Boot camp in Summer vs Boot camp in winter?

[usmc5831]

I went to PI in Jan of 1984. It seemed like it was rainy and cold the first two weeks I was there. Just added to the, where the where the hell am I factor of PI? I'll take hot and sunny any day. Not to mention there were no internet forums or YouTube videos. The place was a complete mystery to me when I stepped on those yellow footprints.

[jjaxs]

Awesome, thanks for the great feedback.

[wilsontc11]

either way it sucks. in the winter, depending on your DIs you aren't allowed to wear warming layers 50% of the time, and the field area is like a wind tunnel, they like to pour water on your hands when its like 10 degrees out too.

[thegimprider]

I'm from Truckee California and hate the heat therefore I chose winter for MCRD San Diego. I cried when I saw Desert Storm Marines in full NBC gear running through Iraq on TV and was damn glad is was not me.

[Marine1011]

just like palmsy, bringing up ancient threads.

[joseywales]

yep, real common nowadays LOL AINT content with the present

[29palms]

thegimprider. I went to Paris Island in summer. Didn't really plan it either way, just the way it went down. I wish I had done it through winter. I'm sure there must have been some suckie cold days, but it was brutal in July and a few times we had the BLACK FLAG out so we had to PT in the barracks. I bet the sand fleas in winter were pretty much put in check.

[Kegler300]

Yeah, I went to boot camp in the summer too and my ears almost got sunburnt off!

[m14ed]

the rummor was they served Cocoa
durring the winter months-
and Ice Cream in the Summers

[thegimprider]

Ice cream and cocoa? Yea I think I remembered that was during the afternoon when we hung out on beach towels drinking Pina Coladas
Suddenly I'm awake with Di's tonsils 4 inches in front of my eyes saying something about maggots

[Big Boz]

the rummor was they served Cocoa
durring the winter months-
and Ice Cream in the Summers

I was a fatty and couldn't have either

[TonyK22]

I went to PI during the winter of 1970/71. The coldest day was the day we had to qualify on the rifle range.

How cold was it?...It was so cold that our DI's lit a fire in a barrel and let us warm our hands before we fired...It was so cold that around 25% of my platoon went UNQ and didn't even qualify as a Marksman...It was so cold that one of my fingers on my right hand (I'm a lefty) froze to my M-16. When I pulled it off the rifle I also pulled off part of my fingerprint too. I still have the scar that reminds me of how much I wanted to qualify that day.