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I personally had an extremely similiar situation to this. I initially DEP'd into the Navy under the SEAL Challenge Contract. I didn't know though that if you fail at all, you're basically chipping...

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This is me before boot camp--typical night..just "relaxing like I was back on the block". No real direction in life.


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at the end of boot camp, Private's averaged 1200-1500 in their bank account.

PFC's averaged 1800-2500 in my experience.

That's after you pay ALL of your final bills, pay for uniforms, all the...

We actually were allowed to wear knee wraps in boot camp for PT. It may have just been our platoon, but as long as the leg wrap was the same color as your skin, there wasn't a problem with wearing...

tohegal,

About the knee. Honestly, if it was me, I wouldn't play around with that--if you get injured on Parris Island you go to MRP (Medical Rehabilitation Platoon)...and that is something that...

You sure all of those 55 pull up's are full dead hangs, without kipping, without bicycling, etc?

Because a lot of recruits at boot camp I ran into were doing "30-40" before they got to the Island,...

I just got back.

Would I do it again? Absolutely not.

Do I miss the Island though? Yes. But only my fellow Marines, the drill instructors, hygiene inspections, the rifle range, and any time my...

For me it was all mental. The only aspect physically that scared me was the thought of somehow getting hurt and being dropped--which ties back into mental strain thinking about being a medical drop....

Yeah 762mm,

That's what I was told.

The pull-up's is what really is crazy to me. I don't know how you could possibly crank out that many. Maybe it was just one of those "boot camp stories"...

I was told that the record at Parris Island for crunches on the PFT was 250+ something--which is ridiculous.

Pull-up's I was told the record was something insane like 70-80+ at San Diego by some...

Seanob,

I was in 1061. "Nasty" Follow Series.

How was Lead Side, honestly--because everyone in 1056-58 always looked upset, quiet, and like they weren't having very much fun.

We had fun...

Hey PatriotGirl,

I think we were at the rifle range at the same time--although we were in firing week when you all would have been in grass week.

Do you by chance remember a platoon that would...

Yeah, I'll be doing the SOI at Pendleton only because I'm a reservist and 0313 is my MOS.

I'm fairly positive all active duty Parris Island graduates go to Camp Geiger for SOI/MCT.

I wasn't...

The new Eagle, Globe, and Anchor ceremony happens literally at the end of The Crucible's final march back. You stage your packs on the parade deck, then they take all 6 platoons and sort of make a...

Good luck usmc2007,

If I'm correct, I think you'll be in Bravo Company. Which means I saw you walking around as a nasty forming recruit when I was getting ready graduate this week.

Good luck,...

It's probably because I haven't used a computer in 3 months, but I can't figure out how to update my membership status so I can actually choose an avatar other than the poolee/DEP icon.

Same goes...

Just drove back ~10 hours from Parris Island to Northern VA. Really tired from the drive.

Graduated today, August 10th, 2007.

Bravo Company
Platoon 1061


Was the second company off of...

Alright, last post for me here for awile. Thanks for the support. PatriotGirl, I'll see you in a few weeks down there then (probably not though). Good Luck to you too!

Anyhow, my address down...

I leave up for the Baltimore MEPS around 1700 tomorrow and will do my swear in, then ship the same day (May 15th).

Just wanted to say thank you to both the Marines on this site and all of the...

No, no offense intended.

That's cool if you have improved that much.

I've just never heard of running a sub 10 minute mile and a half with the other stuff you said.

That in itself is...

you can do a mile and a half in under 10 minutes but can only do 3 pull up's and 50 crunches?

....uh?

Sam,

If you really want to be a Marine, then you'll learn to put the shyness and quietness behind you.

If you really want to be a Marine, and I assume that you do because you're posting on this...

Ill be PFC upon graduation based on college credit hours.

Ive been to MEPS, didn't lie about my eye sight.

But, if you wear contacts, and glasses over those contacts, as long as they're the same prescription, you see the same.

That's what I was...

I misphrased that. What if I just wear contacts for the duration of boot without taking them out? They have those 30-day keep in and sleep in contacts that are available now.