Laughing at MCRD

[BR34]

I laughed out loud just now when a recruit standing across the squad bay from me ****ed himself and the DI found out. The recruit said "it was just a little dribble sir". The DI caught himself chuckling, then he went on a rant up and down the squad bay screaming something about dribbling...we ALL laughed, and sure, we got punished for it, but it was worth it.

You'll catch the DIs laughing from time to time also. They try to hide it but recruits are some funny creatures.

[BR34]

Believe me Ben, funny things happen in 4th BN too, and I wasn't trying to sound like a smart a$$ with my previous post, but after watching your fellow recruits get quarterdecked for laughing and whatnot, you learn rather quickly to keep a straight face when someone is getting their a$$ chewed out for whatever reasons.
We had one Drill Instructor who did and said things that where quite funny plenty of times. My bunkie and I learned to save the laughing for when we were on free time at night.

I was listening to a couple of WMarines a few months back remembering their good ole days in 4th together. They told a story about when all the recruits went into the shower to get cleaned up and there was a huge turd laying there on the floor. I don't know if THEY thought that was funny, but I sure laughed.

Disgusting 4th.

[Lisa 23]

I was listening to a couple of WMarines a few months back remembering their good ole days in 4th together. They told a story about when all the recruits went into the shower to get cleaned up and there was a huge turd laying there on the floor. I don't know if THEY thought that was funny, but I sure laughed.

Disgusting 4th.

Never had anything happen like that in my platoon. It was get to the showers....get wet, wash the hair and the body, rinse and get out. Although there were some times when we would forget to shut the blinds on the windows and have a bunch of naked women running around......lol!

[BR34]

Never had anything happen like that in my platoon. It was get to the showers....get wet, wash the hair and the body, rinse and get out. Although there were some times when we would forget to shut the blinds on the windows and have a bunch of naked women running around......lol!

NICE!

...yall actually had blinds? We just had huge windows with no coverings. I guess no one wanted to see us in our tighty whities.

[awbrown1462]

If you laugh be prepared to hear a very unfunny line "bends and MutherFu*kers till I get tired" and may God help you if the D.I. gets a chair

[Lisa 23]

NICE!

...yall actually had blinds? We just had huge windows with no coverings. I guess no one wanted to see us in our tighty whities.

Well, there were blinds on the windows back in 1988. Not sure if they still have blinds on the windows these days...lol!

And isn't it funny how the OP asks a question, and doesn't even post in his own thread after answers were given.

[jburke1983]

Well, there were blinds on the windows back in 1988. Not sure if they still have blinds on the windows these days...lol!

And isn't it funny how the OP asks a question, and doesn't even post in his own thread after answers were given.

Sorry WMarine... I left for work shortly after my post and just got off (working nights sucks). Anyway, it sounds like the general concensus is try to control any laughing, but it does happen.
Thanks for the insight Marines.

[fmoyer]

I don't think any one laughed all the time during boot camp a smile would bring a solar plex tap by a DI who knew how to make you think you were going to die on the spot. Many didn't laugh for years, it is sure funny now tho.

[SGT7477]

Laugh all you want but after the first time they work your azz over, you will think before the next laugh,lol.

[Moderboater]

Truth be told I ****ed my Drill Instructor's off on purpose..I would not recommend doing that unless you love getting slayed as I did. I figured it improved any physical weakness i may have had. As for laughing..well I have a story that's worse than that. Mind you I still remember this from almost 4 years ago. The Chief Drill Instructor asked me a question and I "plead the fifth"..i'm pretty sure I ended up with ruptured ear drums as I was swarmed by over 8 drill instructors for my smart ass comment. Over the course of training my ears would bleed and leak fluid at night.. I'm pretty sure people snickered at the comment I made, but if you really **** them off they will only focus on you and not really slay anyone else. My advice if you want extra training do what I did, if not then do you best not to stand out.

On a side note I have nothing but respect for Drill Instructors and at the end of my training my drill instructor's knew that, except the kill hat he said he hoped my plane crashed..

[Marine84]

I got quarterdecked several times for it. It's all a part of the training to try to get you to lose your composure. Had one all up in my grill about my hair talking about "I don't like your hair!" and the only thing I could think of to say FORTUNATELY didn't come out of my mouth. I was thinking "I don't like your face either but, you got it all up in my grill!".

I remember me and my bunkie even got thrown OUT of the platoon one time because right as we were leaving the Squadbay, we fell out and then were given a "right face"........well, my bunkie went to the left and I busted my gut laughing.

[buick233]

Initial Drill was coming up, and we were waiting for the other platoons to finish up at the rappelling tower. So we marched out to an open area to run through the drill card, but we left our weapons stacked. So the Drill Instructor told us to use our "air rifles." When we got to Inspection Arms, she said, "Now even though you don't have your rifles, I know about half of your screwed it up, so CORRECT YOURSELVES!" Even she lost her bearing and we all just outright laughed. That was the first time we saw a personality from any of our drill instructors.

[Zulu 36]

Towards the end of boot camp, things just loosen a little. You aren't scared crapless anymore, you know the Drill Instructors can't eat you, and some quarterdecking isn't going to hurt you much, if at all.

So, you laugh at some things. Sometimes the Drill Instructors laugh along, sometimes they don't.

You pays your money, you takes your chances.

[FattyTheFerret]

Some drill instructors will do things specifically to try to make you laugh so they can slay you for it. I once watched a DI knife-hand a seagull and tell him to get out of his way so that the recruits walking nearby would crack the hell up. They did and he smoked 'em good.

I had a few moments. One of my drill instructors couldn't get me to laugh because I hated him with a passion so even the funny stuff he made me do that would have had me cracking up were no problem to get through. Another drill instructor would make me lose my bearing simply by bobbing his head when he talked and he would just roll his eyes and tell me I had no bearing.

Also, I enjoyed making them laugh. Lot of satisfaction seeing your third hat put his campaign cover in front of his face knowing you managed to make him lose his bearing. My favorite moment was shortly after the initial PFT. One of the recruits had lied about having asthma and had dropped in the run. He was the only PFT failure and the senior was mad because he wanted a perfect platoon. I was typing up the drop package while the 3rd hat was doing something else and the SDI was pacing around the duty hut just fuming like mad.

Note that at the time there had been a huge rash of UAs from the MRP and PCP platoons so it had become a running joke around the depot (I imagine it's been one for a long time as well).

SDI: That little <expletive deleted>! Drop him to MRP so he goes UA!
Me: This recruit reports he wouldn't get very far, sir.
SDI: Why the **** not?!?
Me: He can't run, sir.

Both of them cracked up.

Anyways, you'll laugh. Everyone will at one point. Just deal with it. The key is to teach you bearing.

[Vandrel]

I am only worried that I wont be able to hear some of this **** without laughing.

I laughed once, I spent the rest of that day in the pitt and on the quarterdeck. Needless to say I didn't laugh again.