Oh, I know what it's like to find out that something as lite as a piece of paper can somehow become as heavy as a load of lead, and gold bricks... So, I have a space in my heart for that Private.
i graduated almost a year ago. didn’t get the rope the first time but my drill instructors kept motivating me. looking back, they acted this way because they want to see you succeed. when i finally got up the rope, ssgt gonzalez said “feels good not being a wimp right?” if you show effort and improvement, the drill instructors will notice.
a wimp? wow encouragement ... so people who aint strong enough are wimps? not everyone can make it thru boot camp but at least they tried.. glad you made it be safe.
I went thru this in 1979. Some of my drill instructors were Vietnam vets, they seemed to hate everything that walked, talked, and breathed... You don't know it at the time, but your success in training to become a U.S. Marine, reflects on their record as a drill instructor... Thank-you Gunnery Sargeant Jones Senior, Sargent Craig, and Staff Sargeant Jones... You hated me then, but I'm forever a U.S. Marine... You did shake my hand after boot camp graduation though.
Absolutely! One of my drill instructors served in ramadi and another served in fallujah. Full of absolute hatred; but these are the instructors that will teach you shit. Thankful I had them
Staff Sargent Smith senior DI sent me a quote after boot camp...i cant remember it exactly but it says something like i beat and break their bodies today, so that their lives will be saved tomorrow...it really brought all the breaking down to build up stuff to clarity in my mind
Nah, nah that ain't hate that's love Marine Corps love the only love a Marine knows to express when faced with meat sacks who have the audacity of thinking they can become United States Marines. Until graduation, it's a hate/hate relationship with a bit of love sprinkled on now & then.
9:43 making that other recruit next to the recruit who couldn’t hold up his paper put his arms underneath is genius. You’ll hold that damn paper so you don’t put that pressure on your teammate.
Funny how a DI can make a piece of paper feel like it weighs 100 lbs. This is an absolutely priceless display of the ingenious tactics that DIs use. I love it.
Never give up, never show weakness, work together as a team. In combat you'll thank your DI for the rigorous training you've received. It could save your life.
@@official_commanderhale965 True, I been there. When they make you hold your arms out for extended periods, it doesn't matter what you are holding. At some point, they will just give out. It's just that statement killed me.
I literally didn’t learn learn how to climb a rope until I got to my army unit. Regardless of how much they are yelling, if you’d just listen to what they are yelling, you’d actually learn something. Kuddos to them. And also, word of the wise to new recruits, just freaking listen to what’s being yelled at you. They are screaming the answers to the test.
Turns out that basic training independent of the branch that you're in is full of stuff that in retrospect is all common sense. It's up to the recruit/trainee to figure it out and especially listen to what the instructors are yelling
Stepdad took that habit home with him that’s why he’s a lonely ass drunk who beats autistic kids he can go ruin his liver by himself fuckin prick warrant officer
@@50buttfish i remember a guy who did that, they simply didnt care because he touched the top. they were more focused on the nerd who couldnt get 3 feet up the rope
I love the instructor at the end of the video. Able to change his voice to 5 different tones spontaneously as needed. I think some of these instructors have way too much fun😂
One of the funniest parts of boot camp that I can remember is while on fire watch in the middle of the night, the recruits would yell “Aye sir!” In their sleep. I miss Parris Island and I would go back in a heartbeat!
I was at the very back side of the squad bay and id be laughing listening to the recruits on fire watch getting smoked at 2 in the morning cause they couldnt give the fire watch report to save their lives.
I knew him as Sgt Nichols or simply as "AYE SIR." He was my very first introduction to the Marine Corps way of life. During the drill instructor introduction they made us get on our feet and scramble on line and I accidentally ran into him. He body slammed me to the ground but he made sure my head didnt bounce off the ground. Ha! So there I was on the ground with him over me yelling with his finger in my face doing the "you will not laugh, you will not cry" speech. After that I ran to our line and in the chaos accidentally kicked a foot locker across the squad bay with my shine bone. It hurt so freakin bad! The whole experience was exactly like the Full Metal Jacket movie but 10 times worse! This guy loved the Marine Corps and he actually cared a lot for the recruits.
I didn’t join but I worked at MCAS MIRAMAR as a civilian employee & someone told me to try the boot camp challenge which happens at MCRD San Diego every September… I tried it twice… 2012 & 2013… I met SSGT Nichols twice in 2013 he was going a signing meet & greet at the MCX Miramar & I had already seen Ears Open Eyeballs Click… my cousin at the time was a SSGT in the Marine Corps… he recently retired… anyway i recognized SSGT Nichols the first day I met him & I walked up & we talked & I bought a copy of Black Friday Dark Dawn & he signed it for me… & gave me some good advice… Really great man! second time was at MCRD after the boot camp challenge ended… we met again & he introduced me to his son & we met it short & he asked me how I did & how it was & what my thoughts were on it… that was the last time I saw him to me personally it was an honor to meet him I can’t explain…
The way you beat this game is to realize that everybody screws up. You're never going to be perfect enough. They're always going to get in your face and find something wrong with everyone.
We were made to climb the rope in middle school physical education, we had to at least try. I was a monkey boy so it was easy for me. Back when schools were actual schools. Now public schools are just a bad baby sitting service.
I wasn’t ever able to figure out the whole rope thing. Most of the recruits in my platoon didn’t as it was something that they just skipped over as they didn’t see it as necessary. That was the only part our platoon didn’t excel in over the other platoons.
I just built my upper core and dead hung while pulling myself up the rope with just my upper strength. I was/ am a skinny guy lol but I have pretty big arms for my size.
ah...Recruits you may feel like this is hell when you go through it, but I promise the older you get the fonder you look back on all the pain and suffering you endured to be called a United States Marine.
Rope climb! True story where I conquered my fear of heights! Half way up I'd look down and my arms would turn into spagetti noodles I was afraid I wasn't going to be strong enough to to pull myself up and hold on and finish! I was afraid my arms would give out 3/4'ths of the way up,and I'd lose my grip let go and fall to my death or fall and break my neck,so i gave up, I slid down and tried to cheat.I jumped into the line of guys that did finish that obstacle and were on to the next! Some baby faced silver bars captain seen me and calmly said hey recruit come here! I saw what you did. He asked me a simple question. "Why did you join the Marine Corps"? I thought and answerd HONESTLY, "Because EVERYONE in this recruits family thought that this recruit wouldn't be able to do it and this recruit wanted to prove them wrong"! He looked me dead in the eyes and said is that what your doing now? He said "look, you can cheat alot of people in life and get away with it, but in your heart, YOU know the truth"! He stuck his finger in my chest like my dad used to do when he was chewing me out and said, "Dont ever cheat YOUSRSELF"! I looked around to this interaction like "oh sh*t this guys going dime me out to my Drill Instructors and theres gonna be hell to pay! He must of read my mind, He smiled and said dont worry recruit I wont say anything to your D.I's.And again he stuck his finger in my chest and said but you have a descion to make! about faced and walked off. I stood there and that sh*t hit like a sledgehammer in my chest I knew I was wrong I knew I cheated. I got back in line waited my turn and thought "I dont know how I'm going to do this, but even if it f*cking kills me I'm going to do this"! I get up the rope half way again I look down, my arms turned into spaggetti noodles and I started to panic. I see him, that Same Captain yelling, up at me "DON'T LOOK DOWN!!! NEVER LOOK DOWN, ALWAYS LOOK UP HAND OVER HAND UNTILL YOU SLAP THE TOP OF THAT OBSTACLE"! I did it and it felt so unreal the rest of the world and its sounds seemed to drown out and fade away! I was so excited I made my way down the rope so fast i burnt the skin off my hands! I was so pumped full of adrenaline and besides myself I didnt even care! I wanted to say thank you Sir. He was gone, nowhere to be seen, like he was a ghost or something and just vanished into thin air. I NEVER was afraid of heights or anything else after that day, it takes ALOT to rattle me! I thank God for the Marine Corps every day!
Damn, I currently am afraid of heights and just finished a comment on not being able to rope climb. I just realized that even if I figured out the technique and gained the arm strength, I would've had another problem that I never got the chance to even think about! This is one hell of a feeling... 😶 Well done.
i miss the obstacle course so much , it was so much fun , my dad took me out to play on the course when i was little in the early 70's , i took my turn in the mid 80's , and i took my daughter with me for a gladiator event in 2019 to show her how much fun it is , to have doubt about it and then the pride of completing it
@@mgoblue0970 , me and my daughter entered the Gladiator Assult Challenge , a mud run event a few years ago just so she could have the experience to enjoy , it made me feel like it was the great fun in basic again
I miss my drill sergeant. He gave me a lot of shit in the beginning. As he would say "I was tore up from the floor up." He smoked me like a joint lol. When I arrived at Boot camp I didn't know how to do shit. I remember I was in chow line one day. This was about halfway thru Boot camp. I was standing in chow line depressed to the point I had nothing left emotionally. I never cried or freaked out, I just shut off. I'm standing in line and lost my military baring. I was not moving thru chow line correctly and my Drill Sergeant shouts out my name. He was about to rip me a new one. I look up at him, he looked in my eyes, and said nevermind and left me alone. I will never forget that. I was at my breaking point and instead of breaking me, he let me heal. At the end of Basic I am proud to say that 2 people from are platoon we're chosen for a promotion. I was one of those 2.
@@magilla2282 thats awesome bro that you overcame that feeling of emptiness and made it through training. I was the same exact way but i didnt make it through boot camp and you did man. I regret most of my days from just quitting and sometimes i wish i had another chance but I would have to get waivers and lose 30 lbs to reenlist and physically I get injured alot. But its for the best and just wanted to say good job on not giving up and pushing through the hard times!
@@magilla2282 had a similar situation at Bootcamp while on mess week. I was gone, DI got in my face, he saw I was gone and backed off, let me go sit down and actually acted like a human for a few seconds which did help bring me out some. He could see it in my eyes, he knew. I asked to go to medical the next morning, I had some kind of bug from working in cold food prep, freezer, refrigerator, cold room, through the hot steamy kitchen, to the line at room temperature, back and forth all day. He told me to get screwed… a little more colorfully than that.
Came up to me sometime later. Got right in my face and made me eyeball him. Eye contact at 6 inches maybe. You don’t normally make eye contact period, unless you want messed up. He looked me dead in the eye. Then very calmly but seriously spoke “Son, there’s something wrong with you” Well he wasn’t wrong. 😆
Not even a damn 8 and a half by 11, just a g--damn 5 by 8...CARBON COPY!!! CARBON COPY!!! That drill instructor truly knows how to stir the shit pot and is hysterical in doing so.
@@garrysimmons3457 They also won't show you how they drag a recruit into an empty room and threaten them while throwing things across the room. Or that they physically abuse you at times.
@@mtpstv94 right on brother. The constant name calling. The mind games. The locker checks were intense They keep that pressure on you 24/7. When we finished the forge they were still on us.
He even done fucked up when he just failed to acknowledge the Senior and got not one but two drills in his face, even that one who acknowledged the failure by hearing and LOOKING AT (2:08) the Senior correct the recruit and therefore decided “OOP, I GOTTA HELP HIM!”
Thank you for this... As a former Marine, who's now in a managerial position, i can appreciate this. My guys think im being "hard on them" by politely asking them to do their job. I hope they see this and understand. Thank you.
The fact that they hold their composure at all against these terrifying men for 13 weeks is reason enough that you should respect Marines. There are several other reasons, but that is just the most basic of them. Those Drill Instructors scare the shit out of me even as a hairy, fat guy, civilian watching this. Marines are badass just for enduring that alone. I thank god that we have you guys watching over us.
@@baileyayyy5085lmao imagine just having admiration for our country and people who serve and you can’t even see that, buddy would get dicked down by a platoon and would scream aye sir while it’s happening
My art teacher in HS was Airborne in Vietnam. You could get out of detention if you could hold a textbook out in front of you for the rest of the class. If you did it he'd toss the pink slip. If you made any noise while holding the book, you got a second slip and the option to add a second book to pay for the second detention.
When I went through at PI in 1967 I weighed 118 Ibs (the very minimum for enlistment). I could go up those ropes like a monkey. Never had a problem with most of the physical stuff. I returned to PI for a reunion years later when I was in my 50’s and did the ropes again with no problems
DI: "It's a piece of paper recruit, put your arms up"...Recruit: "my arms are tired I can't hold them up"...Marine Corps Lesson: reach down deep, don't quit when everything in your body tells you to...Terminal Learning Objectives: Stronger Mind and Will power, better mental fortitude. Oh how I miss my beloved Corps, Ooh Rah and Semper Fi to all the brothers and sisters out there and in these videos. 🇺🇲
I was in the Navy 1982 to 1988 with VS-41 and VS-33 two west pacs AZ2 and boot camp was in San Diego and you could hear the marines in bootcamp getting yelled at while we were in our racks and trying to sleep .. I will always remember boot camp ..
This is a lot more tame than I remember when I was in. Nobody is getting slapped or shoved around. There isn't a constant stream of f bombs coming from the drill instructors mouths. What happened?
Dude that jew clench and eyes widening up in rage and confusion just sends me man... Didn't catch exactly what was being said before though. Whatever it was... It was not good.
The mind games they come up with are insane. When I went through basic training I learned some devious things. Something so simple can be very painful.
I remember I missed the day of instructions for rope climbing due to wisdom teeth being removed and I had to figure it out myself instead of just doing the regular hook stuff I wrapped it around my leg once and copied the others after which saved me in the end cause I got to the top and my arms gave out but the rope caught me and I managed to correct myself got messed up for screwing up the rope climb once I got down
I wish I went into the Marines. I’m doing basic training in 1992 June at Fort Jackson, South Carolina for United States Army. RC you a drill. Instructor was a former United States Marine. Who transferred over to the US Army. I can say that looking at these videos I remember and I still watch my basic training VHS cassette from 92. Thank you. DI Command Sergeant’s Major Rick.
And standing there with your arms extended for 30+ minutes, after. It’s the ultimate mind f*ck cus they know it’s not the paper thats heavy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
About our fourth day at Parris Island they made us write a letter home ..they told us what to write and after each sentence we had to hold the pen up over our heads while sitting on our foot lockers for at least five minutes in between each sentence…after a short time it felt like someone was plunging a needle in your shoulder and it was just a bic pen..it took me years to figure this one out ..what they were doing was teaching us to accept “pain” as apart of life in the Corps..no that before you join ..pain will be a constant companion especially in boot camp Semper Fidelis platoon 1029 spring of 1981
Thank you for this video. While watching it, I laughed so maniacally it scared my wife; she's now re-evaluating our relationship. Semper Fi MCRD San Diego PLT 1067 - Senior Drill Instructor SSgt Edwards, SSgt Gourlet, SSgt Payne, Sgt. Silva
damn I remember being just like that kid on the ropes. I’m so glad they didn’t give up on me. I hated the moments that followed getting an x marked on my hand, but looking back I’m incredibly thankful
There's one reason I'm glad I went Army instead of Marines. My big ass has NEVER been able to to a rope climb. Didn't matter how strong I got, I just never could do it.
Side straddle hops right now 10 oh, good someone did an extra one, so we're all gonna do it again 10, oh good someone did an extra 10 oh good someone did an extra 🤣
“ITS A PIECE OF PAPER, IT DOESNT WEIGH ANYTHING!!!!!!!” This is the quintessential definition of the Marine Corps. As the old adage goes “more with less”, a piece of paper becomes the entire world when you hold it up for more than an hour. Lmao Once a Marine, always a Marine gents . SFMF!
That was my biggest problem in basic. Even got the nickname "smiley" because of it. I remember they made me do push ups until I wasn't smiling anymore. But those Drill Sergeants had some of the best burns ever. I still use several of them.
Wasn’t a Marine, but anyone who goes through boot camp gets their souls smashed when they screw up. I had a Chief and a senior Chief who had a reputation throughout RTC Orlando for being hard asses, but I learned a lot though. One told one of the recruits one day that if he fell down and his head busted open, a thousand little dumbasses would come running out. Marines just do it with a hell of a lot more intensity. Love ‘em!
Oh the memories. Use to have that DI mentality(as a marine turned civilian. Never been a D.I.) when I got out of bootcamp. Now 10 yrs later, civilian life has consumed me and turned me into the nasty 10% 😮💨
This is why i Love my marine boy toys, they take it hard and love it.. 💕 the way the eagle globe and anchor tats glisten in pearly white is a beautiful sight!!
I want to thank everyone in the comments and in the video for their service. I tried to join the Marine Corps for 10 years. Ever since I became 18 i have always wanted to be a Marine like my father and grandfather and uncles. I have had trouble remembering math equations which kept me for joining. I am 28 today and had almost made it past the asvab and I remember what the Gunny Seargent recruiter said "even if you pass your test in 6 months you will be too old to become a Marine." To be honest here i literally cried. Even to this day i still dream about being a Marine. I am now trying to graduate college with a Matsers in Film Production, but I would trade it to just be part of the brother hood. Semper Fi to every single one of you and retreat hell! God bless all the armed forces and to the Devil Dogs!
I feel your pain man. I was In the delayed entry program ready to ship to boot camp November 10th 2016. Until I found out I have seizures which are minor for me at least, but I had to tell my recruiter if my situation. They where shocked about it, but my recruiter who was ssgt at the time said this. " you would have been one hell of a marine. From the moment you walked into this office, I could tell you where dead serious about never giving up. Since it was your dream to hold that title of marine which not everyone can do. I feel your pain man. It was like having a dagger stabbed to my heart.
Hey, man thank your comments wherever you are. I graduated from boot camp on The fall of 1978. It seems like yesterday at times. God had other plans for you. Having said that,,,as a Marine I hereby bestow upon the title of Honorary Marine! Be well brother Semper Fi to you and your family.
"Open your sister mouth right now"
Drill Instructors have some of the greatest insults of all time.
I got caught laughing once at one of their insults at another recruit. I couldn't help it, boy did I pay for that.
well they aren't allowed to cuss anymore, so it would orignally have said biotch , but now they say sister
They should always be allowed to cuss thats bullshit
@@jamiethompson1008 yep its cringe af now. instead of saying F'ing. they say "freakin" and it sounds dumb
@@jamiethompson1008facts, that’s what makes the military, the military
I was feeling really cold and instead of grabbing a blanket I watched this video. Warms my heart every time.
Aww😙
Every time!!👍
Really does 😊
I was feeling really cold but grabbed my DD214 blanket instead.
@@Leopard762 ahhaha im dead
That was the heaviest piece of paper of his life.
😂😂😂😂
I cried when he dropped his arms😂😂😂😂
And then the poor recruit next to him was made to help him hold it up.
Oh, I know what it's like to find out that something as lite as a piece of paper can somehow become as heavy as a load of lead, and gold bricks...
So, I have a space in my heart for that Private.
It's a piece of paperrrrrr it doesn't weigh anythinggggggggg!😂😂😂😂
i graduated almost a year ago. didn’t get the rope the first time but my drill instructors kept motivating me. looking back, they acted this way because they want to see you succeed. when i finally got up the rope, ssgt gonzalez said “feels good not being a wimp right?” if you show effort and improvement, the drill instructors will notice.
Probably had the same di, he was Sargent though and my kill hat. Good guy tho
Mike company Parris Island? We might have had the same SDI too
a wimp? wow encouragement ... so people who aint strong enough are wimps? not everyone can make it thru boot camp but at least they tried.. glad you made it be safe.
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Which Depot and Company? I had a Sgt Gonzalez who was my drill hat a few years ago and if it’s the same guy that would be dope
I went thru this in 1979. Some of my drill instructors were Vietnam vets, they seemed to hate everything that walked, talked, and breathed... You don't know it at the time, but your success in training to become a U.S. Marine, reflects on their record as a drill instructor... Thank-you Gunnery Sargeant Jones Senior, Sargent Craig, and Staff Sargeant Jones... You hated me then, but I'm forever a U.S. Marine... You did shake my hand after boot camp graduation though.
Absolutely! One of my drill instructors served in ramadi and another served in fallujah. Full of absolute hatred; but these are the instructors that will teach you shit. Thankful I had them
Staff Sargent Smith senior DI sent me a quote after boot camp...i cant remember it exactly but it says something like i beat and break their bodies today, so that their lives will be saved tomorrow...it really brought all the breaking down to build up stuff to clarity in my mind
That's because you were a Marine AFTER you graduated.
Nah, nah that ain't hate that's love Marine Corps love the only love a Marine knows to express when faced with meat sacks who have the audacity of thinking they can become United States Marines. Until graduation, it's a hate/hate relationship with a bit of love sprinkled on now & then.
They do not hate you. Tough love.
When that recruit looked at the camera he was hating this life at that moment
Real shit.
That part kills me everytime.
That was the infamous "man i fucked up comming here" look lol
@@vpfirephotography5492 he want to kill the camera man but the camera man never dies lol
Priceless 😅
That’s the “suck” baby
9:43 making that other recruit next to the recruit who couldn’t hold up his paper put his arms underneath is genius. You’ll hold that damn paper so you don’t put that pressure on your teammate.
I was thinking the same thing! Drill instructors are geniuses.
“It’s a piece of paper!!
It doesn’t W E I G H A N Y T H I N G.”
Funny how a DI can make a piece of paper feel like it weighs 100 lbs. This is an absolutely priceless display of the ingenious tactics that DIs use. I love it.
@@royhorn2782 I think it's all in the recruit's head, the DI just help him realize how much heavier it is.
See now we all know that it’s the ink that makes it heavy
@James john same
What we don't know is that the recruit's arms have been shredded by a smoke session prior to this. Lmao
Never give up, never show weakness, work together as a team. In combat you'll thank your DI for the rigorous training you've received. It could save your life.
The 5 branches of the military needs to bring this kind of training back
Agreed
They still have it more people need to join and stop complaining and see for themselves
@@dantedelgadillo9289nah they don't they lowered the standarss
You mean this difficulty or this exact type?
SSgt Nichols is an inspiration. I wish he was still around as active SSgt.
B co on Parris island??
@@RenzCanSpit I had him when I was in Charlie company on the island
@@jamesabel687 did he serve 2 tours on the drill field? This footage is from San Diego
ssgt nichols was my master sgt a few months ago and hes finna get out soon
@@jamesabel687 🤣😅🤣😅 Parris Island???? He was in San Diego and he was a Turd!!!! 😅🤣😅🤣
"It's a piece of paper...It doesn't weigh anything!!!" Lol, I'm dead.
Most underrated comment 💀
Not as dead as his arms.
@@official_commanderhale965 True, I been there. When they make you hold your arms out for extended periods, it doesn't matter what you are holding. At some point, they will just give out. It's just that statement killed me.
@@Saltee323 Didn't seem to be bothering any of the other recruits overly much.
I literally didn’t learn learn how to climb a rope until I got to my army unit. Regardless of how much they are yelling, if you’d just listen to what they are yelling, you’d actually learn something. Kuddos to them. And also, word of the wise to new recruits, just freaking listen to what’s being yelled at you. They are screaming the answers to the test.
Turns out that basic training independent of the branch that you're in is full of stuff that in retrospect is all common sense. It's up to the recruit/trainee to figure it out and especially listen to what the instructors are yelling
Stepdad took that habit home with him that’s why he’s a lonely ass drunk who beats autistic kids he can go ruin his liver by himself fuckin prick warrant officer
@@blakemcilwain8043 hey bro you okay?
I learned how to climb a rope with my legs straight out, and ONLY ARMS. Wonder if that would Pi$$ of the DIs?
@@50buttfish i remember a guy who did that, they simply didnt care because he touched the top. they were more focused on the nerd who couldnt get 3 feet up the rope
I love the instructor at the end of the video. Able to change his voice to 5 different tones spontaneously as needed. I think some of these instructors have way too much fun😂
Oh I agree, I know this is all for a purpose but you can definitely tell when they're on a power trip and enjoying it lol.
One of the funniest parts of boot camp that I can remember is while on fire watch in the middle of the night, the recruits would yell “Aye sir!” In their sleep. I miss Parris Island and I would go back in a heartbeat!
I was at the very back side of the squad bay and id be laughing listening to the recruits on fire watch getting smoked at 2 in the morning cause they couldnt give the fire watch report to save their lives.
I knew him as Sgt Nichols or simply as "AYE SIR." He was my very first introduction to the Marine Corps way of life. During the drill instructor introduction they made us get on our feet and scramble on line and I accidentally ran into him. He body slammed me to the ground but he made sure my head didnt bounce off the ground. Ha! So there I was on the ground with him over me yelling with his finger in my face doing the "you will not laugh, you will not cry" speech. After that I ran to our line and in the chaos accidentally kicked a foot locker across the squad bay with my shine bone. It hurt so freakin bad! The whole experience was exactly like the Full Metal Jacket movie but 10 times worse! This guy loved the Marine Corps and he actually cared a lot for the recruits.
Damn! Really?
I didn’t join but I worked at MCAS MIRAMAR as a civilian employee & someone told me to try the boot camp challenge which happens at MCRD San Diego every September… I tried it twice… 2012 & 2013… I met SSGT Nichols twice in 2013 he was going a signing meet & greet at the MCX Miramar & I had already seen Ears Open Eyeballs Click… my cousin at the time was a SSGT in the Marine Corps… he recently retired… anyway i recognized SSGT Nichols the first day I met him & I walked up & we talked & I bought a copy of Black Friday Dark Dawn & he signed it for me… & gave me some good advice… Really great man! second time was at MCRD after the boot camp challenge ended… we met again & he introduced me to his son & we met it short & he asked me how I did & how it was & what my thoughts were on it… that was the last time I saw him to me personally it was an honor to meet him I can’t explain…
"This recruit sounds like a SISTER" is gold
The way you beat this game is to realize that everybody screws up. You're never going to be perfect enough. They're always going to get in your face and find something wrong with everyone.
Been almost 30 years since I got out USMC. Man I can’t help but love my Marine Corps D.I.’s. Among the finest profession in the World. On my momma!❤
I feel for these guys, even in my young and skinny days I couldn't for the life of me figure out the rope climb. Still bugs me.
J-hook my dude soooo much easier
We were made to climb the rope in middle school physical education, we had to at least try. I was a monkey boy so it was easy for me. Back when schools were actual schools. Now public schools are just a bad baby sitting service.
I wasn’t ever able to figure out the whole rope thing. Most of the recruits in my platoon didn’t as it was something that they just skipped over as they didn’t see it as necessary. That was the only part our platoon didn’t excel in over the other platoons.
I just built my upper core and dead hung while pulling myself up the rope with just my upper strength.
I was/ am a skinny guy lol but I have pretty big arms for my size.
yeah i was lucky to not have to do it in gym. I think i tried it once and couldnt figure it out. so much easier to rock wall climb
ah...Recruits you may feel like this is hell when you go through it, but I promise the older you get the fonder you look back on all the pain and suffering you endured to be called a United States Marine.
My son is there now. Miss him terribly but he will be fine
Rah
This is 100% true.
All the pain and suffering just to realize being in sucks, do your four years, and gtfo at the first opportunity
@@IncognitoSprax Absolutely. GIGO. Get in Get Out!
Rope climb! True story where I conquered my fear of heights! Half way up I'd look down and my arms would turn into spagetti noodles I was afraid I wasn't going to be strong enough to to pull myself up and hold on and finish! I was afraid my arms would give out 3/4'ths of the way up,and I'd lose my grip let go and fall to my death or fall and break my neck,so i gave up, I slid down and tried to cheat.I jumped into the line of guys that did finish that obstacle and were on to the next! Some baby faced silver bars captain seen me and calmly said hey recruit come here! I saw what you did. He asked me a simple question. "Why did you join the Marine Corps"? I thought and answerd HONESTLY, "Because EVERYONE in this recruits family thought that this recruit wouldn't be able to do it and this recruit wanted to prove them wrong"! He looked me dead in the eyes and said is that what your doing now? He said "look, you can cheat alot of people in life and get away with it, but in your heart, YOU know the truth"! He stuck his finger in my chest like my dad used to do when he was chewing me out and said, "Dont ever cheat YOUSRSELF"! I looked around to this interaction like "oh sh*t this guys going dime me out to my Drill Instructors and theres gonna be hell to pay! He must of read my mind, He smiled and said dont worry recruit I wont say anything to your D.I's.And again he stuck his finger in my chest and said but you have a descion to make! about faced and walked off. I stood there and that sh*t hit like a sledgehammer in my chest I knew I was wrong I knew I cheated. I got back in line waited my turn and thought "I dont know how I'm going to do this, but even if it f*cking kills me I'm going to do this"! I get up the rope half way again I look down, my arms turned into spaggetti noodles and I started to panic. I see him, that Same Captain yelling, up at me "DON'T LOOK DOWN!!! NEVER LOOK DOWN, ALWAYS LOOK UP HAND OVER HAND UNTILL YOU SLAP THE TOP OF THAT OBSTACLE"! I did it and it felt so unreal the rest of the world and its sounds seemed to drown out and fade away! I was so excited I made my way down the rope so fast i burnt the skin off my hands! I was so pumped full of adrenaline and besides myself I didnt even care! I wanted to say thank you Sir. He was gone, nowhere to be seen, like he was a ghost or something and just vanished into thin air. I NEVER was afraid of heights or anything else after that day, it takes ALOT to rattle me! I thank God for the Marine Corps every day!
To the day I die I’ll never turn my back on the Corps. I’ve helped Marines and Marines have helped me. The best fraternity on earth. Semper Fidelis🇺🇸
I never climbed the rope during MCRD but when it mattered most I climbed the rope during crucible
@@NFLYoungBoy223 as long as you conquerd your fear and left it there THATS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!
@@rsb6677 I love it here😭
Damn, I currently am afraid of heights and just finished a comment on not being able to rope climb. I just realized that even if I figured out the technique and gained the arm strength, I would've had another problem that I never got the chance to even think about! This is one hell of a feeling... 😶 Well done.
i miss the obstacle course so much , it was so much fun , my dad took me out to play on the course when i was little in the early 70's , i took my turn in the mid 80's , and i took my daughter with me for a gladiator event in 2019 to show her how much fun it is , to have doubt about it and then the pride of completing it
Ditto.
I thought it was a shit ton of fun.
I asked to do it again and well, that didn't go good for me.
@@mgoblue0970 , me and my daughter entered the Gladiator Assult Challenge , a mud run event a few years ago just so she could have the experience to enjoy , it made me feel like it was the great fun in basic again
My Son is at MCRD at his moment. Almost 40 years after I stood on those yellow footprints! I'm so F'n proud of him. 2nd CBT Eng. Btn 1982 .
Congrats, you did a great job.
Its a Family Tradition . Semper Fi.
these recruits will look back and remember ssgt and be like "damn..i miss him"
I miss my drill sergeant. He gave me a lot of shit in the beginning. As he would say "I was tore up from the floor up." He smoked me like a joint lol. When I arrived at Boot camp I didn't know how to do shit. I remember I was in chow line one day. This was about halfway thru Boot camp. I was standing in chow line depressed to the point I had nothing left emotionally. I never cried or freaked out, I just shut off. I'm standing in line and lost my military baring. I was not moving thru chow line correctly and my Drill Sergeant shouts out my name. He was about to rip me a new one. I look up at him, he looked in my eyes, and said nevermind and left me alone. I will never forget that. I was at my breaking point and instead of breaking me, he let me heal. At the end of Basic I am proud to say that 2 people from are platoon we're chosen for a promotion. I was one of those 2.
@@magilla2282 thats awesome bro that you overcame that feeling of emptiness and made it through training. I was the same exact way but i didnt make it through boot camp and you did man. I regret most of my days from just quitting and sometimes i wish i had another chance but I would have to get waivers and lose 30 lbs to reenlist and physically I get injured alot. But its for the best and just wanted to say good job on not giving up and pushing through the hard times!
@@magilla2282 damn, do you think he understood how you felt ? Did you ever ask him
@@magilla2282 had a similar situation at Bootcamp while on mess week.
I was gone, DI got in my face, he saw I was gone and backed off, let me go sit down and actually acted like a human for a few seconds which did help bring me out some.
He could see it in my eyes, he knew.
I asked to go to medical the next morning, I had some kind of bug from working in cold food prep, freezer, refrigerator, cold room, through the hot steamy kitchen, to the line at room temperature, back and forth all day.
He told me to get screwed… a little more colorfully than that.
Came up to me sometime later.
Got right in my face and made me eyeball him. Eye contact at 6 inches maybe. You don’t normally make eye contact period, unless you want messed up.
He looked me dead in the eye. Then very calmly but seriously spoke “Son, there’s something wrong with you”
Well he wasn’t wrong. 😆
"you are a moron" gets me everytime.
“AYE AYE SIR”
They're all morons. It's why they joined the marines.
At 6:30 the D.I. and recruit one on one is such good memories , looking back on that now is like a Father and son moment .
Lol watching this never gets old. Its a whole lot more fun to watch this than it ever was being on the receiving end. 🤣
"It's a PIECE OF PAPER, IT DOESN'T WEIGH ANYTHING!!!"
Not even a damn 8 and a half by 11, just a g--damn 5 by 8...CARBON COPY!!! CARBON COPY!!! That drill instructor truly knows how to stir the shit pot and is hysterical in doing so.
The military shows you what they want to, there’s way more to this than RUclips shows you
this is about this gist of marine corps recruit training…
You mean recruit training isn’t 10 minutes and 6 seconds long? Mind blown
You not lying, they not going show the intense smoke sessions 🤣🤣
@@garrysimmons3457 They also won't show you how they drag a recruit into an empty room and threaten them while throwing things across the room. Or that they physically abuse you at times.
@@mtpstv94 right on brother. The constant name calling. The mind games. The locker checks were intense They keep that pressure on you 24/7. When we finished the forge they were still on us.
I was 5’10,126lbs,arrived a well balanced recruit with a chip on each shoulder (1971).They sent me the motivation platoon ,kicked my ass.😂🇺🇸
“ITS A PIECE OF PAPER! IT DOESNT WEIGH ANYTHIIIIIIIING!”
Damn, this hits hard. One hell of a journey. 2015 felt like yesterday.
When that recruit at 2:02 said “Yes Sir”, I immediately thought “Welp, you done fucked up son”
He even done fucked up when he just failed to acknowledge the Senior and got not one but two drills in his face, even that one who acknowledged the failure by hearing and LOOKING AT (2:08) the Senior correct the recruit and therefore decided “OOP, I GOTTA HELP HIM!”
The piece of paper was priceless
It was priceless because IT DOESN’T WEIGH ANYTHING!!!!!!
Holding your arms up like this for an extended time is surprisingly hard. Try it for a few minutes and your delts are on fire.
Thank you for this... As a former Marine, who's now in a managerial position, i can appreciate this. My guys think im being "hard on them" by politely asking them to do their job. I hope they see this and understand. Thank you.
The fact that they hold their composure at all against these terrifying men for 13 weeks is reason enough that you should respect Marines. There are several other reasons, but that is just the most basic of them. Those Drill Instructors scare the shit out of me even as a hairy, fat guy, civilian watching this. Marines are badass just for enduring that alone. I thank god that we have you guys watching over us.
what do you call simping when its for the military?
@@baileyayyy5085lmao imagine just having admiration for our country and people who serve and you can’t even see that, buddy would get dicked down by a platoon and would scream aye sir while it’s happening
what do you call getting triggered when its for the military? @@snippetygunn4276
3:18 had me fucking ROLLING
“Aye, si-🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅!!”
It’s because everyone loses their voices.
He is singing according to DIs
@@doyouknowkeplertwentytwob4032 i mustve been nobkdy then cause i didnt😂
Guy next to him trying not to die lmao
Ah, the good old "it's just a piece of paper"... that fucking hurts after a few minutes, if you don't believe me try it.
How bout the invisible Marine Corp chair?
My art teacher in HS was Airborne in Vietnam.
You could get out of detention if you could hold a textbook out in front of you for the rest of the class. If you did it he'd toss the pink slip.
If you made any noise while holding the book, you got a second slip and the option to add a second book to pay for the second detention.
When I went through at PI in 1967 I weighed 118 Ibs (the very minimum for enlistment). I could go up those ropes like a monkey. Never had a problem with most of the physical stuff. I returned to PI for a reunion years later when I was in my 50’s and did the ropes again with no problems
DI: "It's a piece of paper recruit, put your arms up"...Recruit: "my arms are tired I can't hold them up"...Marine Corps Lesson: reach down deep, don't quit when everything in your body tells you to...Terminal Learning Objectives: Stronger Mind and Will power, better mental fortitude.
Oh how I miss my beloved Corps, Ooh Rah and Semper Fi to all the brothers and sisters out there and in these videos. 🇺🇲
I was in the Navy 1982 to 1988 with VS-41 and VS-33 two west pacs AZ2 and boot camp was in San Diego and you could hear the marines in bootcamp getting yelled at while we were in our racks and trying to sleep .. I will always remember boot camp ..
This is a lot more tame than I remember when I was in. Nobody is getting slapped or shoved around. There isn't a constant stream of f bombs coming from the drill instructors mouths. What happened?
I love the genuine confusion on the DI's face as he goes "WHAT?!"
Dude that jew clench and eyes widening up in rage and confusion just sends me man... Didn't catch exactly what was being said before though. Whatever it was... It was not good.
5:14 you know you done messed up when Chief DI singles you out.
Senior DI, not Chief....but ya, u done fucked up when the SDI is smoking u
I feel like DIs secretly really love the recruits and root for them to win.
Yep. Its tough love
That consequences bit is so damn important. What we saw was strength of willpower, because drill said exactly the right thing to boost it up.
Attention to the smallest detail is what’s pounded in these young Marines, could save their lives later on.🇺🇸👍🏻
"open your mouth, sister!!" 😂😂
The Marine Corps is the greatest thing ever created.
I named my English BullDog PARRIS ISLAND.
And whenever I have a bad day, I watch videos like these and after that; my days are not so bad 😂😂😂😂😂😂
1:40 “Whoa! Whoa! I felt the ground shake.”
So fucked up lol
You know it’s bad when the drill instructors just give up and stop yelling
"It's a piece of paper, it doesn't weigh anything!" he projects vibes of Sam Kinison.
Ahh, the memories! MCRD San Diego '86.
The mind games they come up with are insane. When I went through basic training I learned some devious things. Something so simple can be very painful.
I could watch these all damn day. Semper Fi.
Got damn we looked so stupid as recruits 😂😂😂 MCRDSD! Good times in the suck!
I blame the recruiters 'meeting mission' they really just take a pulse and send em....
1:31 man the look he gave the cameraman is priceless.
1:27
1:28
"Get away from me."
I love it. Didn't even raise his voice. Didn't need to.
They rarely have to because the recruits are scared out of their minds of being ejected out half the time.
Days of our lives DI I could watch all day!
Babe wake up, Moto posted another boot camp video
I remember I missed the day of instructions for rope climbing due to wisdom teeth being removed and I had to figure it out myself instead of just doing the regular hook stuff I wrapped it around my leg once and copied the others after which saved me in the end cause I got to the top and my arms gave out but the rope caught me and I managed to correct myself got messed up for screwing up the rope climb once I got down
3:17 that voice crack got me dying lmao
“Get your freaking arms up, get ‘em up out off the deck… it’s a piece of paper, IT DOESN’T WEIGH ANYTHING!!” I was dying 😂
I wish I went into the Marines. I’m doing basic training in 1992 June at Fort Jackson, South Carolina for United States Army. RC you a drill. Instructor was a former United States Marine. Who transferred over to the US Army. I can say that looking at these videos I remember and I still watch my basic training VHS cassette from 92. Thank you. DI Command Sergeant’s Major Rick.
5:43 scared the crap out of me 😂
That piece of carbon paper weighs a 100lbs after all those drills 🧐
And standing there with your arms extended for 30+ minutes, after. It’s the ultimate mind f*ck cus they know it’s not the paper thats heavy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You never forget your DI. Mention Parris Island, and the first thought that comes to mind is my DI.
What’s up with the days of our lives always gets me
Have a seat.
About our fourth day at Parris Island they made us write a letter home ..they told us what to write and after each sentence we had to hold the pen up over our heads while sitting on our foot lockers for at least five minutes in between each sentence…after a short time it felt like someone was plunging a needle in your shoulder and it was just a bic pen..it took me years to figure this one out ..what they were doing was teaching us to accept “pain” as apart of life in the Corps..no that before you join ..pain will be a constant companion especially in boot camp Semper Fidelis platoon 1029 spring of 1981
"Private Pyle, whatever you do, don't fall down! It would break my fucking heart!!!!"
I'm a kid who wasted my youth on video games and fast food, but now I want to be a superhero. You can make me one, right Sergeant?
One, two, three four I love Marine Corps!
When did they start letting 12 year Olds become Drill Instructors??? Damn that dude cracks me up!
Thank you for this video. While watching it, I laughed so maniacally it scared my wife; she's now re-evaluating our relationship.
Semper Fi
MCRD San Diego PLT 1067 - Senior Drill Instructor SSgt Edwards, SSgt Gourlet, SSgt Payne, Sgt. Silva
DAMN I MUST BE OLD EVEN THE DRILL INSTRUCTORS LOOK LIKE KIDS
yeah, some are 23,24. At the very youngest are even 21. It goes to show how good the training is
To be fair most are in their mid 20’s. All of mine were young as hell and all of them were Sergeants
@@mrmanta6581 22 is the minimum age to be a hat but nonetheless I went through DI school with some kids that were 22, and 23 lol
@@mrmanta6581 they got thier rank from the deployments. 23, 24 year old, they saw some serious action.
@@mrmanta6581 I WAS A BOOT IN 1976 ALL MY DIs WERE IN THEIR 30S
damn I remember being just like that kid on the ropes. I’m so glad they didn’t give up on me. I hated the moments that followed getting an x marked on my hand, but looking back I’m incredibly thankful
There's one reason I'm glad I went Army instead of Marines. My big ass has NEVER been able to to a rope climb. Didn't matter how strong I got, I just never could do it.
Retiring this year, earned both titles and still watch this stuff for motivation!
Wow, that lost shot; of the recruit who just got absolutely torn down, being physically assisted by another recruit: poetic in its symbolism.
Gotta break the boy to make the man. A lot of parents could learn from that.
Men don’t wanna be men anymore in this age. You can’t expect the world to just hand shit to you. Always earned, never given. Semper Fi!
Side straddle hops right now
10 oh, good someone did an extra one, so we're all gonna do it again
10, oh good someone did an extra
10 oh good someone did an extra
🤣
Much respect to our United States Marines 🇺🇸
“ITS A PIECE OF PAPER, IT DOESNT WEIGH ANYTHING!!!!!!!”
This is the quintessential definition of the Marine Corps. As the old adage goes “more with less”, a piece of paper becomes the entire world when you hold it up for more than an hour. Lmao
Once a Marine, always a Marine gents . SFMF!
"If you make him sound off for me it would be much appreciated" all the recruits started to move away hahaha
“Aye go IT the fuck out of him” bro. I perked a bit
3:29 that's a sick beat
3:18 That’s when I would’ve start laughing and get smoked 😂
That was my biggest problem in basic. Even got the nickname "smiley" because of it. I remember they made me do push ups until I wasn't smiling anymore. But those Drill Sergeants had some of the best burns ever. I still use several of them.
It's not that the recruits can't do it, it's that they're not motivated enough.
Wasn’t a Marine, but anyone who goes through boot camp gets their souls smashed when they screw up. I had a Chief and a senior Chief who had a reputation throughout RTC Orlando for being hard asses, but I learned a lot though. One told one of the recruits one day that if he fell down and his head busted open, a thousand little dumbasses would come running out. Marines just do it with a hell of a lot more intensity. Love ‘em!
Drill instructors are so much nicer and funnier than they used to be!! This is headliner material! 😮😂😂😂
No racial slurs, no homophobic slurs, less swearing even! It's a cleaner, more modern Corps! Somehow MORE terrifying this way...😦
Oh the memories. Use to have that DI mentality(as a marine turned civilian. Never been a D.I.) when I got out of bootcamp. Now 10 yrs later, civilian life has consumed me and turned me into the nasty 10% 😮💨
21 years later im still programmed. Being a fire fighter keeps me motivated.
Graduated MCRD 1989……I loved every second of this video. Rah!
3:30 "do the roar"
Trained to hate failure and despise weakness. I loved that shit.
Damn i couldnt have said it better myself
This is why i Love my marine boy toys, they take it hard and love it.. 💕 the way the eagle globe and anchor tats glisten in pearly white is a beautiful sight!!
In 1966 I wenr through this at MCRD SD. Back then the DI was not shy to gut punch a guy. For real!
I want to thank everyone in the comments and in the video for their service. I tried to join the Marine Corps for 10 years. Ever since I became 18 i have always wanted to be a Marine like my father and grandfather and uncles. I have had trouble remembering math equations which kept me for joining. I am 28 today and had almost made it past the asvab and I remember what the Gunny Seargent recruiter said "even if you pass your test in 6 months you will be too old to become a Marine." To be honest here i literally cried. Even to this day i still dream about being a Marine. I am now trying to graduate college with a Matsers in Film Production, but I would trade it to just be part of the brother hood. Semper Fi to every single one of you and retreat hell! God bless all the armed forces and to the Devil Dogs!
You couldn't pass the ASVAB?
@@Dillon41689 No sir. Math was the only thing I failed at after some complications when i 17 it was hard for me to re-learn almost everything.
@@michaelbishop2930 but you're in college getting a masters?
I feel your pain man. I was In the delayed entry program ready to ship to boot camp November 10th 2016. Until I found out I have seizures which are minor for me at least, but I had to tell my recruiter if my situation. They where shocked about it, but my recruiter who was ssgt at the time said this. " you would have been one hell of a marine. From the moment you walked into this office, I could tell you where dead serious about never giving up. Since it was your dream to hold that title of marine which not everyone can do.
I feel your pain man. It was like having a dagger stabbed to my heart.
Hey, man thank your comments wherever you are. I graduated from boot camp on The fall of 1978. It seems like yesterday at times.
God had other plans for you. Having said that,,,as a Marine I hereby bestow upon the title of Honorary Marine! Be well brother
Semper Fi to you and your family.