View Full Version : This is not a joke....bathroom time in Recruit Training
chad6025
08-22-11, 03:02 AM
Hello guys & gals before I ask you the question I am going to repeat my self because this is a serious question it really isn't a joke even though it may sound like one.
Well I was wondering How long do the DIs give you to poop in bootcamp. Because as I was sitting on the head 10 minutes pass by and I thought to my self dam im screwed in bootcamp haha.:(
Yonkers
08-22-11, 03:08 AM
Im the same way dude...you can have all of freetime to take a nice big one if ya want.. but you'll also want to write letters... if yall are about to PT they usually give you a bit of a headcall... but most of the time it's okay you got "100 99 98 97 96 95 94..." you learn to go fast.. I remember almost crapping myself on the range lol
...It's not as hard as it sounds... ya get through it... and if ya crap yerself... then... whatever lol
chad6025
08-22-11, 03:11 AM
HAHA I really hope I do not soil my self in bootcamp that would not be fun but I guess your right! thanks you very much.
IHaveEGA843
08-22-11, 07:08 AM
LMAO Great thread!
Lisa 23
08-22-11, 07:39 AM
Hello guys & gals before I ask you the question I am going to repeat my self because this is a serious question it really isn't a joke even though it may sound like one.
This isn't a joke either......how about Hello Marines, not guys and gals.
Phantom Blooper
08-22-11, 07:56 AM
(I'm not saying Lep should make it a sticky--that would be going too far. LOL)
How about a shiatty?
Sgt Leprechaun
08-22-11, 11:20 AM
Oh god.
Well, I'll chime in.....
You are either going to be so stressed you CAN'T go the first few days....or just the opposite.
After that, you'll get used to it...but don't expect all the time in the world to get your business 'done'.
And, actually, I'll give the lad credit for asking a question that HASN'T been asked....yet many will find relevant.
Keep the answers on point as much as possible folks.
MOS4429
08-22-11, 05:40 PM
No problem...in addition to all the training you will receive, rifle, PT, hand-to-hand, the Marine Corps in it's infinite wisdom will offer up shiatt loads of potty training, too!!! :p
MOS4429
08-22-11, 05:48 PM
Ooops, sorry, Lep.
But on the serious side, I was at a high altitude running camp 4 weeks ago with 176 kids. On the first day there were orientation sessions, and one of those 15 minute sessions was just that: potty training on how to properly use an outhouse. No shviat! Actually it made practical sense under the circumstances, but I was a bit amused at the idea. Anyway...the guy giving the training is about 60 and some of his terms were outdated. So he's telling the kids how to sit on the seat and not try to play bomboniere when you have to pinch a loaf. I'm standing in the back of the group when I see this girl turn to her friend with a total bewildered look on her face when she mouthed to her friend, "pinch a loaffff??????" Well, you had to have been there but it was hillarious and I can only imagine what she was picturing in her mind to a phrase she had never heard before.
Kenneth Havelka
08-22-11, 06:02 PM
In 1958 the whole Platoon **** at the same time every day.....
Old Marine
08-22-11, 06:12 PM
Yea Ken. In 1953 we did it by the numbers and of course it was the whole platoon. Back then we had a lot of unity.
chad6025
08-22-11, 10:51 PM
I apologize for the dis respect mam I really did not want to put Marines into a poop question.
When I went through boot camp, the first few days or week was by the numbers for shower, shave, brushing teeth etc.
I think after two or three weeks we got 30 or 60 min or so to ****, shower, shave, brush teeth, write letters, etc. If not at that time, then we could go in the middle of the night when everyone else is asleep.
Swampfox
08-22-11, 11:33 PM
In the first week you'll be so scared that you won't even think about taking a dump. Once your nerves settle and the DI's stop hazing you at shower time you'll get into a routine. Otherwise this is the least of your worries dude! The Marine Corps knows you have to pizz and crap and they'll tell you when you can do it. The job will get done one way or the other.
GunRock0811
08-22-11, 11:48 PM
Not having stalls on the doors was the biggest problem for me. Nothing quite like trying to take care of business at 0200 and having another bald head BCG recruit in the stall across from you trying to talk to you about his girl troubles. Ahhh memories....
In the first week you'll be so scared that you won't even think about taking a dump. Once your nerves settle and the DI's stop hazing you at shower time you'll get into a routine. Otherwise this is the least of your worries dude! The Marine Corps knows you have to pizz and crap and they'll tell you when you can do it. The job will get done one way or the other.
Yeah, gotta admit that first week in receiving was weird because I didn't go for a few days. I couldn't go even when I tried. I don't know if it was stress or if I just wasn't eating much.
chad6025
08-23-11, 12:20 AM
Should I take fiber pills before MEPS or something haha.
You could, but won't that be out of your system after a day or so? You certainly won't be able to bring that to boot camp. Then again, I guess you could put it in a condom and swallow them like a drug smuggler.
chad6025
08-23-11, 12:28 AM
HAHAHAHAHA that is one of the funniest things I have ever had any Marine Recommend me to do in bootcamp.... Hmm I think if I am having trouble pooping in bootcamp I would rather not swallow a condom full of fiber pills haha.
The only thing that could be worse would be having to explain it should you somehow get caught. :p
chad6025
08-23-11, 12:35 AM
Hmm that's an awkward moment I do not want to have to go through in bootcamp so I think I wont be doing that haha Anyways, I am thinking im just gonna have to wait until the time comes because everyone is different but at least when im not pooping it wont be a surprise to me haha.
CajunPOG
08-23-11, 07:00 PM
Personally I became almost entirely nocturnal when it came to taking care of business. You sometimes get other opportunities, but night time is a guarantee.
lamanognr86
08-23-11, 11:58 PM
You are goin to want to train yourself to poop during your hour of free time or when everyone is sleeping. during the day, the DIs will want you to drink a lot of water, so they will give you opportunities to make head calls. If you gotta go when there is no opportunity, then you better get good at yelling and requesting permission or your goin to get your head cut off.
Phantom Blooper
08-24-11, 07:10 AM
Why is everybody sayin' poop?
chad6025
08-24-11, 02:10 PM
"Why is everybody sayin' poop?" This made my day haha 10 days till I ship!
Jfriesner
08-24-11, 09:40 PM
We had a guy **** all over the bathroom floor on his way to the toilet. Almost made it. We also had a couple guys who frequently ****ed their bed at night or on the drill deck. Life was rough for them.
Phantom Blooper
08-24-11, 10:02 PM
You wouldn't have all those asterisks in your post if you would have wrote poop!
Being sensitive to Political Correctness, Chuck?
It sounds more delicate, too.
Maybe it should be improved even more, to "engage in certain bowel movement activities"
How about just defecate?
Nedward
08-24-11, 10:11 PM
To be honest it is best to just hold in your bowel movements until everyone is asleep, or you are doing some sort of training (gas chamber, rappelling, w/e) and make a head call.
Then again its been a few years for me.
chad6025
08-25-11, 01:24 AM
With all of your great words of wisdom it seems to me that shatting in your pants or peeing in your pants happens alot more in bootcamp than I have come to think haha.
Why is everybody sayin' poop?
$HIT bloop,
Pinch a Loaf,
Drop a Spike,
10 million more terms
Call it what you will...Our DI's gave a couple head callls through-out the day.
IF my memory serves me correctly,, Most all head calls were for two miniutes.
They didnt give a DAMN if you had to or not.
I heard a DI one time explaining to a recruit, something along the lines of "Sit, push, wipe and get the hell out of the head, fifteen seconds - that's all you need!"
I heard a DI one time explaining to a recruit, something along the lines of "Sit, push, wipe and get the hell out of the head, fifteen seconds - that's all you need!"
That is pretty close to the way our DI explained it to us 03.... EXCEPT it was get the hell out of MY head.
The first week.... you won't need to dump. You will be amazed how much liquid you will be drinking without having to drain it out as well. You will be doing so much you won't have the energy required to push.
I saw in an earlier response... 30 - 60 minutes? Certainly not while I was at boot. The maximum time for the 3S's was 5 minutes.... if you took longer... you had this big ugly Sgt or SSgt who grabbed you by the neck and kicked your butt out of his head.
Don't sweat the petty sh!t.... pun intended. Focus on your goal of becoming a Marine. All other things will pass....again pun intended!
MOS4429
08-25-11, 01:55 PM
"Why is everybody sayin' poop?"
Poop if I know.
:yes:
MOS4429
08-25-11, 02:05 PM
We had a guy **** all over the bathroom floor on his way to the toilet. Almost made it. We also had a couple guys who frequently ****ed their bed at night or on the drill deck. Life was rough for them.
Don't know if they still do this, but one hour after you hit the rack and one hour before reville, you are not allowed to get up out of your rack.
So, I had firewatch one morning at Edson Range, and in that one hour before reville time frame I hear some noise in the back of the squad bay and see a recruit back there. So...I go back to investigate armed with flashlight and girded up by my web belt, and lo and behold, there's a member of my squad taking a leak on the deck. I flipped my lid, started screaming at him. He said he couldn't go to the head because he couldn't get out of the rack 1 hour before. I escorted him to the head and then sent him back with a swab and helped him clean the mess up.
Sometimes I guess you just gotta go!
Old Marine
08-25-11, 04:09 PM
During 1st phase I always went to the store and picked up a few jugs of prune juice and recruits who were having trouble with their bowles lined up with their canteen cups for the juice. Once 1st phase was finished they were on their own.
Jfriesner
08-25-11, 05:40 PM
Don't know if they still do this, but one hour after you hit the rack and one hour before reville, you are not allowed to get up out of your rack.
So, I had firewatch one morning at Edson Range, and in that one hour before reville time frame I hear some noise in the back of the squad bay and see a recruit back there. So...I go back to investigate armed with flashlight and girded up by my web belt, and lo and behold, there's a member of my squad taking a leak on the deck. I flipped my lid, started screaming at him. He said he couldn't go to the head because he couldn't get out of the rack 1 hour before. I escorted him to the head and then sent him back with a swab and helped him clean the mess up.
Sometimes I guess you just gotta go!
You mean armed with a moon beam;)