I've personally had platoons that looked better on TD-10. This is disgusting. What tf are they focusing on these days at boot camp? How to be PC? Is surely isn't being spent on the parade deck. I wonder if these kids ever heard "Set up the mini-grinder!!!"
Bob the green tomato stating the obvious. The pits, and then when they get to the squadbays, they windows will sweat "aye sir". That order arms, not sure why half the platoon wasnt in sync. After this, they will find God in the pits.
I stood on that exact parade deck I will never forget any of those men I still remember all the moves 25 years later...Thankyou for making me the man that I am today Marine corps
“ set up the the mini grinder! And you will not drag my racks across the deck. “ This was my least favorite of boot. 2nd Battalion Golf company Follow series Plt 2154 11/21/07- 02/14/08
TLS Rob Gangsta golf, stay frosty do what you’re told and keep a positive mindset, stay motivated time will pass by super fast so enjoy every moment especially “suck”. I miss the eighth years I had in the corps. Take care.
@@RonFromFla Right shoulder arms, seems like they were moving their head around the rifle. And order arms they were all out of sync. Port arms from inspection arms sounded like silverware falling down the stairs!
@@RonFromFla Too many Marines at once. How many Marine Platoons seen here? My first impression while watching this video - too many and domino effect reaction takes time..This Formation should have been split into two separate formations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon
i don’t blame him tbh. drill instructors barely get any sleep. they’re up wayyyy longer than the recruits. poor guy has probably been up for more than 24 hours.
I fuckn hated that shit, they would have you in the same position for what felt like an eternity and your over there trying to cheat by wrapping your fingers through what ever you can on the rifle without anyone seeing
i remember doing this in jungles with shined boots. drill is fundamental. its what makes the marine corps the marines. muscle memory. action without thought. reaction to the action. action from the command. the command made action. let it never die.
@@sfmc98 I always thought shining boots was counter productive and a waist of time - Shine them to protect the Leather and that is it. Not for show and screaming and yelling for 10 minutes - cause the DI could not see his reflection! I was in the USAF 1985-89, and my basic training - spent so much work shining boots, have the TI inspect them, and go outside and march, run in mud.. The latest Marine Boots is practical and real. Function and not for show.
@@40Kens Then you've missed the point! Shining boots is about attention to detail, taking care of your gear and exuding command presence when wearing them. So many things in the Marine Corps are not "functional" or "practical." If that were the standard, we'd get rid of most of boot camp altogether because do you know how many hours are spent every single day learning minute complexities of drill? Plus, three drill competitions? How many hours are spent on making racks or ensuring your towel placement is just right? Even the marksmanship that we spend weeks teaching is completely useless in combat. But these are what makes Marines...Marines and there's no desire for most Marines anyway to change that.
@@sfmc98 Yes, pay attention to detail. But not waste time on shiny boots, only to be ruined within minutes. Pay attention to the details of Drills, adjusting the sights of your rifle and honed your shooting skills, PT. At no time Marines should be wasting time on your bed, underwear, socks, towels, and how precisely they are folded. Or waste time scrubbing bathrooms with toothbrushes. I want all idiotic nonsense removed. Marines should not be Holiday Inn Attendants and have a babysitter nitpick on your pair of socks. You get where I am coming from? Train on what is real - not yell and scream and be interrogated on bed sheets and hospital corners and that perfect angle. Spend 99 percent training outside and survival skills on a Camping expedition in that woods (pay attention to detail here!) and 1 percent on Barracks Duties and your Bed and Locker. When inside of that Barrack, time to relax and clean your M16. Play Cards. Who cares about my bath towel? Why should anybody? Yes, makes sure it is clean and neatly stored and hanged. That is all.
Your naive of you believe that shit.. it looks good.. but having gung ho mfers who want to be there is what makes the Marine corps work... it's not until some douchebag with a power trip comes along and thinks everyone must jump at his will that ruins the Marine Corps. And makes good Marines get out.. take away the fuck fuck games... and the Marine Corps would be 10 times what it is now.. cause when some douchebag on a power trip got his ass whooped by real Marines not not playing bullshit games... you wouldnt be able to cry hazing 🤷♂️🤷♂️ but nowadays theyll just charge you . Screw over your career.. so all the good ones get out after the first EAS date.
Did this in 2004. On the way out drill instructor says "be careful with your uniforms, dont fuck'em up when your in front of everybody and God." It was sileeeent af. We start marchin out and we hear this riiiiiiiiip. Fuckin squad leader got too close to the bleachers and tore his whole damn cargo pocket off. Still got 1st. Still got smoked lol😂
I remember the day we had final drill, when we got out to the parade deck, I realized I had to take a shit. I spent the next two hours (plus) keeping the clench. Made it, though, but I heard stories about guys who didn't.
@@tannergiles6506 Shit it’s been 5 years for me and 2 deployments later and I’m still a boot, no matter how long you been in, your always going to be a boot to someone, but what’s stupid as fuck is when a boot Shitbag Lance who hasn’t done anything calls another Marine a Boot, that shit makes no sense
Rat technique? Its called continuum of force.. And the letter if appreciation u posted.. Flipping military wives get those for baking cakes at a unit function.. MCMAP 4 ever.. Thats where you learn skills
😂 Alpha Com ….. Sgt Luciano was my SDI that year from 1001, and Sgt Carrillo gave me a lot of shit for having the same last name as him, Im sure he’s a SSgt now
Buncha rookies. Aug '67, when the drill instructor would be hitting the chin of the recruit with his knuckle while yelling at him(me), everybody. Physical violence was not out of the question. It's a cult, but for all the good things. Honor, pride, duty. Always faithful, Semper Fidelis.
Final Drill? More like 2nd phase drill. In 1974, Platoon 2127 would have kicked their asses in 2nd phase. And none of our D.I.'s EVER fidgeted like this SSgt. Pshhh.
A bit sloppy recruits ! But good enough….Get the fu.. outa here. On to ITR training and being Marines ! Your top leadership sucks, beware ! Be honorable ! S/F
Fail. Cadence calling was horrible. Alignment was atrocious. They were not in sync. This looks more like initial drill vs final. My honest assessment. Drill has gone downhill since the new brown boots came out in the 2000s. The old school black boots made a thunderous boom when a platoon of this size marched in sync. The brown boots don't make the same sound taking all the glory out of drill. The sound black boots made showed recruits how sweet it is when everyone is on the same page. You learn what being in sync sounds like versus when some recruits are off. Especially with manual of arms(rifle movements). It isn't easy. Most of it depends on how much focus the DI puts into drill. Some value it more than others.
they still got slayed when they got back to the squadbay.
They didn't even make it to the squadbay. They wouldn't let that nice pit just outside the parade deck go to waste.
I've personally had platoons that looked better on TD-10. This is disgusting. What tf are they focusing on these days at boot camp? How to be PC? Is surely isn't being spent on the parade deck. I wonder if these kids ever heard "Set up the mini-grinder!!!"
Fammm 😂 Oml.
@@wtflol1503 Yeah, sand pit aye aye sir --- pain!!!
Bob the green tomato stating the obvious. The pits, and then when they get to the squadbays, they windows will sweat "aye sir". That order arms, not sure why half the platoon wasnt in sync. After this, they will find God in the pits.
I stood on that exact parade deck
I will never forget any of those men
I still remember all the moves 25 years later...Thankyou for making me the man that I am today Marine corps
“ set up the the mini grinder! And you will not drag my racks across the deck. “ This was my least favorite of boot.
2nd Battalion Golf company
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I was Golf 2154... but from March to June 2019. Nice
TLS Rob Gangsta golf, stay frosty do what you’re told and keep a positive mindset, stay motivated time will pass by super fast so enjoy every moment especially “suck”. I miss the eighth years I had in the corps. Take care.
Sameje Rah ! Hope you’re doing well too. Semper Fi
Gangsta Golf 2147 back in 2007
Bravo Company platoon 1022 Graduated February 28th 2020
I remember the Senior Drill slow-marching around the squad bay as we drifted to sleep.
Motivated the f*** out of us short-timers.
wow drilling has really changed bigtime since I was in the corps back in 96
That was sloppy AF
@@RonFromFla Right shoulder arms, seems like they were moving their head around the rifle. And order arms they were all out of sync. Port arms from inspection arms sounded like silverware falling down the stairs!
@@RonFromFla Too many Marines at once. How many Marine Platoons seen here? My first impression while watching this video - too many and domino effect reaction takes time..This Formation should have been split into two separate formations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon
This is one big ass recruit platoon! I went through in 79 and they weren't that big.
@@RonFromFla damn skippy lol sloppy BIGTIME
Look 4.37 - 4.47. That Drill instructor sitting down on the end of the bench is falling asleep !
LMAOOOO
Hes fighting some serious sleep rn
Hey I guess thats what happens on the west coast, The platoon sucks so much that the drill instructors and drill masters fall asleep
i don’t blame him tbh. drill instructors barely get any sleep. they’re up wayyyy longer than the recruits. poor guy has probably been up for more than 24 hours.
spot on! got him!
Platoon 1108, 1972 , SEMPER FI ........That Parade ground got hot in the middle of summer.....
1102 here, 1972! Semper Fi !
That seemed like a big ass platoon. Went through in 1986 plt 1099.
This is my drill instructor!
Holding the rifle with the stubs of my finger after calling fall in was horrifying
Stubs of your fingers? Not the palm of your hand?
I fuckn hated that shit, they would have you in the same position for what felt like an eternity and your over there trying to cheat by wrapping your fingers through what ever you can on the rifle without anyone seeing
Damn that Fallon was terrible half of them picked up their rifle after setting it down
Goddamn this was the series right before mine, graduated India Company sep-dec 2018 miss that shit
India Company Plt 3096 for me back 12th Oct. 2001. Semper Fi Devil! Insane India!
i remember doing this in jungles with shined boots. drill is fundamental. its what makes the marine corps the marines. muscle memory. action without thought. reaction to the action. action from the command. the command made action. let it never die.
Crazy that Marines don't know how to shine a boot anymore.
@@sfmc98 I always thought shining boots was counter productive and a waist of time - Shine them to protect the Leather and that is it. Not for show and screaming and yelling for 10 minutes - cause the DI could not see his reflection!
I was in the USAF 1985-89, and my basic training - spent so much work shining boots, have the TI inspect them, and go outside and march, run in mud..
The latest Marine Boots is practical and real. Function and not for show.
@@40Kens Then you've missed the point! Shining boots is about attention to detail, taking care of your gear and exuding command presence when wearing them.
So many things in the Marine Corps are not "functional" or "practical." If that were the standard, we'd get rid of most of boot camp altogether because do you know how many hours are spent every single day learning minute complexities of drill? Plus, three drill competitions? How many hours are spent on making racks or ensuring your towel placement is just right? Even the marksmanship that we spend weeks teaching is completely useless in combat.
But these are what makes Marines...Marines and there's no desire for most Marines anyway to change that.
@@sfmc98 Yes, pay attention to detail. But not waste time on shiny boots, only to be ruined within minutes. Pay attention to the details of Drills, adjusting the sights of your rifle and honed your shooting skills, PT. At no time Marines should be wasting time on your bed, underwear, socks, towels, and how precisely they are folded. Or waste time scrubbing bathrooms with toothbrushes. I want all idiotic nonsense removed. Marines should not be Holiday Inn Attendants and have a babysitter nitpick on your pair of socks. You get where I am coming from? Train on what is real - not yell and scream and be interrogated on bed sheets and hospital corners and that perfect angle. Spend 99 percent training outside and survival skills on a Camping expedition in that woods (pay attention to detail here!) and 1 percent on Barracks Duties and your Bed and Locker. When inside of that Barrack, time to relax and clean your M16. Play Cards. Who cares about my bath towel? Why should anybody? Yes, makes sure it is clean and neatly stored and hanged. That is all.
Your naive of you believe that shit.. it looks good.. but having gung ho mfers who want to be there is what makes the Marine corps work... it's not until some douchebag with a power trip comes along and thinks everyone must jump at his will that ruins the Marine Corps. And makes good Marines get out.. take away the fuck fuck games... and the Marine Corps would be 10 times what it is now.. cause when some douchebag on a power trip got his ass whooped by real Marines not not playing bullshit games... you wouldnt be able to cry hazing 🤷♂️🤷♂️ but nowadays theyll just charge you . Screw over your career.. so all the good ones get out after the first EAS date.
I was alpha 1002 now I’m in mos school when I heard 1002 I got goosebumps
These boys are stayed. Smooth Drill
I was 1001 and I believe I was this cycle with Ssgt Ceja as my senior.
Ain't never seen a fat drill instructor! Their discipline is exemplary
I still remember doing the tick ticks. Won initial drill but lost to second place by 0.5 points due to excessive movement.
What compamy and platoon?
Delta, 1073
@@johnyang6969 cool, I was India 3209
@@johnyang6969 Damn, small world. I was Delta, 1073 at Parris Island back in 2012.
Did this in 2004. On the way out drill instructor says "be careful with your uniforms, dont fuck'em up when your in front of everybody and God." It was sileeeent af. We start marchin out and we hear this riiiiiiiiip. Fuckin squad leader got too close to the bleachers and tore his whole damn cargo pocket off. Still got 1st. Still got smoked lol😂
We won damn near every trophy and got smoked every time. Didn’t want us to let it get to our heads
Those were the beat days of our lives for most. We didn't realize it till time kick our ass and we looked back.
That is one HUGE boot camp platoon!! How the hell does that happen????
I heard that too. Their manual of arms was not at all together. SDI SSGT Moreno would have murdered us. 😊
they’re pretty clean
I still remember being on that same parade deck back in 2001. Semper Fi. Get some. Stay Salty and above all else. Stay Disciplined!
Bro I was there 1995. Outstanding !!
@@SemperFi-rz9ov Semper Fi. Raah!
@@SemperFi-rz9ov I graduated 12th Oct. 2001 with 3rd Btln India Co Plt 3096 .
I graduated Oct 1995, Delta Company.. Platoon 1023 bro I was 20 years old. Best move I ever made. 20 years with 6 combat deployments. Semper Fi!!¡!
No matter how well they did it they still got ITd
I remember the day we had final drill, when we got out to the parade deck, I realized I had to take a shit. I spent the next two hours (plus) keeping the clench. Made it, though, but I heard stories about guys who didn't.
Is it Liberty yet?
This was my drill instructor!!!!
Boot
He might be a boot but he's your brother dumbass
@@starsnstripesforever5601 bruh I went to boot 4 years ago 🤣 a buddy sent me the link so I had to comment.
@@tannergiles6506
Shit it’s been 5 years for me and 2 deployments later and I’m still a boot, no matter how long you been in, your always going to be a boot to someone, but what’s stupid as fuck is when a boot Shitbag Lance who hasn’t done anything calls another Marine a Boot, that shit makes no sense
NASTY!!! DO IT AGAIN
Please Lord. Bless the Men that protect my family, my country and myself.
Rat technique? Its called continuum of force.. And the letter if appreciation u posted.. Flipping military wives get those for baking cakes at a unit function.. MCMAP 4 ever.. Thats where you learn skills
Don't you just love those "HOLLYWOOD MARINES". oorah
Plt 1107 Dec 1968. Same grinder, different weapons. Not the snappiest COD I've seen.
Plt 3231 1969 Spent many hours on the grinder .
I am SDI Sgt. White & I approve this video "Ready FRONT!" "Cover!"
😂 Alpha Com ….. Sgt Luciano was my SDI that year from 1001, and Sgt Carrillo gave me a lot of shit for having the same last name as him, Im sure he’s a SSgt now
Buncha rookies. Aug '67, when the drill instructor would be hitting the chin of the recruit with his knuckle while yelling at him(me), everybody. Physical violence was not out of the question. It's a cult, but for all the good things. Honor, pride, duty. Always faithful, Semper Fidelis.
Yo brother its Renteria. How you been
4:53 They fkked up badly.. 😬
June 80 then again at NCO school at Camp Pendleton. But I was doing the drilling. This is a big herd .
@ 2:38 sounds like a bong rip btw
son of a bitch, is that SSgt Hernandez, thats my old j-hat
RIPS WERE OFF! Lock it… out
It changes all the time, our drill was different and I 10 days ago😂.
Yeah I dont think the won final drill
Cadence and distance was all kinds of fucked up.
Hollywood Marines lol
Final Drill? More like 2nd phase drill. In 1974, Platoon 2127 would have kicked their asses in 2nd phase. And none of our D.I.'s EVER fidgeted like this SSgt. Pshhh.
Not very good cadence call. Plt 2098, 1973 took final drill competition.
A bit sloppy recruits ! But good enough….Get the fu.. outa here. On to ITR training and being Marines ! Your top leadership sucks, beware ! Be honorable ! S/F
Army training sir!
Fail. Cadence calling was horrible. Alignment was atrocious. They were not in sync. This looks more like initial drill vs final.
My honest assessment. Drill has gone downhill since the new brown boots came out in the 2000s. The old school black boots made a thunderous boom when a platoon of this size marched in sync. The brown boots don't make the same sound taking all the glory out of drill. The sound black boots made showed recruits how sweet it is when everyone is on the same page. You learn what being in sync sounds like versus when some recruits are off. Especially with manual of arms(rifle movements).
It isn't easy. Most of it depends on how much focus the DI puts into drill. Some value it more than others.
these Hollywood Recruits are funny as fuck haha
what the fuck was this
wtf is this
Super weak drill
At ease, it’s decent.
That's the whitest platoon I've ever seen.
marines are mostly white and black but there is always a big group of hispanics that join
Sloppy .. no drive .. no snap.