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Jack Webb in his DI role was a highly sanitized PG rated version of Marine boot camp. In reality things were a lot more intense to say the least.
Well by the 80s old soldiers would complain that we got a sanitized PG version of their boot camp. I pretty much had everything done in the movie done to me, trade sand fleas to mosquitoes and an early morning sawdust pit at Fort Knox
Well by the 80s old soldiers would complain that we got a sanitized PG version of their boot camp.
A fact as old as warfare. I have no doubt that there were veteran legionnaires who scoffed at Marius' reforms and told the new recruits that back in their day, they were real soldiers who made do with their own equipment and weren't molly-coddled at the taxpayers' expense.
Kipling (who else) on the subject, albeit in a different timeframe.
A fact as old as warfare. I have no doubt that there were veteran legionnaires who scoffed at Marius' reforms and told the new recruits that back in their day, they were real soldiers who made do with their own equipment and weren't molly-coddled at the taxpayers' expense.
Kipling (who else) on the subject, albeit in a different timeframe.
What is the bath situation like? Do you get any privacy, or is it open showers, and open toilets like Full Metal Jacket?
I think this has degraded into a bit of a reminiscence thread for old grunts. Back in the day, we had toilet stalls. Of course - 18-year-olds being who they are - there was a bit of a graffiti (well, more like scribbling) issue. So the CO had the toilet stall doors removed.
This wasn't popular. Our CO, being a father to his men, came up with a Solomonic solution: Any soldier who felt that a toilet door was necessary could go the armory, sign out a door on the standard issued-equipment form (3 copies) and use it for as long as was necessary. Of course, he would be personally responsible for the state of said door.
What is the bath situation like? Do you get any privacy, or is it open showers, and open toilets like Full Metal Jacket?
Toilets with stall doors, but they have open bay showers. No time to feel "bashful" when your MTI is yelling at you and you only have 3 minutes to shave/brush teeth/shower.
they would designate one toilet stall for regular use, so the other toilet stalls stayed cleaner for inspections, saves time
showers had zero privacy, guys would be packed like sardines rubbing bodies to get in the shower and you only had 2- 3 minutes max, later towards the end of training you had a little more time to shower , especially on a Sunday when the instructor is away
during mealtimes the instructors would say swallow the food dont chew so you barely had enough time to eat your meal
plus they made you drink at least two or three glasses of water before each meal to prevent dehydration in the San Antonio heat
no you cannot sleep on the floor, they had fire watch guys going around checking bunks all through the night until reveilli "Bugle wake up call"
before arriving at BMT make sure to train everyday and get your body conditioned by running a couple miles a day, do at least 50 sit ups and 50 push ups minimum
and if your hungry and dont feel like they fed you enough, make sure to stop by the "self serve salad bar" and get a big scoop of potato salad to get extra carbs, most recruits are already hungry again by bedtime thats why people often lose weight in BMT your always hungry or sleepy.
the smallest recruit gets the same size food portion as a guy almost twice his size, the big guys are starving, and the big guys often get assigned as road guards to help them lose extra weight because they run around more during marches.
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