Originally Posted by
motox151
congrats on earniing the title! Welcome to the brotherhood.
Now to be very blunt and honest, SOI is a joke now,a complete joke. Cell phones, myspace and **** poor training. When I went back in 1997 it was 8 weeks of learning not to die in combat and keeping marines alive by being a proficient infantry marine. We had 2 short weekends of libo the enitre 8 weeks. The rest we were in the field the entire time and ended the school with a 5 day war. Your best bet is not to worry about how much you can eat, sleep or play on your cell phone. You NEED to worry about learning the tools of the trade so you do NOT die and combat and or get other Marines killed. That is the harsh reality my friend. Semper Fi and good luck