Training battalions at MCRD

[ianmusto]

1st Battalion makes men
2nd Battalion makes Marines
3rd Battalion makes machines


Anybody vouch for it? or just come cocky 3rd Battalion Marines

[Echo_Four_Bravo]

Its all the same. The competition between battalions is just Marines always thinking they are the best- and that is the only way to try to assert one Marine is better than another I guess. It is the same BS about PI and SD being different. In 4th Bn. they make the difference in the companies. (Which, BTW is what happened at SD when I was there. My company's DIs hated the other companies in 1st Bn. Actually, everyone other than Kilo Co.)

[yellowwing]

Within each Training Series there is competition. Who took Range Qualification, Who took Final Drill? None of us wants to be second best!

[KRU-Nemo]

Training is all the same but just for info 1037 took both Rifle Qualification and Final Drill

[Quinbo]

I've asked this before but did not recieve a satisfactory answer. Does the Marine Corps recycle platoon numbers?

[davblay]

I've asked this before but did not recieve a satisfactory answer. Does the Marine Corps recycle platoon numbers?

If you mean do they reuse them, the answer is of course they do! My PLatoon was 1085 in 1969, I am sure there has been a 1085 most every year since then! I found several Marines from PLt 1085 from years after me! Both SD and PI!

[Quinbo]

Why would they? There are 999 platoon numbers available for each battalion and each battalion turns out 4W 4E platoons a year. I always thought that platoon numbers were unique. Somewhere along the line platoon numbers went from 3 digit to 4 digit numbers and I believed it was because all the 3 digit numbers were used up.

[davblay]

Why would they? There are 999 platoon numbers available for each battalion and each battalion turns out 4W 4E platoons a year. I always thought that platoon numbers were unique. Somewhere along the line platoon numbers went from 3 digit to 4 digit numbers and I believed it was because all the 3 digit numbers were used up.

5 Matching Category Results:
MCRD Parris Island » 1961 - 1970 » 1968 » Feb » Feb 29 Platoon 1085
MCRD Parris Island » 1981 - 1990 » 1987 » Oct » Oct 30 Pltoon 1085
MCRD Parris Island » 2001 - 2010 » 2002 » Oct » Oct 18 Platoon 1085
MCRD San Diego » 2001 - 2010 » 2004 » August » August 27 Platoon 1085
MCRD San Diego » 2001 - 2010 » 2005 » July » July 15 Platoon 1085

[CARTEEUSMC]

well ****, i was 3rd battalion Kilo company, that makes since now! me robot, me do this, me do that, (and now me make lot of money)

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