Marine Corps Drill Instructor puts Recruits on busses in San Diego
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2017
- After getting off the plane in San Diego, all males West of the Mississippi, recruits meet the first of many drill instructors.
Notice how disciplined they already are due to the training they received in the recruiting process.
I remember standing there. There was a guy that drove by and stopped and yelled fresh meat before driving off
Nick Martinez that’s awesome 😂😂😂
Ha, they know the shit that’s gonna hit you that first 5 days
Some stupid, drug addict I presume😅
@@lexbeltran1354 or some former or active Marine... ever think of that?
@@notreallygordonramsayorami8785 could be both..? Either way god and Chesty May bless them
The lost magic schoolbus episodes
I’m impressed with how quickly they followed the DI’s instructions - pre-boot camp! Best wishes to all on entering service with the USMC!
Instant pride and obedience in the Marines.
I am a poolee, they prepare us somewhat with twice a week 2 hour workouts and monthly hikes ect.
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Only thing, there are no DI's in the Marine Corps, they are Drill Instructors. I had my butt chewed a few times referencing them as DI
I love how professional they look before even entering the bus. Love the discipline in the Marines.
Those USO people are the last friendly faces you will see for awhile
Last normal feeling place stepping on the yellow footprints onwards was like stepping into a strange alien world where everyone hates you for existing
@@rusty7984 lmao 🤣 around swim week it becomes more normal to you, I got use to being on the quarterdeck
False. Navy Corpsmen have a wonderful bedside manner.
Nah, seeing the Naval man of God every Sunday was always pleasant, our PMI on the range was pretty chill too expect to a few dumb recruits that weren't listening and following instructions or playing around on the range.
Does anyone else remember this moment, and remember thinking "What in the hell have I done???" 😂
Yep
Oh yeah March 26th 1967 arriving at MCRD SAN DIEGO from the airport. Standing on the yellow footprints while the DIs were yelling at us. I thought then, oh brother, what did I get myself into. Recruit Platoon 149 and we ended up being the Honor Platoon. Then off to ITR at Camp Pendleton. ITR Was alot less stressful than Boot Camp.
Oh yeah. It was 40 years ago I signed up. To me it was a road trip because I got to go home. Then came the day in May of 1982 that we shoved off and when I didn't get to go home the next day, that's when it hit me.
@@wallacegeller2111 What is ITR? They dont do that nowadays is it similar to MCT or ITB?
LMFAOOO YES
I remember going thru here at night time. These guys are a whole lot squared away than we were in ‘86. Their recruiters did a good job preparing them. That, and they have RUclips to learn from.
Probably JROTC
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@@tylersutherlan2110 Indeed. Back “then” we didn’t even have spell check. What’s my excuse now? “Sir, no excuse, sir!”
@@grega3611 more then likely half were JROTC.
@@RobPetty622 Lol I like your response to Tyler more than Tyler's witty reply
My brother graduated from boot camp at MCRD San Diego back in January. I am so proud of him.
What company was he in?
@@jakekillsrah1933 3rd Battalion Mike Company
Enjoy that last few minutes of silence on that bus gentleman. Cuz you are going to want it
When the last bus enters MCRD, and stops to let them watch the gate close behind them.....
Why do they have to put their head down ?
@@yourhippyto disorient you. Even though the recruit depot is literally attached to the airport, they drive you around for a few minutes so you loose your sense of direction. Also gives you time to think about what you signed up for and the chaos that is about to begin….
For a now old U.S. Recon Marine vet. (0311/0321) I find this very interesting, mainly because the recruits are already answering Aye Aye Sir and moving as a semi unit and they haven't even stepped foot into boot camp yet. We weren't answering with Aye Aye sir until I think about halfway thru 1st phase, it was just Sir Yes Sir. Shows how much pre indoc/training they get now before boot camp. Back in the day all the indoc I got was my Recruiter telling me "when you get to Parris Island the shit is going to hit the fan. Just keep your mouth shut and do whatever you are told to do as fast as humanly possible and you'll be fine"...lol...prophetic last words, which were entirely useless for the carnage of Parris Island in '74, but he was right about the shit hitting the fan.
At Fort Knox in '69 we learned early on that you don't address an Army NCO as "sir". That scene in Good Morning,Vietnam where Cronauer calls SgtMaj Dickerson "sir" was *absolutely* accurate. "Sir"?! "I work for a living,Airman". "You will address me as Sergeant Major Dickerson".
As for BCT your best strategy for survival was don't stand out...become as invisible as you can. That is,unless you planned to make the Army your career...in which case you wanted to stand out as a "leader". I had no desire for a career.
I am a Soldier but MCRD San Diego has to be the toughest place to do initial entry training. Right next to an airport where people are flying in to enjoy themselves for vacation has to be a mental game that cannot be matched anywhere else.
Is it even tougher than Paris Island?
@@robertisham5279 I am a Soldier not a Marine but basic training/ boot camp is a mostly a mental game. Having an airport right next to where you are training where you hear people laughing is mental aspect that cannot be matched anywhere else.
@@robertisham5279
They say San Diego is a lot tougher physically especially in phase 3 with all the hiking and of course the crucible all on steep ass hills Parris Island is a lot harder mentally due to the crappy weather year round
@@robertisham5279 Let's be honest, both experiences suck. May as well be siblings competing over which one dad beat harder.
@@LewisBowelsthat’s a fair assessment.
That being said, the PI vs San Diego rivalry is as strong and as long as Ohio State vs Michigan in football or the Lakers vs Celtics in basketball.
I went to San Diego for Marine Corps boot camp and was stationed in Camp Lejeune.
I experienced sand fleas and swampy weather for four years. I was not that impressed.
One week and I’m gone I’m looking forward to every second
I've still got to go to MEPS this week, then I'll have about 3 months until I leave. Good luck man, you'll be a Marine by the time I'm a recruit! Btw, are you going to SD or PI?
@@zachleonard8830 good on it man its going to be a hell of a change, I'll be over in SD
Very different three years ago compared to now so take that into consideration. Enjoy
@@patrickreynolds889 words of Brigadier General Heritage “the rules here have never changed, only the eye’s that are watching” my guide asked him this when he walked by right before our graduation moto run.
@@kayamitecalamity4478 was mainly talking about newer policies in the island. And also with covid happening it’s different. But good quote.
I recall a Marine D.I coming onto our bus , and we were Air Force 😂. He told us we weren't tough enough to enlist in the Marines, and then ordered us off the bus. We were all confused as to why he was there. We never saw him again, but I do recall our arrival at the airport. We were yelled at, and told to sit Chief style. Which essentially is back up, and your feet connected so your legs were diamond shape.
We learned real quick that we should have all worn basic clothing with no insignia of any kind. I unfortunately was wearing gym pants, and a very relaxed shirt with Popeye on it. The three levels of D.I got more informative. The airport one was "welcoming". The Marine on base bus was "witty". The ones on bus were "informative" . We learned the phrase " Sir/Mam trainee # " , and then followed with confirmation of orders. God cursed me with a sitting look like I was grinning. This didn't work in my favor lol.
the marine disrespecting the Air Force recruits was just jealous he didn't have the mental capacity to become an Airman
The DI at the USO was not wearing the campaign cover, he wore an 8 point when we met him before we got on the buses. He wasn’t mean just stern.
Boyyyyyy did that change when we showed up on MCRD and he traded out that 8 point for the campaign cover…lol
Every recruit private, standing there: "What have I gotten myself into?"
thanks to the drill instructor for molding our future marines
That Airport hasn’t changed at all from the outside since ‘90 ... 👍🏻
That USO has changed a lot since I was there. I was first there in June 1995 (recruit training) and again Feb 1996 (transition to my unit at Camp Pendleton) It was just a double wide trailer building. Oh the memories.
I went to MCRD San Diego back in October 2003. I arrived on a bus from LA, but I heard stories about people arriving by plane. One minute they were chilling out laughing at the USO in the airport, the next they were getting yelled at and told to shut up. Good times.
I was there in 1968 after about 2 days I figured out the game from then on it was a walk in the park for me. And I liked it. Graduated 1132 then to A.I.T. came home 1970 and for the most part, never looked back. I am 72 now and still looking through the windshield.
@David Green were you in Nam?
This is different then when I was in. We didn’t see Drill Instructors until we got off the bus at MCRD. Then we actually were confronted by Receiving Drill Instructors. We didn’t see our actual DIs until about a week or 2 after arrival.
Yea me too. I think this is staged bs.
They are remodeling basic training so much. I don't think they can even yell at people anymore.
@@markleopard8960 They’re not going to basic training. They’re going to Boot Camp.
I get out in two months and this was enjoyable to watch. I don’t remember much of this night but four years flies. Enjoy it boys 🤙🏾
@Zvg830 210 what’s your MOS🤔
@@fastkarr8256 3531, motor transportation! 🛻
You better be using that GI Bill. Shit is fucking free money.
@@isaaclopez-cordell243 It would have been cool if the bus drivers crashed into oncoming traffic on purpose on the way to MRCD so the recruits and the D.I.s would be in heaven or hell and not have to be on earth anymore and deal with the worldy problems...that's what should have happened in this video guys...💯💯💯🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@ubertoyourmomshousetonitef4204 Homie you're a pizza cutter: all edge, no point lmao.
does my heart good to know the best will always be the best from day one to the end of time.
Instructor: Do you understand (first time)
About 90% of Marines: Aye sir
i remember when our DIs came to pick us up they weren’t even yelling that much. i don’t remember that much screaming tbh. receiving DIs were chill af compared to the ones u pick up with.
Thank you men
Me. March 16 1966. Vietnam buildup. Boot camp was shortened to 8 weeks. No barracks. Quonset huts and tents.
Me. August 3, 1966. Same thing.
Holy cow, me March 17th, 1966. MCRD Parris Island.
We had barracks, but they were the old wooden buildings that creaked so loud that they heard you when you went to the head at night.
Nothing more frightening than having to pee and meeting a Junior waiting in the hall in your tighty whiteys. But that was preferable to wetting your bunk!
I went to radio school after ITR at MCRD San Diego in May or June till about late July or August. That parade ground was brutally hot. We could see the Quanset huts across it from our buildings that were along the other side.
Did you leave the world on your tour. I was with 3/7 about 21 miles south of DaNang. 10/67 to 12/68.
@@davidc8077 I did four years most of my enlistment spent as as embassy guard in Singapore. Semper Fi
@@shellman5844 Good for you brother, Semper Fi!
Yeah I remeber this as it was yesterday and I went through it in 97. In my case it was in Beufort SC. They first took us into a room, did a count, and gave us brownbag meal. I still distinctively remember the show Martin playing on the TV they had on.
I remember arriving @ Charleston SC airport we were greeted by 4 - 5 Marines ( no Drill Instructors) with the rank no higher than Corporal. We were led into a large room to eat, we were given a choice of either roast beef or ham sandwiches a bag of chips & a cupcake & a choice between Coke or Sprite we had 10 min. to eat the Marines were talking fairly decent to us after eating they led us out to a parking lot once outside they started screaming @ us calling us all kinds of names.Their screaming soon attracted a crowd of onlookers who laughed & yelled I heard one yell "you'll be sorry". After I think about 10 min. of this we were boarded on Greyhound buses for the 75 mile or so trek to Parris Island...
Wow nice video we only ever get the "get off my bus" this gave nostalgia I forgot about 👍
Thanks to all the Men and women for their service they are true heroes and maybe we need to put these drill Sargent in school these kids will start listening to authority
Remember the pit in my stomach when i realized later that these were just the receiving DI's, but was grateful the guy that recruited me, he was a year ahead of me in H.S. told me to take nothing with me and absolutely nothing that had the USMC on it, then two weeks in realizing the senior DI could probably kill me, and make it look like an accident, wouldn't trade the experience for all the money in the world, 79/83.
all these young men want to do something with their lives. got to respect that
Now on June 26, 1981, I was placed on that bus to MCRD San Diego. It wasn't as pretty as this. But it brings back big memories! Ooh Rah!!!!
Yep I remember being in that exact same position, outside the USO at San Diego international airport
Ahhhh DD214 you feel so good.
My stepdad and uncle are Marines my step dad joined in 1990 in boot camp and he sure as hell did went through a hell of a f****** change
I’m going as a standby the 27th. My official shipping date is jan 11. Nice to see a glimpse of what Ill see at the uso
God bless you, son, and thank you for enlisting into the finest fighting force in the world. My recruiter said to me, "The key to being successful in Boot Camp is to do WHAT you are told, WHEN you are told and do it to the best of your ability." Words to live by. Best of luck to you!!
If you haven't shipped. Sleep as much as possible before the buses get there.
@Priest Franky bro are you in yet?
@@fastkarr8256 yes sir! going to Okinawa, Japan in 2 weeks it’s been a wild 8 months
@@priestfranky3793 thanks for replying, what’s your AFSC🤷♂️❓
I bet the weather was lovely
I have nothing but the upmost respect for our troops.
I wouldn’t survive one day of this
The white bus..... That was freaky. Best thing that ever happened to me, it turns boys into men.
The good old days. Fresh in the memory 😁😁
I was always told that the keeping your head down thing was to get you to shutup and not ask questions. Most bases I've been to werent hard to figure out where the gates were.
In 1989 while a student a student at Marine Btry 1/78 (USMC Artillery School is on the US army base Ft Sill) we saw the new army recruits arriving since their receiving barracks were right next to the Marine area. The army drill sergeant was practically mellow and it was like watching kids arriving at summer camp. They even let some of them go to the mini PX that was a block away. 😅
Yeah I can see your point tho i wasn't in the service.. but those recruits and the rest of the branches are sent into the shit as well doing things that I will only see on tv or by chance hear it in person... Much respect to you and all those who are prepared to defend our country and her interests
@@gregorywomack9416 it’s nothing serious it’s all brotherly love all branches talk shit about each w
I was in the head when the DI arrived at the USO. As soon as I heard his voice, the urge to take a shit immediately disappeared. That was ten years ago and I'm now a Navy reservist.
Just like obedient little robots they scream "EYE EYE SIR!". Cute! 🤣
Its too late for me but i wish i would of joined when i was 18!
I was on an airplane with a large group of of Air Force recruits going to boot camp. I was just a few years older than most of them but looked their age. They all exited the plane when it landed but I was staying on for my destination. The stewardess had a nervous look on her face when she saw me. I told her I wasn’t going anywhere with a stern look on my face. I smiled and let her off the hook and told her I wasn’t with those guys.
I wonder how many people back out on planes and buses
Damm man I remember that like it was yesterday
I like how a door guard got posted.
I remember being at that USO… brings back fuckin memories
I enlisted in 1963. I never saw a recruiter or received any formal info on what was going to happen. However, I did have several close relatives that were Marines. I actually smiled when we were on the yellow footprints (15Jan64). It was quite a while before I smiled again.
These recruits have obviously been well indoctrinated before their initial contact at Bootcamp. SF
That DI had them on point!
I watched an army basic day 1 video where the drill sergeant explained the position of attention by saying “it should look something like this.”
There is a definite difference between what we see here and “something like this.”
These young people are at the airport for gods sake. They are loud, standing in formation covered and aligned and their bodies are locked.
They ain’t even on the bus yet.
aye aye, Captain!
OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
That is one of the nicest DI's I've ever seen
Its just the recieving DI
I was hoping my receiving DIs were going to be my actual DIs. I was sad asf when they told us they only had us for the week.
I was in the navy, I got on a bus at the Los Angeles armed forces abduction center in Sept 1973
No petty officer was there to greet us, it was real laid back the whole way to San Diego, Hooyah, :-) ♤♡◇♧
Leaving as boy's to MCRD but coming back Marines!
August 17, 1964 was the day I arrived at Parris Island. The sand fleas were active that night and they enjoyed crawling inside my nose and ears and dining to their hearts content. We couldn't swat them because we were at attention. The Drill Instructors kept reminding us that the sand fleas had to eat, too.
In my day, it was “Sir, yes, sir.” We were left on the pavement: Crossed legs, left hand left knee, right hand right knee. Oh the days...
The "sir sandwich" ended around early 92
I'm glad I served my time in the USAF. Not much rank but I did get to see
a pretty good chunk of Europe
Dorothy is that really your pic? Naw nooooo way even though the Air Force had the best looking babes!😁💕👍😁
man i was so nervous when i walked in, sitting right next to some dude on the same rss. sheesh that was 2014 now im eas.
Oh, yes. I remember this.
Boot camp was so shitty but so easy. I hated it and loved it at the same time.
Hardest easiest thing I’ve ever done
Then they need to make some changes
Best place i never want to go again lol
@@Jleed989 need to make it tougher if it’s easy
I remember running up and down three flights of stairs with full packs helmets and rifles at 0400.
Sense of urgency.
I sure hope there is a movie on this flight.....
I’ve never seen an airport pick-up video before, it’s a lot different than army airport pick-up.
How so?
@@johnecker for me back in 2003 they picked us up at Atlanta international then drove us to ft Benning. If I remember it was over an hour ride but it was a private contractor that picked us up and brought us to reception battalion. It was late at night.
YES, it's called bus depot pick-up!
Holy shit. going back to meps in a few weeks for ship date. Sort of excited for the next chapter of life sort of bummed ive gotta leave my entire life at home. Any advice? Im going regardless college isnt an option.
When you go your old life is over, it’s only the first of many transitions in life. Embrace the suck, let it make you a better version of yourself.
Did this in april 1984 headed to NTC/RTC San Diego !
Remember this shit like it was yesterday but for me it was December 13, 2016
I remember being tired when I got there
I remember that day. I was the one counting people
The Marine Corps has a way of making your boot camp experience memorable. Those buses look old enough to have been in episodes of Gomer Pyle, USMC
10 years ago! Damn it goes by quick! 😢
17 years ago! Ooh Rah!
I miss going through Basic Training (Army), want to do it again
I would go thru bootcamp again but go harder....
I actually got the Van when I joined.
Went to Paris Island last March🗿
never forget we had a dude break his ankle getting onto the bus, lmao
That really sucks lol what ever happened to him?
How did that happened lmao?
@@trapkoala8901 probably got recycled
"AYE SIR!"
Ahh. the memories 😶😶😶
And then they drive you around in circles so you dont notice that the airport is only across the fence from the base.
This was me 29 years ago tonight.
43 years ago-HOLY SHIT !-for me-Apr. 1980. Being from SD-my recruiter took my backside to the AFFES station & I got the van ride at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Go get em
NONE of this happened in the 80s at the airport. It was a corporal (non-DI) that met us and instructed us to get on the bus. All hell broke loose only after arriving at the depot.
Same in the 70’s.
Where are these recruits coming from, the airport?
Love the Corp troops
Its Corps pronounced "Core" as in a military formation. A Corp is an abbreviation for corporation ...just fyi.
If these guys organized public transport there would be no delays anymore.
It’s all worth it.
Little do know.. Semper Fi!
We didn't have to put our heads down in August of 2000 for some reason. I remember seeing a strip club in between the airport and MCRD.
sounds like an AWOL magnet lmao
Probably a post 9/11 thing
I know that area very well and I wasn't in the Marines i was in the navy there for 4 years
I think I know what strip club you’re talking about. Is it Deja Vu?
Oh, and I noticed they all said "YES SIR" and not "SIR, YES SIR"! Are these recruits a special group or is that saved for when they get to their platoon? I can't believe they've changed that bit of being a boot!
Ummm, I went through bootcamp Dec '93-March '94 and we were specifically told not to use the "sir sandwich."
serviceman ,kit,dipou ,pei,pip,range base
So in the army in basic training you're supposed to address the drill instructor as drill sergeant? While in the the marines you have to address them as sir in bootcamp?
Yes, in the Marines you are to address Drill Instructors as Sir until you earn the title Marine
Then you may address fellow Marines by their rank.
It goes back to not all drill instructors being sergeants, as corporals were even allowed to be DI's. The easiest fix? Call everyone "Sir" or "Ma'am."
Since the Army refers to anyone E-5 and above as "Sergeant" there aren't the same issues.
I am a former Army NCO. USMC DI’s are the finest NCO’s possibly in the world if not the military system. By virtue of visual appearance, personal example, instruction, leadership, mentorship moral fiber and being a peer leader. They carry their authority not on their sleeve but in their tone of voice. The hallmark of a true leader.
And that's so messed up....you never address an NCO as sir
@@johnecker By the way have you heard that the marines are apparently getting rid of their tanks? What are your thoughts regarding that?
Are the bus drivers MCRD's civilian employee?
Yes.
An MCRD is right there next door. This is different then I remember it in 75.. the one's that came after us whore recruiter cover, blouse, pants or at least the driver and he was a e-4. I would say its like 10-11PM I remember it was late.
Their bags are some place else and they’re briefed as to what to do
No. They have no other bags. They did not bring luggage
They are not even there yet.
On the late night of August 30, 1973, we were being ordered onto gray U.S. Navy busses and two uniformed sailors diddlybopped by. One casually asked us: "Are you guys Navy or Marines?" One of us responded: "Marines!" The sailors both replied, in unison, like schoolgirls: "You'll be sor-ree!" I have remembered that scene, countless times in my life since then, over the decades since.
I was in the airforce and we got box lunches at the airport.
Bruhh
When I went to Fort Benning I was given a two checks to buy meals at the airport. I was told to cash the entire check even if it was for less.
Sargie Baby doing his rightful job. Those words could get me a busted mouth. Ow!