Boot Camp Stories

Mouth shut, eyes and ears open, think twice before saying anything then don't.
Keep all your buttons buttoned, have a good pair of nail clippers for removing irish pennants from your uniforms.
 
I went to boot in 69, San Diego, USN RTC and USMC MCRD were seperated by a string about 12" off the ground running the length of a field, the marine recruits slept in tents there. We were warned that if you crossed 'The Line' you were now in the marines, one wise ass did not belive our company commander, BTC Hatchell and crossed over, four jarheads came out of nowhere and snagged him before he could jump back over, we saw him 3 months later in greens, I laughed my ass off.
I actually enjoyed bootcamp, as long as you payed attention, did what you were told and kept your mouth zipped it was good. Start acting up and you won't know what hit ya...we had one good ole mountain boy that it took 4 blanket parties to get him to shower every day, shave and use deodorant, he was brought up on 'sat nite is bath night and you only wear shoes on sunday to go to meeting' types..he got us in more *hit... Andy Griffith type...
 
ibjeepin821 said:
okay Im about to make my trek to Parris Island......what are the do's and dont's of boot camp?????

-Andy
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Mmmmyeah, skrink and disappear into nothingness, the very last hting you want is to have the DIs 'know' who you are! Bootcamp just sucks, so you suck it up. Remember and be okay with the fact that nothing you do will ever be right, you'll never be fast enough, and no matter what you say, it's wrong. Accept these things and you will survive.

So hit me up with your contact info and I'll you a care package or two. Things like baby wipes and vaseline, trust me, they are worht their weight in gold.

~Brady
 
Haha, those are some stories. Well, I went to boot camp at Ft. Benning, Ga for Army infantry mos 11b. After about 3 weeks one kid who was gettin' smoked (pted/you wish you were dead) for f*ing up, most of the time when he f*ed up the rest of the Platoon got smoked for him messin' up, we call those kids Blue Falcons/ Buddy Fu*kers. Well, he was fu*kin' us over all the time, then we'd get him alone and beat the piss outa him. Then the next day insted of him telling the Drill Sgt. he'd fu*k up and get us smoked while he stood there and laughed at us. Well to make this shorter this went on for a few more weeks........ Blah, blah, blah....... One night I was on fire guard and this kid is draggin a 200lb floor buffer accross the barracks, I was like " WTF" and he started tying the cord around his leg.... I justt stood there wondering WTF this kid is doing. Then he pulls this big b-itch to the window and kinda struggles it up to the seal. I thought to myself "OMFG" then crash the window was broken out and this motherfu*ker pushed the buffer outa the window and its tied to his leg. I ran as fast as I could to grab that shit bag then WHAM the buffer hit the ground from our 3rd story window and the kid was layin under me there when I tackled 'em . The idiot couldn't even kill himself right, the cord was too long, I guess he thought it'd pull him outa the window too his death. Nope, thanks for playing!! Then the Drill Sgt. walked in and I'm layin' on this kid chokin' him out so he won't try any more sh*t, and the fu*ker is still double knotted to the destroyed floor buffer. So, next week is Marksmanship/ fundementals. We're out at the Range 11 going through the motions with blanks in the rifles, and guess what, Buddy Fu*ker turns and points the rifle at a Drill Sgt. then before you know it he puts it to his mouth and blows his whole jaw off, needless to say the retard failed at that too now he eats outa a straw, lol. I got a few more form Airborne school and Ranger school aswell. But that's for later. GONZ
 
Gawd. I just had to deal with some tard who tried to OD on aspirin (what's the point of that?) and then tried to slit his wrists with a damn SAFETY RAZOR (without taking the blades out!) Geez.

This guy later decided he'd get out by admitting he was a homo, and thought that "basic would cure him." WTF?

He got a permanent TDY to Ft. Leavenworth shortly after for falsifying a government contract (saying he wasn't gay, then saying he was.)

Don't be first, don't be last, and don't volunteer. If you get to the end of Basic and the DI still has to look at your chest to see who you are, you done good...

5-90
 
5-90 said:
If you get to the end of Basic and the DI still has to look at your chest to see who you are, you done good...
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I can attest to that. We opened ranks the night before graduation and our platoon Drill SGT walked along, talking about how far we had all come along through Basic and MP School, saying something about each and every one of us. Except me. :D 'Pwivate, I don even know who da hell you ah', and moved on to the next soldier. Everyone snickered and he said, 'Naw naw naw...dat's a GOOD ting.' Staten Island bastid, I'd follow him to the deepest pit of Hell and help him piss on the fires.
 
sixditchoffroad said:
Haha, so true! But, I learned in mountain phase of Ranger School, "It pays to be a winner." I got a few mins of sleep, and some MRE's for being first.
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That thar is a different animal altogether. ;)
 
sixditchoffroad said:
Haha, so true! But, I learned in mountain phase of Ranger School, "It pays to be a winner." I got a few mins of sleep, and some MRE's for being first.
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ranger buddy....do push ups.....
 
If you don't have rhythm, get some. It pays on drill. Learn to make your bed fast in the morning. Follow directions! Everything, down to the smallest one. In the morning we got dressed "by the numbers" for the first phase...left sock, left foot, right sock right foot, left leg in trousers, right leg in trousers. Remember its not personal. Their job is to prepare you for being in combat. You're given the basic rights of a POW under the Geneva Convention. They give you crap and if you show weakness they give you more crap to weed out the people who might crack under interrogation. Even if you're last on a run, don't walk. Keep moving no matter what. They'll appreciate more than the guy who came in 5 minutes ahead of you but walked a couple times. They won't tell you that, but they'll notice the effort put out.

This one should be a given: Don't steal the DI's chew, no matter how badly you might be craving a dip...
 
The best piece of advice I can give you is Listen, Listen, Listen, then do EXACTLY as you are told. No complaints.. no whining, just actions.

More so for after Basic / Boot camp - Be at the right place, at the right time, in the right uniform.
 
53guy said:
hahaa, yeah, probably, but i'm enlisted and dont give a rats ass, lol.



very true sarge. and the dumbest MAF's as well. "Transponder non functional in O. F. F. function. I. F. F. works fine when transponder is in O. N. position." ya know, i've always wondered how those tards get out of school and can still mess up simple stuff like that. college education to break em, high school diploma to fix em.
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hehe i've seen that one working in the UH/HH-60 world in the army. that or the best one i've seen is anti collision light is intermittent. DUH!!! its sposed to BLINK
 
5-90 said:
Gawd. I just had to deal with some tard who tried to OD on aspirin (what's the point of that?) and then tried to slit his wrists with a damn SAFETY RAZOR (without taking the blades out!) Geez.

try having two chicks OD on zoloft. we went and picked up these two idiots about a month ago. chick came back to her room, found the battle buddy od'd on zoloft...called the medics, we medevaced her to the csh....later someone goes to check on the battle buddy, what had she done? same damn thing. 2 wasted trips to the CSH because 2 stupid idiots OD'd on zoloft. when i asked our medics what that'd most likely do to ya, they said "make you very agreeable". cmon, how stupid can you get. btw they are no longer in iraq.
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WHERES MY DANCER!

are words you do not want to hear from a DI/TI

Try not to smile while staring blankly ahead as the retard TI tries to construct complete sentences as he berates you at full volume from 4 inches.

when doing bedmaking drills, and you get 3 beds made perfectly in 1.5 minutes, don't throw the mattress when he says "nice.......do it AGAIN!"

when you are finally able to get "excited" again, watch where you point that thing, there will be a pressure buildup.
 
Never ever take your dogtags off. even to just go to the shower.
 
i had to take my dogtags off in order to sleep, otherwise they choked me, cuz i'd roll over on top of them in the middle of the night.

trick.....you'll get 2 blankets eventually....one is sposed to cover your pillow, the other is sposed to cover the sheets on the bed....to save time, sleep under the one that gets used for the pillow, thats what we did. that way all you gotta do when u get up in the morning is tighten the rest of the bed and refold one blanket.
 
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