Do you stay with the people from your state?

[SavetheEwoks]

I was wondering if recruits are trained in groups consisting of people from the same state, or is everyone thoroughly mixed up upon arrival at boot camp? I only ask because I am from Denver where the air is considerably thinner than either location of the training sites. I feel this may give me an unfair advantage over my fellow recruits who did not have the opportunity to train in such conditions. This leads me to my next question. Are there any Denver-native MARINES that found PT easier in boot camp due to the difference in air thickness?

P.S.
I apologize in advance for any mistakes i may have made either in this post or in my bio section that i have overlooked.

[davblay]

The way I understand it, all incoming recruits are held at the recieving barracks until Black Friday, when they are given to the DIs. Everyday, when the bus arrives, the recruits are processed and placed on a list for incoming personell, when there is 75 or 80 names on the list they form a platoon, then the next 75-80 and so on, so usually where you came from is not inportant as to which platoon you will be in. It's just the luck of the draw and which bus you come in on!

However if a whole bus load is from your home state then yea, maybe so! Make sense?

[rvillac2]

There is a strong chance that you will be with whomever you travel with.

Unfair advantage? ha ha.
Being physically fit makes coping a bit easier and you'll score higher on PFT but that's it. You'll learn to live as a unit and your unit will be as strong as its weakest link.

[jrhd97]

Just about everyone on our bus to PI stayed together. Being that we were picked up from Charleston Airport(I think thats the right one) the crowd was all mixed up.

[JimmyK]

I'm from Cheyenne, WY which is about 90 miles north of you and a little higher in elevation. Personally I didn't find PT any easier there. Your there for almost a week before you even do your initial IST so, your body has some time to adjust to sea level. Some guys claimed they could tell a difference but, I didn't.

[bigalholmes165]

I'm from Cheyenne, WY which is about 90 miles north of you and a little higher in elevation. Personally I didn't find PT any easier there. Your there for almost a week before you even do your initial IST so, your body has some time to adjust to sea level. Some guys claimed they could tell a difference but, I didn't.

Jimmy, get your butt up Hwy 191 about 100 mile North of Rock Springs. 7,200' elevation.

I damm near drown when I get to sea level.

One thing about it, I can hit a golf ball farther here than down around I-10.

[Camper51]

Big Al, It sounds like you are from the Pinedale area, if I guessed right. I went in from Colorado Springs, Co and since it's around 7000 ft I am like you and feel like I am drowning at sea level, ha ha ha...

[JimmyK]

Jimmy, get your butt up Hwy 191 about 100 mile North of Rock Springs. 7,200' elevation.

I damm near drown when I get to sea level.

One thing about it, I can hit a golf ball farther here than down around I-10.


lol, actually the only time I have ever felt any kind of altitude adjustment was last spring when I took leave between graduating ATC school and reporting in here to Cherry Point. I was fine up until I had to walk from the baggage claim to my moms car. I had my 60lb seabag, probably 20lb in my backpack and a laptop case and all on my back. It was the weirdest feeling ever I could feel my lungs inflating but its like there wasn't any air there, lol. The whole thing was maybe 300 yards but it felt like I had sprinted there.

[bigalholmes165]

Big Al, It sounds like you are from the Pinedale area, if I guessed right. I went in from Colorado Springs, Co and since it's around 7000 ft I am like you and feel like I am drowning at sea level, ha ha ha...
David, spot on Brother - Welcome Home!!!

lol, actually the only time I have ever felt any kind of altitude adjustment was last spring when I took leave between graduating ATC school and reporting in here to Cherry Point. I was fine up until I had to walk from the baggage claim to my moms car. I had my 60lb seabag, probably 20lb in my backpack and a laptop case and all on my back. It was the weirdest feeling ever I could feel my lungs inflating but its like there wasn't any air there, lol. The whole thing was maybe 300 yards but it felt like I had sprinted there.
You got it JK. I guss at my age the only time I need all that air is when I have a young lovely staying over from the 'V'.
:angel:

[zackmerc]

This is what happens:

Buses filled with scared poolees and recruits start coming in. As soon as they step off, they begin forming the first platoons. About 80-100 get grouped. 20 of you may be from the same MEPS. Then as more and more buses start coming in, the other training platoons get filled. At the end, they cut off about the last 10 from each platoons and form an entirely newer platoon. Yes, you may see some guys from MEPS or hometown.