Just got back from an RS Chicago family day event. It was beyond motivating, let me tell you all. Started at 1800 tonight, where all the poolees and their parents from three Chicago offices met together in a local banquet hall. Two drill instructors were flown in from MCRD San Diego and, while all the poolees stood at attention for an hour in the hallway, the parents were given an opportunity to ask questions and learn everything they could possibly want to know about Recruit Training. After which, 10 of the best poolees from each office were formed up, and marched in front of the group onto a stage where a fantastically long IT session commenced. As the all the top tier poolees and myself were getting thrashed, the other poolees were lined up around the room on the wall. The drill instructors were not going light on us at all, and as the minutes wore on it became clear to the audience that we were being worked harder and harder every time they didn't respond to the drill instructors as well. So eventually the families became very involved in what was going on, and by the end of it, all the poolees lining the room were in some way shape or form being thrashed. It was tough as ****, but one of the most motivating things our RS has done to prepare us for the rigors of bootcamp.
Any other poolees get such an experience?