MCT Questions

[skippa]

Hey I just graduated boot camp and was wondering are we allowed to bring an extra ditty bag to MCT? I've been told we can bring packaged food to MCT and was wondering if we're allowed another bag. Also are we allowed to wear black padded socks or do they have to be coyote brown?

[USMC 2571]

Congratulations. PM josephd and munkyvsrobot if they don't happen to wander in here---they'll have some answers.

[josephd]

I wouldn't bring any food, you can't have in the squad bay.

As far as socks go, as long as they are "tactical" colors(black, brown, tan, green) you'll be fine.

I wouldn't suggest bringing anything that cannot fit inside of 2 seabags and your warbag/ditty bag/whatever they call it now. You won't have room for anything more inside your wall locker.

[Schindig28]

I Went to ITB not MCT but when I went they didn't let me have any bags other than the bags I got in boot camp(2 sea bags, war bag, and garment bag) although once there (not me) but other people in my platoon bought new luggage. But as for check-in just stick with the stuff you got! for food they don't allow it in the squad bays and if you got mailed food you had to go out side and eat it or give it to the combat instructors until you had some libo time depending on which instructor was giving mail out that night! good luck devil and semper fi!!!!

[mexbearlll]

Congratulations and good luck Marine !

[LCPL1341]

When I got to MCT they did the following: Dumped my seabags, and told me to place all the items essential to training (at MCT) in one seabag and everything else in the other seabag. The essential...

[josephd]

unless this is standard SOP across all of MCT now, each Co. may be different because I never had to dump anything, kept everything with me, and got to keep my cell with me(other Marines got to keep...

[MunkyVsRobot]

what the hell do you need another bag for? you wont have time for that crap, and dont worry about packaged food youre not allowed to have it. If all you are concerned about is chow you can get fat an nasty on MRE's and youll get a field mess every other week or so.

As it pertains to socks you can buy them at the MCX assuming you get there early enough.

[LCPL1341]

I was Hotel Co. at Geiger in 2013. It may have changed.