Now you know to that they would have to again separate the women like it used to be!

@@JeepWrangler1957 same here. The values learned in the Corps stays with you forever.

I joined the army when I was 17, went to Nam when I was 18 & came back when I was 20. 50 years later I still do PT/exercise every day.

I didn't get there til' 1981, and almost went back as a DI to pick up SSGT! Semper Fi!🇺🇲

What were u taught that u still use today?

@@bradmarkell12167 To easily answer that question, EVERYTHING that the Corps instilled which starting with my DI's of which I had four SSGT's and three of them fought in Vietnam. Marines like myself are the last of those who trained to their standards that I now watch disappear then told as fellow Maines we should accept change. This co-ed summer camp integrated politically "woke" Marine Corps will prove to be flat out useless if this sh*t isn't stopped cold. Based on today's standards, men will be allowed to wear drag make up and surgically join the newly adopted women at San Diego, and the women will be allowed to take their no longer needed parts to become men for their "identity reassignment" then BOTH will be allowed to protest if their freakin' "pronouns" aren't properly respected. My career in the Corps has been unforgettable almost unexplainably rewarding and from what I see taking place today in America itself as well as the Corps, I am so very glad of that. Survival of the fittest isn't a standard anymore. Acceptance of weakness is now tolerated and simply adapted to. Good luck. This country will DEFINITELY need it. Semper Fi.🇺🇲

I saw something written about this movie a week ago that called it "campy." Imo, the only reason people say things like that about this movie is because there's no foul language or sex.

@@teller1290 Touche' (smile)

When i was drafted in early 1968, having been sworn in,and still at the induction center waiting for transportation to basic training,the Marines came over and pulled 4 for the Corp, leaving the rest of us relieved not to have been picked. Seeing how the government has devolved to socialism, treating illegals better than the citizens, including veterans, i’d never serve in this army today.

@@xxxxxx-tq4mw Semper-Fi, Mac'

@@xxxxxx-tq4mw It gets even better: The DoD is now screwing reservists out of their earned retirement by actually making us apply for it, instead of us just getting checks cut from DFAS. With sending a page length of instructions that are poorly written and conflicting, along with hardly any other communication (other than a rare "DO NOT REPLY" email), they're not even trying to ensure that we get our retirements. There have to be some incapacitated individuals out there who are falling through the cracks. I guess that's just what this broke-a$$ gov't wants these days.

What about Jack Webb? A long time ago on wiki I read where Jack Webb is a Marine, but they don't say anything about that now. He had to have been in the Corps to play such an outstanding role. That is how boot camp was when I was in there with a few differences because I was a Hollywood Marine from MCRD San Diego. For my fellow Marines, I have a cousin buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery. His name was Cpl Richard Losey I think his middle name was David. He was sometimes a point man in Korea carrying a B.A.R. He froze his legs at the Chosin Reservoir. I love the sound of a B.A.R. In the TV Show Combat I recorded Kerby firing his B.A.R. and I made it a ring tone but with all the shootings I decided not to use it anymore. So in the movie Enter the Dragon where Hawn says "Bolo" and Bolo says 'AH' I have the Bolo and AH both as a ringtone. Also my cousin Richard was also in WWII. If you like the Military, I'm reading an outstanding book by General Omar Nelson Bradley. The title is "A Soldiers Story." When I finish reading it I will read the book, Beetle - The Life of General Walter Beetle Smith. I have the movie 'To Hell and Back' on VHS. At the beginning General Smith gives an honorable discourse on Major Audie Leon Murphy. We need to put the values of the WWII Military back into our lifestyle and every political party on this coming ballot. I was using A.I. a few days ago. And I asked it who was the most decorated person in the military and it wrote me back, United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone. I knew who he was because they taught us about him in Boot Camp and he's in the guidebook. I mean I'm a Marine but I was raised on Audie Murphy since I was a teenager watching the late shows in the summer and eating bologna sandwiches. So I asked that A.I. program again "What about Audie Murphy?" And it wrote back something to the affect, "Yes Audie Murphy is the most decorated person in the history of the USA. I wish my dad was still alive. From 1946-48 he was in Military Government in Japan in the Army. Then in the reserves for 9 years in Intelligence. I learned in this book that there are four designations for intelligence G-1, G-2, G-3 and G-4. He was discharged what would be an E-7 Sgt. He had three BALD brothers. They were all at the Battle of the Bulge all earned a Bronze Star and one was later the SgtMajor of Campo George West here in Golden, Colorado. I have all kinds of family on both my mom's side and my dad's side that were in the Military. I know I have family that was in the Revolutionary War and also a relative that signed either the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. I think his name was Elray or Elron or sometime thing like that. I have a great, great uncle that fought on both the North and the South in the Civil War and he was in Andersonville. That is a story in itself because he was a French Canadian and not even an American.

@@AmericanIsraeliJew Impressive and very informative. You should be extremely proud of your ancestors.

"CASTO! Get up out of that HOLE!"

Interesting info, thanks for the update.

@brandtbecker1810 Every one of the 'recruits' (boots), in Sgt. Moore's Squad, were 'real' on duty Marines. The assorted humorous bits in "The D.I.", were "The Corps", poking themselves in the funny bone. During the infamous nighttime search for the poor li'l ol' Sand flea, that Pvt. Owen's 'murdered'; Sgt. Moore, takes the time to 'chew' on his 'other' project, one Pvt. Casto! When Pvt. Casto, is asked why he joined the Marines, he simply replied, "because, The Navy wouldn't take me Sir!"

2:54 - I'm not a marine but I can't see a DI telling someone directly they aren't going to make it. The thing is, that person did make and was a marine or wouldn't have been in the movie. Thanks for your service.

Same here. Left home at 17, joined the Corps and never looked back. Semper Fi

I am Polish and my wife was born and raised in Poland...yes it means how are you.

@@curtc2194 Is the phrase universal in Eastern Europe?

@@curtc2194 What would be the correct response?

FULL METAL JACKET ! ❤

I remember that movie from my youth. A classic!

You were graduating as I was showing up...9/19/74...Plt 2105...

@@paulwatters9225 Yep, I graduated 9/25/74, platoon 2068.

So how much was the movie like MCRD San Diego?

@@kenfrank2730 It might have been like the 50's. My boot camp experience was like Full Metal Jacket.

Yeah, he was good to go coming into the program. The key to good teachers / trainers etc. is to make sure they are all good to go on the way out. I liked how the DI found something good that each recruit could develop, and which buttons to push for the different personalities. I love the kid Kennedy with the high voice - as the saying goes 'he didn't know what he didn't know'. As the movie went on, they were all alright. :D

"Hit the spot, baby!" LOL

That's because he was pry an actual Marine

@@SuperColonel91 they were all part of a jr DI training platoon, I believe. Amazing to think the "kennedy" guy was in that status but one could be 20-21 and be in training for such a position.

@@SuperColonel91 More than that: the Marine who potrayed Recruit Rodriguez was a Drill Instructor himself as well.

...Thee ORIGINAL Gunny Hartman!!!

Flying an aircraft--especially a high performance aircraft--is not an easy skill. Many potential pilots washed out or died in flight training.

Yes, it saves lives in combat. I could never have survived the training BAMs go through today. I was a WAVE in 1972, and the training was nothing in comparison to the combat training the women endure today. I was 5'3" and weighted 102 lbs., so it would have been impossible for me to lift/carried a 6 ft., 160lb man. Sorry, I KNOW such opinions are unwelcomed today, but that is my experience. I was detached to the Army and sent to Nam. Served at the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon (corpsman/OR tech). I patched up a lot of you grunts! Army, too. You are the best. Always my heroes!

" I had to say "The Private" Like this: The Private" As opposed to THIS Private. It's ok, not everybody has had a simple kindergarten education.

@@armybeef68 I was in Plt 2117, Co G, 2RTR, MCRD SD start date 731203. We also had to refer to ourselves as ''the Private.'' and avoid the use of first and second person pronouns.. I think the movie-going public would have been confused by that level of brainwashing, so standard English was used.

HA !! I shipped out of RS Denver myself..

a run I remember well was at Airborne School in April 1984. We ran everywhere, and we did platoon runs. If you dropped out more than once you were immediately kicked out. I was in the front rank and the Black Hats started running and running and running. I don't remember how far we ran but it was a good distance. The pace did not slow down. The lead instructor (Black Hat) picked up the pace. And we ran farther then he really picked up the pace. I was in good shape and I was a fairly good runner so I didn't have a hard time keeping up. Then he picked up the pace again. It was starting to get tough now. I was at the front so I couldn't see how many dropped out. Then he picked up the pace again. Now we were really running fast. He was running us at a much faster pace and farther than we normally ran. I was having trouble keeping up but I was determined not to fall behind. It was getting hard to breathe and I was still up front. We ran even farther and I was getting worried I wasn't going to make it. He wanted to see what we were made of and most of us passed. Then he slowed us down and let the stragglers catch up. The formation was strung out and a few dropped out of the run.

@@sjb3460 That might have been the run up "Heartbreak Hill" just before you get to Lawson Army Airfield. That was a tough run in 1980. "Airborne, Airborne where've you been? Downtown Columbus drinking gin. Watcha gonna do when you get back? Run five miles on the Airborne track." Airborne all the way!

Did he transfer to the army and make O-6? Hmm.

What wrong with beans?as long as they're not cooked with any sugars.

In other words: “don’t eat any food during your entire time in boot camp.”

"Diet Private" MCRD San Diego, CA Chow Hall Mess Duty Marine Recruits: "STAY MOTIVATED, Private, STAY MOTIVATED!"

@@charleshammer2928 high in calories.

Please tell us about him?

Hi Molly! Please tell us about you Dad.

Just follow that diet plan. You’ll lose weight

whole milk won't make you fat though

Sugar and bread don’t make u fat. Sitting all day watching TV and driving everywhere will. There’s a guy on KZfaq who ate only potatoes for 1 yr and lost 115lbs.

No you didn't if you were a recruit

​​@@roaddog7793​@roaddog7793 EVERY Sunday morning it was shown on ETV. If you didnt go to chapel, you stayed in the squadbay and studied your knowledge or squared away your uniforms. Plt 2080 Co D Parris Island SC 1985. Next time, know what youre talking about

IIRC PVT Kennedy was actually the highest-ranking one of them all at E-5!

House Mouse MCRD San Diego, CA 3rd Recruit Training Battalion RTB Kilo Company Platoon 3008 01/12/1983 to 04/01/1983. Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant GYSGT Gerald A. Gordon D.I. Staff Sergeant SSGT Larry Ray L.R. Algien Native American Vietnam War Combat RECON Marine. D.I. Staff Sergeant SSGT Keith Bland D.I. Sergeant SGT Shawn Kennedy S.K. Summers from New York City.

Jack Webb was a good guy. The guy that played Owens was in some Dragnet Episodes as was His mother.

The U.S.M.C. Will yield for Moms. At MCRD San Diego CA 01121983 to 04011983 3rd Recruit Training Battalion Kilo Company Platoons 3005 3006 3007 and mine 3008 During Grunt Week Training Early March, 1983. at MCB Camp Pendleton San Onofre where Infantry Training School was located. We humped up a hill the First Day for a Training Lecture. It starting Raining Monsoon weather the Entire Week. We humped back to our Barracks and our D.I.s told us that They Did not want to have to deal with "The Mothers of America." We trained in the Squad Bay and slept in our sleeping bags on the Deck. The rain stop on our last day so then we humped another hill for a Training session. The next day we went back to MCRD San Diego, CA to finish our Third Phase Boot Camp training to graduate on Friday, April 1st 1983. So we never got a chance to Hump Mount Mother until those of us who were open contract Enlistments were assigned the M.O S. 0300 reported back to I.T.S. Grunt School on 04/16/1983. Once I got to my First Duty Station Marine Barracks Guam Marianas Island we had cool light green Marine from down Home The South one of the Carolina states Lance Corporal LCPL Charles Gregory McKinney. Now he had been in the Corps for over 8 months and had not called or wrote his mother. Our Commanding Officer Colonel Justus Karl Miller (1935 to 2016) and Sergeant Major James H. Ables had gotten a call from The Red Cross about LCPL McKinney's Mom not hearing from him. They had our Guard Company 2nd Platoon Commander First LIeutenant David T. Liepold and Platoon Sergeant Staff Sergeant SSGT Simmie F. Jackson, Jr. Bring him to the Colonel's office and made him call his Mom. They jumped on him verbally and we all got the lecture -- do not have your mothers needng to call the U.S.M.C. to get in touch with you because of some family disagreement. I made sure to have a $100.00 a month Alottment sent to my Mom until I got my Honorable Discharge so she would not call on me.

@@marcusjustice6165 I hope your Mom saved it for you.

@@MARYREED-nh7gb Well Thank You very much for the thought but that was not the way that turned out. Far be it for any child to criticize the failings of their parents but needless to say I did what I had to do in looking out for my mother until she went to sleep in death in 2004.

@@marcusjustice6165 So sorry for the death of your Mom. My folks are gone too, and I supported them ($$) and two nephews. (Their Mom died at a young age of breast cancer.) You were raised right. I guess we both were, come to think of it. I hope you will write down more of your experiences. Too many of "the guys" think that their experiences have little meaning, but I find them very enjoyable, and I really think many other people do as well. Besides, I have learned so much from all the different experiences. Blessings to you and your family.

William Smith was not a Marine.

You have to check the resemblance they look almost alike the facial features

I love William Smith

That’s a story for another day.

If it was spelled right it would be a movie about the Navy.

@@zachmartin1458 ouch!

@@zachmartin1458 ouch!

At the time a Gunnery Sergeant had been renamed as Technical Sergeant, which was then later changed again to Staff Sergeant, and Gunnery Sergeant became an E-7.

It's a football reference to the quarterback sneak that usually gains one to two yards to cross the goal line.

@@FIREBRAND38 how does it relate to USMC boot camp then?

The before picture and the 58 lbs lighter “after” picture. Are you squared away now, you got the vision? Alright, get back to the squad bay!

@@jeffmcconnell8446 haha! Yeh, I had a -30lbs "after."

Advertisements for muscle building courses in old comic books always had "before" and "after" pictures.

@@daveconleyportfolio5192 that's great! You've reminded me of my late dad's OLD ('40s, '50s) college football magazines and the muscle building ads!! Charles Atlas!

I had a 35 pound after!!! Boot Camp was NO JOKE!!! I am definitely better for it though. The Marine Corps changed my life!!

They would, depending on if they needed you or not. Right now, they do need recruits across the board. So, they will take you into basic and try to get the weight off. I have seen some active-duty female personnel, and I couldn't believe how overweight they were. And I am referring to officers. I didn't know they made uniforms that big! Yes, I know I will get burned for my comment. And yes, I am a female.

Maybe, but Al Qaeda, bin Laden are stains on history. We broke the back of international jihadism and the Taliban are a shadow of what they were. Besides, Biden gave it away probably at the request of China. You see, large lithium reserves are there.

The Marines did NOT lose Afghanistan. BIDEN lost Afghanistan.

That was not the fault of the USMC. That was apolitical call.

I recommend Capt. Eliot Ackerman's account of the Battle of Fallujah. He explains in plain terms that we won the war on terrorism but failed at nation building in Afghanistan. Having said all that we had the Taliban subdued until Biden made a deal with someone, probably China to pull out in the most ridiculous, catastrophic fashion. He left billions in gear, got a lot of our troops killed and abandoned our friends who helped us while we were there.

@@MARYREED-nh7gb So was Vietnam. We win the battles and the politicians sell us out.

Ahh, please site the source. I am calling it attribution error. There is NOTHING from DOD with regards to rates higher than the civilian life. Was the comparison made to law enforcement? Teachers? Farmers? Army? Please qualify the source.