Dear Recruits or Future Recruits: Thanks for signing up! You ladies have my total respect! I admire you! Sending you my love, from Delaware. All or nothing!

Does nobody here realize that physically and biologically, men are built to be able to do more with their muscle. We are designed differently, hence, there are different standards for male and female. While all females should strive for the male PT standards, the standards set for us are equally as challenging. They take into account the biological differences and push us to the same limits that they push the men to. Marines, male or female, are marines. The people on here saying that female marines are less than the men because they can't meet the men PT standards are probably bored civilians who have nothing better to do than to criticize the people who devote their lives to protecting our country so that ignorant people can sit on their asses and harass female marines. Simple as that

Before you decide to post a hate comment about women serving the the USMC or any other branch, think about how many women have died fighting for their country, both gender deserve equal respect, they both fought and died for their country.

8:32 "It's a miracle. You're all healed." One of my favorite phrases during training. Time to get up. No more getting dragged through the mud, gravel, poison ivy or snow. At least for a few minutes until the next ambush.

The Marine Corps has the best uniforms out of any branch of service. I’m not a Marine btw I’m a soldier. Love the tapered look

Male or Female? All I see is people serving their country.

In 1967 i was a young kid in College attending Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Quantico, VA. It's a long story but I decided to join the Marine Corps rather than be drafted into the Army. I was in excellent shape. I could run 5 miles without breathing hard. i could do 60 pushups, etc. I figured I could breeze through the physical fitness and academics of OCS. Boy was I wrong. I wasn't prepared for the constant mental and physical stresses the Marine Corps demanded. I learned to dig down deep to where I didn't think I could go any further and did. Running 5 miles in running shoes isn't like running 5 miles in boots and combat gear. Doing 60 push ups while fresh isn't like trying to do 40 when exhausted. My OCS class began with 50 candidates and we graduated with less than 25. And this was at the height of the Vietnam War where the Marine Corps needed every officer possible. OCS was a lot like Boot Camp back then except the criteria for graduating was very different. Not only did we have the same physical fitness and harassment as the enlisted in Boot Camp, but our Drill Instructors (DI) were not encouraged to try to graduate as many as possible. Instead, the primary criteria in addition to making it through the physical and mental harassment was whether or not they wanted us to lead them into combat. If not, you were dropped from the program. If they felt they would follow you in combat, then you graduated as long as you made it through the physical and mental stress as well. The primary emphasis was on our ability to lead under extreme pressure. As an example when I went through OCS, there was an exercise called the Speed March Reaction Course. The idea is that one of the OCS candidates was to lead a 4 man team over a course through the woods and terrain with full combat equipment at a run to an opening where there was a challenge we had to complete within 10 minutes. I remember the first challenge was a large ditch filled with water with a telephone pole on either side. There was 100 feet of rope and five 55 gallon drums. The challenge was to get all 4 members of the team across the ditch without getting wet. We failed. Another member of the team was designated the leader to the next challenge. Every time we failed, our DI was yell how we were disgracing him with the other DI's because we were so inept. We failed every challenge and we felt like total crap for failing and the DI let us know we were total crap. It wasn't until graduation that we were told that no one had ever completed any of the challenges on the Speed March Reaction Course because it was designed to be impossible to succeed. It's purpose was to determine how aggressive each team leader was in trying to complete the impossible. It was a lesson I've never forgotten. No matter what obstacles I faced in the future, I was driven to never give up solving the problems. While I served in the Marine Corps as an infantry officer for 21 years with 3 years in combat, I never felt there was a time where I would have to give up. I was given what I felt were impossible assignments and completed them, two with the highest non-combat awards for superior service. I arrived at OCS, Quantico VA as a naive college kid and graduated as a confident Marine that served me well in Vietnam 1969 as a Marine platoon commander. Marine OCS and Boot Camp today are more difficult than when I went through in 1967 which is the way it should be because combat is more challenging that any training you will ever receive and the more intense the training, the better your chances of survival will be in combat, but no amount of training with being in the wrong place at the wrong time will save you. It's just how war is. Bullets don't care how well trained your are. I'm not a fan of females being in combat units, but Israel has made it work so there is hope that our services will find a way to make it work as well.

My younger brother graduated from basic just four days ago. He was a distinguished graduate as he achieved the high shooter award. Best score out of 340+ new Marines. I can't express the overwhelming pride that overtook me to see him in his newfound confidence and strength. I personally was getting ready to ship off to the Navy about four years ago but family issues persuaded me to drop out before going to basic. However I'm consumed with the thought of following in my younger brother's footsteps and my male cousins into the Semper Fi legacy.

TOTAL RESPECT. Especially for the female instructors which have everything: DISCIPLINE, PHYSICAL BEAUTY, COURAGE...

The fact that most of these girls have sacrificed 4 years of their early adult lives to serve our country, no matter the politics of it all, is amazing. We should be more than proud that they’ve endured all of this for 4 years if not more! i personally couldn’t last 5 minutes! Thank you marines (and all military) for the sacrifice you’ve made, the time you have given this country, the life you set aside to do this and the blood sweat and tears the military cost you. Thank you for paying a price you didn’t have to pay. Thank you for the goodbyes you didn’t have to say. I hope that if nothing else, you always feel appreciated. God bless you.

I think the defensive guys in these comments are directing their spite at the female marines literally dying for our freedom rather than the people who direct the Marine Corps. If you have a problem with the quota for women, take it up to them, instead of being butt hurt and attacking female marines. If anything, female sergeants are way stricter than male sergeants. Female marines have to measure up and are expected to surpass their male counterparts in terms discipline and respect. You can say whatever you want, it’s your freedom of speech. Just try not to look like a complete jack off in the comments.

We used to use cigarette butts for ear plugs in the old days, LOL

lol this comment section is rich, everyone is arguing about what's in their pants!! lmao!!

Retired 0369MSgt here (1964-85). I really enjoyed watching these Marine Recruits and their Drill Instructors. Why? Because I remember how it was before anyone of them were born. My point is our Marine Corps has come a damn long way since I trained women Marines at NCO School and OCS at Quantico (1976-77). As a 0369 with 14 years in the Fleet I saw these changes coming, and I encourage most of it. After Nam, I encouraged more Close Combat training. Our 8 hours back then was ok until we hit the sh+t in Nam and it went bayonets, E-Tools, helmets, rocks, etc. We have to fight to survive!! I still carry a 3 inch surprise today. I love the Marine Corps infantry! Our female battle buddies roll with "hard ankles" today in combat. We go out as One, we return as One. No one is left behind. This video shows how that "accordion formation" has to stay closed up. I would challenge any key pad pounders talking bs to get on the "mat" with any of these hard chargers. In 1970, I met a WM with a Vietnam Service ribbon. One of my SSgt on Recruiting had a daughter who rolled with the Seals in Iraq. Her "favorite weapon" was a SAW. Semper Fidelis Marines!

My husband is a former recon Marine, 2000-2007. He said that technically some of the best marksmen and sharpshooters he encountered in the Corps were women. Of course this was on a range and not in combat. Do women possess the fortitude to kill or does our maternal biology prevent us from being effective in combat? My husband argues that even his fellow Marines with wives and kids seemed less willing to jump the gun, hesitated and got themselves hurt or killed because their heads were elsewhere. I think all humans have the fortitude to navigate the rage of war and tap into their most primal instincts, I've seen women who were/are Marine Corps material. I'm sure amongst this bunch there are warriors.

Getting a chance to be the “casualty” was much coveted as it allowed for the sweetest rest, even if just for a couple of minutes 😂

Lots of love !!!! 👍 well done make your family proud .

Nothing but respect for all men and women who serve

Entire family has gone through Parris island.

i met the drill instrustor at 1:00 on a field trip to parris island lol he was a very..... "Motivating" DI

i wana join now but i srsly would rather stay at home eating doritos ,god im lazy XDDDDD

I met a USMC female veteran who did 3 tours in Iraq, if I had to fight with anyone I would choose her over many so called men. She had a good spirit de corps and the spirit of a lion. Genders neutral in warfare It's the fighting spirit that counts.

Oh it's a miracle you're all healed, killed me

why are their training videos far more entertaining than all the other branches?

These women are about 10000% tougher than the girls I saw in Navy boot camp. lol

Im kind of an old school brat and I dont want to have to have our women serving in front line combat. However, if the really want this and the are in 100% I couldnt stop anyone from wanting to serve their country. I WOULDNT want to. I hope then that the women give em hell.

Do you know many guys I saw who were held back for being to out of shape or not being able to swim? We're just as much a marine as anyone else. Also, before you rag on us, don't say that "I support our troops". That's only a slogan so join up and prove it!

They tried this in Australia but I beleive it was scrapped after only 15 girls passed the infantry training out of an original 150.

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I think that the fitness standard for women was fine. Obviously women aren't built like them, so you make the standards according to their body. But now that women can be in combat roles, I think future females should have to meet the males' standards. And I'm planning on enlisting in the Corps.

Damn, I used iron sights on the range. Times have improved.

The irony is, the advert that came up was an ad for Royal marine commandos.

Lmao...looking at the comments posted, typical remarks from some males...I put it to those who have stated such comments, I bet these women could run twice the distance you could, their endurance, stamina etc will be stronger than yours...Of those that have commented in a typical draconian fashion, how many have actually served in the forces, or are just closet mama goons who like to play Ps4 games, and brag about how tough they are if people were to attack, and be in the first to run back to mama when the fighting got tough...Least these women are up their for their country, so you all can live and play your Ps4 consoles in peace...Give them a break. For the record, i am UK and have served my time in the Armed Forces.

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Some recruits are firing M16s while others have M4 carbines. How is this determined? Are the weapons issued at random at the start of training? I cannot picture the recruits being allowed to select the type of rifle they wish to carry. .

What I am curious to know, is given that a typical bergen (or pack you might call it in the USA) weighs about 60lbs then you add to that a rifle and ammunition and you're talking almost a typical females bodyweight in gear alone. More for specialised roles. How does that work exactly? Does anyone have a serious answer? I cant see how anyone could be expected to march long distance, let alone run about in combat with their own bodyweight equivalent on their person, it would be impossible, surely?

Although it is true that the strongest female will never be as strong as the strongest male. it does not mean that a female who’s fit and has the motivation, determination, and dedication can’t thrive and go above and beyond her male counterparts, unless every male marine who can pass the basic levels of fitness are automatically superior. Yes I get that the fitness standards are different but any self respecting women should strive to, and exceed the “basic” standards of the male cadets. In the videos I’ve seen of female recruits I am appalled at the lack of motivation of the female recruits and the drill instructors... change this shit

Good for these women! Go!

5:30 That has to be the first time - of all the military videos I've watched - where a modern US soldier/Marine actually used the slits in the helmet cover. Fucking finally.

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Outstanding

Ahhh memories. Looks like it hasn't changed since I went through in 01.Good Luck

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What are the requirements to be in the military? I know you have to be fit but what else?

Random question, why do the men in the marines have to shave their heads in before boot camp but the women don't?

When they reduced the amount of PT required so that "women do the same as men" did it reduce effectiveness as well? I'm afraid so

I leave for MCRD PI next week.

What ever happened to “speed and intensity” and how about yelling? That last part of the crucible I don’t think i ever spoke and soft as these recruits and I don’t think I ever moved that slow. It looks like there walking in the park. Also thank you for your service.

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As much as I love watching this, it seems the chinese and even the Thai women have them beat. They go through much more, but they don't have the "Murican Spirit" 😏

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How many breaks did they take

I leave January 29

ACOG's in bootcamp hah, who the hell is making these policies. Also.. why are some shooting with a collapsible stock???

Maybe in my next life I can join. :-( I had major anxiety when I was a teenager. There was no way I would have handled this. Now that I feel like mentally I could, I'm too old to join. :-(

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No disrespect, but for equality shouldn't women get their heads shaved as well? Serious question, what makes them from doing so? Because their training is actually different in some aspects.

I don't think I saw one trainee or one instructor smile in the whole video. Training is meant to be fun as well as hard. The weapon handling seemed good and firing positions fine also the rifle 'hold' and shot release during firing seemed confident. However there seemed to be no competition between recruits in what they did? I don't know but, feel that the whole events were toned down? maybe so, maybe not? I only know that as a male recruit (British Infantry) we went ' Hell for leather' and were pushed to the very ultimate limit, and were certainly better soldiers for it. I enjoyed this video and only wish I was that age again so I could do it all again: definitely! but not as a female of course:)

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East Coast Marines talk about "sand fleas" and I'm all like. "Dude, you went where the females go"

The training methods of the USMC are just bizarre. How many times a day do recruits robotically shout out 'aye, aye sir!' and 'yes, sir!' ? The UK Royal Marines produce a far superior Marine without the drama and from instructors who don't try to be smartasses. Check out 'Commando on the front line', particularly episode 1.

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I didn't know they use scopes at the range now.

Ah man at least they still had their hair 😭

I think it’s just the editing but this video is just so awkward and hard to watch

About 6 minutes in and I can tell you maybe 1-5 or them have a slim chance of getting combat rolls drinetly not front lines though

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This was my crucible. My platoon, my sisters, and my Marines. Ooo fucking RAH.

Where are these people now are they all still in military???

I leave in 48 days

never run with your weapon pointed at ground run with it up and pointed at where your eyes are at least looking if ya go into pron position where is that firearm pointed lol not at the ground i better shut up lol

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Do women go to war?

This amount of "screaming, sorry... instructing" is just fucking unnecessary. I have never understood USMC training methods/rituals. It's like: "Follow orders, follow orders!!!" Well that is all well, if you have a competent CO (backed by good NCO's), meaning: competent leaders are people to be taken serious. But don't you want a soldier thinking for themselves? A certain amount of drill is always important and necessary for a soldier. But the USMC overdoes it hardcore in basic training.

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Whats is this? children's summer camp?

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Seems to lack the urgency the men have...

This looks like an experiment more than training. I still give females props if they want to join the military.

my service was a long time ago but the most beautiful women going training next to us were the usmc women hats off to you then do not know about now seems like they pussyed it some mostly for the men

Now everyone can be an underpaid bullet sponge for corporate America. Lol.

Pull your feet at 11:55.

I can tell most of the gear is meant for men it looks funky on them. They should really start making more female stuff tbh

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I leave October 9th 🙃 fml. It will all be worth it though.

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Y’all need to chill. War don’t give two shits about gender. Male or female

16:15 the fucking cringe

The day a draft happens I’m kinda into the idea of woman being in it mainly because most of them wouldn’t even get past the first week of basic, yet again I doubt a draft will ever happen

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In the name of jesus christ amen.