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Yes...don't get up until lights are called. You'll learn to sleep on top of your blanket instead of under it to minimize the mess.

This one guy on the deck above mine had a Navy anchor tattooed on his right forearm. He had a great cycle.

Our DI didn't care...it was a receiving DI, and he didn't single anyone out. I realize it's different with different DI's though. By the time we got our actual platoon DI's, everyone's head was...

I'll send you a PM, BR.

I'm a reservist stationed in Alabama, and I've been having problems with my pay. Basically, I haven't been paid in 3 months. I have yet to be paid for June, July, and August.

Because of this,...

Sgt Grit sells them.

My God, I would have plowed almost anyone in 4th battalion at PI.

The day after the Crucible, our kill hat told us that sunday morning "not to be ****ing no *****es in church".

Haha, this should be good.

Everyone was terrified. Courage is not the absence of fear, but acting in spite of it. That's what they're looking for.

You could always send him out to get a bottle of frequency grease.

I don't know if I ever discussed this here, but many of you may have heard or read about it.

Back in early March of this year, my unit was involved in a horrible bus accident in South Alabama as...

I was in the second company to go through the new training schedule. I definitely loved getting the EGA right after the crucible. My SDI was our group leader, and he broke us off hard, so he had us...

I just noticed that, Achped. It looks like enlisted rank insignia, but it could be a star.

I never got a stress card. We didn't have time to be stressed.

Are you talking about when you meet your DI's for the first time? Ours was on that first Saturday, not a Friday.

And I've never been more terrified.

Never go into the company gunny's office and tell him your platoon sergeant is looking for a "prickee seven".

I have a huge tip that I haven't seen anywhere on this thread yet. Poolees, pay attention, because this is money.

Make friends with the platoon scribe. The scribe is the one who makes out the...

I got a 95 on my ASVAB and something like a 154 GT. I'm an 0351.

No, the scores for that aren't much higher than the grunt scores. I think grunt scores are somewhere in the 30's...combat engineer might be somewhere in the 40's.

Just work on your general skills and you should be fine. The ASVAB isn't that hard a test.

I got a 95 on it and I'm a grunt.

We're using both in our unit. What sucks is, I've been in my unit for over a year and I have an M16-A4, and we have a few new joints that got M4's right away.

I really don't see much of a...

Learn to swim now. The actual swim training at boot camp is minimal. They tell you what to do to pass and then you have to do it.

Head over to the poolee hall or the Ask a Marine forum.

I graduated boot camp in August of 2007. You are a Marine when you get back from the Crucible and your drill instructor hands you your eagle, globe, and anchor, and looks you in the eye, shakes your...

I was reading an article a while back about a new Combat Fitness Test that the Marine Corps was looking to implement alongside the PFT, and perhaps one day to replace the PFT. Has anyone heard...