BootCamp Progress!.....

[racer_rex89]

Hey everybody whats up? Well this is Racer_Rex89's Wife. I'm just on here just to let you guys know that he's off to Bootcamp in San Diego. He left the air port at around 6:00pm Today, Monday the 13th, he should arrive in San Diego around 7:00pm or 7:30 at the latest!..... So when i recieve letters from him I will keep you all imformed on how bootcamp is goin for him. I know it's goin to be tough and i wish it wasnt, but he'll do great and he'll come out a Proud United Stated Marine!..... Talk to you all later! bye

[M@]

Cool. Thanks for the update.

[racer_rex89]

Your Welcome! I'll keep you and everybody else up to date as much as i can!. I miss him like crazy though!. He's a great guy.

[TXKompressor]

Congrats, even though he is gonna be a Jarhead... hope all will go well, even though where he is, is a cakewalk... he will have no problems

[racer_rex89]

Well i sure hope he doesnt have any problems what so ever, and i sure az hell wish he doesnt go to PCP cuz then that will make him stay longer!. But hes a strong guy! I love him soo much! It pissed me off how ppl say "watch your wife when ur ogne cuz them military wives can be scandalous" because im not gonna cheat on my husband, he's gone for 3 months im not that stupid to go do sumthin to him like that, i love him too much n thats stupid, im not like any other military wife who cheats on their guyz while their gone!.....

[TXKompressor]

not all of them do, I had meet lots of them after I did my time as a Ranger, Sniper and a lot of deployments I got the honor of being a Network Administrator and I used to go to the clubs when everyone was out at the field and there were lots of wives that would go just to talk to other wives and such, there were a lot that were scandalous though

[TXKompressor]

Don't worry all will be good... if you get too worried I can always go down there and check on him... LOL, not really but I could go on the base there it is nice and their PX is sweet

[racer_rex89]

Don't worry all will be good... if you get too worried I can always go down there and check on him... LOL, not really but I could go on the base there it is nice and their PX is sweet
Yeah really, im sure a lot of the wives are scandalous, but thas not for me!. I wish his 3 months were all over with, i miss him like crazy, i dunno what to do all i wanna do is stay home n cry my eyez out lol!. I never thought it would be this hard, but i know in the long run it'll be worth it, but i also know when he deploys for months at a time it'll be as hard as is it now!. So he should be arriving at the base here in about 10-40 mintues, what exactly do they do right away when they get there? and what can they possibly be doing so they wont be able to sleep till tuesday night?

[TXKompressor]

They basically go through getting checked in they do alot of medical check ups and vision testing and over all mental status.. they then will get all enrolled with their benefits and such, then they will get sent to their Boot camp company or battalion... then the hard work begins. He should be able to call you in the next two days and then when he is in full blown boot camp it is maybe once a week (only maybe though) I did not talk to anyone for over 9 months...

The reason he will not be able to sleep till tuesday night is they got to give them the start of it all and try to get them break down so they can seperate the men from the boys... they will test their every weakness, trying to get them to breakdown, keeping them up all night, yelling at them, push ups, sit ups and many other physical and mental tests too, they will also test how they react to authority...

[Conrad]

Ah the first day of bootcamp.... One of the shitiest of them all... Yelling,shaved heads,more yelling,italian mafia barbers! I miss it!

[powerban.est199]

you'll get one phone call from him letting you know that he made it to the recruit depot okay. then you'll get another one sometime when he has already picked up with his platoon. don't expect to get a phone call every week from him as it won't happen. letters are key and mail call is what every recruit looks forward to every day. semper fi

[TXKompressor]

well the only reason I said once a week is because all the Jarheads I talked to got it... Like I said I did not talk to anyone in 9 months through Basic, through Airborne, through Air Assault, through Ranger school and then finally in Sniper school I got to call someone, almost did not know what to do or say... damn near forgot to dial...

No worries the are pretty soft in the Marines so he will be ok and if you do not hear from him then someone messed up

[racer_rex89]

Yeah, well i hope he wont take all that yelling and everything else to the heart. I know Black Friday will be hard for him also cuz thats the first day they meet their Drill Instructors!. Do any of you guys know when he'll be able to right? and another thing, when do they get their platoon number or whatever?

[racer_rex89]

you'll get one phone call from him letting you know that he made it to the recruit depot okay. then you'll get another one sometime when he has already picked up with his platoon. don't expect to get a phone call every week from him as it won't happen. letters are key and mail call is what every recruit looks forward to every day. semper fi

Well see, he left the airport to head up to San Diego today at about 6:00pm so he said he should arrive in San Diego tonight at 7:00pm or 7:30 pm at the latest, and i know he's already there but i havent heard anything from him yet!. When they get off the bus do they yell at everybody? Do they get the the Batallion or Platoon number or whatever it's called the night they arrive?

[racer_rex89]

well the only reason I said once a week is because all the Jarheads I talked to got it... Like I said I did not talk to anyone in 9 months through Basic, through Airborne, through Air Assault, through Ranger school and then finally in Sniper school I got to call someone, almost did not know what to do or say... damn near forgot to dial...

No worries the are pretty soft in the Marines so he will be ok and if you do not hear from him then someone messed up
Well i wanna know if he's alright and if he got there already and safe, becuase since he said he was getting ready to get on his plane, that was the last time i talked to him and i havent heard from him since, like i said above, i hope everythings fine and hes safe!. Also, i know its 12 weeks of bootcamp but do the 12 weeks start the day they ship out or does it start friday? the first day they meet their drill instructors and actually start? Like for instance, since he shipped out today and got there today, can i actually start counting down the 12 weeks?

[Conrad]

No worries the are pretty soft in the Marines so he will be ok

Figures an army guy would say that...

[Conrad]

This is what happens.....

1 Late night flight into San Diego! everyone flys in at night (its for effect)
2 Sit in the USO till around 10pm with 300 other unlucky guys
3 Drill instructor shows up yelling, screaming making you tuck in your shirt!
4 Bus ride back
5 pile into room with little desks to dump all your shit
6 Moment of truth... more yelling trying to get recruits to admit stupid shit like they did drugs or have some other tickets or whatever they might not have found out yet..
back to crappy little desk room.. strip down to underwear.. get uniforms
7 get buzzcut from italian mafia guys
8 back to crappy little desk room for more equipment issue
9 more yelling
10 more yelling
.............
22 more yelling
23 around 430am get to "recieving" platoon
24 take turns doing firewatch and getting 1 hour attempted sleep
25 530 meet "recieving" drill instructors
26 more yelling and running around
..............
34 more yelling
35 630 go to chow
36 dump all chow in garbage
37 more yelling
38 mad rush back to recieving barracks
39 pt gear!
40 IST pass continue on to 41 fail go back to PCP fatbodies!
41 more yelling
42 very basic rule instruction
43 another night in recieving
44 next day pick up with your actual platoon

I will put more up later... I am tired of typing...

[powerban.est199]

Figures an army guy would say that...


lol....soft eh? okay.....Conrad I don't ever remember marine boot camp ever being soft do you?

[TXKompressor]

I would love for you guys to go through Ranger training, Hell even one of the guys I went to Sniper training in DC that was with The USMC Recon. said that the sniper training there was even harder then his boot camp... I was blown away for that was the first time I got any breaks in 9 months of training... I ain't saying it is soft in comparison to the Air Force or even the Navy. But there is much harder and hell there is much softer too... girlss get it easy... I had a chance to train a few USMC during boot camp at Camp Pendelton on the M107 .50 cal sniper rifle... It was not too bad... I spent 5 weeks there and the base was nice... The biggest part for the recruits was the mental game to me... same as Infantry in the army.. the compare... but I thought it was pretty soft... IMHO... have you guys experienced Ranger training or SF training?

[doogie06]

Ah the first day of bootcamp.... One of the shitiest of them all... Yelling,shaved heads,more yelling,italian mafia barbers! I miss it!

:rofl: so true

[doogie06]

I would love for you guys to go through Ranger training, Hell even one of the guys I went to Sniper training in DC that was with The USMC Recon. said that the sniper training there was even harder then his boot camp... I was blown away for that was the first time I got any breaks in 9 months of training... I ain't saying it is soft in comparison to the Air Force or even the Navy. But there is much harder and hell there is much softer too... girlss get it easy... I had a chance to train a few USMC during boot camp at Camp Pendelton on the M107 .50 cal sniper rifle... It was not too bad... I spent 5 weeks there and the base was nice... The biggest part for the recruits was the mental game to me... same as Infantry in the army.. the compare... but I thought it was pretty soft... IMHO... have you guys experienced Ranger training or SF training?

Well, comparing Rangers to your basic Marine is not really proper, that is comparing special forces to the basic trained. Yes, the Marine style of boot camp is head and shoulders above all other basic training programs, it is longer, more intense, and doesn't have "stress cards". However, compared to a Ranger or any special forces brotha for that matter is kind of ridiculous. They are specialized, which anyone (well almost anyone) has the opportunity to do after boot camp. Everyone has their so called "elite", the army has rangers, navy has seals, air force has.......well nevermind them, and marines have force recon. Now, comparing Force Recon and Rangers, that is a pretty good battle, both are trained extremely well, and know things that most don't. Which then it all comes down to pride, has nothing to do with skill or training, they are at the top of their game and the argument of "who is better" comes down to a he said/he said war of words. So, in closing...

Basic: Air Force < Navy < Army < Marines

Elite: My pee pee is bigger than yours contest...

[Conrad]

I would love for you guys to go through Ranger training, Hell even one of the guys I went to Sniper training in DC that was with The USMC Recon. said that the sniper training there was even harder then his boot camp... I was blown away for that was the first time I got any breaks in 9 months of training... I ain't saying it is soft in comparison to the Air Force or even the Navy. But there is much harder and hell there is much softer too... girlss get it easy... I had a chance to train a few USMC during boot camp at Camp Pendelton on the M107 .50 cal sniper rifle... It was not too bad... I spent 5 weeks there and the base was nice... The biggest part for the recruits was the mental game to me... same as Infantry in the army.. the compare... but I thought it was pretty soft... IMHO... have you guys experienced Ranger training or SF training?

They werent in bootcamp if you were training them on the M107. I can assure you that unless it was more then 12 years ago. I will agree that bootcamp isnt the HARDEST thing. Sere school was definitely harder for me. I cant say I went to Ranger training and wont pretend to think it was easy. But I knew a few Rangers and when they came to okinawa for JWTC they always complained that it was harder then anything else... But difficulty and shitty conditions are two different things and both are subject to opinion. Oh and girls Bootcamp in the Marine Corps is a joke... I dont think it should be allowed.

[TXKompressor]

Basic: Air Force < Navy < Army < Marines

Elite: My pee pee is bigger than yours contest...

:werd:

Except this Basic: Airforce < Navy < Army = Marines and why I say this is that they have similar job functions and the majority of the trained are for some sort of front end contact... Now when we are talking your MC basic to ARMY, very much equal and has the same standards, Shoot, move and communicate..

Ok enough thread jacking, and I am sorry ladies I brought on so much Drama...

Also Mrs. Racer_rex89, he will be fine, have faith and keep in your prayers and all will come out great, he will come out of Boot Camp, I highly disciplined, Highly motivated individual that is in the best shape of his life. I remember those days, man at times I miss it, others not so much. out of 5 years served I spent about 6 months in the states... But when he gets out of boot camp, life is going to come together in a way that only the military knows how... It is going to open a lot of doors to both of your futures.. At time it is going to be tough and at other times you guys are going to have the greatest times of your lives. Enjoy, Congrats and I know I speak for alot of people on here that "We" have faith that all will be great and he will be one of the Few and the Proud to protect our country.

[doogie06]

Nicely done.

[Conrad]

:werd:

Except this Basic: Airforce < Navy < Army = Marines and why I say this is that they have similar job functions and the majority of the trained are for some sort of front end contact... Now when we are talking your MC basic to ARMY, very much equal and has the same standards, Shoot, move and communicate..

Ok enough thread jacking, and I am sorry ladies I brought on so much Drama...

Also Mrs. Racer_rex89, he will be fine, have faith and keep in your prayers and all will come out great, he will come out of Boot Camp, I highly disciplined, Highly motivated individual that is in the best shape of his life. I remember those days, man at times I miss it, others not so much. out of 5 years served I spent about 6 months in the states... But when he gets out of boot camp, life is going to come together in a way that only the military knows how... It is going to open a lot of doors to both of your futures.. At time it is going to be tough and at other times you guys are going to have the greatest times of your lives. Enjoy, Congrats and I know I speak for alot of people on here that "We" have faith that all we be great and he will be one of the Few and the Proud to protect our country.

I think that army bootcamp < marine bootcamp but.....

army infantry training = marine SOI

oh i thought I would throw this in....

Drill Intructor school > Marine bootcamp

[TXKompressor]

ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR FUCK FACE! j/k

Yes it was training in Bootcamp, we were given the task of training soldiers on Force 21 tactics, M107 was my task for showing the new wave of military tactics and equipment... it was not like they were getting to shoot the fuckers... by any means... we got to show them to them, we got to shoot them, they never did much but got to touch them, YAY... and yes this in 1995-1996 I served from 1993 - 1998

[Conrad]

ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR FUCK FACE! j/k

Yes it was training in Bootcamp, we were given the task of training soldiers on Force 21 tactics, M107 was my task for showing the new wave of military tactics and equipment... it was not like they were getting to shoot the fuckers... by any means... we got to show them to them, we got to shoot them, they never did much but got to touch them, YAY... and yes this in 1995-1996 I served from 1993 - 1998

ah ok.... might have been a temp thing or something...

he he no sir, not a liar sir, just mistaken sir!

I was going to be a drill instructor till I went to iraq.. but then got out afterwards.

[TXKompressor]

I think that army bootcamp < marine bootcamp but.....

army infantry training = marine SOI

oh i thought I would throw this in....

Drill Intructor school > Marine bootcamp


Agreed... thats because they have to many support areas of the Army anymore, they have to soften that part up... as long as Benning stays solid, I will be proud. when it goes weak, then I am going to have to shame it...

[doogie06]

Oh man, DI school is a trip, yelling at walls and shit.

[Conrad]

Oh man, DI school is a trip, yelling at walls and shit.

I yelled at trees!

[TXKompressor]

ah ok.... might have been a temp thing or something...

he he no sir, not a liar sir, just mistaken sir!

I was going to be a drill instructor till I went to iraq.. but then got out afterwards.


Smart... I was going to get out after three (that was my initial sign up) but then I went to Mogadishu and spent about 4 months there and had fun killing people, then off to Haiti, more fun killing people... got back for a week and re-enlisted for 2 more years and got to go to Macedonia/Bosnia and got stabbed and had more fun killing people... Did a couple of other small missions in Korea and Serbia... came back and they made me a Network Admin, bastards, it was more fun in the field and being deployed, I was making hella good money doing so too...

Hey to all that served, it does not matter what you did or what branch you are in, you served you protected and thats all that matters, either fighting or supporting you are just as important as any other person in the military...

[doogie06]

Nasty tree

[Conrad]

Smart... I was going to get out after three (that was my initial sign up) but then I went to Mogadishu and spent about 4 months there and had fun killing people, then off to Haiti, more fun killing people... got back for a week and re-enlisted for 2 more years and got to go to Macedonia/Bosnia and got stabbed and had more fun killing people... Did a couple of other small missions in Korea and Serbia... came back and they made me a Network Admin, bastards, it was more fun in the field and being deployed, I was making hella good money doing so too...

Hey to all that served, it does not matter what you did or what branch you are in, you served you protected and thats all that matters, either fighting or supporting you are just as important as any other person in the military...

:werd:

[Conrad]

I dont know how many times I have said this....

But the movie Starship Troopers had the best policy I have ever heard!

You serve to become a citizen!

[TXKompressor]

ha ha ha, yelling at tree's is cool... It would have been fun to be a DI... Shaping all the cherries into shape... sometimes I get on my son like that, and have to hold back because he is only almost six

[doogie06]

Hey to all that served, it does not matter what you did or what branch you are in, you served you protected and thats all that matters, either fighting or supporting you are just as important as any other person in the military...

Once again, well put...

[Weston-work]

...

Drill Intructor school > Marine bootcamp

You were a drill instructor?

[Conrad]

You were a drill instructor?

No went to DI school at MCRD san diego then I was put on the critical MOS list and pulled for afganistan and iraq. I got my smokey but never got my own platoon.

[powerban.est199]

No went to DI school at MCRD san diego then I was put on the critical MOS list and pulled for afganistan and iraq. I got my smokey but never got my own platoon.

damn that sucks.....i'll be heading to di school once my tour is up at this unit (1 more year) i can't wait!!!

[Weston-work]

No went to DI school at MCRD san diego then I was put on the critical MOS list and pulled for afganistan and iraq. I got my smokey but never got my own platoon.

Good enough... We need your services to whip David into shape... We have decided that he needs to join the Marines. :D

[Conrad]

Good enough... We need your services to whip David into shape... We have decided that he needs to join the Marines. :D

You hear that all the time from parents... LOL

[doogie06]

You hear that all the time from parents... LOL

It's so true though, before boot camp, I was drinking all the time, getting into trouble. Thought because I was a jock I deserved special treatment, got to boot camp, a 5'0" drill instructor got that thought out of my head pretty quickly. But, I needed it, don't know where the hell I would be without the military.

[racer_rex89]

:werd:

Except this Basic: Airforce < Navy < Army = Marines and why I say this is that they have similar job functions and the majority of the trained are for some sort of front end contact... Now when we are talking your MC basic to ARMY, very much equal and has the same standards, Shoot, move and communicate..

Ok enough thread jacking, and I am sorry ladies I brought on so much Drama...

Also Mrs. Racer_rex89, he will be fine, have faith and keep in your prayers and all will come out great, he will come out of Boot Camp, I highly disciplined, Highly motivated individual that is in the best shape of his life. I remember those days, man at times I miss it, others not so much. out of 5 years served I spent about 6 months in the states... But when he gets out of boot camp, life is going to come together in a way that only the military knows how... It is going to open a lot of doors to both of your futures.. At time it is going to be tough and at other times you guys are going to have the greatest times of your lives. Enjoy, Congrats and I know I speak for alot of people on here that "We" have faith that all will be great and he will be one of the Few and the Proud to protect our country.
Hey, ImprezaRacer thanx for your kind words. Yeah, I know that times will be tough and i also know that time will be great. I just hope that right now he's not gettin into trouble, which even though he is gettin in trouble or not he will still end up getting yelled at!. Now If i understand right u were in the military? What Branch? I got a question that maybe u or sum one else can answer for me!. How long after you arrive to bootcamp will you get ur address and everything? Also, do the drill unstructors or whoever is in charge of uniforms, how will they know if ur going or not to have ur rank and last name on ur uniforms?

[racer_rex89]

Oh man, DI school is a trip, yelling at walls and shit.
Hahahaha No shit? do u really have to yell at walls? damn, i would be cracking up all the fuckin time and not even be able to become a drill instructor cuz i cant keep a straight face hahahaha!

[racer_rex89]

I yelled at trees!
hahahaha no sir! lol did u really have to yell at trees? how fuckins stupid is that? whose gonna really stand there and yell at trees with a straight face?

[racer_rex89]

ha ha ha, yelling at tree's is cool... It would have been fun to be a DI... Shaping all the cherries into shape... sometimes I get on my son like that, and have to hold back because he is only almost six
Dude, u are so mean leave ur son alone geez, go pick on sum one ur own size! hahahaha j/k

[racer_rex89]

It's so true though, before boot camp, I was drinking all the time, getting into trouble. Thought because I was a jock I deserved special treatment, got to boot camp, a 5'0" drill instructor got that thought out of my head pretty quickly. But, I needed it, don't know where the hell I would be without the military.
Do i even have to answer that for u? Drink and gettin in trouble all the time?! Dude, think about it you would probably be in jail or prison by now hahahaha. Yeah, the military does turn u from bad into great people!. Damn, i hope my husband dont tell the DI'S off cuz he dont like when ppl yell at them! Dang i really hope he doesnt! Well we all better pray!.....

[powerban.est199]

Hey, ImprezaRacer thanx for your kind words. Yeah, I know that times will be tough and i also know that time will be great. I just hope that right now he's not gettin into trouble, which even though he is gettin in trouble or not he will still end up getting yelled at!. Now If i understand right u were in the military? What Branch? I got a question that maybe u or sum one else can answer for me!. How long after you arrive to bootcamp will you get ur address and everything? Also, do the drill unstructors or whoever is in charge of uniforms, how will they know if ur going or not to have ur rank and last name on ur uniforms?

you'll get a letter from your husband stating that he is okay and he'll give you a general address along with his platoon number and company in which he is in. he wont' get name tapes just yet, thats after first phase...the first few days he'll just be known as "freakin you who" , "recruit smuckatelly" etc. as far as rank, he wont' have a rank until after boot camp, either private, PFC, or if he's the company honor grad, LCpl. hope this helps

[TXKompressor]

Ha ha ha ha... No he will learn real quick to just let them yell at you... this is true I learned, I am sure everyone here that served did too... Play the Game is what I was told by my father when I went in and those words stuck with me the whole time I was in... Play it like its a game...

It took me about a week before I could even write anybody to tell them what my address is... I have seen some places that allow the soldiers to write after they find out where they go, It is even a class and all, well kind of.. it is mostly them yelling at you telling you how to write it correctly and all...

Yeah I served 5 years as a U.S. Army Ranger in the 1st Ranger Brigade at Fort Benning Georgia. We used to always have fun with the n00bs.. it was good times...

My son is a great kids and I am never too hard but I do not let off the discipline... some people think it is crazy when he stands in the corner from misbehaving he stands in it at full attention, straight as a board and never taking his eyes off of looking straight forward... He is a good kid for sure, he has his moments, just wish I could get him to listen to my girlfriend a little better though... guess she doesn't have the crazy eyes, or DI voice... she is soft. but she does a great job with my daughter...

So how was being away for the first day?

[TXKompressor]

the first few days he'll just be known as "freakin you who" , "recruit smuckatelly" etc.


Ohh the good ol' days of being nameless... It was great

[TXKompressor]

Powerban, you still in San Diego??? We go to the PX and Commissary at Camp Pendleton once a month there to get some stuff...

[powerban.est199]

nope...i'm out here in colorado on I&I duty....i'll be back in san diego some time at the end of this year or begining of next for di school at MCRD

[racer_rex89]

So how was being away for the first day?[/QUOTE]

Well let's see.....it was okay i guess only cuz i worked today, and i guess its kind of easier today then it was yesterday. Thanks for asking though!.

[TXKompressor]

Good stuff...DI, interesting

HOORAHHHH

[racer_rex89]

So like were all yuy guys good friends of my husbands here on High Altitude?

[TXKompressor]

Dont think I ever met him he join just before I moved to California...

[racer_rex89]

Dont think I ever met him he join just before I moved to California...
Yeah, i know. I dont think anybody has ever met him personally but i mean good friends like as in juss talken to here here.

[rmcdaniels]

You guys forgot Coast Gaurd boot camp! I used to have to go do maintenance on some air traffic control radios we kept in a shed on the Coast Gaurd boot camp base up in Cape May, New Jersey. It was literally like summer camp, everyone was so nice and pleasant. It made Navy boot camp look brutal, and I had a good time at Navy boot camp. I lost 85 pounds in three weeks at boot camp, they ran my ass off every day, although I was a bit of a lard-ass (okay, I was a GIANT lard-ass). I also showed up with a shaved head, which really pissed off the barbers, so they just scuffed up my head with the clippers.

I remember when the carriers left port in Norfolk, the base club was a meat market, packs of Navy wives would prowl the base club looking for action, grabbing guys asses as we walked by their tables, it was ridiculous.

[racer_rex89]

Hey everybody, well again its Racer_rex89's wife! I heard from my husband today at around 6:30pm, he told me he was up there safe!. juss lettin you all know

[Nightfall]

I remember having to ask permission to speak just to ask permission to use the latrine. They make it so complicated! I also remember getting my ass kicked for saying sorry.

[racer_rex89]

I remember having to ask permission to speak just to ask permission to use the latrine. They make it so complicated! I also remember getting my ass kicked for saying sorry. did you really get your ass kicked for tellin them sorry?!

[Nightfall]

did you really get your ass kicked for tellin them sorry?!
Not in a literal sense. I'd get something along the lines of "Blah blah blah... don't apologize to me... blah blah blah... get the fuck down and start pushing"

[chile]

sorry for the threadjack and congrats to your husband. rangers are NOT SF. every disgruntled Marine that joined the army thought the same thing and found out they were still just 0311's...ranger school is just SOI. Sid, i didn't know you got your orders to DI school...i have to ask my old CO to hook me up (he used to be a BN CO out at SD)...believe it or not, bootcamp will be easy compared to the rest of his time in the Corps. there's always someone in your face, "motivating" you to keep going...after bootcamp, you're on your own and i've seen so many guys/girls get discouraged...Sid and Conrad will know what i'm talking about....you gonna visit him for visitor's day?

[Conrad]

Hey everybody, well again its Racer_rex89's wife! I heard from my husband today at around 6:30pm, he told me he was up there safe!. juss lettin you all know

when I went through I was only given 2 phone calls

one safe arrival phone call and one after we won final drill other then that didnt get shit till visitor thurs! At DI school they never told us anything on phone call requirements other then the safe arrival call.

[chile]

when I went through I was only given 2 phone calls

one safe arrival phone call and one after we won final drill other then that didnt get shit till visitor thurs! At DI school they never told us anything on phone call requirements other then the safe arrival call.

same here...but i managed to sneak in a couple more when we were at WFTBN...

[doogie06]

Not in a literal sense. I'd get something along the lines of "Blah blah blah... don't apologize to me... blah blah blah... get the fuck down and start pushing"

First week I did an About face and stepped on my DI's shoe (corefram for you motivators), yes, that was a LONG DAY. I just remember pushing until I couldn't feel my upper body, and yes, the blah blah blah was flowing!!

[Conrad]

First week I did an About face and stepped on my DI's shoe (corefram for you motivators), yes, that was a LONG DAY. I just remember pushing until I couldn't feel my upper body, and yes, the blah blah blah was flowing!!

man I would slap a bitch for scuffing my coreframs! That recruit would hate life!

[doogie06]

man I would slap a bitch for scuffing my coreframs! That recruit would hate life!

He wanted too, but the push up method is so much better, gets a better point accross. From that day forward I was a SHADOW!!

[Conrad]

He wanted too, but the push up method is so much better, gets a better point accross. From that day forward I was a SHADOW!!

when we got to go into a platoon for training I think the best technique was marching the platoon to an edge of a field and they know they are going to get some shit so anticipation is rolling off the platoon. You halt them face them towards you and just fall them out. They dont know what to do... you wait a sec and then you point and about a half mile away is a drill intructor who yells "FALL IN" Recruits be running like idiots to get there picking up the fat bodys who dont make it. Once they fall in you do it again the other way... They run into each other... They start yelling at each other... AHHHHH good times!

[doogie06]

when we got to go into a platoon for training I think the best technique was marching the platoon to an edge of a field and they know they are going to get some shit so anticipation is rolling off the platoon. You halt them face them towards you and just fall them out. They dont know what to do... you wait a sec and then you point and about a half mile away is a drill intructor who yells "FALL IN" Recruits be running like idiots to get there picking up the fat bodys who dont make it. Once they fall in you do it again the other way... They run into each other... They start yelling at each other... AHHHHH good times!

:rofl:

Or when you screw up in drill as a platoon, you know where you are marching too, ah yes, THE PIT!!

[Conrad]

:rofl:

Or when you screw up in drill as a platoon, you know where you are marching too, ah yes, THE PIT!!


Ahhh the PIT

I had a drill instructor that used to taunt us.... "Go ahead 2099 go ahead point to the PIT 99 point to the PIT"

[Weston-work]

What is this pit?

[Conrad]

What is this pit?

anywhere there is dirt to make recruits get sweaty and dirty

[doogie06]

anywhere there is dirt to make recruits get sweaty and dirty

Yes, and usually you have just polished your boots, pressed your cammies, and cleaned your weapon, so everything is looking it's best.....NOT FOR LONG

[Weston-work]

Does anyone ever ask those DI's why they are so mean? :D

[doogie06]

Does anyone ever ask those DI's why they are so mean? :D

No, but I did make one smile once, he was in the midst of ripping me a new one, and he said "what is your problem recruit", I said "this recruit is retarded sir". He looked down and started laughing his ass off. That was the day I realized they are human.

[Conrad]

hey doogie did you guys have the gong show right before graduation?

[rmcdaniels]

I was in my 20's when I went in, about the same age as my DI, so he wasn't too hard on me and we would talkk to each other like people sometimes. I had something come up one day and needed to go somewhere and do something and wasn't thinking about it, so I opened the door to his office, popped my head in and said "Hey Jeff, I gotta go over to the parade grounds and drill with the recruit choir, so I'm out of here for a couple hours". He was sitting there with some other people in some kind of meeting and they all stared at me slack-jawed. Then I realized what I had done and said I could try it again with all the standing at attention and saluting and formal requesting, or maybe they'd just like me to start doing pushups until they got tired. They picked option B.

Maybe it was just a Navy thing, but they used to "make it rain" when we screwed up. They'd crowd us all into a small compartment, then make us exercise until we generated so much heat and moisture that the condensation started dripping off of the ceiling onto us like it was raining. That was kind of cool the first couple of times.

[Conrad]

I was in my 20's when I went in, about the same age as my DI, so he wasn't too hard on me and we would talkk to each other like people sometimes. I had something come up one day and needed to go somewhere and do something and wasn't thinking about it, so I opened the door to his office, popped my head in and said "Hey Jeff, I gotta go over to the parade grounds and drill with the recruit choir, so I'm out of here for a couple hours". He was sitting there with some other people in some kind of meeting and they all stared at me slack-jawed. Then I realized what I had done and said I could try it again with all the standing at attention and saluting and formal requesting, or maybe they'd just like me to start doing pushups until they got tired. They picked option B.

Maybe it was just a Navy thing, but they used to "make it rain" when we screwed up. They'd crowd us all into a small compartment, then make us exercise until we generated so much heat and moisture that the condensation started dripping off of the ceiling onto us like it was raining. That was kind of cool the first couple of times.

yeah we did that shit.... also when they wanted us to do stupid ass shit they made 95 or so of us get into 5 bathroom stalls with out anyone outside the doors

[doogie06]

hey doogie did you guys have the gong show right before graduation?

Oh yeah, it was great, I immitated one of our recruits while my buddy acted like the D.I. it was funny shit.

[racer_rex89]

sorry for the threadjack and congrats to your husband. rangers are NOT SF. every disgruntled Marine that joined the army thought the same thing and found out they were still just 0311's...ranger school is just SOI. Sid, i didn't know you got your orders to DI school...i have to ask my old CO to hook me up (he used to be a BN CO out at SD)...believe it or not, bootcamp will be easy compared to the rest of his time in the Corps. there's always someone in your face, "motivating" you to keep going...after bootcamp, you're on your own and i've seen so many guys/girls get discouraged...Sid and Conrad will know what i'm talking about....you gonna visit him for visitor's day?
yeah, of course!. im gonna visit him every chance i get! i really wish his 12 weeks was up already tho, i sure miss him like krazy!. Tomorrow is black friday, its gonna be tough for him but i him get toughens it out

[racer_rex89]

No, but I did make one smile once, he was in the midst of ripping me a new one, and he said "what is your problem recruit", I said "this recruit is retarded sir". He looked down and started laughing his ass off. That was the day I realized they are human.
Oh man, that was soo funny what u just said!. hahahaha i cant believe he actually laughed!. I thought they never knew what that was j/k hahahaha!. Wait till i tell my husband when he gets back! ! hahahahaha he'll laugh his ass off!

[hatrack]

well as the old guy I have to put my .02 in, when I went through boot it was 14 weeks of hell and than 4 more weeks at BITS in camp pend. after that 12 more weeks in force recon at san mateo 1st bat. 9th marines any Marines should know who they were. we didnt have the luxurary of barracks we slept in tents with oil burning stoves for heat,except at BITS we had quansent huts, back than 1970-1974 we got 1 call to tell everyone i'm here and that was it till end of training. after recon I had a couple of choices, embasy school in DC or viet nam I opted for school at the time,went through it and decided that it wasnt for me so next thing I knew a big RED TAG deployment to VN. 6 months there got TAD to a special forces unit because of my training in recon, 4 mon later back to the 9th marines to finish my 1st tour,than home for 30 days. I did 2 tours in VN both with the 9th but I also got to see the rest of the world by ship and by foot. If I had to do it again I would great experiance and to you mrs.racer rex he'll be fine dont worry the Marines take care of them selves, and today there are alot of oppertunities in the corps. depends on what he wants to do,hang in there,SEMPER FI

[powerban.est199]

sorry for the threadjack and congrats to your husband. rangers are NOT SF. every disgruntled Marine that joined the army thought the same thing and found out they were still just 0311's...ranger school is just SOI. Sid, i didn't know you got your orders to DI school...i have to ask my old CO to hook me up (he used to be a BN CO out at SD)...believe it or not, bootcamp will be easy compared to the rest of his time in the Corps. there's always someone in your face, "motivating" you to keep going...after bootcamp, you're on your own and i've seen so many guys/girls get discouraged...Sid and Conrad will know what i'm talking about....you gonna visit him for visitor's day?


That would be cool if we were both at DI school. except i'd be a kill hat for a good minute while you'd get to immediatly be a senior your next cycle, then a series chief there on after......still would be fun though

[racer_rex89]

Hey Everybody, Sorry I havent been on here in a while, it's because I've been on another site!. Well Yesterday, I receieved the first letter from my husband, but it wasn't much atleast it was something though, it was a standard letter that everybody had to write stating he got there fine and what he can't recieve and ect.......Today I receieved another letter boy was i happy? i read it over and over time and time again! I love it. This letter was a actual letter with what he wanted to say, he wrote it to me the 18th, which was the sat. before the actual week they started training!. Well, he said he's doing fine and he doesnt want to come home yet!. So for now, I see thats a good sign for him right? I know he'll do great!. Well i'm going to go for now, I told you all i would let you know when i recieved a letter from my husband and i did!. I will le tyou all know when i get another one!. Talk to you all later!>

[chile]

good you heard from him...btw, is he going active duty or reserve?

[racer_rex89]

Umm....I'm not sure, I think he's going to active duty!.

[racer_rex89]

Hey everybody, I know I havent been on in weeks, again i've been on another website learning as much as i oculd and getting as much help as i can to stay strong for my husband while he's in bootcamp. I recieved a letter from him today that he wrote March 29, 2006. He asked me to come on here to let you all know that he's fine. Now, I recieved a phone call from him March 31, 2006. He had informed me that he is going to M.R.P (Medical Rehabilitation Platoon) because he has a stress fracture due to his knee and he's also sick, he just had a cold, he thought he had bronchitis. As far as I know he's still in there and he'll probably be in there for another couple of weeks and I hope it don't take very long to heal. So he's in MRP right now.

I'm asking all of you to please keep Sal in your prayers, I will appreciate it and I'm sure he will as well. In his letter today, he also told me that they told him that he has a 90% chance of going to Iraq. I'm very scared for him!.
I'm gonna go for now so i'll let you all know the progress with my husband as soon as i find out!. You all take care! bye

[Conrad]

MRP is t3h suxor... no advancement towards graduation there... Tell him to suck it up and get the fuck out of there! Also when you send him mail... name him

Senior Drill Intructor Recruit Sal "last name"

And always write fragile on the back!

[doogie06]

MRP is t3h suxor... no advancement towards graduation there... Tell him to suck it up and get the fuck out of there! Also when you send him mail... name him

Senior Drill Intructor Recruit Sal "last name"

And always write fragile on the back!

:rofl:

[racer_rex89]

MRP is t3h suxor... no advancement towards graduation there... Tell him to suck it up and get the fuck out of there! Also when you send him mail... name him

Senior Drill Intructor Recruit Sal "last name"

And always write fragile on the back!
Conrad, that was the stupidest thing u could have said since i've been reading this post. Dude, I'm not that fuckin stupid!......and to u Representative or whatever the fuck ur name is, what the fuck is that supposed to mean? you talken shit or what the hell!.

[Conrad]

Conrad, that was the stupidest thing u could have said since i've been reading this post. Dude, I'm not that fuckin stupid!......and to u Representative or whatever the fuck ur name is, what the fuck is that supposed to mean? you talken shit or what the hell!.


Because I am nice I wont flame all over this... It was a joke... One that was played on me. Worse thing that would happen is he would do some extra pushups! Really BootCamp is the easiest thing in the Marine Corps so lighten up he has a much longer, harder road when he hits the fleet! So as a wife of a Marine you need to learn to take things in stride! And to put a glower on things and to maybe show that things will be harder for you then him 65 percent of married Marines get divorced on their first tour. Not trying to scare you but chill and be merry!

Are you from Portugal? LOL! And he wasnt talking to your man unless he drives like shit!

[chile]

we had a kid named gray...his brother was a Marine and sent a letter to him, addressed to Gen. Gray...that was hilarious...obviously because it happened to someone else. believe us, your husband is still getting his share of "memories"...and if he's not, then i guess bootcamp has really changed in the last 15 years...

[Conrad]

we had a kid named gray...his brother was a Marine and sent a letter to him, addressed to Gen. Gray...that was hilarious...obviously because it happened to someone else. believe us, your husband is still getting his share of "memories"...and if he's not, then i guess bootcamp has really changed in the last 15 years...

You know its changed a lot. When I was in I had this bitch of a Sgt. She had only been in 19 months.. I was a Cpl with 3 years and I was considered fast in my MOS. We were talking about getting IT'd in bootcamp and she goes... I never got IT'd I always did what I was told. At that moment I decided females in the Corps was a horrid thing! Thats BS. I got IT'd daily not for things I did but things my buddy did or his buddy! Women are ruining the military!

[powerban.est199]

You know its changed a lot. When I was in I had this bitch of a Sgt. She had only been in 19 months.. I was a Cpl with 3 years and I was considered fast in my MOS. We were talking about getting IT'd in bootcamp and she goes... I never got IT'd I always did what I was told. At that moment I decided females in the Corps was a horrid thing! Thats BS. I got IT'd daily not for things I did but things my buddy did or his buddy! Women are ruining the military!


Yes, it has changed a little bit from the old corps stories my uncle use to tell me. As far as getting IT'd, on the male side, I don't think that has changed any. Shoot, I was the guide all the way til the end of boot camp and I got smoked checked for every little thing. If a recruit didn't do something correctly, I would here "GUIDE!!!!!!!" "Go outside!!! your going island hopping again!!!"

[racer_rex89]

You know its changed a lot. When I was in I had this bitch of a Sgt. She had only been in 19 months.. I was a Cpl with 3 years and I was considered fast in my MOS. We were talking about getting IT'd in bootcamp and she goes... I never got IT'd I always did what I was told. At that moment I decided females in the Corps was a horrid thing! Thats BS. I got IT'd daily not for things I did but things my buddy did or his buddy! Women are ruining the military!
Did you go to PI? or SD because as far as i know, theres no female DI'S at SD.And trust me, my husband n i wont get divored.

[powerban.est199]

Did you go to PI? or SD because as far as i know, theres no female DI'S at SD.And trust me, my husband n i wont get divored.


there are female DI's at MCRD SD, they just aren't in DI billets. The ones that are there are instructors for different types of classes in recruit training. I know of two female Sgt's that are currently there.

[Conrad]

Did you go to PI? or SD because as far as i know, theres no female DI'S at SD.And trust me, my husband n i wont get divored.

Went to SD and there are some female DIs there just no female recruits... They all go to PI to get eaten by sandfleas!

Little throw in for the other devil dogs on here...

mountain humps make marines not bug bites!

[chile]

mountain humps make marines not bug bites!

;NutKick;

[racer_rex89]

Went to SD and there are some female DIs there just no female recruits... They all go to PI to get eaten by sandfleas!

Little throw in for the other devil dogs on here...

mountain humps make marines not bug bites! lol @ mountain humps make marines not bug bites, that was sooo freakin' Hilarious!....

[racer_rex89]

Well I'm back.......I was sent home yesterday.......I was in MRP fro 13 weeks with Bilateral tibial and left 2nd metatarsal stress fractures......The doctors ant the sports med center at MCRD tried everything to get me to heal I took calcium suppliments and Vitamin C and I went to phisical therapy 3 times a week .....and took x-rays every 4 weeks......but they were healing too slowly...and they pretty much told me that i was a waste of the governments money to just stay in MRP....so they sent my ass home...

[Conrad]

Well I'm back.......I was sent home yesterday.......I was in MRP fro 13 weeks with Bilateral tibial and left 2nd metatarsal stress fractures......The doctors ant the sports med center at MCRD tried everything to get me to heal I took calcium suppliments and Vitamin C and I went to phisical therapy 3 times a week .....and took x-rays every 4 weeks......but they were healing too slowly...and they pretty much told me that i was a waste of the governments money to just stay in MRP....so they sent my ass home...

Sucks man! It happens.. I know people who sucked it up just to get through. I know people who were crying and screaming on the humps... just so they could stay in and not go back to MRP or get kicked out.

[stu]

So are you happy or disappointed?

[Mark_H]

Did I miss something, what caused these injuries? So they kicked you out? Do you get any kind of compensation etc?
M

[Conrad]

Did I miss something, what caused these injuries? So they kicked you out? Do you get any kind of compensation etc?
M

typically no because they are pre military injury. it just means you cant run

[doogie06]

Yup you aren't technically in the service until you complete boot camp, they just fail to mention that while you are in.