3rd Bn. RTR MCRD-Fact or fiction?

[Eric Hood]

Marines!
Is anyone heard this- 3rd Bn. MCRDPI is supposedly tougher than the other battalions? I've heard this from a couple of people and have no proof. I'm not sure that I really believe it, but I was in Third Bn.
Semper Fi,
Eric

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[FoxtrotOscar]

They are all one and the same..

The Rules and Regulations @ MCRD must be followed as directed...

[advanced]

Yes, it is true. 3rd Bn at PI is the toughest in the Marine Corps. Please do not look down on your other brothers though as they mean well.

[FoxtrotOscar]

Cough - Cough - Cough..... The only thing "Tough" at PI was them fleas...

[USMC 2571]

They have the same training schedule

[marine6551]

Cough - Cough - Cough..... The only thing "Tough" at PI was them fleas...

yep; that's what i've heard which is why i always called them sand rats.

[Tennessee Top]

Don't know if it's true or not. But, that is the reputation 3rd Herd has at PI. I am currently on a Parris Island Support Page and it does come up occasionally. There are people (some are DI's) who believe it - for whatever reason. Not sure if it can ever be proved either way.

[Eric Hood]

Thanks for all the answers, Leathernecks!!

[Tennessee Top]

[marine6551]

i think di school teaches di's to believe everything they hear and they ram it down recruits throats for weeks ubtil they believe it too.

[Mongoose]

3rd. Bn. was the toughest when I was in.....or so tradition dictates..

[Kegler300]

How tough can it be training with women?

[SGT7477]

That's a crock of chit, just ask air force Dave, lmfao, Semper Fidelis.

[Old Marine]

As far as the 3d Herd, it is the same as the 1st and 2d Bn and is trained under the same Training Schedule, same chow, same sick bay, same Special Training Branch.

The only thing that is different is each Platoon and Battalion have different Drill Instructors. All of these Drill Instructors answer to the same SOP for Recruit Training, or they get relieved. It is a simple system and has worked for a whole lot of years. A Drill Instructor lives by this SOP or is not a Drill Instructor very long.

[advanced]

I agree Old Marine, during my time at PI we had a total of 3 of our 5 DI's relieved, 2 of them for punching a prive in another platoon, the other for going totally berserk on the parade field where some officers saw him. Now that was frowned upon even in the 3rd Bn.