3rd Bttn I Co barracks Part 1/4.wmv
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- My recent trip back to Parris Island, SC to see my friend's son graduate from boot camp, I learned that the old 3rd Battalion barracks were empty, and slated to be torn down. With permission, I was able to go to the hallowed ground, where I and so many others were trained to be Marines. This is my journey.
The old wash racks outside. I was there in the spring of 1974. Receiving was a 2 story wood frame building. The ghosts of our youths. Thanks. This was very special for me.
A much more realistic idea of the squad bays is if the camera-person stood on line for three months---holding the camera the entire time and every time they got tired and started to drop it, it would be "Up! Up! Keep those arms up!"
@@alexanderwalle3568 leave my sand fleas alone. They gotta eat to. Bends and thrusts. Begin.
Platoon 3048 H Company summer of 79. Thank you for the awesome memories. I was able to stop by in 1981 to get a few photos of the old 3rd Herd, these videos are great through. I swear your walking in my barracks right next to the rose garden.
Thank you and God Bless
And thank you to my D.I.'s who changed my life for the better !
An advantage I had on my side at the time was that I knew absolutely nothing about anything--it's why my time at P.I. was successful--had I known anything at all I wouldn't have made it five minutes.
As a former DI (2ndBn), I want to thank you for this video. You do a great job of bringing back my personal memories of training recruits for 2.5 years. As an older man of 50, I sometimes can't believe I did that, the "blood, sweat and tears" as you describe was dropped from both the recruits and Drill Instructors. Semper Fi.
YUT!
MILO BROWN 1991 Platoon 3025
faethie zutell . Did you know Ssgt. Strowbridge. He was my senior DI . 3rd Bat. H Company Plt.3034 1988
OOH RAH Thumping 3rd 1987 Platoon 3064
India co plt 3113 1993 ! Semper fi
Platoon 3034. Graduated Nov 10, 1995. This was a sad stroll down memory lane. I went to boot camp pre-social media and email and i have pretty much lost touch with all my boot camp buds and most friends i made in "the fleet". I always hope they made out well in life. thanks for the video.
@colonialtiger we graduated on the same day....I was platoon 3033
One week after you, 1033. Looked out the window watching you graduate.
I was there, ssgt huggers, sgt tracy, senior di ssgt adams.. who were your drill instructors?
I can't believe this!! This is awesome 👍😎
Highers, not huggers 😆
@@FastnFunny was you there too??
I was a DI/SDI in I Co in these barracks for 3 years from 1978 to 1981. Thanks for the video. The memories are priceless.
Wow...i went through those same barracks Dec. 1984. I really appreciate you making this video. So many memories came to mind. The smells, the sounds and definitely the hard work. When they done away with those barracks, a part of me went with it. Ooh-Rah...Semper-Fi. Plt 3023!
They don't change the numbers up much but D.I.'s from other platoons who I didn't even know were just as scary as ours.
Platoon 3050 Lima April 11th 2011, my platoon was the last platoon to go through those barracks. I can't thank you enough for posting this. Semper Fi
Steve,
That’s a wow, I was one floor up. 34 years before you, 3037 9May1977. I’m in the same mind set, sad to see our old barracks go away. I guess we used led paint back in my day when we painted any and everything. I know they were painted just before we moved in. Yep, sad to see em go,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,
God Speed Marine,,,,,,, 🇺🇸
Semper Fi,,,
Jesus Christ man, this was the best return to the turning point of my life i could ever have hoped for. I remember so vividly the barracks that you just showed. To add to the memories i can never smell Pine Sol without thinking about those Sundays with the hose. You said towels, but when i went through in 1990 it was scuz brushes. It's so weird to me that i would give anything to go back to that 3 months of classes, PT and relive them. Supposed to be the most difficult period in a young man's life and it was. But i would do it again in a heartbeat right now if i could. Best time of my life, made me the man i am today.
We had the scuzz brushes, too--it was the first thing you grabbed in the morning--ghost turds were immediately eradicated--after your money-valuables bag was checked, out came the scuzz brushes--nowadays I have a debit card for all my riches, but when I go to buy something, some banker in New Jersey has my money-valuables bag because the card doesn't always work.
Sad to see this. I was there June to Aug. 1979. I Co. 3rd Bn. Thanks for posting this.
All bad things must come to an end.
This was an awesome video. I graduated PI 12/17/87 out of 3rd Battalion India company. Looking at that squad bay and quarter deck brought back memories. Memories of being “dug” on the quarter deck. Lol. Sucks to know those barracks were torn down. And that Master padlock part!! Hahahahaha. “Recruits!! Whose footlocker is this left unsecured?” Oh boy…. We’d all pay for that.
This was a great flashback!!I graduated in 1985 Platoon 3097 Hell Company!!!!Looking at those barracks brings it all back!!Thank you!
3rd Battalion, I Co, Platoon 3006. SDI SSgt Thompson, DI Sgt Camper. Oct 1987 to Jan 1988. Oohrah and Semper Fidelis! Thanks for the blast from the past.
I was 3011 h co same time
I was I Co 3006 i bunked with musslewhite
I can’t remember what I had for lunch. 😂. I do remember your and his names though. I remember a few others but faces more than anything else. Who was our guide. Dark green recruit?
Those bricks alone remind me of the feeling that we'd never get out of there--that hell that could not be penetrated or changed--and when we finally did leave for good, it was soon the same old habits, which was, for me, "Legacy of Brutality" on vinyl.
Update on the status of the teardown....I recently visited PI (July 2015) and took a drive down to the old 3rd Btn. barracks. Heard they were to be torn down some years ago, but to my surprise.... Most of the barracks are still standing. India Co. barracks have been reduced to rubble, but Hotel, Gulf and the Chow hall are still standing. Weeds are growing up through cracks in the parade deck the place looked in sad shape. it brought back many memories to come back to the island. I can still hear the sounds of the drill instructors in my head. Thanks for the video it will preserve many memories for the the thousands of Marines that passed through those doors.. Semper Fi... 3rd Btn. India Co. Plt. 3083 1981
+youbigla01 ... I thank you for the update. I was 3rd Bn. ....kilo 3072 on the first level - in '95. I can only hope I make it back for my own footage before too late. remembered every inch of this video.
Semper Fi & happy birthday on this day brother. I was 3rd Bat India Co and graduated 12/17/87. Sad to know that the India barracks are no more.
Plt 3097
I was in "Hotel Co." Ptl. 3050 back in '77'. We were across the parade grounds from "I" Co. The chow hall was to our left with 'H' Co. barracks behind us. What an experience. Ooh-Rah.
Mark Retcho I graduated on March 1977 Plt 2022 Ssgt Steel DI I didn’t remember which company but it 3rd Marine Div. Right next to the parade deck and chow hall
Our first few minutes of first phase at H made it clear to me that the horrors and sufferings of those who came before us in those barracks would never be discovered by Jack Palance, Geraldo Rivera or Leonard Nimoy.
3rd bn...the hardest on the island
Not the hardest, but all of them had different strengths.
@MILO BROWN I agree, Plt 395, India Company 3rd Battalion Oct-Dec 1973.
Don't know about that 2nd battalion 2nd to none
Roxie Gentle Pitt Bull
Platoon 366, July-October 1973. I guess that I was graduating as you were coming in.
If I remember correctly the recruits that were coming in in October 1973 were issued M-16s.
We went through with the M-14. Don’t know why it took them so long to phase out the M-14 in boot camp.
Plt 3073, 3rd btl, India company, June-August 98
India Company Plt 3039, 1978. Thanks for sharing Devil Dog. Brought back major memories.
scribe becomes a poet. very nicely done!!!!
Awesome Brother !!! 3rd battalion hell company 3006 . Graduated in 84 . lots of memories brought back . SEMPER FI . thankx again.
I love this video i literally have anxiety watching this because it brings back so many memories and visuals i forgotten about just amazing.
Thanks for recording these hallowed grounds for future generations to be shown where it was "done back in the day."
3rd. Battn. Platoon 302 Graduated 14 March 1972.
Good word Brother,
I co. 3037 grad. 9May1977. Definitely sad day to learn of our olé barrack is gone. And like us we’ll be gone per the Word.
God Speed, and God Bless the Marine Corps,,,,,,, 🇺🇸
Semper Fi,,,
So sad. I graduated May of 1996 Plt 3097 I Co. I was on the 2nd deck. I graduated almost 30 years to the day my father graduated. It was the first time in 30 years he went back to Parris island. Semper Fi brother, thanks for the awesome video.
I graduated May of 1996, India Co Plt 3096 1st deck. We stomped around there at the same time over 23 years ago!
I was a recruit across the parade deck at H Company. 3060 series graduated summer of 87' Thanks for the video. We were considered the toughest battalion in the island because of the location of the barracks.
Same name different year. Platoon 3012. Graduated Feb 1985. So weird to see my name and say to myself....I didn't write that...lol. Semper Fi!
3060 kilo 1993
This is good stuff, I don't know how I stumbled upon it. Just for kicks, an old school mate that I went in to the Corps with on the 'buddy system' decided to attend a graduation of a distant family member and we had heard the 3rd had been reduced to rubble. This was several years after this video, but the barracks were still standing, the condition terrible. Ghosts of Marines Past describes it perfectly. At the time, PI was running recruits thru the program like tic-tacs, 110 TURDS (Trainees Under Rigid Discipline) on each floor. We walked thru and took a few videos, along with the obligatory 'standing on the yellow foot steps' at receiving. I'd be lying if I said the walk-thru wasn't emotional ... this was a demarcation point for a lot of young men's lives. Little did we know. My four years was fruitful and I didn't experience the horrors of the 'Nam like so many of my fellow Marines. Being plucked off the plane when it landed on Okinawa on the way to WestPac, I spent my last year in as REMF assigned to 3rd FSR on Okinawa. My heart goes out to those that experienced the war, the killed, the wounded, and those that would never be the same again.
Sgt William Tucker 2274388, Platoon 3025, Paris Island, June 1966 - June 1970. Semper Fi.
OMG! I have not seen the inside of these buildings in 27 years! So sad to see that they are torn down...Thank you for posting!
3rd Battalion, platoon 343, 1959. Nothing but quanson huts. Semper Fi.
Was there with Platoon 389, September-December 1974. Graduated December 20, 1974. A special "Semper Fi" to all who passed through here, before and after me.
I was there a year before you. Oct-Dec 73. Platoon 395, India Company 3rd Battalion. Our Drill Instructors took 18, 19, 20 yr old boys and turned them into men.......Marines. Semper Fi, Devil Dog.
Back at you bro plt 328 1975
@@usmc-veteran73-77 Were you the first series to go through boot camp with M16s? I was there Aug-Nov 73 and we had the M14 but we seen recruits with M16s before we graduated.
Great video, I was at PI in 1987 1st Battalion. Crazy Times. I tell kids nowadays you can watch youtube and see boot camp live. We went in blind with just stories from Marines who went through boot camp. Thx for the video
"Cold" is how I went in--no weight-lifting, no running--no idea about Beirut, either, which wasn't that long ago--I ran some laps around our high school track and that was it--no prep., no DEP, partied until the last second--I knew something about Lech Walesa and Ronald Reagan beforehand--but not much about either--and then I went.
Platoon 3165 Lima Company 3rd Battalion, February 23, 1994 - May 23, 1994. Thanks for this awesome video. I have always wanted to visit the island since I left the Marine Corps but never had a chance. I heard about old 3rd Battalion being demolished and I thought I would never get a chance to see it again. Your video brought back a lot of memories, great attention to detail DEVIL DOG!! Semper Fi!
We were on the same time 2nd battalion January 4th 1994 March 25th 1994
3065 May 93 to Aug 93, 2nd deck
Very nice video wow beautiful barracks.thank you for sharing your video
Love this video, but have to admit that at 60 years old it makes me pretty emotional. I was across the Grinder in Hotel Company (Pltn. 3080-Hotel Oct. 1983). We were all young Marines once...
I arrived on PI Jan 17, 1962. Assigned to Plt 304, R Co. Many things have changed in my barracks (aside from them being torn down). The decks were painted red, scrubbed and waxed every field day. There were no lines on the deck anywhere in the barracks. The squad bay lighting fixtures were different. There were no stalls in the head. There was no "pound board;" you slapped the painted cinder-block bulkhead. There were long wash-racks & clothes lines between the barracks and sidewalk on the port side. Watching this video was somewhat like the beginning of the movie, "Twelve O'clock High:" The admin officer returns to the site of his old airbase in England, and the the remembrances begin flooding back. I was released from active duty in May, 1966. I still have my 304 Platoon Book, but it is falling apart because I page through it often. I'm delighted that you took the trouble to make this vid. Semper Fidelis to my fellow jar-heads.
When I was in boot camp, Anthony Ray Hinton was starting a sentence for something he didn't do--nor could he have ever done--by the time he got out, who knows what I was doing.
3rd Battn/Pltn 361 July 24 1974.19 years old. 66 years old now. Didn't know these barracks were to be torn down. I too was anxious to leave boot camp, but if I were to do it all over again, would do it in a heartbeat! SEMPER FI
Everyone (or at least most) know that 3rd "I" was the shit--out in the boondocks where Satan himself couldn't save you--if Swamp Thing were back there, he'd try to join the Suck--he'd only be in it for the brunettes with cans--it is essentially Swamp Thing's plot: Wet titties on brunettes--plus, after Swamp Thing joins the Marines, the brunettes with cans never run from you at The Driftwood because they have jobs (with job security) but Swamp Thing can never graduate because of falling off The Slide For Life--his nuts are too squishy (so were essentially unserviceable since The Birth of Swamp Thing).
When I went through in 1963 as a member of 2 BN. These battalion barracks were new then. I liked the old ones because they were easy to clean. No polishing the floor.
That was back when they fucked people up--you might return home with teeth missing or in a wheelchair and the parents would be so proud.
I was mike company; I went to boot camp back in 2011. I do believe these are the same barracks we stayed in while at the rifle range. I’m pretty sure they were near the rifle range. There were definitely some strong vibes in those old barracks. Semper Fi!!
Iron Mike 2007. 3080
I don't think people know and will ever understand how creepy P.I. actually is--the overhead pipes and trees with who-knows-what-the-fuck hanging off--the island should be some sort of freak show for the public--and is, for anyone who got recycled or went to PCP platoon.
What a great video. I completed my recruit training in I Co, 3d Bn, Platoon 3052 during the period April through July, 1977. I was sure I was going to be a civilian again by 1981. Well it took a little longer and I retired as CWO5 in 2005. I have been a Civilian Marine since retirement and will celebrate 45 years around US Marines in Uniform and appropriate civilian attire this December. The barracks video of 3 Bn, PISC rushed back many vivid memories for me. I sincerely appreciate you making this video and sharing it. Semper Fidelis, Kevin
Wow. Thank you. I was there Feb.-May 10th 1988 . Hotel Company. SDI . Ssgt.Strowbridge . Di. Ssgt.Dukes . Di.Sgt. Miller .Di.Sgt. Watts . My Last name is Harris . They called Me Harryass . Brought tears to my eyes . I hope that one day I can get back and visit Parris Island . Semper Fi Marines . Oh I was in 3034 .
I had sgt watts
Brother, thanks. I was 3078 in 1999. Didn't realize we went Mainside. Damn, man. Spirit and discipline!
The new barracks are sweet. Lots more room to toss gear around and "train" recruits in.
Brother this has brought back a TON of memories. I signed into the delayed entry program in August of 82 and arrived at MCRD PISC on March 3rd 1983 ultimately assigned to 3rd BN, H Company Platoon 3043. Thanks for the video...Semper Fi Marine!
I was on the third deck platoon 3395 laundry number 54 October 1973-December 1973. It is a blur but I will never forget. I don't look at it as brainwashing. Thank you for posting brother Semper Fi
Were you in Platoon 395, Indian Co 3rd Bn. Oct-28Dec1973? Drill Instructor Ssgt Stewart, Ssgt Johnigon & Sgt Valentine? If so, I was the 2nd squad leader....."Baker" Comment back if you was in Platoon 395 India Co 3rd Bn.
Some how I remember my laundry number “83”, plt. 3037, graduated 9May1977, I’ll never forget my SDI SSgt. J.N. Moch hell of a Marine.
God Speed Marine, and God Bless,,,,, 🇺🇸
Semper Fi,,,
3rd Bttn H Co graduated April 1988 thank you for posting and bringing back the memories.
I was in Hotel Company 3034 . Graduated in May 1988 .
@@leatherneck7501 May '88? I graduated June 14 1988. H co plt 3040.
Mike Co, PLT 3069 Sept. 12 2014.
New Squadbays, same 3rd BN.
1st makes men
2nd makes Marines
3rd makes Machines
i findly went back to ,parris island,with this video.its been 46 yrs since I left the island.the barracks,the chow hall,the drill grounds. i was in india company plt 373 grad on JULY 20 -1967.very sad to hear they teared down the 3rd Battalion barracks.Semper Fi.
Great narrating ! Barracks building #424 right across from the chow hall. Sad to see it's all gone........
Thanks for sharing. Brought back some crazy memories. Graduated in 1990, PLT 3109 K company. They let us graduate a few days early for Thanksgiving. Awesome video! Semper Fidelis!
3029 March 77 grad. Stayed right there. Smoking lamp right at those wash racks.
My heart started racing as you walked in the door.
They used to PT us till those windows fogged up. And our Senior jumping up and down yelling he could still see out the windows!!!!
Thank you brother.
Semper Fi
God bless.
Platoon 3025, Macho Mike company, graduated 04/13/90--Friday the 13th. Looking at this video while the narrator is talking is giving me chills. So, so many memories. Thank you for posting. Semper Fi!
3089 3rd Battalion "India Company".... Man, Think I'm going to cry... Thanks for this. I would've loved to go back.
I remember scrubbin' those floors... SCRUUUUUUB!! HArder SIr!!! , SCRUUUUUUB!!!, Harder sir!!!
Crazy how they all look alike. I visited in 2019. It was strange to see how run down the old barracks had gotten. The wash basins outside were dry but I’ll be damned if the sand pit wasnt fresh looking like ready for some pit time. I was 2nd btln Echo 2033 8-11/95. SDI Ssgt Piestrak, Ssgt Rutan, Sgt Velucci, Ssgt Gurney. Thanks for the memories brother! Semper Fi!
In February 1976 I entered the front door of these barracks not only to become a United States Marine but to also become a man who learned what team work was. I remember the hate we had for our drill instructors after doing many push-ups in the red ant pits on that smelly nasty Island. I never knew what a sand flea was until I walked on this island. We could not wait to graduate and the feeling we had when we entered a new phase in training. The lower the floor the less time we had. I never thought on graduation day I found it hard leaving the front gates without my 3014 Platoon buddies. I thank those DI’s from the bottom of my heart for the time you harassed the sh** out of us. You made men out of all of us and I’m sure most of us feel the same way. I still talk to and meet up with some of my Plt. 3014 brothers. Graduation day was and is the proudest day of my life. I get choked up looking at these barracks and hear a whisper of someone yelling “get the hell up you maggots, your slower then old people fu**. Smokers, draw two and get the hell outside.” It’s sad to see these old walls empty. My only question is where is the cleanest garbage can on the planet. I had 4 cans of Brasso on that bad boy. Simper-Fi and God bless our United States Marine Corps.
I was in this barracks “I” Co., April '88.
SEMPER FI‼️🍻
I was there too, Mar. June '88. 3040 H co
Oct 31 1987 I CO PLT 3006 Picked up played major games that nigt
Went through as a recruit 1975, Dco 2nd Bn. Back here across the parade deck 3 years later as a Drill Instructor Hco 3rd Bn.
Same layout and most importantly as the narrator stated when 3rd herd was tucked back in the woods where no one really knew what we were up too. Semper Fi
Oorah 3rd battalion killer here!
I was 3rd battalion Mike company Platoon 3080. I remember those barracks well.
Hey J.
Thanks for preserving some of my history, I’ve watched all 3 videos you’ve posted. 👍 👍
Your 1st Phase Barrack was my barrack after Platoon 3037 picked me up, and that’s where we graduated from. I was a med. re-cycle - foot injury, 3week set back.
Series 3036, Plt. 3037, Grad. 9May1977, SDI SSgt J.N. Moch, we were in squad bay on the second floor of this barrack. We would hump to the Rifle range every morning, when we had rifle qualification, and humped everywhere else. Mess duty at 1st Bn. Chow Hall, humped over there every morn too.
Your graduation date was 10 years later, minus 16 day after I enlisted, still in High School. Then reported and took the oath that doesn’t expire on 31Jan.1977, the old wooden receiving barrack is all gone too, stood up all night long, reading the little signs “Instructions” on how to speak.
Deep memories, would not change them for anything.
Thanks to all Marines: past, present and future, that swore the same Oath to Defend our Constitution,,,,,,, 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
God Speed, and God Bless the Marine Corps,,,,,
Semper Fi,,,
Lima Co 1990’s. My dad was 2nd Bn in 1962 and these barracks were brand new and everyone call 3rd Bn “Disneyland” because everyone else was still in the White Elephants on main side. We actually got lucky with having a smaller deck to clean than 1st/2nd. No one believes how small the head was in those barracks.
As far as I recall, the head was about the size of the bathroom in the men's dorm of Bailey Hall, UNC-Greensboro but with a poop-slinger in Bailey who somehow never got caught launching dookie all over the bathroom--shop-lifting I could get away with--and I have, at The Dollar General recently when I noticed $2 someone apparently dropped ahead of me in line--I snatched the money right in front of the cashier so fast they didn't even notice, despite being right there--I also used to nix liquor in bars--if the bartender turned, I'd have a bottle from behind the counter before they knew it--they didn't know it, actually--that's the point of being keen--and because it's all about class, me and the crew would leave to chug my latest accomplishment in some alley nearby (it was once nothing but grenadine--serving us right). While I'm probably not that fast anymore--I also have legal concerns I didn't know about then--there's no way I'd be lucky enough to sling a turd without someone knowing--and who would want to..? I'd rather be busted for grenadine.
7/8/1977
3rd Battalion
Thanks for posting this
OMG, it looks exactly like I remember. That building was my barracks as well. Graduated 1984 Platoon 3054. We were on the top floor of that exact building. Get up here on my quarter deck. haha My laundry number was 12. Funny what you remember from so long ago. I was a squad leader and spent time on the quarter deck with each of my squad members to make sure they were not alone & I could set the example to see that they did their mountain climbers correctly. haha.
I was a recruit in 3rd Bn I Co in Sept 1977, Senior Drill Instructor was SSgt James T. Banks, he was built like a body builder, buffed to the tee!!!! Heavy was Sgt Panikowski, Sgt Slapowski, Sgt Galliger then later, Sgt Slapowski left, and Sgt Clyde Fraizer came over from another plt in our series. I was a Drill Instructor class 1-84 Jan 84 to Jan 86, 3rd Bn H Co. Damn, as time passes, so does events. I'm thankful to have served and retired as a Master Sergeant in 2001, and the challenge to train recruits, and have a successful tour as a DI. Many Di's were voided, got NJP and court martialed for hazing and maltreatment of recruits. Very sad that 3rd Bn is not the same however, even back when I was a "Hat," there was scuttlebutt that 3rd Bn might be relocated/closed.. The Marine Corps made all the difference in my life because the alternative for me was in and out of prison, a underachiever/loser... I'm 61 and I thank God I made it this far!!! Semper Fi do or die!!!!!
Great video. I was in 3046 I Co in 83. We were in the other barracks 1st floor. It was a mirror image of this one. Semper Fi
Sad to see it looking so dirty. Thanks for the moment.
Iwent to MCRD and this brought back some good times for sure.
I went through 3rd battalion in 1967, platoon 377. Your video brings back a lot of memories. Sad to see these barracks abandoned.Thank you for the video.
3rd Battalion L Company...Plt 3054. Graduated December 29, 1995. This brings back some great memories that I wouldn't trade for anything.
3rd Battalion 3084 - Graduation 09.21.2005. Semper fi. I was on first deck as well brother. Thanks for the video
3rd batt 3013 1988, thanks for posting, semper fi!
Same Bldg, 2nd Deck Platoon 311, I Co Graduated 04/76. Those patches you saw on the Parade Deck is where the Old Wooden Church used to be. Lots of time on that Deck drilling & trying to ignore the Sand Fleas. Thanks for the flashback. After School, I wound up at Air Station down the road CH47. Crew Chief SAR Bird. S/F
I was there about 3 yrs before you. Also, in India Co, Plt 395, Oct-Dec73. These pictures bring back so many memories. Love to be 18 yrs old again. Semper Fi
Platoon 3056, I company 5-87 to 8-87. I still remember these. Couldn't believe it when we prepared for graduation in the 2nd Battalion barracks, they were like a palace compared to these.
Enlisted in '79 & after a week in the old wooden barracks my father had in 2nd Bn, still being used at that time for receiving we marched to 3rd Battalion Platoon 3026 1980 here, I had no idea they were gone. I still use my laundry bag & shine brush from then believe it or not. # 115 scribbled & circled quickly with a marker on day 1 organizing within minutes of the D'I''s making a mess of us, ha. Never forget it was a great era of life I didn't appreciate enough when I look back at the days. Saddened to see it go. I'll never forget, once we had enough for a Co standing in formation outside about to march to 3rd Bn a guy close to me said "man I wish I was one of those seagulls right now, what was I thinking" Ha, lots of good memories there.
3096 Kilo Co., 2001. Many memories there. SSgt Davis destroyed me many times in that squad bay... but I'm glad he did. Made me into a good Marine. We went through 9/11 together. Our Guide's legal guardian (his uncle) was killed in the towers. He left for his funeral and came back a different person. I miss the Corps everyday. Was medically retired after getting injured in Afghanstan in 2012. S/F! Thanks for the video!!
I was 2nd Battalion (Hotel Company, Platoon 2000), but seeing these old 3rd Battalion barracks that we passed by every so often (when we went to the 3rd Battalion chow hall) is really bringing back memories. Knowing they're gone now really puts a sharp light on how many years have passed since I was in bootcamp (Oct '91 - Jan '92). Glad you got to visit your squad bay before it was torn down. Semper Fi and God bless!
We occasionally went to other, "better" chow halls on Lejeune--because we'd kill for a salad bar--there wasn't one in our chow hall--we'd jump into someone's GM product to go to another chow hall on base once we (somehow) learned POG's had nicer shit to eat (this back when I could eat 60 lbs. of food plus the salad bar, peacefully digesting it all as we did even stupider things later that same day--try that now and my system says "Wait--after we process all you just put into me, then you can do dumb shit--but it's going to take awhile, plus the noises and discomfort--thanks to you being a pig"). Who knows if other "03's" thought we were putting on airs by leaving the grunt chow hall behind--nor were any of the ranch-dressing-and-bacon-bits-loving pogues snooty on account of our presence in their chow hall.
Thank you for sharing I was with 3rd btn I co.3095 graduated 23 Dec 1980
Can't thank you enough for posting this. Not only the same bay on the end next to the sand pit but you pointed to where "my" rack was, 2nd next to the quarter deck Rec. No. 3 on the line. The night we pulled in to receiving the 3rds chow hall burned down. 14 weeks we marched 3 times a day clear up to 1st to eat. Many slaps on that same board many pull ups on the exact same bar many mountain climbs on that same quarter deck many Sand Fleas buried in that same sand pit "for scratching". Rec. Payne was our "Huey". 1983 3036 SDI Smith. DI Wasson, DI Jefferson. Semper Fi.
I Company platoon 3094 3rd deck in that building...August-October 1977...! blast from the past..."private spy"... house mouse and gear locker private... Senior DI Staff Sgt. Delarino...thanks brother for the tour...sad to hear end of an era - these barracks...SEMPER FI
Wish they wouldn't tear it down. I remember when I graduated in 2011, my dad got so excited to see his old barracks. He was in 3rd BN too.
Patrick,
Was you Dad a Drill Instructor? I know an olé Marine that was a DI, and his son served too. I can say the o word, because I graduated 9May1977 plt. 3037, 0351 2/7 1stMarDiv. ‘77 - ‘80.
God Speed Marine, and God Bless,,,,,,, 🇺🇸
Semper Fi,,,
I went back to visit PI after 39 years in July 2017. That's when I learned my old barracks was being demolished. Many Memories. 3rd Bn. H Company Series 3000, Spring 1980.
Neat video man. I graduated in 2019, 3rd battalion, Lima Company plt 3070. I of course had the newer barracks that feature the blue bulkheads and the Grey deck. I kind of like these barracks though. They just seem a little more old school to me with the red deck and those unique windows. Semper Fi man.
Semper Fi , Brutha! 3rd Bn. 1983 - Plt. 3043 - they called us "Private" - same rack position as yours - lucky Honor Man
Great video, thanks for the memories! Especially the pound board! That brought back memories.... SDI Malone and DI Callicoat simultaneously screaming at me as I somehow failed to properly place myself on the footprints. Semper Fi! platoon 3083 Jul - October 1986.
Aug. 1977 3rd Bn. SSgt Louder, Sgt Lawton and Sgt Peterson. I will never forget those names. I'm 63 now and think of those days in boot camp where I was molded into a man. I look at the marines today with admiration and respect. Semper Fi Devil Dogs.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Havent been back since the day i left the island. 3rd battalion, lima co plt 3118. 1990
2nd Battalion Platoon 2017 graduated May of 1981, this sure does bring back memories thanks for posting ! Semper Fi !
Thanks Brother - Plt 3305 India Co Aug 21 -Nov 21 1984......brings back some sweet memories!!!
I was there twice once as part of Platoon 3076 then as SSGT Lindner as DI wow hate to learn that it will be torn down
+Bama Man I was 3076 I Company 1979 SDI Staff Sgt Bethley.
You were right behind me, 3061 India Company 10/23/79.
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I helped build the new barracks for 3rd Battalion. I was an apprentice plumber at the time. Mostly I assisted installing the main domestic water lines. Thank you for this video of the old barracks. I was curious about the layout of the old verses the new. Also to compare them against the Air Force barracks.
I was in 1st. bn. plt.150 in 1976,my barracks looked just like this,brings back a lot of memories, Semper Fi!
I'm amazed this video popped up randomly on my feed. I was in India Company Plt 3029 graduating in April 1997. It's funny, I came across my padlock from bootcamp, picked it up over 20 years later and couldn't remember the combo. I spun it to the right , spun it to the left, then right again, and click... it unlocked. Great trip down memory lane, didn't know the buildings were torn down. Semper Fi.
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I was there 30 years ago, Platoon 3055 I Company, 7/7/82 to 9/28/82.
I visited building 417 on vacation in July with my son. Semper Fi!!!
Latham Jackson I was Plt 3048 - same time frame. It’s sad I didn’t get back to P.I. before they tore it all down.
I was 3rd Battalion, Mike, Plt 3002 Oct 21 91 to Jan 17 1992. We didn't pick up from receiving until Nov 1. I go back every year and play a round of golf at The Legends. I got to see the old barracks emptied around 2010 and then finally demolished in 2017. So far nothing has taken their place. And I've never gone looking for the new location. Cleaning the decks was a little different in my era. It was done after showers every evening. We lined up at the back of the barracks in our skivvies and shower shoes. We had to squat flat-footed with our boot brushes and work towards the Quarter Deck. I never thought the balls of my feet would heal after graduating.
Can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. Graduated 8/11/82, Plt 3032, 3rdBn, H Co. Didn't know until just this evening that H is now part of 2ndBn. "Hell" Company it surely was. The "Rose Garden" adjacent to the outer barracks was special. Drilled so hard we knocked the hand guards from the M16's. C/C didn't like it, but the SDI did. Thank you for this.
Just to let you know, I was a member of plt 2090 that graduated Sept 28, 1990.The platoon was in Hotel Company and it was 2nd Batt. then.
I never saw 3rdBn, I graduated Platoon 2214, 13 Dec 1977. We formed in the old white wooden barracks and did the seabag drag for about 4 days until moving into the brick barracks across from the main parade deck. We began wearing the old solid green utilities and changed into camo utilities in either 2nd or 3rd phase. In those days 1st phase started on the 3rd deck and we moved down which each phase. Back then we were told 3rdBn was the only Bn that trained completely in boots, 1stBn and 2ndBn were issued canvas shoes for running. So the scuttlebutt was that 3rdBn were somehow better runners. My worst memories were doing PT in the rose garden (sand spurs). Best memories, when Senior DI SSgt Heath would have the duty on a Sunday. He could sing cadence so well that the entire platoon actually enjoyed a little Sunday afternoon drill. I enjoyed stumbling across this video.
Platoon 312 1965. We were the only Battalion in a new brick building and we got dogged for it. It still looks familiar after all this time. I washed my clothes on those racks with a bottle of Whisk and a brush!
3rd Battalion Mike Company 3021 Honor Platoon Graduated in 2001 from Dec. 5th 2000 through March 12th 2001....
What an experience!
Thank you for this video...
When I was told I was going to the 3rd...they told me good luck
I believe I heard the same thing before I even got there--its reputation was so bad I believe I heard all about in Homeroom in High School.
I walked those buildings in 01. thanks for this
When I went to bootcamp back in 2015 October we used these barracks for range week, coldest damn days of my life 😂
Wow, what flashbacks. Was at PI last year, but Brks where already gone. Plt 3048 I Co 1984.
Wow! Great video,brought back many memories of 80-81 plt 3311
I worked in the chowhall scullery there on my mess/maintenance week...they we're building the brick receiving barracks when I was in 2nd batt. I graduated Prolly bout the time you came aboard. SF...
Platoon 1029 1981 PI …I have four granddaughters and I do the count down when we go out ..they love it
Thanks Marine for making this video. I was in 3095, graduated Nov 27, 1985. Semper Fi!