Huge Changes to Marine Corps Boot Camp in 2024

[SNMSRACING]

America has a weight problem. All of the ridiculous 'body positivity' and pushback against 'fat shaming' has ruined our collective health.

[donniebradshaw]

This is the alternative ending to Full Metal Jacket. Pyle makes it and becomes a drill instructor.

[thomastrubenbach]

All my DS's were fit. They would PT us in the barracks until the windows and walls would sweat. There was no stopping until that happened.

[shellman]

Went thru boot in San Diego during Vietnam. Training cut to 8 weeks. The current DI’s just look comical, the strutting and gyrations. When you screwed up back in the day you got decked and punched out. Right to the point and you learned your lesson.

[foberdud]

Being in the military, my biggest fear has always been not being able to perform under pressure when things matter. Going easy on recruits and “softening” the standards does not help military members, it weakens them.

[leighz]

Gomer didn't delete himself.. he became a drill instructor.

[tokkin]

US Army here. 1967-1970. If you got caught walking anywhere, there would be hell to pay.

[johngalt]

One thing I'll always remember about my time in Army boot camp in 1980 was how good the DSs looked. Clean shaven, ripped, trimmed nails, perfect uniforms. Someone who demanded respect from their physical appearance alone.

[theimperialist]

We need someone like R Lee Ermey back more than ever.

[terryjohnson]

That drill instructor is a disgrace to the entire Marine Corps !!!

[AG-wgsy]

We went from Storming the Beaches of Normandy... to Storming the parking lot of D&D

[philiproseel]

Spent 15 in US Army infantry, but also did 3 years in recruiting ( 3 awful years). The thing that contradicts this era was parents coming to see me once their child had returned from basic. They couldn’t believe the transformation. They called their father “Sir”, mom was “ma’am”, they made their bed, cleaned their room, cleaned their plate at dinner, helped around the house, were generally more respectful to their siblings. Boot Camp and their equivalents in other services, even Navy and Air Force, transformed recruits into men and women. They arrived young and immature. They left with steel in their posture. Nowadays, they post Facebook shorts on how “sucky” it is they have to get up at 0530.
This is deliberate. Something destructive is occurring. Better wake up.

[richardmartin]

Not to mention the fact that his trousers are about 2 inches too short.

[SC_x]

My drill sergeant in the army was prior Marines and he was the best drill sergeant ever. He trained us like marines. He was funny, and he would poke jokes at us.

[professorsc]

No sir you are not out of touch at all. Your addressing a very serious problem with our military.
The enemy used to fear our Marines in our Navy seals, I'm not sure if the rest of the world feels the same way today.
Thank you for your service, God bless you, and please keep making these informative videos. People need to wake up and fast or we're not going to have a country left. ✝️🇺🇸

[theimperialist]

This is the consequences of lowering the standards/requirements, of joining the army. Even the police if you didn't want to be in the military.

[jeffrey]

That DI needs extra PT. How dare my beloved Corps allow such a thing.

[codyhilton]

As a Marine Veteran who went thru 12 weeks of boot camp in 1958, it is hard to watch.

[bearcat]

It's not just the Marine Corps. Standards are down everywhere. Sign of the times.

[joachimgoethe]

Standards are in the basement across the board. Cop's, military, EMT's you name it.