It's almost bitter sweet to see 3rd Battalion gone. I'm proud of what I accomplished there, even if my memories and those before mine lay in rubble. The memory of 3rd Battalion will live forever within us and will always burn.
Mike R Semper Fi, One of the guys I went in with has passed on, we went in in an impossible gamble the three of us all in the same platoon 3009. We never got together and not talk about those three months. My remaining friend, everytime we see or talk to each other, we just laugh for hours, same old stories that never get old. My boy Mike went in open, got Motor T, I went in garaunteed 0300, they made me take 0311, but I hated humping the base plate, so I failed out with the nick name "Short Round" got my beloved grunt title in the 2/2. And this is the kicker, My boy Brett, since he could type 60 words a min. Got stationed in Parris Island writing checks in the A/C. Ooo Rah!
@@garyjohnson4575 I too joined up (Oct73) with an "open" contract, same thing happened to me, made me a 3531, I hated it. Assigned to Truck Co H&S Bn 2nd Force Service Regiment Lejeune. Then Aug 74 sent me to Truck Company H&S Bn 3rd Force Service Regiment, this time they wanted to know if I wanted to work in the Company Hq. I said YES anything to get out of the Motor Pool. At least there was a fan inside, and out of the August Okinawa Sun. Semper Fi Leatherneck
I was 3rd Battalion, Mike, Plt 3002 Oct 21 91 to Jan 17 1992. We didn't pick up from receiving until Nov 1. I go back every year and play a round of golf at The Legends. I got to see the old barracks emptied around 2010 and then finally demolished in 2017. So far nothing has taken their place. And I've never gone looking for the new location. No need to in my opinion, I belong in the swamps.
I went through 3rd Battalion during the spring of '65. The barracks were relatively new then, 1st and 2nd Battalions were still the old wooden barracks from WWII. Plt. 306, we were on the third deck. My, my, if those walls could talk. I'm 75 years old now and I remember most everything about my 13 weeks on the island. I remember the names of each and everyone of my Drill Instructors. I I've been back to P.I. twice since I graduated, I guess in someway, it is to reaffirm that it really existed and it wasn't all a dream. It was surely a transitional time in my life and I'm eternally thankful for what the Marines instilled in me. Semper Fi Marines. Continue to march!
In addition to 3d Bn being called Disneyland, 1st & 2nd Bns were called "The Outer Limits" and "The Twilight Zone," but I have forgotten which was which. I went through in Jan--April '62.
Lima Company, Platoon 3108! I layed my head down in these old Barracks. And as every Marine does, I remember it like if I stepped off an hour ago. Semper Fi my brothers.
3065 Lima Co. 2nd deck. I will never forget July 4th 1993 going out on the patio area and knowing most of my friends and family were sitting around drinking and eating and I was out there looking across the parade deck and enjoying my two seconds before DI Slagel cane out and said, that's enough sunshine...
3085, Hotel Company, 1984. During my time, it was only Hotel and India out there in the woods where they cant hear you scream. Great memories. Thanks, and Semper Fi
I was in H (Hell) company 3rd battalion July 30th until October 21, 1981. I will never forget those days. Very hot! It changed my life. Semper Fi 3rd battalion!!
I went through Parris Island the spring of '65. I'm 75 years old now and yes the memories are still fresh. Like Gunny Hartman said "until the day you die".
My Plt. was on the 3rd deck in sept.thru Dec.1969 Plt. 3059 SDI. SSgt.L.E. Jones SSgt. Hicswa Sgt. Baum Sgt. Baker Semper Fi Till I Die !! OooRah !!" I was the Hatch body !!
Hey Marine SSgt LE Jones was my SDI.Platoon 303 I Company also 3RD deck Starboard side. From Jan. 1 .1969 to March .SSgt.E.R. Snowman and Sgt.L.Brown were ADI's .SSgt. Lackey for about 2 weeks was our SDI...We never knew why SSgt.Jones replaced him.Also many thanks to those Marines who made all those videos . Semper FI Girenes.God Bless our Drill Instructors
Sir, although I went through in 1981, 3rd Bn "I" Company and served from 81 to 86 , Lebanon, Beirut Era, you have ABSOLUTELY NO Idea how much what you've done here means to me!!! ESPECIALLY after SEEING MY OLD BARRACKS!!!!! (MY FAMILY AND I THANK YOU!!) I have been trying to get back to PI since I was medically discharged in '86 to do exactly what you have done here!!! When you're going through boot camp, you aren't able to see the other parts of the base, only what you are ALLOWED to see because your eyes only went where your DI told them to go!!! I've been watching your video repeatedly because all of my efforts for " God, Corps and Country" has left me with limited mobility, amongst other serious injuries, and walking the base is not possible for me however, were I able to revisit there, I would CRAWL if I had to JUST to "touch base" once again with the place that I could NOT believer actually LEGALLY EXISTED! . I really would! The night we arrived, the place sounded like an insane asylum!!!!!!!!!!! From your video I could feel again the pain, anguish, laughter and the Blood, Sweat and Tears shed in our efforts to become United States Marines and the lifelong friends that I made throughout my Tour of Duty. YOU are, have been and will ALWAYS BE my BROTHER and what you have done here will and has brightened the eyes and warmed the hearts of ALL former 3rd Battalion Parris ISLAND Veterans. The sadest part of your video is the acknowledgement of our Barracks being demolished, as it feels as though the Blood,, Sweat and Tears of those of us who were in attendance during those times are being demolished along with what we once called, for 3 unbelievable months, our"Home." I cannot thank you or write enough, Brother, for what you have done here, for us, for ME! . Apparently it meant as much to You as it meant and still Means to those of US who survived the DI's, the Heat and Hell of 3RD BN. Parris Island, SC!! Thank you, God Speed and Semper FI!!!
Thank you for this video. I felt this in my soul as I haven’t seen it since I graduated 3rd Bat India Co on 12/17/87 Plt 3097. I will always recall how we were right next to the chow hall. I didn’t have chow hall duty as I was selected to be barracks support and in charge of painting out guide-on flags for our upcoming adventures at the Range. Lol. Semper Fi
Yeah I was in platoon 355 from Aug to Nov 1959. The entire Island got set back a week due to a hurricane. Quanson huts and the old pot belly stove in the middle of it. Sgt. Wade was our senior D.I.
Kilo Company, platoon 3054 graduate February 1995. Didn't like my time in the Corps. But I enjoyed boot camp. My DIs were true and honest badasses. What memories back in the day. Thanks for posting.
Joined 3d Bn during December 1986. I got recycled to 1st Bn after failing the rifle qual. The parade deck has not changed much…but it’s sad to see this video and reminisce about the trials of platoon 3017. SEMPER FI to all and may you enjoy the good things as you view this post.
December 23, 1972, Plt 3006 early graduation for Christmas. went to 29 palms as my 1st duty station communications and electronics school. I still keep it tall, 170 lbs at 6 ft 65 years old
I seen my M.Co doing PT right after we had a process of Sand Box Pt...all sweaty standing at attention while the sandfleas having a feast on our bodies...yet we wouldn't move...and doing sit ups on a concrete floor...first night we did that...my back was black and blue the next day...who remembers that? The chow hall...I worked there at 3rd battalion...them were the good days...
I was there in 1968 plt 396 third battalion third deck also with k co it’s been almost 53 years seeing this brings back old memories…I was there in July it was a hot mother…semper fi Brothers…
In June of 1990, I started in Company M, 3093; but because I failed the run in the IST, I got dropped and ended up finishing with Company E, 2097. I certainly do remember these barracks, though. I even had duty in the 3rd Bn chow hall shortly before graduating. Some of my previous DIs recognized me, and busted my chops; but inside I knew they were actually happy to see how much I changed, and progressed. Thank you for filming this!
Thanks brother for sending this out. Wow, what memories of Plt. 346, S Company,building 422, third deck. There was much screaming and beatings that went on in 1965. One of my SDI's , Sgt. Edward Johnson, retired as SgtMaj., recently passed away. What a loss. Even got smacked around by him, but went on and became a man. Still miss that terrible smell, when we got off the bus. I do believe it was the Spanish moss, or perhaps the bogs behind the old wooden hot boxes. Semper Fi to all.
Just finished boot camp 11/24/21 and I was in 3rd battalion Lima company. Great experience and its crazy to see how different things were only ten years ago. Semper Fi
Wow! Great memories! I haven't been there since 1982! I remember doing close order drills with the chrome domes on and spending time in the pit when the DI wasn't pleased Lol ( Platoon 3053 I Company) Semper Fi!
To the left of K Co in this video is my old barracks. Back in '62, they didn't display company signs, but I was in R Co, Plt 304. To the left of my barracks in this scene was the chapel, and the HQ Building was directly across the drill deck from my barracks. My first work detail away from Platoon 304 was in the HQ; we swept & swabbed the deck, emptied the trash cans, and dusted the area. There were pogey-bait vending machines with signs on them saying, "No Recruit Shall Use This Machine." Only a couple of us recruits had any money, but the ones with "silver-change" were able to buy some candy bars, much to our envy. On this field we won Drill competition. 305 was our sister platoon. They were reservists, and wore boondockers, so they didn't have to blouse their trousers. Ubi sunt? Sic semper gloria mundi.
Kilo Co. Plt 3084. SDI SSgt Newman. July 1998. Thanks for uploading this. Kinda sad to to hear this was all torn down. I still remember drilling on the parade deck and doing that side step in the line at the chowhall.
platoon 3096 kilo company. think we graduated on the same day. you guys were follow series, we were lead series. just visited parris island couple months ago. old barracks are still there. hopefully it will be awhile for they tear them down so more former 3rd battalion marines can get back to see them. great memories!!!
Thank you for the video. I will be going to Parris Island in March of 2014. I learned today that one if not more of the barracks will be demolished by then. The GySgt informed me that I can get as close as allowed to take pictures. I just want to see Mike Company Barracks again one more time with my eyes. Semper Fi
Just graduated from Murder Mike on Sept 12. Our squadbays look like 5 star hotels compared to these ones. Still the same 3rd BN though. Always bleed 3rd BN Blue!
Platoon 371, Sept 17, 1962, Senior DI, D.E. Wilson. Stopped at the Island in February and 3rd Battalion Barracks are still standing, but not for much longer from what I heard. Inquired about buying a brick from the old barracks, but a DI I spoke with said the contractor is not selling them. Thanx a lot for the video, brought back a lot of memories. Once a Marine...................................
I watched another series of videos about 3rd Bn and got chills because the video starts out between the first and second buildings farthest from the chow hall. That was my barracks back in 84 when I was in platoon 3054. We only have our memories of those days when everything was strange and new. I was always looking around and trying to figure out what was going on and where I was in relation to this base in its totality. Our little world of the chow hall, HQ and our barracks made me feel isolated but somehow confident in my security. I remember going to other parts of the base, but I always felt unsure about where I was and seemed unsure about my surroundings. I had confidence in my DI and felt they were looking out for me and my fellow recruits. It is amazing how you can take a teenager and turn them into a Marine in just a few short weeks. I say it was short, but it seemed to be a lifetime while we were training there. I hope these videos conjure the ghosts of the past for my fellow Marines and we remember why we served and for what we served. God Bless America & the USMC.
Today (sept 18)is officially 32 years since I graduated with platoon 3097 H company 1985. Thank you for putting this up!!I was not aware they were taking down Hell company:(( Semper Fi forever!!!!!!!!!
3057 Hotel Co. 1988 Recycled to 1st Bn shortly after the rifle range due to cellulitis in my foot. 3rd herd will always be in my blood though. I recently met up with an old boot camp buddy from 3rd in Vegas at The Leatherneck Club (2/25/2022) and reminisced about them damn good training days.
I got out of H early '87; we had a guy in C 1/8 with cellulitis. After he flicked a lighter in my face in the Geiger squad-bay, I kicked him in the leg--to this day I have no idea what cellulitis is or how you get it but I do know if you give cellulitis a swift kick they'll be limping and screaming to get at you as you easily flee to safety.
Way to go man I was in platoon 3122 September 91 thank you for filming that. I was wanting to go back and see it again but I see this video was from four years ago, so I know it’s gone now.
Was just thinking about my old days when I ran across this video. 3RD Battalion 1982. Can't believe time goes by so fast. You got hell if you were from NYC. Used to PT in boots and full gear. When did it change to sneakers? Not making any point, just wondering when it changed.
They were called "go-fasters." George Costanza rocks 'em in "Seinfeld" and if Jerry knew the term, he would have asked "But do they make you go faster--and who are these people who chase you..?"
2011 Mike Company Platoon 3062. We were one of the last Marines to be in those old barracks. My first 3 weeks were there and then we packed house and marched on over the the new ones.
Yo! 3rd Battalion platoon 343, July 1959. Never saw those buildings. All we had were old quanson huts. "This is my rifle, this is my gun,this is for fighting, this is for fun." LOL.
Thank you for the video. Parris Island is where it all began!! Kilo Company! Platoon 3098!! Inserted 31 Aug 1999, Extracted 24 Nov 1999. SDI SSgt Pugh, DIs Sgts Paschall, Hutson, Robinson. Let no man's ghost say he was not trained!!!
I remember SSgt Pugh from the Island and Sgt. Paschall was one of my DIs in 97!! 3101 Kilo grad date 14 Nov 97’ Our Senior was Sgt. Belcher but the man who made us Marines was DI Sgt. Buck along with DI Sgt. Beard, DI Sgt. Edwards and DI Sgt. Paschall. Semper Fi
never saw 3rd Bn area before . . than for the video man . . I was in 2nd Bn in '79 plt 2059 I was just looking at Google maps pictures taken 2014, 3rd Bn barracks are still up at least that's what it looks like anyway. good video, brings back some memories . . I'd like to get back there to visit one day . . Semper Fi Borther . .
I picked up with 3rd battalion in the new bricks. 2011 its nice when things are new..I couldnt believe these boys didnt really have anything to clean lol Kilo
I plan on visiting our old stomping grounds in a couple months. How tough was it then but how rewarding is it now? I’ll never forget my family meeting our drill instructors the day before graduation. - What an accomplishment. For a moment, those that survive Parris Island get to feel like they’re on top of the world. Kilo Company back in the 90’s. Does anyone know what is on this site now? I suppose that I could use Leatherneck square as a reference point.
the 3rd was always the hardest on the island semper fi to my Bros who lived in the shadows
It's almost bitter sweet to see 3rd Battalion gone. I'm proud of what I accomplished there, even if my memories and those before mine lay in rubble. The memory of 3rd Battalion will live forever within us and will always burn.
Mike R Semper Fi, One of the guys I went in with has passed on, we went in in an impossible gamble the three of us all in the same platoon 3009. We never got together and not talk about those three months. My remaining friend, everytime we see or talk to each other, we just laugh for hours, same old stories that never get old. My boy Mike went in open, got Motor T, I went in garaunteed 0300, they made me take 0311, but I hated humping the base plate, so I failed out with the nick name "Short Round" got my beloved grunt title in the 2/2. And this is the kicker, My boy Brett, since he could type 60 words a min. Got stationed in Parris Island writing checks in the A/C. Ooo Rah!
@@garyjohnson4575 I too joined up (Oct73) with an "open" contract, same thing happened to me, made me a 3531, I hated it. Assigned to Truck Co H&S Bn 2nd Force Service Regiment Lejeune. Then Aug 74 sent me to Truck Company H&S Bn 3rd Force Service Regiment, this time they wanted to know if I wanted to work in the Company Hq. I said YES anything to get out of the Motor Pool. At least there was a fan inside, and out of the August Okinawa Sun. Semper Fi Leatherneck
Semper Fi. Lima Company Platoon 3108 Dec 4 2009 Grad. Still layed our heads down in those old Barracks then. Remember forever
Thanks for the flashback. I was Platoon 3025 3rd Battalion L Company . Graduated on March 27th, 1992.
3124 Kilo Co. 1993
Thank you for sharing. I was there in 3rd Battalion back in APR - JUN 1966
I was 3rd Battalion, Mike, Plt 3002 Oct 21 91 to Jan 17 1992. We didn't pick up from receiving until Nov 1. I go back every year and play a round of golf at The Legends. I got to see the old barracks emptied around 2010 and then finally demolished in 2017. So far nothing has taken their place. And I've never gone looking for the new location. No need to in my opinion, I belong in the swamps.
Wow!!! I was in 3005, same time!!! Mighty Mike 4LIFE!!! This was an Awesome Vid, took me right back!! We ALL remember Island hoping around 3rd!!! Lol
3rd battalion series officer 1988-1989. Long days! Too bad its gone ..but progress...have to move on.
3rd Bn India Co Plt 3088
24 OCT 97
Thanks for posting! Seeing that squad bay again up close sent chills up the spine. Good shit!
3rd Bn...Class of 89...the hardest on the island!!! 3rd bn forever!!! Semper Fi
I went through 3rd Battalion during the spring of '65. The barracks were relatively new then, 1st and 2nd Battalions were still the old wooden barracks from WWII. Plt. 306, we were on the third deck. My, my, if those walls could talk. I'm 75 years old now and I remember most everything about my 13 weeks on the island. I remember the names of each and everyone of my Drill Instructors. I I've been back to P.I. twice since I graduated, I guess in someway, it is to reaffirm that it really existed and it wasn't all a dream. It was surely a transitional time in my life and I'm eternally thankful for what the Marines instilled in me. Semper Fi Marines. Continue to march!
Godbless you sir..semper fi
I have not seen that parade deck since 1999. Really cool to see again! Thanks for the video.
The Third Recruit Training Battalion was called "Disneyland" when I was undergoing recruit training in 1965.
I went through in '65, Plt 306, and you're right it was called Disneyland.
In addition to 3d Bn being called Disneyland, 1st & 2nd Bns were called "The Outer Limits" and "The Twilight Zone," but I have forgotten which was which. I went through in Jan--April '62.
Ha ha wow
3rd always where real marines were made
My son is in 3rd..🇺🇸
Proud to say I was also in 3rd Battalion, India Company, Platoon 395, 2nd Squad Leader. October- December 1973. Semper Fi Devil Dog
That is a subjective statement, but I understand.
Lima Company, Platoon 3108! I layed my head down in these old Barracks. And as every Marine does, I remember it like if I stepped off an hour ago. Semper Fi my brothers.
@@lethalima3108 Lima 3014 nov. 2006
3065 Lima Co. 2nd deck. I will never forget July 4th 1993 going out on the patio area and knowing most of my friends and family were sitting around drinking and eating and I was out there looking across the parade deck and enjoying my two seconds before DI Slagel cane out and said, that's enough sunshine...
Did you know a DI Sgt. Prunty ?
EYEBALLS...SNAP SIR...THAT WAS OUR CALLING
I was H company 3079 class of 1981....same barracks same chow hall...thnku for filming this thnku so much.
WOW! Graduated 14 March "72", forty yrs. ago.
Thanx for uploading this. Sad to see it go.
Graduated 14 Dec "72", Plt 3006
3085, Hotel Company, 1984. During my time, it was only Hotel and India out there in the woods where they cant hear you scream. Great memories. Thanks, and Semper Fi
I was in H (Hell) company 3rd battalion July 30th until October 21, 1981. I will never forget those days. Very hot! It changed my life. Semper Fi 3rd battalion!!
I went through in 84 3068 series. Went to Hawaii to B.Co. 1st Btl 3rd Marines. Memories are still fresh, I"am now in my 50s.
I went through Parris Island the spring of '65. I'm 75 years old now and yes the memories are still fresh. Like Gunny Hartman said "until the day you die".
Platoon 395 India Company, Oct-Dec 1973, Parris Island. Love the memories.
My Plt. was on the 3rd deck in sept.thru Dec.1969 Plt. 3059 SDI. SSgt.L.E. Jones SSgt. Hicswa Sgt. Baum Sgt. Baker
Semper Fi Till I Die !! OooRah !!"
I was the Hatch body !!
Hey Marine SSgt LE Jones was my SDI.Platoon 303 I Company also 3RD deck Starboard side. From Jan. 1 .1969 to March .SSgt.E.R. Snowman and Sgt.L.Brown were ADI's .SSgt. Lackey for about 2 weeks was our SDI...We never knew why SSgt.Jones replaced him.Also many thanks to those Marines who made all those videos . Semper FI Girenes.God Bless our Drill Instructors
Sir, although I went through in 1981, 3rd Bn "I" Company and served from 81 to 86 , Lebanon, Beirut Era, you have ABSOLUTELY NO Idea how much what you've done here means to me!!! ESPECIALLY after SEEING MY OLD BARRACKS!!!!! (MY FAMILY AND I THANK YOU!!) I have been trying to get back to PI since I was medically discharged in '86 to do exactly what you have done here!!! When you're going through boot camp, you aren't able to see the other parts of the base, only what you are ALLOWED to see because your eyes only went where your DI told them to go!!!
I've been watching your video repeatedly because all of my efforts for " God, Corps and Country" has left me with limited mobility, amongst other serious injuries, and walking the base is not possible for me however, were I able to revisit there, I would CRAWL if I had to JUST to "touch base" once again with the place that I could NOT believer actually LEGALLY EXISTED! . I really would! The night we arrived, the place sounded like an insane asylum!!!!!!!!!!! From your video I could feel again the pain, anguish, laughter and the Blood, Sweat and Tears shed in our efforts to become United States Marines and the lifelong friends that I made throughout my Tour of Duty. YOU are, have been and will ALWAYS BE my BROTHER and what you have done here will and has brightened the eyes and warmed the hearts of ALL former 3rd Battalion Parris ISLAND Veterans.
The sadest part of your video is the acknowledgement of our Barracks being demolished, as it feels as though the Blood,, Sweat and Tears of those of us who were in attendance during those times are being demolished along with what we once called, for 3 unbelievable months, our"Home." I cannot thank you or write enough, Brother, for what you have done here, for us, for ME! . Apparently it meant as much to You as it meant and still Means to those of US who survived the DI's, the Heat and Hell of 3RD BN. Parris Island, SC!!
Thank you, God Speed and Semper FI!!!
Thank you for this video. I felt this in my soul as I haven’t seen it since I graduated 3rd Bat India Co on 12/17/87 Plt 3097. I will always recall how we were right next to the chow hall. I didn’t have chow hall duty as I was selected to be barracks support and in charge of painting out guide-on flags for our upcoming adventures at the Range. Lol. Semper Fi
Platoon 3075 H co. August something 1984. SDI SSgt Reese and crazy DI SSgt Moore!
I loved every minute of it, god bless the US and the corps
Thanks for the Memories! !!!
1988 3rd battalion i company Land of the frog vioces.
1981 3rd battalion I senior drill instructor staff Sergeant York
Yeah I was in platoon 355 from Aug to Nov 1959. The entire Island got set back a week due to a hurricane. Quanson huts and the old pot belly stove in the middle of it. Sgt. Wade was our senior D.I.
Kilo Company, platoon 3054 graduate February 1995. Didn't like my time in the Corps. But I enjoyed boot camp. My DIs were true and honest badasses. What memories back in the day. Thanks for posting.
I never knew 3rd had its own parade deck. I LOVE this video. I could watch em all day. Semper FI.
Semper Fi brother, I enjoyed watching your videos. Going to visit Lexington,VA and Chesty’s gravesite later this month:)
Joined 3d Bn during December 1986. I got recycled to 1st Bn after failing the rifle qual. The parade deck has not changed much…but it’s sad to see this video and reminisce about the trials of platoon 3017.
SEMPER FI to all and may you enjoy the good things as you view this post.
December 23, 1972, Plt 3006 early graduation for Christmas. went to 29 palms as my 1st duty station communications and electronics school. I still keep it tall, 170 lbs at 6 ft 65 years old
I seen my M.Co doing PT right after we had a process of Sand Box Pt...all sweaty standing at attention while the sandfleas having a feast on our bodies...yet we wouldn't move...and doing sit ups on a concrete floor...first night we did that...my back was black and blue the next day...who remembers that? The chow hall...I worked there at 3rd battalion...them were the good days...
I Company, 3rd Battalion, Platoon 3060 May 24, 1977 - August 22 nd 1977 . !!!!!
I miss that parade deck seems like just yesterday my platoon and I were running to touch spirit and discipline
I was there in 1968 plt 396 third battalion third deck also with k co it’s been almost 53 years seeing this brings back old memories…I was there in July it was a hot mother…semper fi Brothers…
In June of 1990, I started in Company M, 3093; but because I failed the run in the IST, I got dropped and ended up finishing with Company E, 2097. I certainly do remember these barracks, though. I even had duty in the 3rd Bn chow hall shortly before graduating. Some of my previous DIs recognized me, and busted my chops; but inside I knew they were actually happy to see how much I changed, and progressed. Thank you for filming this!
Thank you for the video, 3rd battalion, 3021 Lima 1995. Great memories.
Lots of memories. I hate to hear that 3rd Battalion is no longer by itself. Lima 3054 1995. I will never forget
I miss being in Mike Company
Killer Kilo is right!!! Place still looks exactly as I remembered!!!!!
3rd BN H company...3097
1985
Thanks for this. Brought a lot of memories back. India 3038
Platoon 3086 1981 SDI Gunny Web. I remember him telling me, I'll round the world kick you. No Marine will ever forget boot camp
Thanks brother for sending this out. Wow, what memories of Plt. 346, S Company,building 422, third deck. There was much screaming and beatings that went on in 1965. One of my SDI's , Sgt. Edward Johnson, retired as SgtMaj., recently passed away. What a loss. Even got smacked around by him, but went on and became a man. Still miss that terrible smell, when we got off the bus. I do believe it was the Spanish moss, or perhaps the bogs behind the old wooden hot boxes. Semper Fi to all.
I remember that terrible smell too. Found out later it was the salt marshes particularly at low tide.
I Co., Platoon 318, Graduated May, 1975.
My son says it was the smell of fear on all in kids on the bus.
Just finished boot camp 11/24/21 and I was in 3rd battalion Lima company. Great experience and its crazy to see how different things were only ten years ago. Semper Fi
Wow! Great memories! I haven't been there since 1982! I remember doing close order drills with the chrome domes on and spending time in the pit when the DI wasn't pleased Lol ( Platoon 3053 I Company) Semper Fi!
Semper Fi brother was there in 1982 also plt 3045 I company third herd ooh rah
was in 3019 I Co. prob had some of the same DI's , never thought I would miss those days...
3066 India Company June 87 Semper Fi my brother.
You were there right after me i was 3079 H co....sept 81 to dec
This really brought back so many memories. Holy shit
Plt 3002
Kilo company
Jan 1999
Company K March 6,1992 Semper Fi Devil Dogs!!
To the left of K Co in this video is my old barracks. Back in '62, they didn't display company signs, but I was in R Co, Plt 304. To the left of my barracks in this scene was the chapel, and the HQ Building was directly across the drill deck from my barracks. My first work detail away from Platoon 304 was in the HQ; we swept & swabbed the deck, emptied the trash cans, and dusted the area. There were pogey-bait vending machines with signs on them saying, "No Recruit Shall Use This Machine." Only a couple of us recruits had any money, but the ones with "silver-change" were able to buy some candy bars, much to our envy. On this field we won Drill competition. 305 was our sister platoon. They were reservists, and wore boondockers, so they didn't have to blouse their trousers. Ubi sunt? Sic semper gloria mundi.
Kilo Co. Plt 3084. SDI SSgt Newman. July 1998. Thanks for uploading this. Kinda sad to to hear this was all torn down. I still remember drilling on the parade deck and doing that side step in the line at the chowhall.
Holy crap! That's Capt. Francescon! He's now company commander of Special Training Company (STC).
platoon 3096 kilo company. think we graduated on the same day. you guys were follow series, we were lead series. just visited parris island couple months ago. old barracks are still there. hopefully it will be awhile for they tear them down so more former 3rd battalion marines can get back to see them. great memories!!!
Platoon 395 India Company, Oct-Dec 1973, WOW, the memories. I retired 20 years later GySgt Semper Fi
Thank you for the video. I will be going to Parris Island in March of 2014. I learned today that one if not more of the barracks will be demolished by then. The GySgt informed me that I can get as close as allowed to take pictures. I just want to see Mike Company Barracks again one more time with my eyes. Semper Fi
Just graduated from Murder Mike on Sept 12. Our squadbays look like 5 star hotels compared to these ones. Still the same 3rd BN though.
Always bleed 3rd BN Blue!
3096 '92, mighty mike. "Scuzz brushes to the order!!" Looking at this feels like home. Thanks
+BlurryRearSight Hey Snider here.
Platoon 371, Sept 17, 1962, Senior DI, D.E. Wilson. Stopped at the Island in February and 3rd Battalion Barracks are still standing, but not for much longer from what I heard. Inquired about buying a brick from the old barracks, but a DI I spoke with said the contractor is not selling them. Thanx a lot for the video, brought back a lot of memories. Once a Marine...................................
I watched another series of videos about 3rd Bn and got chills because the video starts out between the first and second buildings farthest from the chow hall. That was my barracks back in 84 when I was in platoon 3054. We only have our memories of those days when everything was strange and new. I was always looking around and trying to figure out what was going on and where I was in relation to this base in its totality. Our little world of the chow hall, HQ and our barracks made me feel isolated but somehow confident in my security. I remember going to other parts of the base, but I always felt unsure about where I was and seemed unsure about my surroundings. I had confidence in my DI and felt they were looking out for me and my fellow recruits. It is amazing how you can take a teenager and turn them into a Marine in just a few short weeks. I say it was short, but it seemed to be a lifetime while we were training there. I hope these videos conjure the ghosts of the past for my fellow Marines and we remember why we served and for what we served. God Bless America & the USMC.
Today (sept 18)is officially 32 years since I graduated with platoon 3097 H company 1985.
Thank you for putting this up!!I was not aware they were taking down Hell company:((
Semper Fi forever!!!!!!!!!
Godbless i was H co. 3079 dec 81
Dam, thanks for the vid!! Lots of memories there! Killer Kilo company 3101 for me!!
huskerpower- i will killer kilo also
wow man i remember it like it was yesterday. thanks for the footage brother.
This brings back so many memories
Platoon 3102 Iron Mike!!! Always faithful 2002 Oorah!!
Me and my twin brother were there June 87. We were in India Company. Good times.
Platoon 3001 graduated january 1990
I graduated 3rd BN L CO PLT 3012 Jan 2005. It saddens me that our barracks and shit are no longer there. It really hurts.
thank you I went through kilo in 01.this warms my soul
Wow!!!! A lot of memories I had in 3rd Battalion Mike Co 2008 3117 Fellow Series Oorah!!!!
Plt. 3004 Kilo Company, Oct 12, 2000 - Jan. 12 2001
3057 Hotel Co. 1988
Recycled to 1st Bn shortly after the rifle range due to cellulitis in my foot. 3rd herd will always be in my blood though.
I recently met up with an old boot camp buddy from 3rd in Vegas at The Leatherneck Club (2/25/2022) and reminisced about them damn good training days.
I got out of H early '87; we had a guy in C 1/8 with cellulitis. After he flicked a lighter in my face in the Geiger squad-bay, I kicked him in the leg--to this day I have no idea what cellulitis is or how you get it but I do know if you give cellulitis a swift kick they'll be limping and screaming to get at you as you easily flee to safety.
India Co. Platoon 3044 here. Graduated yesterday. Amazing to see what it looked like back then.
Thanks for the video. I was 3rdBN L Co. Plt 3094 28 Jun 1991 - 13 Sept 1991
1983 - Plt. 3043 - Semper Fi one and all!!
Way to go man I was in platoon 3122 September 91 thank you for filming that. I was wanting to go back and see it again but I see this video was from four years ago, so I know it’s gone now.
Where you showed Kilo Co was my barracks in 1982, but we were Hotel Co. Plt 3042.
I was Hotel sept 81 brother...oooorah
Mighty Mike !
Was just thinking about my old days when I ran across this video. 3RD Battalion 1982. Can't believe time goes by so fast. You got hell if you were from NYC. Used to PT in boots and full gear. When did it change to sneakers? Not making any point, just wondering when it changed.
I was 3079 H company sept 81
They were called "go-fasters." George Costanza rocks 'em in "Seinfeld" and if Jerry knew the term, he would have asked "But do they make you go faster--and who are these people who chase you..?"
That brought back some memories - Ooh Rah - 3rd Btn Lima Co Plt 3112 - 1990
2011 Mike Company Platoon 3062. We were one of the last Marines to be in those old barracks. My first 3 weeks were there and then we packed house and marched on over the the new ones.
Yo! 3rd Battalion platoon 343, July 1959. Never saw those buildings. All we had were old quanson huts. "This is my rifle, this is my gun,this is for fighting, this is for fun." LOL.
I was K Co. 3024. Nov 72 Feb 73 Great to see the old barraks. Sad they are no longer there.
Platoon 3030 Mike Company Graduated 20 OCT 1995. good memories.
Thanks for the video n memories I was in India Company 3073 5/26/92-8/21/92 on the Island
Platoon 3024.Graduated 4/4/97....INDIA COMPANY
Lima Company 3rd Batallion! Spirit! Discipline! OOOOH RAAAAHH!
Thank you for the video. Parris Island is where it all began!!
Kilo Company! Platoon 3098!!
Inserted 31 Aug 1999, Extracted 24 Nov 1999. SDI SSgt Pugh, DIs Sgts Paschall, Hutson, Robinson. Let no man's ghost say he was not trained!!!
I remember SSgt Pugh from the Island and Sgt. Paschall was one of my DIs in 97!! 3101 Kilo grad date 14 Nov 97’
Our Senior was Sgt. Belcher but the man who made us Marines was DI Sgt. Buck along with DI Sgt. Beard, DI Sgt. Edwards and DI Sgt. Paschall. Semper Fi
Thanks i wondered what the birthplace looked like now.3071 in 1978. semper fi
3068 class of 89 semper fi brothers
never saw 3rd Bn area before . . than for the video man . . I was in 2nd Bn in '79 plt 2059
I was just looking at Google maps pictures taken 2014, 3rd Bn barracks are still up at least that's what it looks like anyway.
good video, brings back some memories . . I'd like to get back there to visit one day . . Semper Fi Borther . .
I Co 3039 Semper Fidelis
i was on the 3rd deck too my man
Lima company plt 3091 SDI.Sgt Washam Graduated September 13 ,1991
I was Lima Company 3094 graduated September 13, 1991 SDI SGT Rogers.
platoon 3101, mike company, 2004
brings back memories
I was Kilo Co. in 1997. Plt 3033. Kilo Co was in the very first barracks at that time.Closest to the new PX they built.
BOTTLEDZ28 thats awesome I was in kilo co 3038 up on top floor
BOTTLEDZ28 in feb 97 to apr 97
@@rmpullenii james graduated from platoon 3008 march 11 1974 fond memories 3rd bn
I picked up with 3rd battalion in the new bricks. 2011 its nice when things are new..I couldnt believe these boys didnt really have anything to clean lol Kilo
I bought a brick from the old barracks. I went to boot camp Oct-Dec 1973, Plt 395, India Co, 3rd Bn, Parris Island
I was in 3rd Bn, Mike Co, Plt 3036 and graduated in Dec 1994.
Bittersweet for real man I left their 23 years ago I’m part 3rd family I tell you I think 3rd is the hardest
Graduated Xmas Eve 1970, Plt. 3023 10 day leave then right on to Geiger as 0311. The good times.
I plan on visiting our old stomping grounds in a couple months. How tough was it then but how rewarding is it now? I’ll never forget my family meeting our drill instructors the day before graduation. - What an accomplishment. For a moment, those that survive Parris Island get to feel like they’re on top of the world. Kilo Company back in the 90’s. Does anyone know what is on this site now? I suppose that I could use Leatherneck square as a reference point.
so you tellin me the knocked all that down man? wow i had no idea i would have liked to have seen it one last time how it was when i trained there
Thanks.. I was platoon 3008 lima company.. 1998.. pls dont remind me of the crucible.. lol
Platoon 3008 h co Nov 82 Feb 83 Sgt Wallace
Mike co with Wilkes if ya know ya know and we drilled all day hahahaha but love all Marines for that and the rich berg crew shout out