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01-20-08, 02:11 PM #16
All my DIs were Sgt. E-5. 1964. Most of the movie part in Vietnam was filmed in England in a old oil refinery. I'm not sure about boot camp.
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01-20-08, 02:25 PM #17
In 1983 another platoon in our Training Series had a Cpl Drill Instructor. He was very proud to be the youngest Drill Instructor on the Island.
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01-20-08, 04:02 PM #18Originally Posted by ggyoung
Just for comparison purposes: In WWII (1943), my father's drill instructors at MCRD SD were a corporal and a PFC, both combat vets. He said the PFC was as big and nasty as they came, the corporal only a little less so. Dad also said his senior DI was killed in action on Iwo Jima.
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01-20-08, 04:38 PM #19Originally Posted by davblay
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01-20-08, 05:00 PM #20
36 You are right on the boot. Also that Cpl. DI at that time was E-3. They were bada$$ DIs at that time.
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01-20-08, 08:14 PM #21Originally Posted by davblay
Sgt, he didnt get the Purple Heart for the same reason I didn't get it!
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01-20-08, 08:23 PM #22Originally Posted by Zulu 36
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You are correct My brother!
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01-21-08, 04:59 AM #23Originally Posted by davblay
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01-21-08, 10:36 AM #24
Dan629, our senior DI was a Sgt. but when we went into third phase he picked up SSGT. but I had read before you can go to DI school being a Cpl but you have to be a Sgt before you train the recruits our series also had a Gunny which I will never forget he looked at us one day and just screamed, Can't Means Won't and Won't Means Jail, Plt 1064,1974.
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01-21-08, 11:01 AM #25Originally Posted by SGT7477
You are correct SGT:
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In the U.S. Marine Corps, candidates for Drill Instructor (DI) are without exception volunteers. The tour of duty is three years and is widely regarded as one of the most intense and demanding duties in the U.S. Armed Forces. Candidates report to either Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in California, or to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina, where they are assigned to Drill Instructor School. Service as a Drill Instructor is considered a special duty in the Marine Corps, which is factored into consideration of a Marine's eligibility for promotion. A Marine assigned to DI School must be of at least Sergeant (E-5) rank or Corporal (E-4) on track to promotion to Sergeant by completion of the school.
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01-21-08, 12:29 PM #26
Thank You, CPL, Semper FI Brother.
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01-21-08, 09:36 PM #27
My drill instructors were Sgt Duncan, SSgt Morse and GySgt Hogwood. Other drill instructors in our series were Cpl's. From what I've seen todays instructors seem to be Sgt's and SSgt's with the occasional Gunny but I believe Cpl's are still acceptable....
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01-27-08, 09:39 AM #28
I applied to DI School as a 20-year-old corporal in 77. My application was accepted - I received a waiver for my age - but prior to the start of the school (in Jun 78), I picked up sergeant (in Jan) and turned 21 (in May). We did, however, graduate a corporal in our class who was 20. (Side note: Our CDI - Chief Drill Instructor - at the school back then was GySgt Harold Overstreet who went on to become Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.)
Not too long ago, I was on either the PI or SD Recruit Depot web-site and found a Marine Corps Order or a letter (don't remember which) that listed the requirements for DI School, including rank and age. I'm pretty sure that now, a candidate must be at least a sergeant and older than like 24 or 25. I don't remember if there was mention of an age waiver like I received. I think that age is at least important as rank. I regularly had a few recruits in each platoon who were older than me. In my first platoon, for example, we had a 25-year old ex-cop from Detroit. Plus, I think being 21 years old is too young to be tasked with the responsibilities of being a Marine DI.
The minimum tour back then was a year, by the way. And the maximum was two years although you could request a one-year extension.
Matt Brzycki
Sergeant (1975-79)
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01-27-08, 11:12 AM #29
My drill instructors were 3 sergeants and a corporal. The corporal was relieved for administering a little too much corporal punishment. If you pay attention to the scene in "Full Metal Jacket" where he gets his camera stolen you will recognize downtown Olongapo city square as the location.
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01-27-08, 12:45 PM #30
LOL..another veteran of the 'Po.
oohrah, Sgt Q.
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