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Brooklyn
04-02-06, 04:33 PM
Anyone with digital cable out there can catch this show tonight at 7pm on the Military Channel.
AThames
04-02-06, 05:15 PM
dang, my mom got rid of the extra channels like 2 weeks ago. she said I"'m not paying for them if no one watches them." I knew she should have kept them.
MKinney
04-02-06, 07:18 PM
I don't have the military channel any more. What all did it show?
Brooklyn
04-02-06, 08:01 PM
It showed the human side of the Drill Instructors. Their family lives, the schooling they go through to become Drill Instructors, etc.
If you've ever seen "Making Marines" you'll recognize alot of them. I think the same people made this show at the same time they were making "Making Marines" because alot of the same recruits get interviewed about how they feel towards their Drill Instructors.
It was pretty good.
Shadowman777
04-03-06, 12:18 AM
It showed the human side of the Drill Instructors. Their family lives, the schooling they go through to become Drill Instructors, etc.
Drill Instructors have a human side??? Since when???
MKinney
04-03-06, 02:54 AM
I guess only when not in front of recruits. haha
DI's bleed red just like the rest of us...
they deal with children, spouses, schools etc just like hte rest of us...
Never forget...it's a job for them to be tough as nails so that they can train Marines to not get dead ;)
It's because of them and their toughness that a lot of ya poolees will earn the title of "Marine"...and thanks to their training that you will make us patriots proud!
At the end of hte day, they go home to hubbys/wives and their kids and are moms and dads, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters .... just like every other Marine ;)
Remember...when you graduate...to thank them for being tough!
Mama
KMichael
04-03-06, 09:05 AM
Drill Instructors have a human side??? Since when???
I second that opinion!
CrazyBrave83
04-03-06, 02:58 PM
DI's bleed red just like the rest of us...
When I was down there I was confident that if one got cut he'd bleed motor oil or hydraulic fluid, but you're probably right.:banana:
Future-USMC-LT
04-03-06, 04:12 PM
If we could have gotten our way, we would have bled out our kill hat and tested the substance to see what it was.
drillinstructor
04-03-06, 10:56 PM
kil em all
Shadowman777
04-03-06, 11:10 PM
kil em all
Let's ask drillinstructor.
Drillinstructor, you don't have a human side do you?
:evilgrin:
Steve
Future-USMC-LT
04-04-06, 10:34 AM
No, probably not, but it's worth a shot to see if he is.
I have always wondered, as a Drill Instructor, how many times have they had to charge through the Crucible?? How many times have they completed 13 weeks with the recruits, training and drilling into...
Lithium
04-04-06, 03:27 PM
I watched that pretty interesting how they can just switch it on and off....
I like the DI who says that he doesnt try to place himself above the recruits, but earn their respect...I thought that was cool...He also has a website for his platoon that his wife upkeeps. Neato
Shadowman777
04-04-06, 03:31 PM
No, probably not, but it's worth a shot to see if he is.
Dunno - **DrillInstructor** is a "SAN DIEGO" Series GySgt. He may be soft and fuzzy - cuddly even. I am thinking of a "Care Bear" the one with hearts that I gave my one year old daughter.
Call me Old School, but he is part of the "new" Marine Corps - the kinder, gentler marine corps. The "Army of One" kind of marine.
I guess that can happen today. I am "Old Corps" - that's all I know. We shall see.
Steve
Shadowman777
04-04-06, 03:57 PM
I watched that pretty interesting how they can just switch it on and off....
I like the DI who says that he doesnt try to place himself above the recruits, but earn their respect...I thought that was cool...He also has a website for his platoon that his wife upkeeps. Neato
His wife set that web site up. Chicks are that way.
Steve
drillinstructor
04-05-06, 04:58 PM
Dunno - **DrillInstructor** is a "SAN DIEGO" Series GySgt. He may be soft and fuzzy - cuddly even. I am thinking of a "Care Bear" the one with hearts that I gave my one year old daughter.
Call me Old School, but he is part of the "new" Marine Corps - the kinder, gentler marine corps. The "Army of One" kind of marine.
I guess that can happen today. I am "Old Corps" - that's all I know. We shall see.
Steve
Yet another that is hiding behind a screen. Don't be jealous, you had your spin in the Corps and now it is my turn. The only reason I don't jump through this computer and rip your damn head off is because you are my brother. The recruits here are not my brothers yet. They must earn that title. Their is no soft side My family also gets IT and sometimes even waterbowl IT. Just depends how bad I am ****ed off. Hell my mother is up to 3 waterbowls now....
Wyoming
04-05-06, 05:43 PM
I guess that can happen today. I am "Old Corps" - that's all I know. We shall see.
SteveDamn! 'Old Corps'? I always thought of the China Marines as being 'Old Corps'.
Anyway, ALL Drill Instructors have my upmost respect and admiration. It takes a certain breed to mold civilians into Marines.:thumbup:
And I don't wish ill against the DI's chick' (your words) about having a website. A lot of parents are VERY concerned these days about their kids. Look what looms ahead. Is the 'sand box' in their future? Probably. I'd like to have a bit of info meownself, were my kids joining the military today.
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Shadowman777
04-05-06, 06:16 PM
Yet another that is hiding behind a screen. Don't be jealous, you had your spin in the Corps and now it is my turn. The only reason I don't jump through this computer and rip your damn head off is because you are my brother. The recruits here are not my brothers yet. They must earn that title. Their is no soft side My family also gets IT and sometimes even waterbowl IT. Just depends how bad I am ****ed off. Hell my mother is up to 3 waterbowls now....
Not bad ... but I was expecting a bit more - especially the way I opened the door for you to jump down my throat. I'd gone more like this ...
"Why you Jimmy Carter era, peanut eating worthless scumbag. If my brain were the size of a peanut, I'd be a freaking genius compared to you. Go build another habitat for sailors dirtbag!"
But then - that's me ... Mr. Old School.
;)
Steve
A lot of parents are VERY concerned these days about their kids. Look what looms ahead. Is the 'sand box' in their future? Probably. I'd like to have a bit of info meownself, were my kids joining the military today..
yeah...that
This parent is really concerned about her daughter's safety in Recruit Training...having sat through the DI demonstration and forced myself to remain silent while some stranger yelled at *my* kid.... anyone other than a DI would have had Mama Bear huntin' with that flyswatter again...
I've come to discover that the USMC doesn't just train the recruits to be Marines, but in a subtle way (sometimes not so subtle), they train the parents to be Marine Parents...
It's nice to gain more knowledge of what she'll be going through...what kind of dedication the DI's that are training her have, and how salty they are in training to make sure my baby girl (yeah, I know...but no matter how tough or grown up...your moms are like that too) remains safe even in the most dangerous of situations...that she knows how to handle herself...
So...from this mom....thanks for info...and thanks for the training she's going to receive :flag:
MintDragonfly
04-06-06, 05:01 PM
my dad and grandma are pretty happy that I'm going into the Marine Corps, but my mom's side is not so sure. As in they don't want me to go at all, but my mom is proud that I'm doing something with my life. Also, when my mom saw the first few minutes of Jarhead, she was like "That's my son, that's my son".
Future-USMC-LT
04-06-06, 05:21 PM
Damn! 'Old Corps'? I always thought of the China Marines as being 'Old Corps'.
Anyway, ALL Drill Instructors have my upmost respect and admiration. It takes a certain breed to mold civilians into Marines.:thumbup:
And I don't wish ill against the DI's chick' (your words) about having a website. A lot of parents are VERY concerned these days about their kids. Look what looms ahead. Is the 'sand box' in their future? Probably. I'd like to have a bit of info meownself, were my kids joining the military today.
.
When I was in boot the Drill Instructors use to tell us all the time that every single one of us would be in the sandbox at one time or another.