Anybody know of any links.....

[PooleeWebber]

to any websites that have a lot of info about boot camp, besides the about.com article? Also, does anyone have any links to videos about boot camp? I'd like to have as much knowledge as possible before I leave for boot camp so I can be best prepared. If anyone knows of any good sites or links to good downloads, please let me know.

Thanks,

Poolee Webber

[Angel]

Rent Full Metal Jacket...

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by Angel
Rent Full Metal Jacket...

what does full metal jacket have to do with the Marine Corps?

Unless you know what you are talking about...
don't advice...

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The Making of a Marine

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Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
2000 Major Norman Hatch Award
"Best-Minidocumentary"

Witness the week by week training of Marine recruits. Shot on location at Marine Corps Recruit Depots Parris Island, SC and San Diego, CA. This video provides a fly-on-the-wall look at the toughest military training in the world. Marine Corps Boot Camp
(time approximately 50 minutes).




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The Crucible: The New, The Proud!


"The Crucible: The New, The Proud"
The toughest military training in the world just got tougher. This 54 hour trial by fire is boot camp's defining moment.

Designed to test recruits to the limit both physically and mentally, it also drives home the core values of honor, courage, and commitment.

Witness for yourself this final rite of passage in becoming a Marine.

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Better yet, just wait till you get there.. no video can help you...

what you think you know will only get in the way of becoming a Marine

[PooleeWebber]

Heh....Angel, Full Metal Jacket's version of bootcamp is completely different from what actually goes on today. I know ya didn't mean any harm, but if I were you I would not judge any branch of the service, let alone the Marine Corps, by what you see in some hollywood movie.

Thanks for trying to be helpful though.

[HardJedi]

only similarites between that movie and real life is that there are some pretty funny moments in both. Don't get me wrong though, just cause something makes you laugh at times doesn't make it easy.

[PooleeWebber]

Thank you SparrowHawk.

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by PooleeWebber
Thank you SparrowHawk.

Pre view both videos (http://www.leatherneckguide.com/mall/videos.html)

[Angel]

:\ sorry.. heard from some fellow Marines that most of the story there is true.. didn't mean to offend..

[mrbsox]

Originally posted by Angel
:\ sorry.. heard from some fellow Marines that most of the story there is true.. didn't mean to offend..

"FELLOW MARINES" ????

Where did YOU come across FELLOW MARINES ??

Fellow Poolees, maybe, fellow wannabees, maybe.

Use caution as you tread on sacred ground. Some will over look your comments, some will admonish you.

Some will 'clean your clock' if you speak (type) with too much familiarity with OUR Corps. When (if) you earn the Eagle Globe and Anchor, you'll be a 'fellow'.

[Angel]

..Sorry again.. :(.. reword statement.. I heard from some of my Marines friend and family member that most of the things in Full Metal Jacket are true... I'm sorry didn't mean to offend anyone...

[mrbsox]

No offense taken here, if none was meant.

[Angel]

:) none was meant

[Lock-n-Load]

lolz.....:D

[thedrifter]

My humble opinion......I never remark on a Marine subject....I'm not a Marine....We as civilans do not understand the True Feeling of being a Marine..I am here to Learn.....I might have been married to a Marine for over 26 years....and learned about the Marine Corps...but..I will show the Respect to the Marines for their Dedication...for giving us Our Freedom...

PooleeWebber

What my Husband always said was, It has to Be In Your Heart and Soul


The Drifter's Wife

Ellie

[Angel]

Thanks Ellie if I may call you Ellie,
I'll take more caution next time..

[jryanjack]

I personally felt that parts of the boot camp segment were reminiscent of boot camp - but on the whole it was not an accurate representation of when I earned the title - 1986. I can't speak for how accurate it was to 1960's boot camp or to Nam - I wasn't there.

I have seen the documentaries that Sparrowhawk posted and they are a better approimxation. However, as others have said, no video, book, or personal recount can prepare you completely for boot camp.

[Namvet67]

I agree with Sparrowhawk...You can prepare physically but not mentally...The Corps will teach you all you need to know when you get there.

[vision836]

It was a easier to deal with the Drill Instructors than with my dad. LOL!!

[garryh123]

No sh*t! My Father was a lifer.....3 tour Nam Vet.....P.I. was like a vacation! LOL

[Echo_Four_Bravo]

Angel, don't feel too bad, I would have said the same thing to him. While the violence towards recruits is no longer acceptable, and is avoided for the most part, some scenes were pretty close. The O course and confidence course scenes were good, although two recruits would never be left alone on the "stairway to heaven." The drill scenes were decent. And R. Lee Ermey was pretty danged good... only a Marine could have pulled it off that well. Of course, it is a movie, but for a work of fiction, it isn't all bad.

Now, more to the point. No amount of preparation can leave you prepared for Recruit Training. It is something you have to experience. You can't read about it, or watch a movie of it, and understand what its like to have a DI on your back from sun up to sun down. The feeling that it will go on and on forever can't be reconstructed in the pages of a book, no matter how well written. And when most of us went to boot camp, there was no such thing as the internet. We couldn't get on the computer and learn a tenth of a percent of what you see in one thread here. Now, take the time you would have spent watching a movie and go run. That will do more for you than any book could.