1970, this was during the Vietnam War era. I hear that this is the most absolute toughest of the Marines boot camp that anyone can ever go through. Since I never served in the armed forces, I cannot confirm this. Yet, I have many friends and acquaintances that were or are currently Marines that told me this. I am quoting them directly. This is an interesting and insightful video.
@kenpalmer1965 went in jun 73 it was insane even had a place called force motovataion worse as an enemy prison camp i was there for 30 days you dont wanna know !
@kenpalmer1965 ,you can believe what you were told,i know because i was there at PI in March 1970,and by Nov 1970 I landed in Viet Nam proud to have served in the MARINE CORP Semper Fi
Can you imagine what these men would have thought if they knew that OBAMA lets faggots join up together... I heard they can even share a bunk in boot camp!!!
What the fuck?My 2 brothers one in the Marines,the other in the 82nd Airborne told me how they got their kick in the nuts.They both trained hard and got heir asses kicked.I got my kick in the nuts when I went to Ft.Benning for Infantry and Airborne in 1986.The Panama Invasion then 2 years in Iraq after 23 years changed my life forever.Guys train for combat 100%,it just takes 1 second to die.God bless you if you survive combat.The memories of surviving can never be shared other than comrades.
This video badly needs the MST3K treatment. More due to the hilariously corny, gee-whiz nature of the presenters than due to the military guys being filmed. "All recruits... are encouraged to fulfill their moral obligations by attending the church of their choice." (Shown: Christian, Christian, and Jewish) The others are apparently encouraged to attend religious "instruction". ...Seriously? I have a hard time believing this was filmed as late as the 70's. 50's-level naivete is priceless. :P
@FrLawRE he meant at a time. for example the first run is only 3/4 mile..by the end you go for 3 mile runs... i think our longest run was the moto run around 5 miles maybe? not sure...2009
I went through the Island from 05 january 81 to 27 March 81. I graduatted from 3rd batallion best on the Island ! 3 things that happened while I was there that sticks in my mind are 1:the 1st week that we started training a recruit died in training and that scared us. 2;they permanetly put the smoking lamp out 2 weeks before we graduated 3; the Senior DI let us listen to a few minutes of the Radiers vs the Eagles Super Bowl ! I am glad to be one of the few & the proud! Semper Fi !
I WENT THROUGH PI 1951 YOUNGEST GUY IN THE MARINE CORE THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU THEN AND THEY MADE A MAN OUT OF ME AND GAVE ME AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE SEMPER FI THERE WAS NO FAT PEOPLE AROUND THEN GOD BLESS EVERYBODY THANK YOU GOD
@MrJeggus What branch did you serve in you slack-jawed half-stepping shitbird?! If your brains were made of dynamite you couldn't even blow your nose. Go fuck yourself and your whorehouse sister in the ass...
@TheRealSparano I think you're lying son-of-a-bitch because if you are a Marine you wouldn't have spelled, "Corps..." wrong. You spelled it wrong so you're a fraud and a liar...
@89bhs YOU DICKHEAD IF YOU TOOK TIME RESEARCHING MY RECORDS YOU WILL FIND OUT I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW I'M SPELLING THINGS YOU IDIOT YOU IDIOT TAKE SOME TIME AND CHECK MY RECORD OUT GO TO THEREALSPARANO RIPPED OFF AGAIN AND YOU WILL SEE THE RECORD OF WHERE MY DISCHARGE IS YOU MUST BE A DOPE SMOKER MARIJUANA POT ETC AND OTHERS AND YOU YELL AT PEOPLE WHO SMOKE REGULAR CIGARETTES AND YOU PUSSYFIED THIS WHOLE COUNTY
@TheRealSparano Go fuck yourself! You're nothing but a fraud and phony and it's dickheads like you that have turned this country into big soft vagina. I hear your water breaking you fuckin' pussy. I don't need to ge see your stupid fuckin' records because you're full of shit you shit-heel pure-bred faggot...
@89bhs IF YOU WANNA KNOW HOW IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN THERE IN 1951 THEY WERE BEATING GUYS AND KILLING THEM THEY WERE MAKING GUYS QUIT SECTION 8 THEM THAT`S WHY I GOT AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AND THEN AFTER I GOT OUT A FEW YEARS LATER THEY WERE STILL KILLING GUYS DURING THE TRAINING AND THEY HAD A BIG INVESTIGATION AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE RULES SO THEY COULD NOT BEAT GUYS AND MISTREAT THEM THATS WHEN THE MARINE CORPS WAS THE MARINE CORPS AND GOD BLESS EVERYBODY THANK YOU GOD
@89bhs ALSO I HOPE THAT SOME OF THE GUYS WHO WERE WITH ME IN 1951 AT PARIS ISLAND FIRST BATTALION FIRST DIVISION COMPANY A AND REMEMBER WHY BEN SPARANO ALIAS RONALD ANDERSON WAS TAKEN OUT OF THEIR COMPANY YOU SHOULD DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE YOU CALL SOMEBODY A LIAR YOU DICKHEAD GOD BLESS EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY THE MARINE CORPS THANK YOU GOD
@TheRealSparano It's Parris Island; with two r's you fuckin' phony cock-sucker! You're probably one of the slack-jawed faggots who washed out the first day. Fact of business, they didn't take you because you're Glen or Glenda you fuckin' heramphrodite!!!
i went thru Parris Island back in 89....we trained 3 full months or 13 weeks....maybe its reduced to 9 weeks here because these young men were being shipped right out to Nam !
This is how nice......you can even see the Di how gently correct the posture and uniform of the recruit....I wonder when this came from..... youtube.com/watch?v=6eXFxttxeaA must be a mistake acording to this nice and cute film :P
Does the core still force religion on recruits like it says they did in this video? Early in the video it said they are forced to deal with religion even if they didn't belong to a church. I am so glad I failed the pre-sighnup hearing test, because I had already passed the written test and was on my way to becoming a marine when I was 18 (87) right after highschool.
@boat6float What if you have no supernatural or religious beliefs and don't want to see a chaplain? I heard on the non-prophets (atheist podcast) that military is giving a spiritual or mental test and then forcing people without religious beliefs into seeing a chaplain.
Equality in the platoon (cutting your hair off)? More like part of the dehumanization process. We should have a very, very small military. This is disgusting. Anyone who applauds this video is an idiot.
Those men you see in this video is what protects you when you sleep at night. You would not have youtube, the Internet or US Presidents on your money if it wasn't for those in the United States Armed Services.
@boat6float Protects me from what or whom? That has been a bullshit line since the end of ww2. Minute men missiles are what really protects me at night, and even that is stretch. Tell me,what foreign army is threatening the US?
@Goofus5453 " The world is full of bastards that would turn you into a slave if no one was here to stop them. Be thankful." Yes ,and the best way to meet them is to enlist in the military.........
@boat6float I completely disagree with everything in your statement. What little liberties I have left are protected by the constitution and courts. The military, on the other hand is responsible for much of the erosion of civil liberties. Who, exactly are they protecting me form? Canada? Mexico? Come on, get real here.
I went thru basic at P.I. in 1979 and some things in the video look familiar.
Those white barracks on the far side of the parade deck were not there in 79. Replaced with air cinditioned concrete and steel barracks. Rifle range looks the same, but the p.t. course looked just like I remembered.
This is a 1970 recruiting film so it won't show everything. But I think Boot Camp was only 9 weeks during Vietnam wasn't it? Before that it was always 13 weeks and a lot tougher than seen in this film. I think it's back to 13 weeks now.
Before and a little after the Ribbon Creek incident DI's cursed and beat up recruits. I was there recently after 45 years and my wife heard a DI tell his platoon they were trying too hard. WHAT? It doesn't look like the Corps has gotten soft exactly but it looks like the PC Police who will never understand the need for toughness might be putting Marines at risk. Just this side of getting beaten up is probably the best thing that could happen to junior who nobody ever taught any discipline too.
we sure as hell didnt get an apron on my first haircut. they cut and threw all that hair over our necks and shoulders. On purpose so we can itch but not scratch
I suspect the style of this video was aimed in-part at the parents of potential recruits of the day ... based on the style... the peppy music... and emphasis on religious outlets ...etc... it seems as though it would appeal more to the WWII generation... more-so than to the actual baby-boomer himself... Just a thought...
@MrTravisty3 I went through Parris Island march -june 1979. Then Infantry training school, Camp Pendelton, then off to 2/4 camp schwab. They would break your ass wide open. This is just a pentagon propaganda film. I also survived "The Motavation platoon", by then renamed "Correctional custody platoon". I am still mentally un-balanced.
I was at PI in '88 and I remember everything. I was 5 pounds overweight (135) and was placed in fat camp but our fat camp was nothing like this video.We had those tacky red shorts. The 10 mile hump did me in though because I found out Ii had osteoarthritis in my right knee. We had 9 weeks but now, it's 13 weeks. My son is enlisting next month and he will graduate high school this coming summer. He is really looking forward to his time at PI. He and I are in trainging to get him ready.
the purpose of the shower is to clean, but we like to think it's washing away your individuality and self-identity. They receive their utility uniforms and other clothing necessary for training...
I was at PI in 1969. This looks easy compared to what I went through. They don't tell us here that you have 10 min. at the mess hall, don't say grace if you want to have time to eat. I don't remember having a shower in the morning. We had one hour in the evening to; shine your shoes, clean your rifle M-14, shine your brass, read mail, write letters, shower and shave. Training was tough and never a moment to rest.
@Jmarkusic I think your full of it 1969 1970 it did not change that fast pal. I also dont remember some of the crap they show but look it it was a recruiting film there is one about 1969 and its same same
I went through PI in 85. I'm not saying what we went through was a piece of cake. & the DI's didn't give us warm milk b4 lights out. But I kw for a fact that the pre Vietnam recruits caught hell that I only had a fraction of while in Boot Camp. They had to. They was get'n you Marines prepared for something that you just can't prepare for. To all Marines I love you. But to that Vietnam Marine, I hold you High & Above All. Because You All Gave Some. But Many Gave All. Semper-Fi Allways & 4ever!
I went through boot camp 1967 and I remember thinking how rough the WWII Marines had it compared to us. My uncle was on Iwo Jima. I guess the Marines going though boot camp today are thinking how rough it was for the 80's and 90's Marines. Your turn has come.
@macreal65 my friends grandad went to parris island in 66' and he said it was hell. The crazy amount of hazing, di's trying to get recruits to legit fight each other. Parris Island was different back in the day
@hamid28683 I guess that's why a many of us died (those who served), so that you can have the right to scribble or say what ever the fuck you want. My man you are not an ASSHOLE, naw......you are the WHOLE ASS!
How come we don't have the same accent in America as the Captain at the beginning of the video? I notice the same thing with British people...their accent was manly and Royal Marine or SAS-like. Now theirs is all feminine and gay. What happened?
Man have times changed and they've also not changed a bit. Training wise it's all more or less the same, but the way it was done the way it looks seems to have changed.
I was at Parris Island boot training (1983) and will never forget it, but I would change two things about The USMC: #1. No more saluting/with greeting. #2. Get rid of the stupid high & tight haircuts. I would add Martial Arts training and increase the amout of meat served. If recruits do well for the week, they eat steak on saturday evening chow, if not just chicken.
@LuckyGuu Same time as me ! We probably chewed the same dirt. I would change a couple of things. 1 no more baths with the female recruits. They always get on your nerves with all that giggling and splashing , and Dave made us clean the floors before we all got too wasted to move. 2 Why do we have to go to war and live in horrid tents ? We should just launch some nukes if someone pisses us off. 3 Can we swop the Hummers for a BMW 6 series?
@ilikezappa funny comments! If I had a time machine I'd love to revisit those days in Parris Island! Trying not to laugh while facing other recruits "on line". I was real skinny and always hungry. I briefly convinced my Di that I should have double portions. I had no chance of putting on fat, so I don't know why he ended it. I'm glad I went to PI, as I have visited San Diego MCRD and it really is Hollywood. It's a shame because I do not believe they put out the same marines.
@LuckyGuu A time machine would be useful . I would zip back to 1974 and see if Jim Smith ( aged 11) still wanted to beat me up , now that I am a 6 foot 3 cage fighter with an AK 47 .
@LuckyGuu Not so, I went to bootcamp in San Diego and was a DI at Parris Island and the training is exactly the same. The Marine Corps follows an SOP and the only difference is the geography. The rest is folklore. You have your Sandfleas at PI and your Mountain humps at San Diego. Same "O" Course,same chow,same amount of training days. They put out the same Marines to the FMFalways.
@ChowHallCommando #1. I grateful to have this chance to tell you that I have tons of respect for you as a DI and thank you for what you do. I made 20-some visits to MCRD San Diego and never got tired of seeing DI's yelling at recruits, however it "seemed" much easier than on PI. Perhaps that is how they wanted the famlies to see things??? I really do wish I had a time machine to do it all over again. Q: What are Mountain Humps?
@LuckyGuu Mointain humps are when the recruit for the first time gets to Camp Pendleton and goes marching up a hillside with a full pack,helmet and weapon at a very fast pace. Its a major killer for the legs and lungs which leaves ones legs shaking uncontrollably and they don't have that at PI. The mountain at Camp Pendleton is called Mount M****r F****r. Are you a Marine?
@ChowHallCommando Last question first, no I am not a Marine...........pneumonia ended my whole Marine experience. I was gung ho in Boot Camp, then pneumonia ended it all. I would have enjoyed Mountain Humps because I love intense training! It was much easier then for me, as I had no fat on my body. Now I'm over 220 thanks to many wonderful buffets! Again, there is no limit to the amount of respect I have for DI's and especially love that old black and white film THE DI.
@ChowHallCommando Living in San Diego I drove a shuttle van for a hotel and drove families on base for graduation and the day before, so I was able to witness what goings on. Plus I attended at least 3 graduations, even though I did not know someone who was graduating. I don't wish to get into a debate, but I'd like to suggest a book for you to buy from amazon.com that is very interesting! It's called: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
@LuckyGuu I was in The Foreign Legion. It was hard . I turned up for sentry duty with muddy boots one day , and they stapled my feet to the ceiling and set fire to me. Once , because I said I thought the Hat ( Kepi) was silly , they made me hold 5 pounds of semtex in my buttcheeks and detonated it. The worst posting was England , coz of the shitty Waitresses. The US Marines was more of a giggle.
@ilikezappa It sounds like you are making this up about being in the FFL. Not sure what semtex is? I think the Marine haircut is stupid, no offense. I also hate saluting. and calling officers SIr
@LuckyGuu English Waitresses are a weapon which was developed to sap the morale of enemy troops. As you wait for your lifeless and indifferent food , she will be texting her boyfriend and will give you a look of hatred if you interrupt her. She knows she wont get a tip from the equally miserable bastards who dont mind having to queue for their food , even though it would be SO easy for her to sit you down and BRING it to your table. We are going to drop them on Texas if u piss us off.
@ilikezappa Have you ever read about French prisoners being sent to Devil's Island (now closed/for many years) and the hardships there? There must be some middle road where the prisoners never want to return to prison and something less than what the French offer. I wonder the current conditions of french prisons?
@LuckyGuu French Prisons are terrible. They give you red wine with your Saumon en Croute , and sometimes the waiters ignore you for ten minutes before they even take your order. Red wine with fish ? That ought to put you off a life of crime.
@AmphibiousReconMSOB No , but I do get punched in the head for a living. Never tried crack , but it looks like a lot of fun , and it will help you to be happy and successful. Might give it a go. Thanks for the advice Amph.
@Marine052191 No that`s just silly , we had to buy them out of our beer allowance. Basic starting salary in those days was only 61 k a year plus 150 dollars a week for drinking. You dont join the Marines for the money that`s for sure. I did it because driving for UPS was too risky . Sometimes I had to drive through Philadelphia armed only with a .38 and some grenades.You can`t sustain that kind of stress for ever.
Oh ok , I see what you old breeds are saying, every day is a holiday in YOUR beloved Corps. I dig that. It takes pride, and discipline to look at it that way, I like it.
Went there in 79. Sun tans, pretty babes on the beach, full nine course buffets, and a first class club where the DI bought us drinks and BS'd with us like we were buddies.
I went through in 06 platoon 2089. Doesn't seem the same then as it was back then . I heard it was harder cuz they could hit u and stuff. But now they have other ways of fucking you up by running you ragged. It still is crazy even now haha semper fi....
Marines, home of the brave, and the tough, Semper Fi "Always faithful" is taught, and thats not a bluff!!. Marines are mighty so true. Honor, Courage and commitment is so true, it's all about protecting the red,the white, and the blue!!!. Marines will never break or bend, they're ready to fight destroy and defend. We are proud of our military everyday, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, let freedom ring, everyday I say, band of brothesr, OOOOH RAH!!!, and God Bless the USA!
Whats insane Marines will look flat out the same through out time along with the Army and Navy, Air Force still has a while before people can say so (thank god the other guys are there)
@jalisquiyo310 Well @ the time this Trainning film was taking place it was time of war Vietnam. & I'm sure many of the faces that was shown went there after infantry school & prob never came back. I saw this when I went through back in 85 & our DI's told us that many of them was in that film & many of them never came back.
@TickleMebird Ive talked to a lot of people, and most definatly back then...no doubt its still hard today...but back then they could hit you...and basically do whatever they wanted, today their options are limited...them being the drill instructors
@BUNDLEofHELL It's not exactly a double decker. It's actually the General Motors Scenicruiser. That bus has a two stroke six cylinder diesel motor, and it was based on the legendary "Fishbowl" bus.
The pleasant leave it to beaver music when the bus full of recruits is heading to PI is too funny.
Its amazing how little Parris Island changed in appearance over the years, I went through there in 92 and it didnt look much different. Some newer barracks and buildings but the old white ones were still there and being used.. The same above ground sewage pipes that stank. The PT field, O courses and confidence course looked the same.
It funny.....there is seem to be a bit less yelling in this video than when I went through in '85. Plt. 1069. OOO-RAHH.
mikeis338 4 days ago
looks pleasent..... then you watch a 2012 version and shit your pants.
NJhardcore21 1 week ago 2
1970, this was during the Vietnam War era. I hear that this is the most absolute toughest of the Marines boot camp that anyone can ever go through. Since I never served in the armed forces, I cannot confirm this. Yet, I have many friends and acquaintances that were or are currently Marines that told me this. I am quoting them directly. This is an interesting and insightful video.
kenpalmer1965 1 week ago
@kenpalmer1965 went in jun 73 it was insane even had a place called force motovataion worse as an enemy prison camp i was there for 30 days you dont wanna know !
1973c0g 1 week ago
@kenpalmer1965 ,you can believe what you were told,i know because i was there at PI in March 1970,and by Nov 1970 I landed in Viet Nam proud to have served in the MARINE CORP Semper Fi
cherokees51 1 week ago
@cherokees51 Why, thank you very much for your reply. Since you were there in person, I will definitely take your word for it.
kenpalmer1965 6 days ago
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socalpimp1974 1 week ago
Can you imagine what these men would have thought if they knew that OBAMA lets faggots join up together... I heard they can even share a bunk in boot camp!!!
socalpimp1974 1 week ago
They say mental toughness is just as important as physical toughness in the military, quality matters more then quanity.
snakes3425 2 weeks ago
What the fuck?My 2 brothers one in the Marines,the other in the 82nd Airborne told me how they got their kick in the nuts.They both trained hard and got heir asses kicked.I got my kick in the nuts when I went to Ft.Benning for Infantry and Airborne in 1986.The Panama Invasion then 2 years in Iraq after 23 years changed my life forever.Guys train for combat 100%,it just takes 1 second to die.God bless you if you survive combat.The memories of surviving can never be shared other than comrades.
reddevilparatrooper 3 weeks ago
This video badly needs the MST3K treatment. More due to the hilariously corny, gee-whiz nature of the presenters than due to the military guys being filmed. "All recruits... are encouraged to fulfill their moral obligations by attending the church of their choice." (Shown: Christian, Christian, and Jewish) The others are apparently encouraged to attend religious "instruction". ...Seriously? I have a hard time believing this was filmed as late as the 70's. 50's-level naivete is priceless. :P
nfinn42 3 weeks ago
"they will run 3 miles by their 8th week(23.45)." Is that all?
FrLawRE 3 weeks ago
@FrLawRE he meant at a time. for example the first run is only 3/4 mile..by the end you go for 3 mile runs... i think our longest run was the moto run around 5 miles maybe? not sure...2009
JGM038 2 weeks ago
I went through the Island from 05 january 81 to 27 March 81. I graduatted from 3rd batallion best on the Island ! 3 things that happened while I was there that sticks in my mind are 1:the 1st week that we started training a recruit died in training and that scared us. 2;they permanetly put the smoking lamp out 2 weeks before we graduated 3; the Senior DI let us listen to a few minutes of the Radiers vs the Eagles Super Bowl ! I am glad to be one of the few & the proud! Semper Fi !
Blakontop 4 weeks ago
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I WENT THROUGH PI 1951 YOUNGEST GUY IN THE MARINE CORE THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU THEN AND THEY MADE A MAN OUT OF ME AND GAVE ME AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE SEMPER FI THERE WAS NO FAT PEOPLE AROUND THEN GOD BLESS EVERYBODY THANK YOU GOD
TheRealSparano 1 month ago
@MrJeggus What branch did you serve in you slack-jawed half-stepping shitbird?! If your brains were made of dynamite you couldn't even blow your nose. Go fuck yourself and your whorehouse sister in the ass...
89bhs 1 month ago
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TheRealSparano 1 month ago
@TheRealSparano I think you're lying son-of-a-bitch because if you are a Marine you wouldn't have spelled, "Corps..." wrong. You spelled it wrong so you're a fraud and a liar...
89bhs 1 month ago
@89bhs YOU DICKHEAD IF YOU TOOK TIME RESEARCHING MY RECORDS YOU WILL FIND OUT I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW I'M SPELLING THINGS YOU IDIOT YOU IDIOT TAKE SOME TIME AND CHECK MY RECORD OUT GO TO THEREALSPARANO RIPPED OFF AGAIN AND YOU WILL SEE THE RECORD OF WHERE MY DISCHARGE IS YOU MUST BE A DOPE SMOKER MARIJUANA POT ETC AND OTHERS AND YOU YELL AT PEOPLE WHO SMOKE REGULAR CIGARETTES AND YOU PUSSYFIED THIS WHOLE COUNTY
TheRealSparano 1 month ago
@TheRealSparano Go fuck yourself! You're nothing but a fraud and phony and it's dickheads like you that have turned this country into big soft vagina. I hear your water breaking you fuckin' pussy. I don't need to ge see your stupid fuckin' records because you're full of shit you shit-heel pure-bred faggot...
89bhs 1 month ago
@89bhs IF YOU WANNA KNOW HOW IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN THERE IN 1951 THEY WERE BEATING GUYS AND KILLING THEM THEY WERE MAKING GUYS QUIT SECTION 8 THEM THAT`S WHY I GOT AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AND THEN AFTER I GOT OUT A FEW YEARS LATER THEY WERE STILL KILLING GUYS DURING THE TRAINING AND THEY HAD A BIG INVESTIGATION AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE RULES SO THEY COULD NOT BEAT GUYS AND MISTREAT THEM THATS WHEN THE MARINE CORPS WAS THE MARINE CORPS AND GOD BLESS EVERYBODY THANK YOU GOD
TheRealSparano 1 month ago
@89bhs ALSO I HOPE THAT SOME OF THE GUYS WHO WERE WITH ME IN 1951 AT PARIS ISLAND FIRST BATTALION FIRST DIVISION COMPANY A AND REMEMBER WHY BEN SPARANO ALIAS RONALD ANDERSON WAS TAKEN OUT OF THEIR COMPANY YOU SHOULD DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE YOU CALL SOMEBODY A LIAR YOU DICKHEAD GOD BLESS EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY THE MARINE CORPS THANK YOU GOD
TheRealSparano 1 month ago
@TheRealSparano It's Parris Island; with two r's you fuckin' phony cock-sucker! You're probably one of the slack-jawed faggots who washed out the first day. Fact of business, they didn't take you because you're Glen or Glenda you fuckin' heramphrodite!!!
89bhs 1 month ago
I like those high water civilian pants. LOL.
jvolstad 1 month ago
I think the best movie/documentary I have seen of Marine Corps Bootcamp is Ears Open Eyeballs Click and even in that they left stuff out.
TheJimmyT1000 1 month ago
This was filmed during the draft. I love the idea of the enforced chaplin-cy education and motivation platoon.
Oh, and the physically weak platoon "training muscles the trainee didn't know they had."
jennpower1 2 months ago
The music sounds like something from an old tom and jerry cartoon
aeclipseguy1 2 months ago
These jarheads are ripped after 8 weeks better than the 3 months they have for basic now.
DIJV79 2 months ago
@MrJeggus ..You probably do...and every Marine knows her!..;-)...1st Batt. 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV 1969-72
MarineHoo 2 months ago
i went thru Parris Island back in 89....we trained 3 full months or 13 weeks....maybe its reduced to 9 weeks here because these young men were being shipped right out to Nam !
ronnied828 2 months ago
I wonder how many of the young men in this film got killed protecting the US from the fearsome, frightening nation of Vietnam?
number9scheme 2 months ago
on the way to vietnam
yeast142 2 months ago
13:32 : WHERE'S MY GOD**MNED APOSTROPHE!?!?!? ARE THERE TWO WORLDS HERE, PRIVATE??!! ARE YOU FROM MARS?
ff2paladin 3 months ago
This is how nice......you can even see the Di how gently correct the posture and uniform of the recruit....I wonder when this came from..... youtube.com/watch?v=6eXFxttxeaA must be a mistake acording to this nice and cute film :P
calito44 3 months ago
This makes bootcamp look and sound like summer camp
cellardoor199991 3 months ago
Does the core still force religion on recruits like it says they did in this video? Early in the video it said they are forced to deal with religion even if they didn't belong to a church. I am so glad I failed the pre-sighnup hearing test, because I had already passed the written test and was on my way to becoming a marine when I was 18 (87) right after highschool.
christo930 3 months ago
@christo930
It's not "forced". Chapel service is all voluntary. You even get three choices: (1) Catholic, (2) Protestant, and (3) other.
boat6float 3 months ago
@boat6float What if you have no supernatural or religious beliefs and don't want to see a chaplain? I heard on the non-prophets (atheist podcast) that military is giving a spiritual or mental test and then forcing people without religious beliefs into seeing a chaplain.
christo930 3 months ago
Equality in the platoon (cutting your hair off)? More like part of the dehumanization process. We should have a very, very small military. This is disgusting. Anyone who applauds this video is an idiot.
christo930 3 months ago
@christo930
Those men you see in this video is what protects you when you sleep at night. You would not have youtube, the Internet or US Presidents on your money if it wasn't for those in the United States Armed Services.
boat6float 3 months ago
@boat6float Protects me from what or whom? That has been a bullshit line since the end of ww2. Minute men missiles are what really protects me at night, and even that is stretch. Tell me,what foreign army is threatening the US?
christo930 3 months ago
@christo930 The world is full of bastards that would turn you into a slave if no one was here to stop them. Be thankful.
Goofus5453 2 months ago
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@Goofus5453 " The world is full of bastards that would turn you into a slave if no one was here to stop them. Be thankful." Yes ,and the best way to meet them is to enlist in the military.........
ilikezappa 1 month ago
@boat6float I completely disagree with everything in your statement. What little liberties I have left are protected by the constitution and courts. The military, on the other hand is responsible for much of the erosion of civil liberties. Who, exactly are they protecting me form? Canada? Mexico? Come on, get real here.
christo930 2 months ago
Never saw this video before.
I went thru basic at P.I. in 1979 and some things in the video look familiar.
Those white barracks on the far side of the parade deck were not there in 79. Replaced with air cinditioned concrete and steel barracks. Rifle range looks the same, but the p.t. course looked just like I remembered.
Video brought back alot of memories.
Thanks for posting.
ALMACKANDCHRISLYNN 3 months ago
I also don't remember any trumpet at 4AM but I recall a GI can flying down the center of the squadbay to get you out of the rack.
Quasimodo1957 3 months ago
I was actually in a recruiting video taken while I was at PI in '76. Wish I could find it. But oh boy...what memories! Thanks for this gem!
Quasimodo1957 3 months ago
This is kool and very interesting XD
AlexB4455 3 months ago
This is a 1970 recruiting film so it won't show everything. But I think Boot Camp was only 9 weeks during Vietnam wasn't it? Before that it was always 13 weeks and a lot tougher than seen in this film. I think it's back to 13 weeks now.
WV2NV64 3 months ago
Before and a little after the Ribbon Creek incident DI's cursed and beat up recruits. I was there recently after 45 years and my wife heard a DI tell his platoon they were trying too hard. WHAT? It doesn't look like the Corps has gotten soft exactly but it looks like the PC Police who will never understand the need for toughness might be putting Marines at risk. Just this side of getting beaten up is probably the best thing that could happen to junior who nobody ever taught any discipline too.
WV2NV64 3 months ago
we sure as hell didnt get an apron on my first haircut. they cut and threw all that hair over our necks and shoulders. On purpose so we can itch but not scratch
bustedupXbox 3 months ago
13:40 - these buildings still look the same today
USMarineRifleman0311 3 months ago
I suspect the style of this video was aimed in-part at the parents of potential recruits of the day ... based on the style... the peppy music... and emphasis on religious outlets ...etc... it seems as though it would appeal more to the WWII generation... more-so than to the actual baby-boomer himself... Just a thought...
itsstillfriday 3 months ago
Forest gump gave oaths??
ralatorre9 3 months ago
This cracks me up , I went through in 1974 . The place looks the same but it was alot different.
Lindas59Nomad 4 months ago
I went through 40 yeers after this and maybe the DIs are just being soft on Camera so they wouldent get in trouble but it seems harder now.
MrTravisty3 4 months ago
@MrTravisty3 I went through Parris Island march -june 1979. Then Infantry training school, Camp Pendelton, then off to 2/4 camp schwab. They would break your ass wide open. This is just a pentagon propaganda film. I also survived "The Motavation platoon", by then renamed "Correctional custody platoon". I am still mentally un-balanced.
jaghoff 3 months ago
I was at PI in '88 and I remember everything. I was 5 pounds overweight (135) and was placed in fat camp but our fat camp was nothing like this video.We had those tacky red shorts. The 10 mile hump did me in though because I found out Ii had osteoarthritis in my right knee. We had 9 weeks but now, it's 13 weeks. My son is enlisting next month and he will graduate high school this coming summer. He is really looking forward to his time at PI. He and I are in trainging to get him ready.
angiyomi 4 months ago
hahahahahaa i showed my dad this video and he went into the Marines in the 70's lol he said its nothing like this video hahahaha
Ajaxstew 4 months ago
1:21-1:31 don't ask don't tell...
theLEGENDARYoneTC 4 months ago
the purpose of the shower is to clean, but we like to think it's washing away your individuality and self-identity. They receive their utility uniforms and other clothing necessary for training...
gobo760 5 months ago
i cant wait any longer!!!!
23spacecase 5 months ago
It brings back memories, Great ones! This is now men are made..
lonnieedavis 6 months ago
@lonnieedavis no not men, MARINES ooh-rah!!!!!
dlpaul345 4 months ago
I was at PI in 1969. This looks easy compared to what I went through. They don't tell us here that you have 10 min. at the mess hall, don't say grace if you want to have time to eat. I don't remember having a shower in the morning. We had one hour in the evening to; shine your shoes, clean your rifle M-14, shine your brass, read mail, write letters, shower and shave. Training was tough and never a moment to rest.
Jmarkusic 6 months ago
@Jmarkusic I think your full of it 1969 1970 it did not change that fast pal. I also dont remember some of the crap they show but look it it was a recruiting film there is one about 1969 and its same same
volodyyy 4 months ago
Looks exciting!
OhShitDidHeDie 6 months ago
I went through PI in 85. I'm not saying what we went through was a piece of cake. & the DI's didn't give us warm milk b4 lights out. But I kw for a fact that the pre Vietnam recruits caught hell that I only had a fraction of while in Boot Camp. They had to. They was get'n you Marines prepared for something that you just can't prepare for. To all Marines I love you. But to that Vietnam Marine, I hold you High & Above All. Because You All Gave Some. But Many Gave All. Semper-Fi Allways & 4ever!
macreal65 6 months ago 26
@macreal65
I went through boot camp 1967 and I remember thinking how rough the WWII Marines had it compared to us. My uncle was on Iwo Jima. I guess the Marines going though boot camp today are thinking how rough it was for the 80's and 90's Marines. Your turn has come.
wb2233 1 month ago
@wb2233 I'm sure you are very right about that sir.
macreal65 1 month ago
@macreal65 well said and sure to be true. much admiration from man who never served. thanks jtraske
jtraske 2 weeks ago
@jtraske It doesn't matter, you're a true patriot when all is said & done. & thank you.
macreal65 2 weeks ago
@macreal65 my friends grandad went to parris island in 66' and he said it was hell. The crazy amount of hazing, di's trying to get recruits to legit fight each other. Parris Island was different back in the day
Eirik36 5 days ago
Open contract LoL
AmphibiousReconMSOB 7 months ago
wow that 8 mile hike looks easy as fuck
TJkiwiOWEG 7 months ago
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They didn't show the part where the marines learn to suck cock...
hamid28683 7 months ago
@hamid28683 they didnt show the part where your dad taught you how to suck dick.
OhMshBb 7 months ago 2
@hamid28683 I guess that's why a many of us died (those who served), so that you can have the right to scribble or say what ever the fuck you want. My man you are not an ASSHOLE, naw......you are the WHOLE ASS!
macreal65 6 months ago 5
5:21 - Holy Hairy Legs!!
BoarderX 7 months ago
How come we don't have the same accent in America as the Captain at the beginning of the video? I notice the same thing with British people...their accent was manly and Royal Marine or SAS-like. Now theirs is all feminine and gay. What happened?
stnewton09 7 months ago
And we have prisoners in America's penetentries that complain of harshness... LOL
e081194eng 7 months ago
Man have times changed and they've also not changed a bit. Training wise it's all more or less the same, but the way it was done the way it looks seems to have changed.
cvm8281 8 months ago
5:00 THEY ARE MOVING SO SLOW!!!
KloudNein 9 months ago
I was at Parris Island boot training (1983) and will never forget it, but I would change two things about The USMC: #1. No more saluting/with greeting. #2. Get rid of the stupid high & tight haircuts. I would add Martial Arts training and increase the amout of meat served. If recruits do well for the week, they eat steak on saturday evening chow, if not just chicken.
LuckyGuu 9 months ago
@LuckyGuu Same time as me ! We probably chewed the same dirt. I would change a couple of things. 1 no more baths with the female recruits. They always get on your nerves with all that giggling and splashing , and Dave made us clean the floors before we all got too wasted to move. 2 Why do we have to go to war and live in horrid tents ? We should just launch some nukes if someone pisses us off. 3 Can we swop the Hummers for a BMW 6 series?
Semper Fi
ilikezappa 9 months ago
@ilikezappa funny comments! If I had a time machine I'd love to revisit those days in Parris Island! Trying not to laugh while facing other recruits "on line". I was real skinny and always hungry. I briefly convinced my Di that I should have double portions. I had no chance of putting on fat, so I don't know why he ended it. I'm glad I went to PI, as I have visited San Diego MCRD and it really is Hollywood. It's a shame because I do not believe they put out the same marines.
LuckyGuu 9 months ago
@LuckyGuu A time machine would be useful . I would zip back to 1974 and see if Jim Smith ( aged 11) still wanted to beat me up , now that I am a 6 foot 3 cage fighter with an AK 47 .
ilikezappa 9 months ago
@ilikezappa yes, but how fast can you take apart your AK47 Private Gump?!
LuckyGuu 9 months ago
@LuckyGuu Not so, I went to bootcamp in San Diego and was a DI at Parris Island and the training is exactly the same. The Marine Corps follows an SOP and the only difference is the geography. The rest is folklore. You have your Sandfleas at PI and your Mountain humps at San Diego. Same "O" Course,same chow,same amount of training days. They put out the same Marines to the FMFalways.
ChowHallCommando 8 months ago
@ChowHallCommando #1. I grateful to have this chance to tell you that I have tons of respect for you as a DI and thank you for what you do. I made 20-some visits to MCRD San Diego and never got tired of seeing DI's yelling at recruits, however it "seemed" much easier than on PI. Perhaps that is how they wanted the famlies to see things??? I really do wish I had a time machine to do it all over again. Q: What are Mountain Humps?
LuckyGuu 8 months ago
@LuckyGuu Mointain humps are when the recruit for the first time gets to Camp Pendleton and goes marching up a hillside with a full pack,helmet and weapon at a very fast pace. Its a major killer for the legs and lungs which leaves ones legs shaking uncontrollably and they don't have that at PI. The mountain at Camp Pendleton is called Mount M****r F****r. Are you a Marine?
ChowHallCommando 8 months ago
@ChowHallCommando Last question first, no I am not a Marine...........pneumonia ended my whole Marine experience. I was gung ho in Boot Camp, then pneumonia ended it all. I would have enjoyed Mountain Humps because I love intense training! It was much easier then for me, as I had no fat on my body. Now I'm over 220 thanks to many wonderful buffets! Again, there is no limit to the amount of respect I have for DI's and especially love that old black and white film THE DI.
LuckyGuu 8 months ago
@ChowHallCommando Living in San Diego I drove a shuttle van for a hotel and drove families on base for graduation and the day before, so I was able to witness what goings on. Plus I attended at least 3 graduations, even though I did not know someone who was graduating. I don't wish to get into a debate, but I'd like to suggest a book for you to buy from amazon.com that is very interesting! It's called: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
LuckyGuu 8 months ago
@LuckyGuu I was in The Foreign Legion. It was hard . I turned up for sentry duty with muddy boots one day , and they stapled my feet to the ceiling and set fire to me. Once , because I said I thought the Hat ( Kepi) was silly , they made me hold 5 pounds of semtex in my buttcheeks and detonated it. The worst posting was England , coz of the shitty Waitresses. The US Marines was more of a giggle.
ilikezappa 8 months ago
@ilikezappa It sounds like you are making this up about being in the FFL. Not sure what semtex is? I think the Marine haircut is stupid, no offense. I also hate saluting. and calling officers SIr
LuckyGuu 8 months ago
@ilikezappa Please explain what you meant about the English waitresses?
LuckyGuu 8 months ago
@LuckyGuu English Waitresses are a weapon which was developed to sap the morale of enemy troops. As you wait for your lifeless and indifferent food , she will be texting her boyfriend and will give you a look of hatred if you interrupt her. She knows she wont get a tip from the equally miserable bastards who dont mind having to queue for their food , even though it would be SO easy for her to sit you down and BRING it to your table. We are going to drop them on Texas if u piss us off.
ilikezappa 8 months ago
@ilikezappa Have you ever read about French prisoners being sent to Devil's Island (now closed/for many years) and the hardships there? There must be some middle road where the prisoners never want to return to prison and something less than what the French offer. I wonder the current conditions of french prisons?
LuckyGuu 8 months ago
@LuckyGuu French Prisons are terrible. They give you red wine with your Saumon en Croute , and sometimes the waiters ignore you for ten minutes before they even take your order. Red wine with fish ? That ought to put you off a life of crime.
ilikezappa 8 months ago
@ilikezappa You're full of shit...
89bhs 1 month ago
@ilikezappa
are you on crack
AmphibiousReconMSOB 8 months ago
@AmphibiousReconMSOB No , but I do get punched in the head for a living. Never tried crack , but it looks like a lot of fun , and it will help you to be happy and successful. Might give it a go. Thanks for the advice Amph.
ilikezappa 8 months ago
I bet Dave gave your Platoon beer every night, a six pack for each man!!! Now that's a Drill Instructor!!! YEAH!
Marine052191 9 months ago
@Marine052191 No that`s just silly , we had to buy them out of our beer allowance. Basic starting salary in those days was only 61 k a year plus 150 dollars a week for drinking. You dont join the Marines for the money that`s for sure. I did it because driving for UPS was too risky . Sometimes I had to drive through Philadelphia armed only with a .38 and some grenades.You can`t sustain that kind of stress for ever.
ilikezappa 9 months ago
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Marine052191 9 months ago
@Marine052191 Dont forget to INSIST on your own room , or they will make you share a room with someone else , and you only get one TV between you .
ilikezappa 9 months ago
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Marine052191 9 months ago
Oh ok , I see what you old breeds are saying, every day is a holiday in YOUR beloved Corps. I dig that. It takes pride, and discipline to look at it that way, I like it.
Marine052191 9 months ago
@ilikezappa I can in vision myself asking that to my Kill Hat. LMAO!!! What a wonderful day he would have ITing my ass.
Marine052191 9 months ago
Went there in 79. Sun tans, pretty babes on the beach, full nine course buffets, and a first class club where the DI bought us drinks and BS'd with us like we were buddies.
semperfimac 9 months ago
29:16 Awesome
SuperWeaves 10 months ago
Straight leg sit-ups and Mountain climbers.............hahahah good shit
laxmam 10 months ago
Hehehehhahahahahah UUUURRRRAaaaaahhhhh!!!!
fensterchunster 10 months ago
I went through in 06 platoon 2089. Doesn't seem the same then as it was back then . I heard it was harder cuz they could hit u and stuff. But now they have other ways of fucking you up by running you ragged. It still is crazy even now haha semper fi....
Lasurge1982 10 months ago
Wow, I dont recognize this at all, Im glad they dont lie to us anymore,
jacksonpd100 10 months ago
LOL "motivational platoon"
That does not sound good.
TheBattlebean 10 months ago
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This is why I joined the USAF....forget this bullshit!
Greenhornet270 10 months ago
was there in 1967 not the same boot camp
bulle51 11 months ago
OORAGH ilikezappa
Bagpiperberry 11 months ago
this music cracks me up
prussia1871 11 months ago
Kinda like summer camp :)
kicknbazz1615 11 months ago
This is a load of crap I was there june thru Aug 1978 platoon 1039, this sounds just like Disney, to me very direspectful !
deimoscrrazy 11 months ago
Marines, home of the brave, and the tough, Semper Fi "Always faithful" is taught, and thats not a bluff!!. Marines are mighty so true. Honor, Courage and commitment is so true, it's all about protecting the red,the white, and the blue!!!. Marines will never break or bend, they're ready to fight destroy and defend. We are proud of our military everyday, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, let freedom ring, everyday I say, band of brothesr, OOOOH RAH!!!, and God Bless the USA!
Dan4USCTroy 11 months ago 2
gods finest institution
bP112 11 months ago
i didn kno they eat 5'000 calories a day
bP112 11 months ago
ha i got homesick in the navy
bP112 11 months ago
This clip is supposed to be from 1970, but they are training on the M-14. I thought the Marines adopted the M-16 in late 1967, early 1968?
LITEBRITE65 11 months ago
@LITEBRITE65 your right i found this video b4 on youtube it was from the early 60s
SuperKaratemaster 9 months ago
my rotc unit took a trip to MCRD PI and we stayed in the building they drive by at 13:37
ckk1215sk8 11 months ago
Resonant frequency in a non reactive circuit will certainly produce lower currant on the positive side of a full wave full bridge rectifier.
shanegalang2 1 year ago
i feel like i'm watching an episode of leave it to beaver.
what with the narration and the music.
asdfqwer82 1 year ago
Is is that batman music at 17:07?
CARBINEZzZz 1 year ago
Whats insane Marines will look flat out the same through out time along with the Army and Navy, Air Force still has a while before people can say so (thank god the other guys are there)
codeman127 1 year ago
i wonder how all these recruits look like now ????
jalisquiyo310 1 year ago
@jalisquiyo310 Well @ the time this Trainning film was taking place it was time of war Vietnam. & I'm sure many of the faces that was shown went there after infantry school & prob never came back. I saw this when I went through back in 85 & our DI's told us that many of them was in that film & many of them never came back.
macreal65 6 months ago
HONOR
COURAGE
COMMITMENT
BigMrJuarez 1 year ago
Wow, this is totally OLD SCHOOL, but I love it!!!! SEMPER FI!!!!!!!!!
mrrepeat2007 1 year ago
i wonder whats easier boot camp now or back then
TickleMebird 1 year ago
@TickleMebird Ive talked to a lot of people, and most definatly back then...no doubt its still hard today...but back then they could hit you...and basically do whatever they wanted, today their options are limited...them being the drill instructors
hnic1337 1 year ago
@hnic1337 Trust me, they'll still hit you.
JHaslip 1 year ago
@JHaslip They literally Cannot hit you stupid. but honestly Id rather be struck in my face than screamed at by 4 250lb dudes
hnic1337 1 year ago
@hnic1337
no, theyre not supposed to hit you but do they? yes they do if youre a shitbag.
dapack13 11 months ago
wait the boot camp was only 9 weeks then? wow i didnt know that before.
suazea 1 year ago
This was during Vietnam, we needed bodies out as fast as possible
CydeWaiz 1 year ago
i have never seen a double decker greyhound bus
BUNDLEofHELL 1 year ago
@BUNDLEofHELL It's not exactly a double decker. It's actually the General Motors Scenicruiser. That bus has a two stroke six cylinder diesel motor, and it was based on the legendary "Fishbowl" bus.
TheJoeyEmilyShow 9 months ago
In a way, its funny to see how things have changed or what hasn't.
maulnhaul 1 year ago
@maulnhaul13:08 first row, why does he not have a proper haircut?
JTMondal 1 year ago
I didn't cook. how did they get rid of that?
JTMondal 1 year ago
@JTMondal because instead of making recruits do kp for a week they now have cilivans doing the clean up work.
FoothillsofWyoming 1 year ago
total bullshit
goodguysdoll 1 year ago
I ran for 3miles on my first NJROTC Pt, and now im at 11 thats a fail for the marines, but i still respect them
inailboards 1 year ago
what does semper fi mean???
JohnPinkney123 1 year ago
@JohnPinkney123 It is Latin , it means " bald head "
ilikezappa 1 year ago
@JohnPinkney123 Always Faithful
sslitherr 1 year ago
excellent video! thanks for the upload! to all u.s. marines--old breed and new breed--semper fi!
pricklypear96 1 year ago
Yeah! DI goatee at 8:16
gtrjunkie 1 year ago
This is strange I never seen any of this it was way to dark both arriving and leaveing LOL
onesons 1 year ago
The pleasant leave it to beaver music when the bus full of recruits is heading to PI is too funny.
Its amazing how little Parris Island changed in appearance over the years, I went through there in 92 and it didnt look much different. Some newer barracks and buildings but the old white ones were still there and being used.. The same above ground sewage pipes that stank. The PT field, O courses and confidence course looked the same.
maddmarine03 1 year ago
@maddmarine03 yep its still the same i went through in 07
prussia1871 11 months ago
...Motivation Platoon...shudder
Revbone450 1 year ago
My grandpa is in this. Holy crap, so weird! Found this today.
He is the guy on the right at 14:54 - 14:58 and 15:05 - 15:10
MGySgt baby!
MX4LIFE427 1 year ago 7
@MX4LIFE427 oorah!
cvm8281 8 months ago 5
Love the 50's hygiene film soundtrack.
cosmicdingo 1 year ago
Oh! The sweet memories of "Snapping in"
JarheadPatriot0311 1 year ago
Wish I could talk to someone I look up to whether his experience at another base was similar.
jwsf941 1 year ago
special training regiment...aka FAT CAMP and WEAK ANONYMOUS
emodrmmr007 1 year ago
@emodrmmr007 we always called it pork chop platoon.lol
cow5217 1 year ago
at 8:14...THAT IS NOT YOUR DADDYS SHOTGUN!!!! SQUARE THAT WEAPON AWAY MORON!!!
emodrmmr007 1 year ago