JordanB
09-08-07, 12:25 AM
Any questions you old Devil Dogs have about todays PI I just graduated with Platoon 2073 today, otherwise heres my top 6 ways to make it through bootcamp and become a U.S. Marine
1. Dont do drugs: What you do before you join the Marine Corps is your buisness, but once you are in you dont do that crap anymore. Go ahead and smoke up "one last time" before you ship out and get caught like a few from my platoon did, you will get drooped in your 3rd week of training, you wont be able to re-enlist for 1-4 years (depending on the drug might not be able to re-enlist period) and when you come back you are probably going to have to come in as an open contract, which basically means they give you which ever job nobody wants to sign up for (usually)
2. Dont sign up if you are out of shape: If you did sports in highschool then chances are you can hack it physically at PI, but if you cant do ATLEAST (I emphasize atleast because Marines never strive for the bare minimum) 5 pull ups and run 3 miles in atmost 28 minutes then your ass is getting drooped to pcp, and they wont let you back into training until you shape up dosent mater if it takes 2 weeks or 2 months, you tracking?
3. Dont come with an attitude: I aint gonna get too into this one but just think about it, your in a squad bay with like 70-95 other recruits and your only as strong as your weakest link. Dont **** off the team by acting stupid.
Your all gonna be liveing togeather in really small quarters (especially if your in 3rd BN) for what is gonna seem like a hell of a lot longer than 3 months.
4. Before you leave for bootcamp do your best to memorize the 11 general orders and the Marine Corps rank structure (yes, including Warrant Officers)
5. Before you sign ANYTHING, remember that whatever comes out of your recruiters mouth is worthless, you only get what is on paper and legally binding. Keep copys of any contracts you sign if possible, had a lot of people that I met up here that got screwed over somehow or another because they didnt pay attention to the exact contract they were signing and all the tiny stipulations (go over that thing with a fine toothed comb, fax a copy to your folks so they can look it over, and do not let a recruiter pressure you, if he trys the old "we dont have that mos right now but sign this and ill get you that mos while you are in bootcamp" hes full of **** go to another office.
6. Make sure this is what you really truely belive in. The worst day ever I would have at bootcamp Id still look in the mirror and be proud of what I was doing for myself and for my country. If you dont TRUELY belive in Honor, Courage, Commitment, if you cant accept becomeing apart of something that is larger and more important than yourself that you may not fully understand, then the Marine Corps is not for you.
1. Dont do drugs: What you do before you join the Marine Corps is your buisness, but once you are in you dont do that crap anymore. Go ahead and smoke up "one last time" before you ship out and get caught like a few from my platoon did, you will get drooped in your 3rd week of training, you wont be able to re-enlist for 1-4 years (depending on the drug might not be able to re-enlist period) and when you come back you are probably going to have to come in as an open contract, which basically means they give you which ever job nobody wants to sign up for (usually)
2. Dont sign up if you are out of shape: If you did sports in highschool then chances are you can hack it physically at PI, but if you cant do ATLEAST (I emphasize atleast because Marines never strive for the bare minimum) 5 pull ups and run 3 miles in atmost 28 minutes then your ass is getting drooped to pcp, and they wont let you back into training until you shape up dosent mater if it takes 2 weeks or 2 months, you tracking?
3. Dont come with an attitude: I aint gonna get too into this one but just think about it, your in a squad bay with like 70-95 other recruits and your only as strong as your weakest link. Dont **** off the team by acting stupid.
Your all gonna be liveing togeather in really small quarters (especially if your in 3rd BN) for what is gonna seem like a hell of a lot longer than 3 months.
4. Before you leave for bootcamp do your best to memorize the 11 general orders and the Marine Corps rank structure (yes, including Warrant Officers)
5. Before you sign ANYTHING, remember that whatever comes out of your recruiters mouth is worthless, you only get what is on paper and legally binding. Keep copys of any contracts you sign if possible, had a lot of people that I met up here that got screwed over somehow or another because they didnt pay attention to the exact contract they were signing and all the tiny stipulations (go over that thing with a fine toothed comb, fax a copy to your folks so they can look it over, and do not let a recruiter pressure you, if he trys the old "we dont have that mos right now but sign this and ill get you that mos while you are in bootcamp" hes full of **** go to another office.
6. Make sure this is what you really truely belive in. The worst day ever I would have at bootcamp Id still look in the mirror and be proud of what I was doing for myself and for my country. If you dont TRUELY belive in Honor, Courage, Commitment, if you cant accept becomeing apart of something that is larger and more important than yourself that you may not fully understand, then the Marine Corps is not for you.