Rank Description?

[benw2200]

"SIR! E-5 IN THE MARINE CORPS IS SERGEANT! HE WEARS 3 STRIPES UP,CROSSED RIFLES IN THE CENTER SIR! HE IS THE BACKBONE OF THE MARINE CORPS!

that was ours,just cause our receiving D.I was a SGT.

ooh f**king rah. our senior was a SGT as well... matter of fact all my DI's were SGTs

[jungholee90]

It varies. Just say what your DI tells you to say. It's even easier when you go through it during the hump.

DI: E-6!
Rcts: E-6, Staff Sergeant, 3 stripes up, 1 rocker down, and crossed rifles in the middle!
DI: E-2!
Rcts: E-2, Private First Class, 1 stripe up!
DI: E-5!
Rcts: E-5, Sergeant, 3 stripes up, crossed rifles in the middle!

After a while it just comes out automatically.

[AlwaysWillBe]

Cwalling

You got that right about E-5's!!

[UsmcMotorT]

It will be, at least when I said it "Sir, an E-8 in the Marine Corps is, First Sergeant, he wears, 3 stripes up, 3 stripes down, and diamonds in the center, or, Master Sergeant, he wears 3 stripes up, 3 stripes down, and crossed rifles in the center, sir!". We never said rockers, or chevrons, guess it was to not confuse the recruits. For the rank up, we did "Sir, and E-9 in the Marine Corps is, Master Gunnery Sergeant, he wears 3 stripes up, 4 stripes down, and a bursting bomb in the center, or, Sergeant Major, he wears 3 stripes up, 4 stripes down, and a 5 point star in the center, or, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, he wears 3 stripes up, 4 stripes down, and an Eagle Globe and Anchor flanked by 2 5 point stars in the center, sir!"

On point, that's how we did it in bootcamp