Brutal Start to Becoming a Marine - Basic Training

Ever wondered what the first weeks of the Marine Corps basic training program are like?

First, the recruits arrive in the middle of the night at Parris Island, South Carolina, where they’ll begin a week of processing that includes medical and initial strength tests.

They’re given uniforms and their heads are shaved, so they all look the same as their individual personalities take a backseat to them learning to act as a unit.

The real training, known as Phase 1, begins the next week. The typical wake-up call is at 4 a.m. and their day is full of gear inspections, demanding physical exercise, hand to hand combat training, but they also have lessons on military history, first aid, and customs and courtesies such as how to properly salute and address superiors.

Drill instructors will push recruits physically and psychologically over and over again to make them go beyond their limits, and they will be under extreme pressure to make sure they get the discipline needed to be a Marine.

Phase 1 completes at the end of the third week with an eight kilometer hike, and while it's gonna be painful, these future Marines will one day look back at these first weeks as a walk in the park compared to the very real combat situations they may face in the future.

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[jpsrandom]

In my country the army has a saying, "make the training hard enough so the war looks like a rest", or something like that

[alejandroavecillas]

I like how he says recruits show up to Parris Island and shows a bunch of clips from MCRD San Diego

[trentdavis]

When I went through Boot camp last year something a drill instructor said was u sweat more in training so u bleed less in combat one of the realest shit I've heard

[Sleinskyj]

“The recruits arrive at Paris island” *shows MCRD SD*

[seth]

bro 50% of boot camp was drill, 20% cleaning, 15% IT, 10% boring ass classrooms and 5% actual marine corps training. MCT was the real deal

[barrysmith]

Salute to anyone with the balls to step forward take the oath and be a soldier. Any branch, any job, any term enlistment. Not all men have the courage and mental strength to make it.

[tinoslaponi]

Marine Corps boot camp is one of the easiest things to complete these days. Here's a secret, it's really hard for us to fail you. We are so low on manpower that unless you do something really egregious, you will graduate.

[sameje]

The first 2 days were rough, I was so sleep deprived…

[kirkkirkland]

Boot camp is actually not that bad and if you got a good attitude you'll actually have a good time and make some great friends!!!

[cpKL]

Phase 1 was 4 weeks for me.
Receiving, inspections, yelling and then initial testing, IST, knowledge, then drill

[hoseaswei]

It's about drive, it's about power, we stay hungry, we devour
Put in the work, put in the hours and take what's ours

[PaladinSix]

Basic training? Sheesh, do your research, it's Bootcamp not basic training. That's an Army term.

[Jbarbs]

Thank god this video just popped up. Watching the space force basic training for the first time was demotivating

[ajkohkoh]

I did my first pt as a poolie yesterday and threw up from how hard I was pushing myself... I see alot more vomit in my future

[jhart]

I love how a person who calls it "Basic training" is going to tell you what BOOT CAMP is like.

[machoguerrereo]

One, two, three, four, I love the marine corps!!👍💯

[ZMonster]

You need to do way more research.
First phase isn’t 3 weeks, it’s closer to 5. That and the 8km hike isn’t the end of first phase, it it just one of several conditioning hikes we do throughout the entirety of basic.The actual end of first phase would be initial drill.

[offdogs]

He forgot cooking classes on how to properly prepare crayons

[kyanblevins]

My assistant coach for baseball was a drill sergeant and yesterday we were disruptive, so today he made us do military training as are punishment like the pushups and all the body weight drills you do in the army including a 5 mile run

[rescuejrgaming]

“Marine corps basic training”
*proceeds to show footage of US Army basic training*