 branches of the military needs to bring this kind of training back
Agreed
They still have it more people need to join and stop complaining and see for themselves
@@dantedelgadillo9289nah they don't they lowered the standarss
You mean this difficulty or this exact type?
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.
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.
My son is there now. Miss him terribly but he will be fine
Rah
This is 100% true.
All the pain and suffering just to realize being in sucks, do your four years, and gtfo at the first opportunity
@@IncognitoSprax Absolutely. GIGO. Get in Get Out!
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
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.
@@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
Retiring this year, earned both titles and still watch this stuff for motivation!
When that recruit at 2:02 said “Yes Sir”, I immediately thought “Welp, you done fucked up son”
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!”
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 ..
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.
Damn, this hits hard. One hell of a journey. 2015 felt like yesterday.
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.😂🇺🇸
The piece of paper kicking your ass was one of the many super happy good fun times I remember from The Island.
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
Shoulda seen it in '75.
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
@@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
The change is forever!!! Thank you S\Sgt.Farrell,Sgt. Beck, Sgt.Crockett This recruit is forever grateful!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I graduated boot camp in 1974 out of San Diego. This brings back so many memories along with nightmares.
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.
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
Been over 10yrs. and i don't miss this at all lol but no regrets.
And whenever I have a bad day, I watch videos like these and after that; my days are not so bad 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Finally a video I've been waiting for ever
More of this PLEASE, SIR!
Graduated MCRD 1989……I loved every second of this video. Rah!
Such wonderful memories... August 1974.
I love these videos, they bring back memories!
"open your mouth, sister!!" 😂😂
Awesome!!! Those Drill Instructor's are the best, made me what I am today....best of the best!!!
“Get your freaking arms up! Get them up parallel to the deck! It’s a piece of paper! It doesn’t weigh anything!!” 😂😂😂 07:53 08:45 “This recruit sounds like a sister!”😂 09:10 09:17
5:14 you know you done messed up when Chief DI singles you out.
Senior DI, not Chief....but ya, u done fucked up when the SDI is smoking u
Ahh, the memories! MCRD San Diego '86.
This is the best IT content so far!
This brings back some memories 😁
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 .
Congrats, you did a great job.
Its a Family Tradition . Semper Fi.
Attention to the smallest detail is what’s pounded in these young Marines, could save their lives later on.🇺🇸👍🏻
I could watch these all damn day. Semper Fi.
the recruit pov was my favorite, almost like a flashback
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.😆😅😅
The piece of paper was priceless
It was priceless because IT DOESN’T WEIGH ANYTHING!!!!!!
Interesting these Drill Sergeants are letting them call them Sir.
I cannot imagine how so many people can be deaf so everybody needs to shiout like this !
Been there, done that! Being a Marine DI is an exhausting job, there are extremely dedicated! Simper Fi
3:18 had me fucking ROLLING
“Aye, si-🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅!!”
It’s because everyone loses their voices.
He is singing according to DIs
@@doyouknowkeplertwentytwob4032 i mustve been nobkdy then cause i didnt😂
Guy next to him trying not to die lmao
Just a relaxing day of learning! Great job
It's not that the recruits can't do it, it's that they're not motivated enough.
The Marine Corps is the greatest thing ever created.
I named my English BullDog PARRIS ISLAND.
5:53 SSgt you looked like you wanted go absolutely BALLISTIC
Gotta love the jaw twitch and "WHAAT?!?!" in genuine frustration.
Legend has it he's still doing jumping jacks and mountain climbers
I played football 10 years in south Alabama. Every coach I ever had sounded just like those drill sergeants!
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.
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!
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.
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
I attended MCRD San Diego in 1995 (3rd Bat, Kco, platoon 3122). I'm glad to see that that it has not changed that much!
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!
You know it’s bad when the drill instructors just give up and stop yelling
Days of our lives DI I could watch all day!
These instructors are amazing. I am speechless
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.
I heard that! PLT 1076
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.
@@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!
"It's a piece of paper, it doesn't weigh anything!" he projects vibes of Sam Kinison.
This just got me through the rest my work day.
I love the genuine confusion on the DI's face as he goes "WHAT?!"
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.
man, im a drill sergeant. i wish we can do half the shit yall do in the Marines
You are 25 years too late 🤔. The Drill sergeants at infantry OSUT at ft Benning in the mid 90s and prior were as ruthless as the marine corp DIs
You only see what they want they do way worse when no one is around to save you
Where ya at? I go to the academy in a few months.
@@snipehypes3030 not now. Maybe you could have said this 10 years ago. But it was weak then too.
Bullshit lol
you guys should post more these are really entertaining! OOrah
In 1966 I wenr through this at MCRD SD. Back then the DI was not shy to gut punch a guy. For real!
Got damn we looked so stupid as recruits 😂😂😂 MCRDSD! Good times in the suck!
I blame the recruiters 'meeting mission' they really just take a pulse and send em....