USMC 1967 - "This is Parris Island" REEL History - Vietnam Training Film
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I was at PI in the summer of 1967, platoon 1009. This is a very sanitized version. Nobody arrived during the day time. Usually around 0200 and it was not for 9 weeks. It was 13 weeks of hell and it only got worse. SEMPER FI MAC.
I went through in 1969, Plt 3046 and we never went to sleep for the first three days. Notice they skipped over the Phase 1 chrome dome period? Didn't notice any DI's kicking anyone in the ass or screaming at them during drill!
Keep you dazed and confused
Snakebait 511 how long was ur boot camp ?
Summer 79.
@@snakebait5118 and those were the good times, LMAO.
Boot camp is supposed to be hard because warfare is hard. Marines endure it.
And thank God for them.🇺🇸
The more you sweat in peace time the less you bleed in war.
These training films are so full of bull shit.
Marine basic training teaches you how to become a prisoner of war candidate. No wonder the Marines cant find a few good men. Good men join other services.
Platoon 276 May 18, 1969. The only WoodStock I knew in 1969. Was the Woodstock of my M-14 Rifle Semper Fi
69 and still had m14's, when did they finally get m16's in basic
@@cosmokramer8078 ... Not sure, In boot camp 67 we used M-14's. I didn't see an M16 until I was in Nam 69, stateside 1970 we still used M-14's.
Some platoons got m14 some m16 up until early 70s I believe when all changed over to m16s
Sounds like a lame time
The m14 is badass. I'm fortunate enough to have gotten the chance to shoot one at the range. It was one of the best guns I've shot. Thank you for your service sir!
my son, his father and grandfather were marines...my father was a code talker!
Thank your family for there service. Your grandpa was vital for victory. If he has not past, please offer my thanks to him
Was he a Navaho ?. God Bless him. They are all my brothers. Semper FI
Sorry for your embarrassment, except for your father who has fought for a honourable cause.
Went through p.i in 69 met n.a.hopi Apache last name Crockett we became friends
I served in the Army. I have the utmost respect for Marines.
For me, BOTH respect and 'disrespect", but definitely MORE respect, especially in regards to militarism/soldiering. Generally more tougher and disciplined...Larger "shoulders" they have to carry more "Hell" on them.😶
The Marine "machine" is much better "oiled".
The Marines are much more intense
I was a PI in 67 with Platoon 2086 and it was much harder than this video portrays. It starts with a lot of physical to include beatings when necessary and later when most of us were in shape physically to endure then the head games started. If we didn't march well than they would make us fold up our pennant, miss meals etc. They could do anything they want to us on the island unless there were visitors which was not often. Most of us went to church services to get at least an hour of quiet time. I could go on with many examples of abuse but most of you would not believe so you had to had gone through it. In their minds if you could not handle PI then you would fall apart in Vietnam but nothing can really prepare you for war and killing. Most of the training was repetitious to develop muscle memory for combat which does work I found out in Vietnam. We had folks who could barely sign their names and some of us had to teach them orally. This was the only year that the Marines accepted draftees and many were college graduates i.e. engineers, lawyers etc. They were older and smarter and the DI's had a horrible time training them because they were used to not so intelligent 18 year old kids. Then we had felons who were given a choice of jail or Marines and some of them were problems for the DIs. It was a surreal experience for a 17 year old kid like me.
I love the “leisurely shave” part. HA! Yeah, right. 🙄 They didn’t give us THAT much time in NAVY boot camp in 1982!
⚓️😎🇺🇸🫡😱🤣
you aint lyin brother. I went thru in spring of '65, Plt. 219, 2nd Bn on Panama street, and the sand fleas were ferocious! 9 weeks? huh, we were there for 12, plus 1 week of formup, then Camp Geiger for ITR
S/F Brother! I was in Plt. 2071 in November of '67. I tell people to watch the boot camp part of "Full Metal Jacket" to get a diluted idea of what it was like. Like me, you probably had some draftees in your platoon. The DI's really didn't like them. I disagree with the 9 week statement. I arrived the first week of November and graduated the first week of January, '68. Corps Birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years all at PI. Best meal was on MC Birthday. Hard to believe it was 56 years ago. I looked up my platoon mates on the Wall and we only lost 4 during the Vietnam war. I was shocked.
I took that oath in 1949 and have never been released from it. It means as much to me now as it did then, even the 'foreign or domestic' part. Our drill instructors were veterans of the Pacific campaign and they knew not compassion. But we were the children of the depression and only two of us cracked.
Who was the other guy that cracked?
Semper Fi old Corps.
How old are you if you don’t mind me asking?
Ooorah!!! Semper Fidelis, Jarheads! PI, "1970", Plt 1011, PFC grad. Retired "1998".
Fair winds and following seas to all.
I arrived in May 1967. What an eye opener. Ended up staying for 11.5 years.
1st Bn, Plt 173. Last white WWII barracks on the right of the parade deck.
Returned to Beaufort after Vietnam in 1969 and spent 2.5 years at the Air Station.
1969-- stayed in same barracks -- 2nd battalion, Platoon 2047
I also arrived at Parris Island 30 May 1967 ,1st BATTALION ,PLT 180 SPENT 4 YRS IN
Ty devildog I serviced 98-03 and hope we held the standard
This movie is a fairy tail of Parris Island in 1967. It was 12 weeks of hell which prepared us for combat in Viet Nam.
... or a fairy tale.
Interesting! Would love to hear you share your experiences....?
This is awesome to see .... I was 7 yrs old in 1967 ....
1966 was a good time to go through PI, it only got bad when training had been completed…DaNang, Phu Bai, Dong Ha, Con Thien, yup, bad times.
I want to thank all marines who served our great nation!
Thank you. I'd do it all over again. I'm not as fast and not as strong BUT I can still handle a M16 and shoot Expert. Being from the Hills of West Virginia, I was taught how to shoot before I could ride a bicycle. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt.
Thank you for caring it was and honor and privilege .
Thanks for your appreciation. Have an awesome week
My Gentle Pitt Bull Rah sgt. Just a young boot fresh from high school. Just wanted to say thank you for serving before me
Over 50 years late, but better late than never ... thanks.
Most of these guys would be fighting in the Tet offensive of 1968.
Since this was 1967 I weep for the ones in this film that never came back from Nam.
I think this film was released in 1967 . I was there in 1967 and we did not do some of the training that they did and we did other types of training they did not show . Plus we were there for 12 weeks . We went straight to ITR infantry training regiment in class a uniforms . The 3 mile run on PRT day must be completed in 26 minutes . Yes always remember those that did not come home , I do it everyday , I have four names on my wall at home that are special to me they gave all and I honor them daily . RVN 1968-69-70 .
@@andyprice8067 I salute you guys that went. Each thing you did added up to where us guys a few years younger wouldn't have to which saved our lives too.
Leatherbark they gave their lives so we can be free. god bless them for serving.
They came back just not as they hoped.
Forever Young: Ronald Harvey McNees, KIA 1965; Edward Centeno, KIA 1967
Leatherbark yes
Until my heart will no longer pumps blood and with my last dying breath OOORAH!!!!
You EARNED it.
Thank you sir! You are an American Hero and Treasure 🗽🗽
I Understand my Brother. Semper FI.
if you aren"t a Marine you"ll never know what a great time you missed!
It's amazing no Bs you go through alot, heck who am I Bullshitting. You go through freaking hell. But all I seem to remember are the good times.
What I miss the most about the Corps.
It mad no difference where you came from, what color you are, Or your ethnicity. All that mattered was. You were a Marine. You knew your brother next to you would give his life to protect you.
In combat we fought. forgive me, Not for God Or country.
We fought for each other.
Semper Fi.
HML-267 UH-1E Pendleton here Semper Fi
Of you are not a Marine then you don’t know insanity, Gomer!
You call great times losing your friends in Vietnam and coming home with PTSD? Umm ok??
No thanks, I think I will pass. (This coming from an Army vet.)
"You people MIGHT get a break today.....but I kinda f*****g doubt it"......Senior Drill Instructor
Platoon 1050 PI 1986 we had a recruit that stuttered so the DI's messed with him of course but he made it! Semper Fi!
USAF Vietnam Veteran 1968-69....Thank GOD I joined the Air Force!!! I am here today...God Bless the USMC...
Platoon 191, Sept, 28. 1964 here. It was 12 weeks for me and I arrived there wee hours of the AM. It was more like a nightmare than a night arrival. Being called a maggot or at times a lady was not uncommon and no, we did not have stress cards back then. You just dealt with it. I know I am a better person for what the Marine Corps taught me. I spent 26 years with the Corps and really miss the association with fellow Marines. Semper Fi, Devil Dogs.
I did 4+ years from 1962-1966. Having dropped out of high school to join the Corps I quickly learned that the life of an officer was way different from the one of an enlisted career Marine, "lifer" if you will. That's why I got out and went on to get a college degree and later an advanced degree. Yeah, I grew up in the Corps but looking back I would have chosen one of the other services. Quite frankly, the Corps doesn't live up to the hype. There are a lot of dedicated and professional career Marines but also a bunch of dunderheads. I served under both types.
Jim Jackson;
Semper Fi Marine.
(former VMA-223 Harrier pilot).
Semper Fi! '87 Parris Devil Dog here!
21 Years, retired CWO4. Miss it a lot some days. The Corps gave me a chance when no one else would. I love the Corps.
It was a hard, demanding introduction to military life, for sure. Thank you for making it through this test of your mental and physical abilities.
Wow, I wish my 8 weeks of boot camp had been that swell. The film sure makes it seem like fun.😮 Platoon 1107 Hollywood, 1968. Quonset huts. 0311 Delta 1/7.
So enlighten us. I’d like to know what it was really like.
I was in Platoon 3002, 3rd Battalion and graduated in September 1967. Fantastic 4 years.
That's were my Dad went to basic. He really enjoyed it 😂
Ha Ha, He lied!
@ the age of 21 May 67/73 6yrs. Semperfi to all that join the Marines... God bless.
My dad was there,then got sent to Vietnam,came home and he died when he was 49
I was at PI spring of 66 1st battalion / company C/ platoon 138 , arrived during dark a.m. hours . Our senior drill instructor SSgt Elliott was a hell of a Marine & a good man .
God Bless our Marines and our Country.
M-14 my favorite weapon, Semper Fi, Sgt Schmidt 70/71 Vietnam FO
My M14 was the only Woodstock, I knew In May 18, 1969 PLT 276 P.I. Gods country.
Semper Fi
My dad was here in 67' platoon 350 usmc, and then volunteered for Vietnam Chu Lai area 2 tours
My dad was also a Marine in Chu Kai area 67 and then injured in 68. I joined in Jan. 97. And was unfortunately kicked out for a dirty urine in Dec 97. I regret it everyday. Feel like a POS.
Mandatory military service would be a good thing for the US at this time. CWO4, USN, Ret, 73-95.
The Greenman which MOSs allow you to fly ?
@@harshbansal7982 .. He's been watching Rambo again.
Mandatory military service (The Draft) would only let antifa turds infiltrate the military. Only volunteers.
@@stevedotson1263 those bitches would tap out and those that don’t tap out would be a good marine
@@stevedotson1263 So just letting fascists in the military would be a good thing?
Feb 8 my eldest grandson graduated from Parris Island and became a Marine. He is a member of a long but sporadic line of soldiers in the family. He is however, the first Marine. I am honored to welcome him to the fold. Sempre Fi !
Congratulations.However just a small correction. Marines are not Soldiers. They are Marines. Army are soldiers. Air Force are Airmen. Navy are Dixie cups oops.I mean sailors. LOL
@@abar7178 You beat me to it. Soldiers are soldiers, and I respect them; had a number in my family who were in the Army. But, Marines are different. Now watch, there will be some wise acre who will attempt to split hairs in explaining how the two are the same.
No splitting hairs Here . Soldiers are ARMY a great unit. In Nam , met some outstanding soldiers. I am proud to call my brothers. But Marines are NOT soldiers. We are MARINES
@@USMC-ParrisIsland
I stood on the infamous Yellow Footprints on August 17, 1982 at Parris Island. Platoon 2071, graduated on November 5th. I retired from our Beloved Corps on Sept. 1, 2002 after twenty-years. Semper Fi family!!!! 0311/0369 Gunny
I wanna thank the 3 sgt drill instructors for awarding me and introducing me to their rose garden. Semper fi..
Andy Blossy Plt 272 April 8 1966 the first day . Tougher then the film describes . Drill Instructors were completely bad ass . They could do everything required of us and backwards ! They did feed us real well , ' take all you want but eat all you take' ! I will never forget it and always remain a Marine !
USMCRD Platoon 2017, August 1967... PFC upon graduation. Staff Sergeant, Honorably Discharged July 1975... Have regretted not staying in the Corps for a career ever since.
My math tells me you only did eight years not twenty so how is that a career?
@@sandan500 He didn't say he made a career out of it,he said he regretted not staying in the Corps for career.
Omg. Omg. I was on PI in 1967. However, I was giving recruits 782 gear. Semper Fi. I was stationed on PI from 1965 (back from Japan) until 1967.
I went to bootcamp in San Diego. I was in the Navy but the Marines trained right next door so we saw each other often. Being a recruiting film they neglected to mention the profanity and yelling used by DI's. That's where I learned how cuss like a sailor!
I went to bootcamp in 2018, and can't believe this bootcamp from 1967 resembles 80% of what I went thru. I prefer bootcamp from vietnam era, it seems more tougher and the traditions are more conserved.
11/30/1972 arrived at MCRD San Diego it changed my life for ever Simper Fidelis Leather Neck's!!!
I went through PI in 1967. Platoon 3065…USMC 1967-1973.
I arrived at Parris Island at 2:00AM!! in 1966 I thought sure I had died and went to hell!!! but after all these years I would love to just put that uniform back on and go full duty if only for a Month!!!--David.
I’ve seen new recruits saluting oak trees for hours at PI , stand there so long till they would pass out from the knees being locked in position for so long. This was in the mid 90s. This is the PG version. Clean version.
I knew it! They ( PI ) had trees and shade! Pussies! San Diego sand and sun shine! chuckle ... The banter between the two Depots was heavy and light hearted. The truth was , and still, both had their qualified Marines at the end of one grueling time of physical, mental training. Semper Fi young brothers. USMC July 1965 - May 1969 S.D. For the rest of your life!
23 👎🏾 are the ones who never earned the title...United States Marine🤣 They walked in the other recruiting offices! 😉 SF and Happy Birthday
Once a marine always a marine
I was lucky to be awakened at 0530 and hit the sack at 2130. The San Diego night breeze helped me sleep better. It got a bit cold after sundown. P.I. must be too steamy. It is a bug's paradise.
One in twenty would be killed in Vietnam and many more injured. And it's especially chilling when you realize that the war was at its most deadly peak in 1967...
The "one in twenty" is a rough estimate -feel free to correct me!
How many died later after they got home? I had two friends who survived their thirteen months in Vietnam only to die of cancer years later, leaving wives and kids way too early. Here’s to Bob and Clyde. Those two Marines taught my young ass a lot of before the Big C took them in a most miserable way. Could have been the Agent Orange or the shit they burned at their Fire Base. But neither of them made it out of their thirties.
War is a racket- Good read and true, wrote by a famous icon of the Marine Corp sure didn't teach that in boot camp
The old breed General Smedley Butler
Hit the Island June, 29, 1959 at 2000 hrs. Plt. 325 loved those little Nesa huts. 20 bunks to a hut. Beads-O-Bleach on the floors with scrub brushes. Thanking our scrub buckets to the walk in movie field, then put it on our heads so we couldn’t see the movie😀
I went through in 1985, I was shocked to see the changes in those 18 yrs. However a lot had not changed.
Was thinking the same thing the only differences were the uniforms and the weapons otherwise it all looked the same and I went in 91
1982 here.
I remember walking from Receiving Barracks(MCRD San Diego) to the Quonset Hut that was to be my home for 12 weeks. Platoon 359 had already formed in the adjacent huts. I could hear banging against metal and didn't know until later...it was a recruit being thrown against a locker.
Platoon 360, MCRD San Diego, Aug-Oct 1962.
I still remember my Senior DI, SSgt Wilkinson who honestly looked like the Devil; Sgt J.J. Martin who had piercing blue eyes and moved silently through the quonset huts. Silver Star awardee from Korea; Cpl. Webber. Last time I saw him was at Camp Margarita, CamPen, 1st Marines, shipping out to the 'Nam. The Series Gunny was GySgt Wood who looked like Chesty's clone.
The Battalion Commander was LtCol William Rankin. I believe he was a jet pilot who flew an F4 into a thunderstorm and lived. I believe a book was written about him, "I Rode The Thunder."
The Series Commander was a Lt. Markowitz. The last time I saw him he was a loan officer for Bank of America. I was working at the same branch in Long Beach, Calif. and went over to introduce myself. The dude shined me on.
Great history. Semper fi.
Yea, I agree with Jim Rosson, every film I have ever seen about P.I. recruits always arrive during the day. I arrived at Hell's Island at 0300 in the dead of the morning, July 26 1967, and I remember it was warm and humid, and those welcoming D.I.s had a set of lungs on them.......
This had to be for propaganda purposes... Nobody came in during the day
This is similar to the basic training I took at San Diego in 1967, except for the push ups, squat thrusts, running several miles a day, keeping our street clean with our toothbrushes and gaining a clear understanding in the difference between a rifle and a gun and what their useful purposes were.
Don't forget hygiene inspection every night before lights out.
@@fredrickmillstead2804 ... BVD's on the box ... lol
May God Bless the USMC. TY likes here
This seems like the on-air, info-mercial version of boot camp. I wanna see the R. Lee Ermey version.
Just makes ya all misty eyed.....oorah...... Plt 114...Sgt. Alms Devil Dogs...Semper Fi my brothers.
I got drafted on 3/04/1968 and while at the induction center, a couple of marine NCOs came over to our group and pulled out 4 guys for their beloved corp and did we feel sorry for those poor bastards.
Why?
This happened to my father in 68 I always thought he joined the marines he said nope they pulled me and 3 other guys you know how they called the marine the chosen few he said I was the unlucky few LoL. He did his time though honorably discharged came home a few years and joined the Army for some reason.
Great film looks like the training tbey do still carrie on even now awesome job thank you..
I was a Hollywood Marine, 1970 MCRD
Arrived, May 8th. Platoon 371. Vietnam 1968
Ahh….the old Greyhound Scenicruisers bringing in the recruits
Semper fi to all of the marines who are watching this video.. I was there in 68 third battalion platoon 393....9 weeks of hell but I wouldn’t change a thing…I’m still a marine and always be one and I worry about the direction the marines are taking especially with this new bs that the military is taking on..I won’t mention the words I would be taken down, I already have been taken down or censored…SEMPER FI..MARINES.. OOHARH
If it was good enough for Chesty it's good enough for me! SEMPER Fidelis once a Marine always a Marine!!!!!!!
They say Chesty knew each one of his men by their first name and would make sure they wrote home..
Outstanding.
I miss Parris Island especially my beloved 3rd Bn “Disneyland” Jan 1968 Aye Aye Semper Fi
Platoon 3036 (1967) Parrish Island Semper Fi
We called 3rd battalion 'Mickey Mouse" I never knew why. I was second battalion . Second to none.Semper Fi
@@abar7178 2092 Dec 67 yep 2nd btln
I was there in the summer of 84 platoon 2096,Fox company, we had the same gear you guys had,except the M16 rifle.
I arrived on Parris Island on 1 April 1956, Platoon 115, and exactly one week later SSgt. McKeon marched Platoon 71 into the tidal marsh behind the butts on the rifle range. That summer, General Chesty Puller arrived to testify on the need for hard training the Marine Corps put us through. In late '58 I was in the mainside hospital at LeJeune and Pvt. McKeon was in the rack next to mine.
Daniel Rousseau
" Ribbon Creek Incident" almost ended the entire Marine Corps. I read the actual Investigation and Report.
You are correct. There was serious talk about pulling the trigger and doing away with the Marine Corps by incorporating it into the army. The uproar from thousands of Old Corps Marines influenced Congress to remove their fingers from THAT trigger.
@@danielrousseau4842 Daniel and Randy, What happened ? Would the "Ribbon Creek Incident" be online ? Thank you for your valiant service, gentlemen. Semper Fi !!
Karen, I'm certain you can find details online. Several years ago I went back to Parris Island for the first time since I left there in June of '56, and the museum on the base had a very accurate display of the events of April 8, 1956. Basically, SSgt. McKeon was the duty Drill Instructor and his platoon was "getting salty" on him (a term for Marine cockiness) and he decided to take the salt out of them by having them grab full packs and rifles and go on a nighttime march. There was evidence too, that supposedly he had been drinking before all this happened. McKeon's decision was a tragic ending for those young recruits and the end of a career for someone who had been a fine Marine. While no one can condone the stupidity of what he did, the other side of the coin is that Marines are always called upon to be disciplined and ready for whatever comes their way---we just don't expect it to come from an NCO who knew better than to do what he did. It happened nearly 63 years ago, but I still remember the impact the news had on us who were in the process of becoming Marines.
@@danielrousseau4842 I found it. Thanks for the reply.
I was Army, and the crap they did to us would be unbelievable for a person who has never signed that blank check. So Marines, I feel your pain.
US Army Boot Camp, FT Polk LA. 1974
This video SURE looks like the great training WE received.
AATW!!!
You mean, Ft. Puke? Ha. (1967 Sep-Nov)
@@lostsoul3154Fort Puke.,lousy-anna
Luis Jimenez as commented here, I think you were my Lieutenant at Camp Garcia, in 1969, At least I know I had a Lieutenant Jimenez,,, I was a Pvt., apparently you discovered I should have been promoted and I never got notified. YOU discovered the mistake and bingo, I got promoted to lance Corporal and a little back pay,,,anyway,,,Thanks if it was you. That was 50 years ago.
If you want to see how we were trained watch full metal jacket, or boys of company C, this was well groomed film to look easy. I did as with platoon 1034, 1967.
I did see FMJ and, honestly, I think Lee Emrey overplayed the D.I. role with his profanity. None of the drill instructors I had ever used profanity. We were called "maggots" frequently and "shit birds" once in a while. They were a class act.
@@XJarhead360 Actually, Lee Emrey modeled exactly how Drill Instructors trained recruits. I was at MCRD San Diego in July 1967. A time I shall never forget. Semper Fi
@@XJarhead360 Thank you for your service.One of my big regrets (we all have them) was not enlisting in the armed forces. My old late girl friends dad was a former marine and Korean war veteran. When FMJ was issued on VHS he watched it with us and said the same exact thing you said. After a while all that swearing he said the DI wouldn't be respected no matter what.
"Hell, I like you! You can come over to my house and fuck my sister."
Funniest line ever written!
Thanks
Sanitized film for certain. Love the funky music. Narrative is hilarious. At least they got the yellow footprints.
wonder how many of these boys were still around in 1970?
Theophilus Thistle +A friend of mine was a DI during Nam. He said it was horrendous thanks to “MacNamara’s 100,000.” The Government was so desperate for bodies they began to draft men across the board, even in the USMC. They even drafted men with subnormal intelligence, many of whom died in combat.
He said they tried to get such people discharged and released, but it was almost impossible. It was an atrocity- some of them had to be shown how to make up their racks daily.
@@robertfolkner9253 ... That's not true, we had a guy who didn't answer when his name was called, because his name was Larry Drummond not Private Drummond .... "Larry" was promptly discharged.
Boys to Men.
I arrived in Navy bootcamp in Orlando at zero dark 30 along with a buss load of other boots. We were met by a Seabee Chief. One guy thought we were at Marine Corps bootcamp and started crying! We got 2 hours sleep that night before the shit hit the fan. Some guys I met in basic cryptology school in Pensacola came from San Diego bootcamp. This may be fiction, but they said a Navy boot jumped a fence to go AWOL and ended up in Marine Corps bootcamp. The story goes that he got a Marine haircut and greens and they kept him there for a few days and then chucked him back over the fence. Probably not true but it would have been funny. CWO4, USN, Ret, 73-95.
It might be true. I heard that same story on another video.
Navy boot camp San Diego 1969. Heard the same story then. Nobody (us recruits) knew if it was fact or fiction. Boot camp, at least in 1969, was 77 days from the night we arrived to the afternoon we flew off to our school or duty station. As Clyde Wilson, i went from San Diego to Pensacola, Corry Field, CTR school. 1969 - 1995
I went from Vietnam to P.I. in 1969. Worked the dispensary on recruit side. At that time there was a duty runner to fetch Boot's. When a recruit phoned in he went and got him. Depending on how many and when determined the type of vehicle. You may get there during the day but you waited until enough bodies arrived to in process and that was always at night. Did that in order to confuse and confound you (which was not hard to do. The dumbest form of life on the planet is a new recruit and a butter bar officer). Part of breaking you down to build you back into a Marine.
Was your bootcamp 9 weeks ?
Can you imagine being drafted and then getting treated like the recruits did and do even though they might not have ever wanted to be in the military, and whilst I joined the British military by choice and spent 24 years, mostly happy, I can empathise with those that never wanted to join the military military but got drafted, but I also believe that national service would be beneficial to society right now, it might change the lives of some of those from less fortunate areas and families, in turn cutting delinquency, crime and substance abuse amongst other things. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
The segment @ 20:30 when the recruits were doing their assault course it was difficult to see if they were United States Marines or Royal Navy Marines, the course apparatus and the techniques used looked very familiar.
We never used our sheet/blanket. We slept on top because you did not have time to make your rack in the AM where it would pass a spot inspection during the day.
What about building a Mount Sarah Baci, because recruits not moving fast enough? Oh, miss Mount Sarah Baci, everyone’s everything, together, then having to put everything back, then building it again. Repeat until breakfast, or whatever was scheduled next.
MR.X, in the Marines nobody is ever perfect. Except the person doing the inspections. One time, me and my roommate cleaned up all week for field day. The cracks in the walls was dust free, the carpet was clean as new, the bottom of the draws was prefect the only thing we could have done was shellac them. Our racks was cleaned all the way to between the springs, mattresses was beat until nothing came out and then vacuumed. The floor was waxed with liquid, and then paste wax. Everything was perfect. Inspection time came, failed. Too many brooms in the head. Keep in mind 2 guys to a room, 2 rooms to a head. The other rooms broom was beside ours in the head.
Never perfect.
MR.X just wandering, why not sleep (if that is what you can call it) under the sheets?
Good job, lionheart film.
WOW!
Drafted 04/1970. Inducted at old ft Wayne near Detroit. While waiting In a large room with 12ft ceilings we were all seated in chairs lined up on all four sides, just waiting for the next phase. Suddenly the door flys open and this man rushes in and shouts stand up and count off by twos. Then he says all even or odd(I can't remember which) step forward! Well the guy on my left and the guy on my right stepped Forward. Then the guy walked along all the ones forward counting pointing to various ones saying "step out" until.he had 10 People. Then he walked to the door saying line up behind me! Then he said" follow me your now in the united states' marine core!" And they marched out single file. I will.never forget that incident even after over 50 yrs. I've wondered how they all turned out like KIA,WIA, ect. I hope they all lived and led happy lives.🇺🇸
Semper Fi...echo co 2/8 Beirut veteran...0311 Infantryman ...
PT in od green PT shorts, boots, and NO tshirts... good stuff!!!
Yep I do remember having to keep all buttons buttoned until 3rd phase and PTing in the black boots and I was the whiskey locker private for a bit. Semper Fi. 1975 MCRD SD.
I am 79 years old. When I leave my house my gig line is straight. Buttons belt buckle and zipper all in line .semper Fi ..plt 319. 1963.
That SOS for chow..
Seems a bit eerie in this video seeing those white wooden barracks of the 1st Training Bn...At times it seems like yesterday when I was trooping & stomping on that Grinder, with Platoon 154, June 26th to September 20, 1960!
I drove for greyhound when I left the Marines, lol. We arrived late at night. First night maybe 2 hours rack time. Thought we all did. I still can smell the moth balls from the first issue of utilities and gear.
I heard on this video the British Army or the Australian Army's version of TAPs which in both those armies is "The Last Post". This is during when they bed down before TAPs.
So this is what "The Corps", was like before, "The Crucible"!
In '73 we didn't have a crucible, because the entire 11 weeks were a crucible. What we did have were bends and thrusts and "Thump" call. Yes, FMJ was exactly on point.
There is an underrated novel "Sand in the Wind" with a very good chapter about Parris Island in 1967.
Well it was a whole different ball of wax in 1994 when I graduated from there as I'm sure it's a lot different now, of course some things never change!!!
I got there about 3 AM , in July 1967, and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion.
Same here: Plt 209, Jan. 1965.............Guide and squad leaders out on Panama St., facing the way !
i never seen a DI during close order drill so nice and non violent .now nobody wants to get smacked but i believe that it has merit some guys only learn if smacked but mammies little boy cant handle it and despite that we are still turning out the best trained military in the world and best equipted depending on who you ask. SFMF Ooh Rah Marine Corps !
I went through PI September 23rd 67 platoon 3108
Night arrival is aimed @ disorienting recruits. What's up w/the "Leave It To Beaver" background music?
This film was probably shown in high schools as a recruiting film. Remember the episode of M*A*S*H, with Ron (Happy Days) Howard in it, as the 'under-age' Marine, who lied his way into the Marine Corps? ("I'm a Marine! We're the BEST!) He probably saw the 1952 version of a USMC recruiting film, just like this.
Platoon 376, began boot camp August 17, 1964 at Parris Island.
Thank you for your service
Wild to think how many of the young men in this video actually died in vietnam.
SEMPER FI‼️🍻
I meant to say sgt grit tee shirt. .hope sgt grit still has that tee shirt. Semper Fi.
Navy bootcamp at Orlando had companies for people who could not swim, people who could not make their rack, etc. So guess what you did all day long -- swim, make your rack, etc. The company for overweight boots was called "the fat cats club" -- they got to exercise 8 hours or more a day.