Didn't happen for me. We checked into the USO and stood outside at attention for an hour at midnight with a drill instructor watching us waiting for the bus. The longest hour of my life. I said my prayers.
Breez Nuts You didn't use your brain in Marine Boot Camp? When I went through MCRD in 1984 we got a mental work out. We went to classes all day and had to learn a lot of things in a short period of time.
I arrived at the USO at 1 something in the morning. We didn't have time to relax. We signed into the USO then immediately got in line to go on the bus.
Haha, bullshit, I was like some of these guys when I first walked into the uso, I caught a glimpse of the surroundings and when I took a few more steps into the uso, a drill instructor shouted, stop eyeballing my area, and that's when Civilian life ended.
usmc0311 sucks to be the last flight there lol. I got there 8 hours prior so we had plenty of time to either sleep, shoot the shit or get some chow before getting picked up lol
My Uncle went to San Diego in the late 40s. Back then everyone arrived by train. The first words he heard after stepping off the train were”ALL YOU ASSHOLES GET IN THE BACK OF THAT FUCKING TRUCK”.
the USO was a lifeline for me when I was on Okinawa. they had the best cheeseburgers and cold milk a small piece of home in a far away place. I loved the place
I never realized the Japanese had a reputation for making great steaks until long after I left. I remember walking by some Japanese steakhouses, and thinking "pshhh the Japanese probably suck at making steak".
A DI came to see us at USO. He did not wear a campaign cover or yell or scream but we could all tell by his face, the shape of it, and his destroyed voice that he was. Turns out we were right, he ended up being a DI at one of the other platoons in our company
It's the Salvation Army fellas." That was the last civilian voice I heard before getting on that plane and everytime I think about it it brings tears to my eyes. No matter how bad it got or horrible the war, I knew someone from my country really did care about me. Don't ask me why, but I knew. Someone wasn't kidding they weren't doing it for money or fame. That voice was sincere and I knew it.
I recognized all of the few USO volunteers in this video, I've met them and personally thanked them and had a little conversation, they're all such nice people
This is nice. I wished this was available when I landed in Charleston during the 80's. I don't remember if we were even given any food while waiting for the bus to Parris Island at 11pm. At least the airlines back then served a meal. We all just sat on the standard airport plastic chairs. At least Hollywood Marines don't have that long quiet bus ride where we all wondered what were we thinking.
right... wtf is up with the USO? ...I was straight to Parris Island too... (January 2000)there were Marines right as we stepped off the plane emptying our pockets... "sleep" was head down on the back of the seat in front of you on the bus... this seems weird...
I remember going there June 12,1995. I was part of the first group to arrive so we waiting for a few more groups. I went outside to smoke a cigarette. About halfway through it, the bus pulled up and a drill instructor walked up. I took the longest drag, put it out, and threw the rest of the pack and lighter away. In Feb 1996, I was there again checking into my unit wearing Alphas. Some of the recruits came up and asked questions. A fellow Marine was wondering why I was a PFC with both a rifle and pistol badge. Because I pistol qualified in MP school. I love the USO. I went to the one in the Detroit airport a few years ago and it was nice and relaxing before my flight home.
I remember my connecting flight to San Antonio (Air Force) was missed due to a delay on my first flight. Sat in Detroit for 6 hours and was able to get on the next one and arrived to San Antonio around 1AM. The MTI was there waiting for me to get me on the bus to base. Didn’t get to experience the USO until I flew out after BMT and my first tech school course.
Same thing here, my flight got delayed and we spent a night at a hotel. my bus to BMT got delayed because apparently there was a shooter in Lackland at the time. Sat in USO for 4 hours until the bus came
I remember the USO in St. Louis before shipping off to Fort Leonardwood. Nerves, homesickness, and the inevitable 'Why'd I sign up for this?' question. The USO had a chaplain to unload to, books, movie playing, (The Truman Show lol) and some refreshments. I just remember all food having no taste and not much of an appetite because I knew I was at the point of no return. The USO people were great as most of them were prior service also and knew exactly how we all felt.
i remember when i was at the USO getting off the bus and we all saw a DI for the first time, we were all excited like little school girls.... then it changed
No USO for me in 1983 at Charleston airport. Got off the plane at Charleston with a big envelope in hand and got escorted to a roped off area in the middle of the airport and sat for hours looking straight ahead and all of us new recruits being barked at by a corporal. At Midnight the buses showed up and off the Parris Island we all went and on to the yellow foot prints.
Our flight got delayed 2 hours, a when we landed, we went to the USO and we walked up and saw everyone standing at attention. We saw the drill instructor with the clipboard and he looked at us and was like "WELL FALL THE FUCK IN" and I and I'm sure most everyone was thinking "What the fuck did I just get myself into" But I would do it all again in a heartbeat, the greatest experience I've ever had.
My son ir there right now and I’m drying and don’t know what to do, I pray god everything goes well during training and after that, for him and all the others, god bless you all!
While in the USAF the USO was always something I loved during a PCS or on vacation. They are an American agency that not only loves us, but takes care of us. No matter what funding problems or lack of staff. They are the Bob Hope of the heart of America's Military. Thank you for what you did for me and others.
You’re kidding me. I got off the plane and was escorted directly to the bus. It was game on from the minute I boarded the bus until graduation day - September 6, 1986. No USO, no comforting words, nada. It was,” GET ON THE BUS AND PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR KNEES!”
I went to boot camp in 1981. We didn't have a USO to go to at the airport. We got off the plane and instructed to meet the Marine at a designated counter. He made sure everyone was checked in (basically just attendance), and it was "get on the bus" and a trip to the yellow foot prints at MCRD San Diego.
During my service from 1979 to 1983 I fondly remember the USO. My favorite was the one in Naples, Italy. It was a friendly and stress-free home base to come back to as I explored the city, and it was our base when we had to do Shore Patrol. It was a home away from home.
Went to MCRD in '84 same thing, as soon as they saw that yellow envelope in my hand, they were on me and the three dozen others that got drunk on the way there.
There was no chilling in the USO when I was there in '01. As soon as I walked in I was sitting cross legged on the ground. My daughter just went there last night and it must be more chill because she was texting me for a bit while before getting on the bus.
I remember the USO at the San Diego airport. Don't know how it is now, but back in 1994 it was in a small portable building. When my group from MEPS landed we couldn't find anyone to tell us where to go, so we wandered around the airport for a while until we encountered the USO, which was of little help. We then wandered some more until we came across a group of recruits sitting down crosslegged on the floor in nice, neat rows. It was then that we knew we found the right place.
When I shipped to OCS in 1991, I left on a red eye from SFO to Dulles, when we got off we were promptly marched to a row of seats at the airport, uncomfortable, and stayed there for several hours until we collected all the other flights that day, took the bus silently to Quantico, and got off once again at night with staff screaming at us. I don’t think we slept for three days.
I went in July of '85, and this must have not started yet. The hell started as soon as we got off the bus at MCRDSD and I had to stay awake all night because we didn't have enough recruits yet to start forming up.
Not going to complain about the improvements. I got into San Diego at zero dark thirty and stood at attention in the airport until a DI came and got us. And no sleep until the next night.
That's a new but welcome approach to entering usmc boot camp. Once you walk into camp your world will be rocked. Do what the DI's tell you to do to the letter. Don't worry about the yelling, they like to do that. You'll be fine. When I was there I realized the DI's can't eat me. It's great. You'll love it after graduation.
We didn't have the USO holding our hand when I went to Boot Camp in 84. I got off the plane and went to this area where I handed my paperwork to this Staff Sergeant. He told us to "Sit down and shut up". Then, after about an hour or so we were taken outside to the bus. There were no phone calls, no "easing into it", or any other nonsense. If you wanted to call anyone, you should have stopped at a pay phone on the way.
Would have been nice to have this at PI back in Jan '66 when we arrived. I could hold the USO people's hands and they would comfort me & wipe all my tears away. Yeah.....
PI was easy in 66. A drill instructor tried to get hard with me and I ended up bodyslamming him and breaking his arm in 3 places. So they kicked me out of boot camp.
i remember my first day at the guards depot perbright surry. got of the train at brookwood and met by scots guardsman who was very nice to us untill we hit the barracks!!!! 1978.
Been through a number of USO lounges in the US and Europe. Spent a lot of hours in the Frankfurt, Germany airport USO during my 2 tours over there. Definitely a haven.
What ever you have to do it is well worth it to become a US Service Member. I am a Navy &Army Veteran who served in Desert Storm and I would do it all over again 🤨🤨🤗
I remember getting to the uso before Paris island , some corporal who was on duty gave us a nasty ass box chow with an egg sandwich in it , and told us to shut the fuck up
It was just a bit different when I shipped to Parris Island in '75...boarded a greyhound bus in Cocoa fl. that stopped in every small town up US 1, and then changed buses in Savannah, Ga. It must have been midnight when on a lonely dark road in the middle of bum fuck Egypt the bus stopped and the greyhound bus driver said this is Parris Island all Marines off. There must have been about 10 of us and we stumbled off half asleep and found ourselves standing in the middle of nowhere next to a small MP shack...a few of the recruits tried to ask the MPs questions, which they ignored until finally telling us to shut the fuck up and just stand there. About 15 minutes later a white van pulled up and we loaded up, the driver was an old black man who told us, boys, if you have any candy or cigarettes either use them now or just leave them on the seats when you get out....we pulled up to the yellow foot prints and then the shit really hit the fan...I have some crazy stories about boot back in the day including a few real winners from my two and a half days in the hell hole known as Receiving...it was to say the least a different world than the modern Marine boot Receiving. If anyone wants to hear the stories I'll oblige.
Give ya meat a good ol rub the green 12 inch weenie. Goes all the way in for phase one and slowly comes out during phases two and three. It's a tough ride. I've seen guys get absolutely penetrated on the quarterdeck as I stood there. Hearing them getting roasted. Made me wanna curl up and cry during sleep
When I arrived to the uso at the Charleston airport they made us sit in a metal folding chair and put our heads in our laps for at least 2 hours. The longest and worst day of my entire life
In 1998 heading to P.I , the D.I's meet us the minute we got off of the plane inside the airport. That's when hell broke lose. Yup, inside the airport in an area away the public. It was 2 Di's and a E-4 who was probably awaiting entry into D.I school because he was yelling at us too. It was straight on the buses after getting off the plane. My last meal was at home before I left to MEPS. I was starving like hell by the time I got to P.I. Lol.
Damn good F*** memories I’m a Proud Navy Sailor Veteran Served 8 yrs HOOO YAAA 2007-15 saw 5 Countries!!! Serving your country like ours is an overwhelming awesome feeling doesn’t matter what branch U choose 🇺🇸😎😢 !!!!!
Yeah seems Hollywood has it made nice phone calls home when you arrive at the airport, relaxing naps, and even a nice phone call when you get to the depot..
Zack Garcia head high and Semper Fi. Never quit, never surrender you'll do just fine. They can't kill you although you might think so. Mouth shut and follow the DIs direction.
I got flown to the wrong flippin' airport before basic. I was dead tired after flying over the Pacific, and arrived in the middle of the night... guess what, no USO. I had to take a taxi to another airport and crashed at something ridiculous like 3 AM (missing my actual arrival day.) I didn't even have enough money to pay the cab, I was so far away. Thank God for the USO. No need to try to disorient me with 12 hours of jet lag and rings under my eyes.
I didn't get that. Got off the plane with my group and was met by 3 DI's. On to the bus and directly to Parris Island. Of course this was when you could smoke on planes so it's been a while.
Funny how recruits are not supposed to loose their bearing, yet drill instructors are taught and constantly losing their bearing.. Definition of bearing 1: the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see BEAR entry 2 sense 2f) oneself
We had some Cpl have us sit down like recruits and eat out of those small chow boxes. The white ones with a sandwich and an egg. We didn’t have this luxury lol
When i was here i had just finished saying bye to my friends on the computer and was about to eat dinner in the cafe and AS SOON as i logged out I turned my head an seen all 100 dudes in there running out side an was just like f**k me here it begins
The calm before the storm
And then they got smoked!!
Fuck man I was gonna put that comment :/
oh...yeah,"the GREEN WEENIE", RIGHT UP THERE!🤗😅
Jeez I just saw the likes on my comment 😅
+turbobenx the whole 4 years was a storm
Didn't happen for me. We checked into the USO and stood outside at attention for an hour at midnight with a drill instructor watching us waiting for the bus. The longest hour of my life. I said my prayers.
Michael Young SAME, 4 flight delays, getting there at midnight standing in formation for the last bus
@@maxwellto the most terrified I ever felt in my life
lmao fucking same wtf is this dogshit video LOL
My last soda drink...3 month later...had one on the plane...COKE!!!!...1971😂😅👌👍🥴
Later that day.......
TheUpdatednews DI walks in tells you to board the white buses, bus drives to mcrd then bam! All hell breaks loose
Breez Nuts umm thats common knowledge. Everyone knows marine basic is the toughest
Breez Nuts You didn't use your brain in Marine Boot Camp? When I went through MCRD in 1984 we got a mental work out. We went to classes all day and had to learn a lot of things in a short period of time.
Breez Nuts Sure you did buddy....just focus on graduating highschool first
Lmao looks like we found the troll, somebody bring up the LED spot lights so we can turn him to stone!
Lol then the bus comes and it all changes
Tanner uncle sam in the bus: muhahaha!!... you're ass is mine now boy!!!
Instablaster
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Little did they know those smiles were going to stop for the next couple weeks, until they hit phase two
jon clutter lol prolly not till phase 3
jon clutter Until they go through the Crucible.
Ge, thanks. My grandson is going to start Marine bootcamp in January. He's fine...I'm a wreck.
I remember this shit. I was like this isn't so bad! BOY WAS I WRONG!!!😩😩😫
Noel Gutierrez It wasn’t that bad
You got CLAPPED
I arrived at the USO at 1 something in the morning. We didn't have time to relax. We signed into the USO then immediately got in line to go on the bus.
Matthew Brunette yup! When I got to the USO every one was already waiting in formation to get on the bus lmao!
The first week " oh wow.. boot camp is easy "... Friday came..
What happened friday???
@@antonygonzalez1672 It’s called Black Friday but should be called just Blacked cuz you get fucked
@@MartinPerales1 ahhahahahahah
First 3 days are the hardest because no sleep is allowed.
Haha, bullshit, I was like some of these guys when I first walked into the uso, I caught a glimpse of the surroundings and when I took a few more steps into the uso, a drill instructor shouted, stop eyeballing my area, and that's when Civilian life ended.
usmc0311 sucks to be the last flight there lol. I got there 8 hours prior so we had plenty of time to either sleep, shoot the shit or get some chow before getting picked up lol
My Uncle went to San Diego in the late 40s. Back then everyone arrived by train. The first words he heard after stepping off the train were”ALL YOU ASSHOLES GET IN THE BACK OF THAT FUCKING TRUCK”.
Yeah, I turned around and left. That was 14 years ago.
the USO was a lifeline for me when I was on Okinawa. they had the best cheeseburgers and cold milk a small piece of home in a far away place. I loved the place
roy hoco good old okitraz, you gotta admit though, they had some damn good sushi out in town!
and those Kobe steaks - outstanding
I never realized the Japanese had a reputation for making great steaks until long after I left. I remember walking by some Japanese steakhouses, and thinking "pshhh the Japanese probably suck at making steak".
Went to the USO before going to infantry training at fort benning,ga. It’s a great service.
A DI came to see us at USO. He did not wear a campaign cover or yell or scream but we could all tell by his face, the shape of it, and his destroyed voice that he was. Turns out we were right, he ended up being a DI at one of the other platoons in our company
It's the Salvation Army fellas." That was the last civilian voice I heard before getting on that plane and everytime I think about it it brings tears to my eyes. No matter how bad it got or horrible the war, I knew someone from my country really did care about me. Don't ask me why, but I knew. Someone wasn't kidding they weren't doing it for money or fame. That voice was sincere and I knew it.
I was a fleet Marine at 18. I spent time at MRP. I graduated. I became a fleet Marine. Good times.
I recognized all of the few USO volunteers in this video, I've met them and personally thanked them and had a little conversation, they're all such nice people
This is nice. I wished this was available when I landed in Charleston during the 80's. I don't remember if we were even given any food while waiting for the bus to Parris Island at 11pm. At least the airlines back then served a meal. We all just sat on the standard airport plastic chairs. At least Hollywood Marines don't have that long quiet bus ride where we all wondered what were we thinking.
marines225. Semper fi. 86-91
My son was straight off the plane in Savannah and straight to the bus to Parris Island in 2015. No niceties.
right... wtf is up with the USO?
...I was straight to Parris Island too... (January 2000)there were Marines right as we stepped off the plane emptying our pockets... "sleep" was head down on the back of the seat in front of you on the bus... this seems weird...
You can go to hell with that Hollywood comment ! If you've never humped multiple times on Camp Pendleton, then you don't know jack shit !
Kit Carson your not supposed to fuck the other recruits.
I remember going there June 12,1995. I was part of the first group to arrive so we waiting for a few more groups. I went outside to smoke a cigarette. About halfway through it, the bus pulled up and a drill instructor walked up. I took the longest drag, put it out, and threw the rest of the pack and lighter away.
In Feb 1996, I was there again checking into my unit wearing Alphas. Some of the recruits came up and asked questions. A fellow Marine was wondering why I was a PFC with both a rifle and pistol badge. Because I pistol qualified in MP school.
I love the USO. I went to the one in the Detroit airport a few years ago and it was nice and relaxing before my flight home.
I remember my connecting flight to San Antonio (Air Force) was missed due to a delay on my first flight. Sat in Detroit for 6 hours and was able to get on the next one and arrived to San Antonio around 1AM. The MTI was there waiting for me to get me on the bus to base. Didn’t get to experience the USO until I flew out after BMT and my first tech school course.
Same thing here, my flight got delayed and we spent a night at a hotel. my bus to BMT got delayed because apparently there was a shooter in Lackland at the time. Sat in USO for 4 hours until the bus came
Then hell breaks loose...
Every recruit in this video was in my company.
Hayden those two kids were shitbags weren't they lol
I remember the USO in St. Louis before shipping off to Fort Leonardwood. Nerves, homesickness, and the inevitable 'Why'd I sign up for this?' question. The USO had a chaplain to unload to, books, movie playing, (The Truman Show lol) and some refreshments. I just remember all food having no taste and not much of an appetite because I knew I was at the point of no return. The USO people were great as most of them were prior service also and knew exactly how we all felt.
i remember when i was at the USO getting off the bus and we all saw a DI for the first time, we were all excited like little school girls....
then it changed
No USO for me in 1983 at Charleston airport. Got off the plane at Charleston with a big envelope in hand and got escorted to a roped off area in the middle of the airport and sat for hours looking straight ahead and all of us new recruits being barked at by a corporal. At Midnight the buses showed up and off the Parris Island we all went and on to the yellow foot prints.
Our flight got delayed 2 hours, a when we landed, we went to the USO and we walked up and saw everyone standing at attention. We saw the drill instructor with the clipboard and he looked at us and was like "WELL FALL THE FUCK IN" and I and I'm sure most everyone was thinking "What the fuck did I just get myself into"
But I would do it all again in a heartbeat, the greatest experience I've ever had.
My son ir there right now and I’m drying and don’t know what to do, I pray god everything goes well during training and after that, for him and all the others, god bless you all!
While in the USAF the USO was always something I loved during a PCS or on vacation. They are an American agency that not only loves us, but takes care of us. No matter what funding problems or lack of staff. They are the Bob Hope of the heart of America's Military. Thank you for what you did for me and others.
I was one of those 14k in 2015 lol. I remember when the DI came in, everything got quiet INSTANTLY
Because yall was bitches. It was 50 of y'all and only one DI. Y'all could have easily jumped him.
@@jawant6039 😂😂😂
I won't forget the USO in Oceanside California it really did a service to us Marines at Camp Pendleton.
Legend says they’re no longer calm...
Manny Garfias dang right 🤐😹😹
You’re kidding me. I got off the plane and was escorted directly to the bus. It was game on from the minute I boarded the bus until graduation day - September 6, 1986. No USO, no comforting words, nada. It was,” GET ON THE BUS AND PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR KNEES!”
One of my freinds son just got promoted to Gunnery Sargeant E-7 .He did on his own with out a dad .
The moment when a drill instructor walks into the room, the entire atmosphere changes.
I went to boot camp in 1981. We didn't have a USO to go to at the airport. We got off the plane and instructed to meet the Marine at a designated counter. He made sure everyone was checked in (basically just attendance), and it was "get on the bus" and a trip to the yellow foot prints at MCRD San Diego.
I remember the USO before going to an Army Base. They were nice.
During my service from 1979 to 1983 I fondly remember the USO. My favorite was the one in Naples, Italy. It was a friendly and stress-free home base to come back to as I explored the city, and it was our base when we had to do Shore Patrol. It was a home away from home.
Went to MCRD in '84 same thing, as soon as they saw that yellow envelope in my hand, they were on me and the three dozen others that got drunk on the way there.
Wow I remember bobby woods from San Diego meps hopefully I see him again when I ship out he’s a good man!
This video helped me, I now know where to go to see my friend off before he gets on a bus for the marines
There was no chilling in the USO when I was there in '01. As soon as I walked in I was sitting cross legged on the ground. My daughter just went there last night and it must be more chill because she was texting me for a bit while before getting on the bus.
I remember the USO at the San Diego airport. Don't know how it is now, but back in 1994 it was in a small portable building. When my group from MEPS landed we couldn't find anyone to tell us where to go, so we wandered around the airport for a while until we encountered the USO, which was of little help. We then wandered some more until we came across a group of recruits sitting down crosslegged on the floor in nice, neat rows. It was then that we knew we found the right place.
When I shipped to OCS in 1991, I left on a red eye from SFO to Dulles, when we got off we were promptly marched to a row of seats at the airport, uncomfortable, and stayed there for several hours until we collected all the other flights that day, took the bus silently to Quantico, and got off once again at night with staff screaming at us. I don’t think we slept for three days.
It was at that moment when the drill instructor walked in the recruit realized shit just got real............oorah
I went in July of '85, and this must have not started yet. The hell started as soon as we got off the bus at MCRDSD and I had to stay awake all night because we didn't have enough recruits yet to start forming up.
Not going to complain about the improvements. I got into San Diego at zero dark thirty and stood at attention in the airport until a DI came and got us. And no sleep until the next night.
That's a new but welcome approach to entering usmc boot camp. Once you walk into camp your world will be rocked. Do what the DI's tell you to do to the letter. Don't worry about the yelling, they like to do that. You'll be fine. When I was there I realized the DI's can't eat me. It's great. You'll love it after graduation.
That's nuts I always thought it was just straight from the bus station to the Depot.
Good memory. The first time you were there, you were a civilian. The 2nd time you were there, you were on your way to your duty station.
We didn't have the USO holding our hand when I went to Boot Camp in 84. I got off the plane and went to this area where I handed my paperwork to this Staff Sergeant. He told us to "Sit down and shut up". Then, after about an hour or so we were taken outside to the bus. There were no phone calls, no "easing into it", or any other nonsense. If you wanted to call anyone, you should have stopped at a pay phone on the way.
Would have been nice to have this at PI back in Jan '66 when we arrived. I could hold the USO people's hands and they would comfort me & wipe all my tears away. Yeah.....
PI was easy in 66. A drill instructor tried to get hard with me and I ended up bodyslamming him and breaking his arm in 3 places. So they kicked me out of boot camp.
i remember my first day at the guards depot perbright surry. got of the train at brookwood and met by scots guardsman who was very nice to us untill we hit the barracks!!!! 1978.
This is nice, We just got to sit on a bus and wait. My Son is in USMC boot camp now. Semper Fi
I remember the USO was I was in the Army at the airporr. Very Comforting it was.
Speaking like Yoda you were.
Been through a number of USO lounges in the US and Europe. Spent a lot of hours in the Frankfurt, Germany airport USO during my 2 tours over there. Definitely a haven.
What ever you have to do it is well worth it to become a US Service Member. I am a Navy &Army Veteran who served in Desert Storm and I would do it all over again 🤨🤨🤗
I didn’t get to visit the USO before boot camp. As soon as I got off the plane the D.I was waiting. Game on.
I remember getting to the uso before Paris island , some corporal who was on duty gave us a nasty ass box chow with an egg sandwich in it , and told us to shut the fuck up
It was just a bit different when I shipped to Parris Island in '75...boarded a greyhound bus in Cocoa fl. that stopped in every small town up US 1, and then changed buses in Savannah, Ga. It must have been midnight when on a lonely dark road in the middle of bum fuck Egypt the bus stopped and the greyhound bus driver said this is Parris Island all Marines off. There must have been about 10 of us and we stumbled off half asleep and found ourselves standing in the middle of nowhere next to a small MP shack...a few of the recruits tried to ask the MPs questions, which they ignored until finally telling us to shut the fuck up and just stand there. About 15 minutes later a white van pulled up and we loaded up, the driver was an old black man who told us, boys, if you have any candy or cigarettes either use them now or just leave them on the seats when you get out....we pulled up to the yellow foot prints and then the shit really hit the fan...I have some crazy stories about boot back in the day including a few real winners from my two and a half days in the hell hole known as Receiving...it was to say the least a different world than the modern Marine boot Receiving. If anyone wants to hear the stories I'll oblige.
That is a great story. Very intriguing.
One of my high school friends joined in 1975. Thank you fir your post
The calm before the green weenie
Give ya meat a good ol rub the green 12 inch weenie. Goes all the way in for phase one and slowly comes out during phases two and three. It's a tough ride. I've seen guys get absolutely penetrated on the quarterdeck as I stood there. Hearing them getting roasted. Made me wanna curl up and cry during sleep
I love the uso
When I was in the Navy in San Diego, the USO was the place to go. They had dances on the weekends, I met many nice girls at those dances.
My life as a civilian ended before I exited the terminal
@ 0:30 That guy tucked in his sweater?
Gabriel Peguero you have to tuck in EVERYTHING
When I arrived to the uso at the Charleston airport they made us sit in a metal folding chair and put our heads in our laps for at least 2 hours. The longest and worst day of my entire life
Only time i saw the USO was after boot camp and my school for Combat Engineer. When did this happen for I went threw MCRD back in 1974.
In 1998 heading to P.I , the D.I's meet us the minute we got off of the plane inside the airport. That's when hell broke lose. Yup, inside the airport in an area away the public. It was 2 Di's and a E-4 who was probably awaiting entry into D.I school because he was yelling at us too. It was straight on the buses after getting off the plane.
My last meal was at home before I left to MEPS. I was starving like hell by the time I got to P.I. Lol.
What’s crazy is that most of them did their service and got out.
Yea I was thinking that too, I assumed most of them EAS'd by now crazy time flies
Damn good F*** memories I’m a Proud Navy Sailor Veteran Served 8 yrs HOOO YAAA 2007-15 saw 5 Countries!!! Serving your country like ours is an overwhelming awesome feeling doesn’t matter what branch U choose 🇺🇸😎😢 !!!!!
Yeah, a country that kills babies and children in Iraq. Great country.
I saw it and immediately knew that it was San Diego USO
I’m sure that the two recruits interviewed here are well advanced in their military careers now (2024)
Last time I landed at San Diego,, I got busted by two DEA agents for previous drug charges..
jason mcdonald good for you
Tyler Griffin good for you too
Wait wym you were a marine
Are you a Marine now? Probably getting out soon if so
Thank God. I didn’t know this.
Yeah seems Hollywood has it made nice phone calls home when you arrive at the airport, relaxing naps, and even a nice phone call when you get to the depot..
I leave one September 25th so close!!!
Zack Garcia. Good luck
Zack Garcia head high and Semper Fi. Never quit, never surrender you'll do just fine. They can't kill you although you might think so. Mouth shut and follow the DIs direction.
Zack Garcia I joined 22 years ago. Not a day has passed since that i haven't been aware that it was the best decision I ever made.
PI or SD? I'm heading to SD on the 25th too.
Ramen Liiitttt. Such coincidence since Im also leaving on the 25th as well xD Keep grindin brotha and Ill see You in about 3 weeks💪🏻
I took a plane straight from Oklahoma and got to San Diego early I never got to relax lol
I was Army but the USO is there for all services everywhere
I got flown to the wrong flippin' airport before basic. I was dead tired after flying over the Pacific, and arrived in the middle of the night... guess what, no USO. I had to take a taxi to another airport and crashed at something ridiculous like 3 AM (missing my actual arrival day.) I didn't even have enough money to pay the cab, I was so far away. Thank God for the USO. No need to try to disorient me with 12 hours of jet lag and rings under my eyes.
I didn't get that.
Got off the plane with my group and was met by 3 DI's. On to the bus and directly to Parris Island.
Of course this was when you could smoke on planes so it's been a while.
Thanks for the video................................................. & THUMBS UP :D
Yep I remember, I was there.
Parris island dec 1986 Semper Fi
i was 30 years after you...December 5th 2016....oooOOOORRRRAAHHH!!
SuperColonel91. Semper Fi
Plt 1071 A co 1986. Semper Fi.
Lot's of wars going on then (NOT)
Next time these kids will be happy is graduation day
The moment I left meps for ft. Benning I didn't eat for 40 hours.
Last taste of freedom for me, was on the train from richmond to charleston,sc,from that point on,was mini hell ..lol
November 6th cant wait!
Does any one remember the meal at Dennys of ave pico.
Funny, I was only there for like 5 min then left lol. Relaxed environment 😂right haha.
Funny how recruits are not supposed to loose their bearing, yet drill instructors are taught and constantly losing their bearing.. Definition of bearing
1: the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see BEAR entry 2 sense 2f) oneself
Better enjoy that couch while it last, itll all change when the buses arrive lol
We had some Cpl have us sit down like recruits and eat out of those small chow boxes. The white ones with a sandwich and an egg. We didn’t have this luxury lol
Don't forget about the MCT boots who would be utterly lost and NJP'd for being UA before checking in to SOI
What’s the background music called?
When i was here i had just finished saying bye to my friends on the computer and was about to eat dinner in the cafe and AS SOON as i logged out I turned my head an seen all 100 dudes in there running out side an was just like f**k me here it begins
Should have spent less time on social media you fucking idiot.
We didn't have a Uso a center ass straight to the bus and made a dip our heads
Did they give you milk and cookies? MAGGOTTS!
They pigged out on the snacks before the DI came because they knew they weren't going to eat that in basic training.
Interesting.
I didn't even get to visit the USO
I'm 1% United States Marine Melissa Alison Hargrove-Bruno-Harlow USO I approve this message
It only goes down hill from there.
FRONT BACK GOOOOOO!!!!!