A Walk Through USMC Boot Camp

[gkmoz]

I was lucky enough to be invited to a Drill Instructors reunion in May, Saw Jed Bush's son graduate that Friday and the emotion when asked for all Marine vets to raise their hands was truly a great feeling.
I did walk Panama street to the exact spot my old barracks stood 43 years before !
It now has a clothing dispensing bldg, and right across the street ( to the right ) was an old brick bldg that had just the cinder block foundations the morning I left the Island 10-31-68 ( It is/was the motivational plt. bldg ) the old Grey bldg's in front of my old barracks were still there, I did go to Elliot's beach for a get together with former D.I.'s and present D.I.'s they actually are human ( Ha Ha ).
It was a " bucket List " experience for sure, I will be going to Lejuene and eventually Pendleton to complete list.
Oh and perhaps Australia Too !!

[JoshLittle]

Great post. Brings back good, fun, painful, horrible memories. Thanks brother.

Semper Fi.

[Jarhead1341]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. When i was their in '93 the white buildings were still around and used for administrative purposes. Recruits lived in the brick buildings.

Is it possible to get onto the base as a civilian without being an invited attendee to see a graduation ceremony?

[Djoneslucid]

The Corps has change a lot since I entered back in 1988. I recently read a post where a DI found the blog of one of his recruits. All I could think was Wow! Things really have changed. I recently shared a post on how Marine Corps boot camp changed my life. I think you guys will really like. Check it out here: http://www.presidentspilotsentrepren...montezuma.html

Semper Fi...