Mail call

[DustBag]

I was just wondering when you get ur mail do the drill instructors look and read ur letters or pictures you get?

[Quinbo]

If you have nothing to hide; whether they do or do not look at your mail will not be an issue. They can not open your mail for you unless it is suspected to be a bomb or contain narcotics. A love letter from susie rottencrotch is yours to read.

[commdog7]

They are not allowed to open up your mail or read it. If it looks suspicious (may contain contraband), then the usually have you open it in front of them while they inspect the contents. Normally they don't care about the pics (as long as they are not nude), but your Senior DI might look at the pics and comment on them in an effort to bond with the recruits.

I remember during mail call, our Drill Instructor had the guide sniff test every letter for peanut butter after one recruit got caught sneaking peanut butter out of the chow hall. Ah, good times.

[DustBag]

Ok thanks that helped me a bit. Oh and my dad was sayin when he was in boot camp, his family sent a package to him filled with homade candy and cookies but the drill instructor made him share wit the whole platoon. do they really make u do that, just curious.

[DustBag]

do they really make you do stuff like that, just for try to sneak away some peanut butter?

[commdog7]

No, you are not allowed to get food in the mail. The Drill Instructors will dispose of it for you (and quarter-deck you too).

[commdog7]

Your Drill Instructors will have their own methods, mine did the sniff test to the mail. You can expect to get quarter-decked pretty good if you do sneak something from the chow hall- your Senior DI will not be happy.

[DustBag]

My friends dad is in the Marine Corps and he said that he was gonna sent me a letter thats all perfumed up and has "Not all drill instructors are crappy as yours" on the front of the letter haha. how much trouble do you think that ill be in?

[commdog7]

You would probably get quarter-decked.

When my cousin went to boot camp, I would write slogans on the letters I sent him. I once put some gum in an envelope and sent it to him along with a note stating 'hope you like the gum!'- he hated that. I even once mailed a letter to his Drill Instructors stating how my cousin seemed to be enjoying boot camp and requested that the DIs give him some "special attention" in order to make him strong. I later found out that the Senior DI pulled my cousin into the DI House and told him about the letter and its contents- they had a little discussion about it. The DIs ended up quarter-decking him until he almost passed out. It was hilarious!

[PaidinBlood]

No, you are not allowed to get food in the mail. The Drill Instructors will dispose of it for you (and quarter-deck you too).


For us it was entirely up to the SDI. Generally if there was enough for the "class" and we weren't in trouble we could share. There was no mercy for "fatbodies" however. I remember one such RCT who received an entire birthday cake (I didn't get to see it; so don't ask). Not only was he not permitted to eat it, but some emaciated double rat from the Sudan was forced to eat it and proclaim after every bite, "It's my birthday, b!tches!"

Other recruits we given the opportunity to eat now, pay later. They were rarely informed of the consequences, however. We were those spoiled *****es who got to go to a Padres game, and the most junior green belt kept a detailed list of all the junk food that got eaten. he really seemed to have it in for the ice cream eaters. Once again I somehow escape unscathed.. :no:

oh yeah. prank mail is the best. sent my little brother's SDI a letter from Iraq (made sure to note that on the outside) which simply said "SMOKE THIS B!TCH" He still won't talk about it 2.5 years later. Guess it was a bad day...

[DustBag]

Holy #$%^, im screwed. haha

Thank you guys for the stories, there quite helpful and funny

[PaidinBlood]

hell yeah. send me your address and I will hook you up. I solemnly swear to you that I will spare no effort to make your stay at MCRD worthwhile...

[Covey_Rider]

My recruiter decided to send me a porno mag of nothing but fat chicks...and not just a little extra weight...I'm talking pure disgusting obese *****es. To make up for it he sent two decent mags but yeah, had to open up my package in front of my SDI, and of course he inspected it. God I hated that day haha...but it was funny.

A buddy of mine joined the Marine Corps, so I went to the Army and got a whole bunch of recruiting stuff...posters, water bottle, t-shirt etc. and packaged it up and sent it out to him. He thanked me for that one when he got back haha.

[SGT7477]

My friends dad is in the Marine Corps and he said that he was gonna sent me a letter thats all perfumed up and has "Not all drill instructors are crappy as yours" on the front of the letter haha. how much trouble do you think that ill be in?

Let the games begin,lol.:D

[SGT7477]

They are not allowed to open up your mail or read it. If it looks suspicious (may contain contraband), then the usually have you open it in front of them while they inspect the contents. Normally they don't care about the pics (as long as they are not nude), but your Senior DI might look at the pics and comment on them in an effort to bond with the recruits.

I remember during mail call, our Drill Instructor had the guide sniff test every letter for peanut butter after one recruit got caught sneaking peanut butter out of the chow hall. Ah, good times.

I remember one recruit taking a salt shaker from the messhall and when the SDI went through his foot locker we all paid dearly for it, man that was an expensive and painful salt shaker.:evilgrin:

[rvillac2]

The DIs ended up quarter-decking him until he almost passed out. It was hilarious!

Oohrah.