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well u have a couple of options when u get to pcola, you can go on recruiters assistance for like up to a month I think, which thats a good option a quite a few of my buddies did that when we were...

So the day has finally come for me to leave for boot camp. Its been a long wait, and alot of different ship dates, but in the end it all worked out for the best so I could get my IST scores up. I'm...

Congrats Marine.

Good luck on your re-enlistment, you'll get another chance at earning that title.

You should read my last post it tells ya that its a rumor, and a possibility it will get bumped up to those requirements.

Way to go Marine, you earned it.

Congrats Marine.

Wow that guy's a huge inspiration, enlisted at 14, thats just insane, and on top of it all, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. I'm surprised I've never heard of him before.

OK, I guess that the CO is pushing for it to be the new requirements, but they are still the same old ones as of now. I would love for the new requirements to be upped and I hope that they do, so...

I was informed yesterday that the minimums on the IST have been bumped up. The new requirements are:
5 Pullups
60 Crunches
13:30 run time, I'm not totally sure that the run time is the same, I'll...

Ya I agree with you SabreJack, we poolees have to police ourselves, some of these new members have to start using proper punctuation, and make real sentences. If we start slacking then the Marines...

Congrats, it doesn't even seem like 3 months.

I just found out that my ship date has been moved up to 20091201, very moto right now!

Good luck, come back with the Title.

The time will eventually come off, just make sure to run everyday or every otherday, like switch it up, and do slow jogs for 3+ miles, or hard runs from 1-3 miles. This is what I do with my...

Good luck to ya, Stay motivated.

Wow, hope everything goes well for ya with your whole situation, stay motivated.

Ya just stay moto, be thankful that it didn't get pushed back alot further.

Congrats Private.

Great improvement on that run time, good luck at boot camp.

I've been PT'ing with my recruiter every weekday morning at 0700 along with another poolee in my RS. I'm gonna keep with it until the day I leave for boot camp, so hopefully I'll have a perfect PFT...

Congrats Marine.

Congrats on graduating Marines.

Ya thats the way that I started doing a few months ago and am at around 20 or so, the easiest way of doing it is to, have an overhand grip and have a wide stance on the bar so your body doesn't drop...

I just read this thread and I think that I'll be starting the Drill Istructors program tomorrow. Also now I'm working out with my recruiter 5 days a week, so I should be able to max out on...