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I came across a video that goes into detail a little bit about some of the confidence/obstacle course stations and I was curious about one that didn't get much footage but was described as one that...

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090611/ARTICLES/906111050/1002?Title=-Kindest-gentlest-Iwo-Jima-vet-recalled

Unfortunately, it's another one of those stories.

Haven't recieved my ship date yet but I was told as a reservist I'd be able to go earlier, possibly august...I hope this isn't going to affect those going in as reserves.

By the way, awesome PT....

Hmm.

No 0621s on here?

Thanks so much for posting this, I was looking for something just like this the other day.

I wouldn't pick a fight of course, but I mean, is it like the 'prison gang mentality' where the guy who keeps to himself is the one who gets targeted all the time and beat up after lights out and you...

I promise I am not 'stirring the pot' like someone was suggesting I was but all I want to know here is basically do I need to be mentally ready, do I need to expect fights with other recruits when...

Damn man...that was the last night, he was graduating, so he improved didn't he? What did he screw up on so badly to deserve that?

If you don't mind me asking, was your age a hinderance at all?

But the DI is going to want to know how the "partied recruit" got all those cuts and bruises...

The DIs don't consider a blanket party a 'fight'?

Hahaha...are you being serious? Do they really do that?

I have a question, any time you put tons of guys together in a situation of a lot of stress and very little control over themselves it's only a matter of time until two people talk **** to each other...

This might sound stupid, but how exactly do you know when you have a 'stress fracture' versus the normal pain you would have humping it out? Or is it one of those 'trust me, you'll know' type things?

Over the past 2-3 weeks I've made a big improvement in terms of crunches and pull-ups and I'm going to keep going with that but as I look at the MCRDPI training matrix, I see a lot of 3-10 mile...

What PFT score did all of you guys get once graduating boot then? This is news to me, I don't know the exact threads but I swear more than once on here I read that towards the end of recruit training...

Now that you mention that, just curious, because I have no idea, does pretty much every Marine run a 275-300 PFT by the time they're out of boot?

This might be a stupid question, but what if you don't live around any hilly areas?

Yeah, I need to get some wrap-around ipod headphones because the ones I have are way too small to stay in my ears when running. I'll keep this in mind, thanks.



The thing is, if you want a...

Running is the hardest part for me. It's not that my feet or legs hurt - that doesn't happen for quite a while. But at around the first 3/4 of a mile, that's when I start burning out.

I begin...

I was curious about something, the ship dates being posted here are very different from one another. Some of them are within a few months, some of them are coming right up. What are the factors that...

This is probably a stupid question but I'll ask it anyway as I don't know how it works in the USMC when it comes to deployments. After boot and SOI, can you volunteer to deploy somewhere, such as...

Idle threat = something I said out of anger and frustration

It happened 3 years ago when I was in high school, and yes I have a copy of the document.

No.

It was an idle threat, and I regretted it minutes later. That regret was also documented.

The suicide history actually isn't on my medical records nor legal history - I was never committed, and I never saw a doctor. I've never been treated for it nor was I on meds. However, let's just say...