I remember one of our inspections that a kid had gained some weight and he was trying to suck it in.. The officer saw this obviously and didnt get upset but chuckled and said in a soft voice " son, Your uniform is squared away but your buttons are screaming and you look like your about to pass out from holding your breath.. so I want you do to 2 things for me.. First do alittle extra pt for a few weeks and eat alittle less junk. 2nd after that go see the tailor to make sure your uniform is correct. I want you to be able to breathe at the ball in a fee weeks ok" lol.. This was an inspection a few weeks prior to our Corps birthday ball. :-)

Make sure those pretty dress uniforms are fitting nice and perfect. Meanwhile your battle gear has one size 9 boot and one size 11.

Only those who served in the military know that you are not treated badly at all. You are treated in a such a way to make you the best you can be. It's because the DI's care about each and everyone there. I've never felt better, more secure, more respected or more part of something great. That's after sifting through all the dynamics of getting as close to perfection as you can.

I had my inspection on the parade deck and it was hot as HELL. It was wool uniform and we were out there seems like a lifetime. It was July and you could see the heat waves going across the parade deck. Trust me I will never forget Parris Island. Back in 1979, it was called boot camp but it is recruit training today. There was no timeout and my drill instructors had more games than Milton Bradley. You were either dark green or light green but all were Mariine green.

Man when the USMC issued ACOGS, every recruit now is a rifle expert. I remember shooting with iron sights in boot camp and not earning my expert badge until I had about a year and a half in.

when my BC got to me he high fived me.i think it was because i was 28 and the rest of the company was 18 years old.

The Battalion Commander's inspection was a piece of cake compared the Senior DI's inspection. All Bn Cdr did was ask some generic questions and then move on to the next guy. The Senior DI's tore us a new one during their inspection.

that was my company First Sergeant speaking.

Damn! Stepping up with the full cover, we just had piss cutters. Semper Fi

Thank you all those marines for serving this great country. May God Bless you all.

Greetings to the Marine Corps, our dear friends, from the French Infantry branch.

I went thru Parris Island back in '75...we had our final inspection on the parade deck...our Battalion Commander had been at Chosin Reservoir and he even scared the shit out of the D.I.'s...I could literally see fear in their eyes the couple times he was around...once on a very long forced march the DI's halted us and instructed us to take our boots off and tend to our feet (blisters/bleeding)...just as we were taking our boots off the Battalion C.O. came marching by a warp speed yelling "Let'em bleed..put your boots back on and continue to march...just let'm bleed"...our DI's looked shocked but quickly ordered us to mount up, and off we went....we also didn't have female drill instructors...that's just wrong.

"Hands off the brass, Bro. And don't touch that rifle, either; it's MINE."

Our inspection didn't go well. Let's just say we ended up in the sand still in our Alpha's

Thanks.... I needed this so badly. I feel much better now. I miss those days in the service.

Went through a lot of these in the army. Days of scrubbing, cleaning, preparing. IG inspections were the most fun.

I recall that final inspection. It took place on 16 October, 1974. It was a toughie. Glad to get that overwith. Felt much better afterwards.

I remember the Battalion Commander stopped at me, and we had our rifles on us to do inspection arms and the outer barrel was absolutely caked with sand that I couldn't reach. He didn't notice though. Nice.

Our Inspections all took place on the parade deck in San Diego...these Islanders are lucky

if i'm correct, i think every branch of recruit training does something like this. basically seeing if they're ready to handle the fleet, and to see how well they were trained. if i could go back and do it all again, i would. one of the greatest feelings you can have, is knowing that you accomplished something great.

I graduated from MCRD Dec. 1, '78 and didn't have the barracks cover. I was issued a "piss-cutter".

Inspections are always scary...

I graduated from boot camp at Parris Island in June 1964. It was a tough 13 weeks back then, and then you went straight to Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Geiger, after a one day base liberty after graduation. Back then, the WM's or Women Marines were a totally separate group from the men. You did not have any cross over. The women graduated from their boot camp and the men from theirs.

Thats crazy.. i recognize all of em. I was the alpha cycle after these guys

I had to bend down a little when my BN CO inspected me. He was a short man(5ft something), me at 6’4.

Memories Dec 1973, Bn Cdr inspection. Platoon 395, Company I, 3d Battalion, Parris Island. Our platoon was the last Plt to be dismissed in 1973, Thanks Ssgt Stewart. Semper Fi

I love how the marines does things. In the Air Force, we had another MTI (E-7) do our open ranks inspection. I like the idea of having the brass out there for the inspection process.

This is the beginning of a universal Marine condition known as USMCOCD

At your 0300 FMF you will do this ALL the freaking time. On base and even on ships.

My first ship the mess deck CPO uttered those infamous last words at the Ships Capt. inspection, "Sir, the enlisted mess is ready for inspection." The Captain, looked at him wryly, cocked an eyebrow slightly, and said "oh, really?" After the first four gigs in less than a minute, the skipper turned to the CPO and said, "Call me back, when you're really ready for inspection." We had to bust some ass for that little faux-pas. The second time around, the CPO reported properly and stated , " Sir, the mess deck is Standing By for inspection, Sir." "Much better, Chief, much better." Looked around from where he was standing, said "Carry on." turned around, walked up the ladder and that was it. True story, AS-11 U.S.S. Fulton, long, long ago.

this is how mine went at MCRD: SD SDI Inspection: got inspected, i feel like i passed. DI told me ''this war belt is a little loose, its needs to be snug...S N U G!'' shit had me dying of laughter inside. I had fun Series Commander Inspection: cant remember but im sure this is the one i got IT'd on for no reason, there were like 10 of us on the quarter deck. Company Commander Inspection: got inspected by my 2nd SDI, this one i definitely passed. he said me and some other dude were the only ones who were confident and knew wtf we were doing and didnt fuck up inspection arms. (Marines by this point) Battalion Commander Inspection: missed, was at medical for a follow up appointment. i got a random ass ear infection, was worth tho the Corpsman was so fucking hot

I thank these Marines for their service and dedication to duty. Happy Veterans Day to all Veterans. God bless them all and God bless America 🇺🇸🙏❤

Hollywood '68. 8 weeks, then off to campen for itr/bits, then Okinawa and RVN. No frivolity, just training and then combat. Semper Fi.

That was my Co. 1st Sgt. And I saw my Senior Drill Instructor. SSGT Toteno.

the sun is shining and i will see it again

this was not filmed on 04/03/2017 this was filmed between July and August of 2017. This is footage of my Platoon and my Brother Platoons. Graduated 08/11/2017

Chesty Puller once said. "An Inspection Ready Battalion is not combat ready and a combat ready Battalion is never ready for an Inspection...I want my Marines Combat Ready" Back in the early 80s we had JOB inspections, Plt Commander Inspections, Company Commander inspections, Battalion Cmdr Inspection and IG's.....that eased off in the 90s and early 2000s.

I got a perfect score on my general inspection, even though I'm a second-year Soldier in the California Cadet Corps. I am a junior in high school and this is my first time I've gotten a perfect score ever

plt 1021 in in this video!

you do not want to fk up during one of those today is 21Oct, 10Nov is right around the corner. Happy birthday Chesty

As a former Marine had a hard time with this video. Marines are fighting men.. Yes we care and take care of our boots, brass and uniforms but at the end of the day we have to be the baddest asses on the planet.

we did our bn commander inspection outside

Ran into my drill instructor on Okinawa way out in the woods. It was kind of crazy to see him there. He said I am just looking around. Spoke about five minutes and left. Drill instructor placed the platoon next to an all-female platoon for about 30 minutes.

Just graduated with fox company october 20 and we did this in woodlands with our rifles

That was the easiest inspection we had the whole time there!

It doesn't get old. Semper Fi.

lmao I like how freaking flawless the floor is, clean af

Prior service Army. BC. took one look. Saw my Army jump wings. I saw his recon wing and thought oh crap here we go! All he said was Welcome to the Corps “airborne.”

I remember my Battalion Commander Inspection. I got inspected by some major. probably the battalion XO.

On our first inspection, we were torn to shreds over our appearance. In later weeks, if individual turnout was good enough, you were given an 'excused parade'. Joy - !

Glad to get that over with. The rest of the final week went smoothly. Four troopers took it over the next day. Those four men passed after remediation.

wow, my first sgt, and senior drill instructor were in this

The static qual changed with the issuance of new gear. an entirely separate move and shoot unknown distance qual makes qualifications much harder.

I remember my inspections during recruit training. I was inspected a grand total of one time. Not even inspected by a headliner. Here's how it all went. SDI: Completely passed over. Probably would've failed. Series Commander: Completely missed. I was at medical that day. Ramming your foot on a rack post does more damage than you think. Company Commander: Completely passed over. Probably would've passed. (Those darn shirt stays would keep undoing themselves though) Battalion Commander: Passed over until the last portion when the SDIs would come and inspect every one of us. Safe to say I passed, though I do need to study the purpose of the MAGTF again . . . and again . . . and again (you see where I'm going with this).

Mine was August 7,1979 (19th birthday) Alpha Company Plt 1035 Bn Cmmdr. Lt. Col. Schwartz. We graduated on the 9th two days later. Also Aug.7 my birthday,who gives a f' anyway , the day 1st Mar Div landed on Guadalcanal.

That woman tested me on a tourniquet drill during that big test day in third phase.

Way back when I was in the Army, when Cold Warriors and other dinosaurs proudly walked the Earth, I **vividly** remember my Battalion CO Inspection. The battalion SGM was a man that scared our Senior Drill Sergeant and our Senior Drill had never faced the platoon without gassing our asses in the gorilla pit. We expected the SGM to be the same thing times about 20. The Battalion CO himself was a distant figure, a face on a wall of the chain of command we had to memorize. The Drills kept us up till 3am for an 8am inspection making sure everything was just so. All of this was given a soundtrack of threats over what would happen to the whole platoon if even one man got so much as a ding on the inspection form. That in no way impeded them from waking us at the regulation 5am and dogging our asses out in PT, however. It wasn't the first time I ate my breakfast while asleep in Basic... We barely had enough time to shower, get the latrine shipshape, and crawl into our Class A greens [hey, I told you it was ancient history] before they called 'Attention'. As a reward for the whole platoon passing the Inspection, the Drills ordered us out of our Class A's and into BDU's [these were brand new at the time...] but didn't come around for about an hour. Most of us spent that time sitting on the floor leaning against the barracks wall asleep 😁. Except one guy. See, we hadn't turned our weapons into the armorer yet, so we left one guy on 'fire watch'...

Base General's inspection was the worst 6 hours 😣🙄😭😭

1:18 Poor bastard gets in trouble a lot... LuLz

1st Sgt. Latisha Franklin is an impressive Marine! Expert in both pistol and rifle. Wow!

If you reach Battalion Commander's Inspection, you will graduate a Marine.

Everything in bootcanp has a purpose

I failed this shit because my rifle smelt like CLP lmao

Great job, thank you First Sergeant, Oorah!

Marine Alphas are the best looking imo

I loved the service alpha uniforms

I like how there wearing there alphas not there dress blues honestly

Want to see an inspection? Watch the Gardens of Stone. Best inspection in any movie, James Earl Jones playing the Battalion Command Sergeant Major…. one of the best war movies out there….

Thank you for your service

This is a really well made video. Bravo Zulu

How do you not get expert when you qualify with a damn ACOG?

Who’s smart enough to explain the psychology of why the military cares so much about the uniform? Honestly in my mind, it’s a way to instil to their subordinates that they must submit to their commanders. That’s why the battalion commanders inspection is such privy to them that passing it would allow them deeper into the process.

I’m going to be a marine one day.

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down

00:49 why they movin so much???

I remember that like it was yesterday.

In the early 90s when I was in the MC there were ZERO WM'S Overseeing MALE RECRUITS

We were inspected with weapons. Why are they not doing inspection arms? Seems like a big part of being a Marine is taking care of your rifle, and learning the manual of arms.

Semper Fi, Marines!! Oooorah!!

lol...this is so the New Corps. When I went thru Parris Island in '75 the day before graduation (after Final inspection on the parade grounds) our DI's came in and told us our Battalion Commander wanted to speak to us and that we should form a school circle. Our Battalion Commander was a big mean grizzled looking man that even our DI's were scared of. I heard them whispering once that he had been at Chosin Reservoir and had been busted once for hitting another officer. He was a very intimidating man and the hardest Marine I ever met. We are all in a school circle and the B.C. walks in and starts talking to us and a recruit coughed (we had a bug sweep through our platoon, that thankfully I avoided, but a few recruits still had a cough), the B.C. stopped speaking and when the recruit was done coughing he started to speak again and another recruit coughed. The B.C. stopped again and then said "if one more of you mother fuckers cough while I am talking I will personally take you all outside and PT you to death myself"...with that we gave the offenders the death stare and thank God the MF'ers did not cough. As to our B.C. speech? It was short and sweet, he said "You are not real Marines, you are only basically trained Marines. You won't be real Marines until you sneak up behind the enemy, grab his face with one hand and slit his throat with the other and feel his warm red blood run down your arm". Parris Island, 3rd Battalion, H company, Platoon 329, the summer of '75.

My Drill Sergeants all looked up to me and the BC came to me and looked up to me too.

TOP FRANKLIN, may i say, OUTSTANDING WORK.

That WM ..is squared away big time luvin her

I can’t believe all those expert marksmanship badges. I wonder how they would do with iron sights on a M-14?

Bro we had less than a week to prepare for the battalion commander inspection from the company commander inspection.

I graduated in 1975, and was only male insreuctors, I hope with this change, Marines get to perform everything equaly..one of my Sgt Mayors was a female, and she never finish the runs, as most of female Marines did..she always fade back to the trucks that pick up the Marines in the back..I hope we do not have to see that..and see how male marines have to carry the female Marines packs and rifles..I hope this change shows equality..

CG Junk on tbe Bunk / Wall locker inspection was always a pain in the ass.too many changes resulting on trips to cash sales.

I just noticed everyone shot Expert.... holy shit, I guess no more Iron sights.

This was my cycle alpha company plt 1020 April 7 2017

I see a lot of expert badges….Acog..

Fit of the uniform. On parade in best uniform for the first time , inspecting officer noted recruits jacket fitted across the shoulders ,but hung loose around the waist . Does any thing fit you? Yes sir! What?? My blankets!!

Times have changed Didn't have WMs in Inspection

I had 1stSgt Franklin when I went through PI way back when and she was intimidating, I rarely saw her being a male but I always feared her lol

I'm never going to lose the sense of irony at having a zero inspect me when I was out in the fleet. The most unsat-looking Marines in formation were always the officers. You'd think they would teach officers how to wear a uniform at Quantico. The only exception was mustangs. Of course they know how to wear a uniform, march, etc. If the Marines really wants to do it right, they would require every officer to finish a tour enlisted first. Never gonna happen, but it would be righteous. Esprit de corps would be through the roof.

Ah, uniform maintenance.

What I see is an older former-Marine's true nightmare... Recruits wobbling all over the place on line during an inspection, WMs in men's uniforms, and with campaign covers, I could go on. Don't get me wrong. I was never discriminatory with WMs; with the exception of combat arms MOS. If you're going to fight, Goddam it, your going to be held to the same exact physical requirements!

We did our out on the drill field. PI, 1966

GOD BLESS ALL OF OUR TROOPS AND VETERANS

Semper Fi, Capt. USMC 0302 last name Peatross

LOVE the music in the background. I can't remember where it's from exactly, but it is available in the youtube video "When Fate Decides Movie Trailer Proposal" starring Kendra...............