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I'm gonna try the light soap inside my trouser and shirt creases and six shirt-stays. Ha ha I love the termed 'squared away' especially when it comes to uniforms.

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. The pain I endured throughout boot camp was immense, but the reward was greater than anything I could have ever imagined.

I shipped off Aug 25 and on Oct. 23 I...

Once I qualled for the PFT run (on my own; it was about 26 minutes) I couldn't believe how simple running 1.5 miles is. Heck a good 5 or 6 mile run makes 1.5 just seem too easy. I still can't run the...

Keeping yourself motivated and having a high confidence will keep you from thinking about failing.
Don't think about what will happen if you fail, think about what you should do to succeed. When I...

I think it's '09 fellas. Congratulations, now bust a** at the Poolee functions.

I got this from typing "Marine Corps and home school diploma" in my URL:
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/Issues/M/MarineRecruiting.asp.
Talk to your recruiter and ask him/her why your school credits...

Make sure you drink plenty of water tonight, then drink a little more when before you get there. DO NOT EAT BREAKFAST. YOU WILL PUKE, but if you're like me you'll puke from sounding off so much...

That surprised me! It's such a beautiful thing seeing that Marines/Marine Veterans are everywhere. It's especially great to know that it will never leave you.

I bet some of you don't know Bugs...

The passing grade is in the 30's and the recommended grade is 50. I'm not very mathematically oriented and I have to use spell check a good bit. Learn your weaknesses instead of studying over what's...

Man oh man, last week as a civilian. I really can't thank my recruiter enough for helping me qualify for running; I was lagging behind pretty badly. Heck, I can't thank him enough for giving me this...

If you can't run a simple 1.5, 2, or even 3 miles...I suggest you try harder. 13:30 for 1.5 miles is extremely forgiving. I can do in 12 and most of my friends do it in under 10.

Hey I puke, too! Of course that's after four miles and tons of callisthenics's, though. Gotta built more endurance! Keep running, you have to eventually build up some sort of endurance after puking....

I think anyone could be motivated by Phelps. He eats like a super fat kid and is still skinny!

The Olympics are a good thing, it shows that there are some US civilians that are still fit.

My last Poolee function was today. It was rough. It was what SSgt. Pulliam said, "the easiest workout day you can do compared to PI and we're done for the day at 1200!" The warm up wasn't a problem...

the min. weight for me is 115 and I'm 130. Hurray for being short!

Eat more than 2,000 calories a day. Eat until you want to throw up and hold it in. After I joined the DEP I went to Waffle House...

I never said I don't like the Army, I just thought it was a surprise to get that in the mail. Does ripping it up and complaining mean I'm furious? Of course not! If I gave them a call, I'd be...

I just received an Army brochure in the mail. It's nothing foreshadowing, because it's something I just refuse to think about. I ripped it up and threw it in the trash. I might give them a call, and...

I second that motion. Justin, post count doesn't mean anything on a Marine forum if you're not one or a Poolee (yet) and it still doesn't mean anything anyways if your posts aren't well-thought out...

Ha, I played the Tenor Sax!



Darn, I didn't get a "welcome aboard" package. Oh well!

of course to deter the "don't want to see me put my life in danger" you could easily tell them the disaster stories of....driving a car.

Getting up to the Recruiting Office is no friendly picnic!...

oh noooo :sick:

oh man, third phase for me will be in November. That should be the week 12 for me! Luckily I haven't had a drop of cola in months so I wont really want it. I'm sure they will not...

Awesome, glad to hear it! Even at 19 my parents were still surprised I wanted to join. Enjoy all of the paper work!

Cool, another one leaving on the 25th. Good luck to ya and keep yourself motivated! Don't feel bad I can barely do 50 crunches.

Oh, I just typed "Military Time" in my URL and it popped up with this page:

http://www.spacearchive.info/military.htm

....I guess "space archive" didn't catch my eye, just the military part. My...

Anyone here PT with his/her recruiter prior to shipping off? I am and I have to admit, it's a lot of work just to keep up. It's cool that they let me, and I'm glad to have this opportunity to train...