Another reason why they don't want you to wear contacts is because if it falls out during an obstacle course you therefore are a safety risk.. No one is going to stop for you to find your contacts that just popped out. But probably the main reason is the gas chamber. You don't ever want to wear contacts in the gas chamber.. ever!
UranusGaseous in the chamber and any big flashes they can fuse to your eyes so you really don't want to rip your Corina out. if you get dirt or sand in your eye or on your contact you can also scratch you eyes very badly.
another boot band hack- use two or three of them on your rack. You take the little hooks and put them through your sheets from one end to the other, and then just sleep in your sleeping bag. it makes sure your rack is 100% tight 100% of the time. you rarely have to re-do it. It also makes inspection a hell of a lot easier, because when they toss your rack it all stays in one piece.
Good life hack for sure. Unfortunately for my platoon, our drill instructor found out we were doing that and banned it, but it's still good nonetheless!
Hey thanks for your service sir, but this channel is helping me out a lot. I want to join the marines out of high school, which is 1.5 years away. Thesevideos are amazing, thanks man!
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ClaytonFilpo I have glasses and im joining the marines but i have a stigmatism with my eyes but its not that bad is this an automatic disqualification when going to meps.
SALO or The 120 Days of Sodom: I can't eat rice with my hands like this... Then eat Isht! They're around but they're not going crazy in the px (store). You get a list of what you need and usually there's other recruits already with items in hand, throwing everything you need into your basket. Only thing you buy yourself is hygiene gear.
Sam Carrasco cool thanks. I watched a video of marines shopping and it was surreal. Lol. Also.. Does BCG really stand for Boot Camp Glasses? I asked my girl what it really stood for but she couldn't give me an answer. She's in the army National Guard. Boot Camp glasses makes sense if it's the official meaning for the abbreviation.
SALO or The 120 Days of Sodom: I can't eat rice with my hands like this... Then eat Isht! Nah you don't get messed with too much when you're shopping. It's just get in, get out. I've never heard any other name for BCG's lol I never had those. They came out with the new 5A's when I was in boot camp. Way better looking but they dig into the bridge of your nose.
In some situations you might not be able to buy electrical tape. When I went through Navy boot camp in 2004 at great lakes IL The RDCs could dictate what you can and cannot buy on the rare occasion that you got to go to the Navy Exchange. We were not even allowed to buy anything to prevent athletes foot unless it was a powder (no sprays). Never had glasses or contacts myself so I don't know much about that.
Seriously thanks for the videos. I'm studying for the Asvab testing right now and hope to enlist in the Army by October. My major issue right now is the math part. If I need to score high on it it will take more time to study.
That's a pretty great idea. Just got out of airforce BMT, they had us buy glasses straps at the bx for our glasses though. Totally would have done this if we didn't have them.
Another tip i wish i knew when i went through boot camp is everyone cherishes the letters they get when they are in bootcamp and footlockers are always getting dumped and letters get lost but once you get your bodybag and its hanging behind your racks you can put your letters in there drill instructors can not dump your body bag so they will always be safe in there
Going to the marines after i lose weight but for most of my life i've dealt with eye problems. I have -10 eyesight. Pretty sure its due to my high blood sugar. Hope after i get my weight under control that my eyes can get back to normal.
Well now if you have portholes they use some short of machine that gets the prescription of your civilian portholes and use that to get the new ones, the only test I had to do was the hearing test. This was at MCRD San Diego, not sure how PI does it. Also an other thing recruits did was take some recruit tap or electrical tap and do a layer around the bridge of the portholes to prevent them from digging into their/your noise. With those brainstraps they did tend to dig in, also we use to do the same but around the ear peaces well some recruits did, one layer of tap to help stop the portholes from digging into the side of their grapes.
Hey Clayton, new subscriber and first time commenting here. Been waiting on a waiver to pass for a couple of weeks and I feel confident that it will. I've also been thinking a lot about what I want to do in the Marine Corps. What can you tell me about tank crewman and if many of them enjoy their job? Keep up the great work, I like your content!
Welcome to the channel, Sam. Tank crewman is definitely a challenging job. Very nitty gritty job, but the enjoyment part is in the eye of the beholder, ya know? I like to tell people to pick a job that will translate applicable skills in the civilian world. I'd say make a list and have your top 3 choices ready to give to your recruiter.
ClaytonFilpo I've tried doing as much research on it as I can, watched videos on it and it all just gets me really excited for it. Here's another question I have. I understand that when it comes to signing your contract, and if I'm wrong please correct me, but you sign for a job field, and not a specific MOS. Realistically, what are the odds of you getting the specific MOS that you want when you sign the contract?
For an 03xx job, for example, you sign for the overarching MOS and then select a sub mos once you get to mos school. For other jobs, such as public affairs for example, you can outright have them written into your contract. Nothing is promised in the Marine Corps, don't forget that. By all means, get everything you can written into your contract, because that's the only thing they can't f**k you on
I just started this playlist so I haven't seen all the videos. What if the Drill instructor comes over to you while you're sitting? I'm a future Marine and I don't want to fuck up.
Maribelle Portalatin they have inserts you most absolutely have to where them under your PROmask you'll more than likely at some point in your career have to qualify at the range in at least MOP 1 have fun be safe and engage! thanks for your service
Okay is there a point where you can have eye site that is so bad that you can't get in? I'm nearsighted and when I have glasses on I still can't see very far
when you enlist they eye-test you to make sure that your vision is within correctable margins. I was worried a bit about my eyes when i went to MEPS for my medical physical, but it all went well (I'm nearsighted too).
Would you recommend getting lasik eye surgery before boot camp? I feel like it would make life a whole lot easier since you wouldn't have to worry about glasses.
I never had BCs in boot, but once I got to MOS school I flopped the eye exam. I hid those fuckers before I got tan lines & didn't look back. 12 years later... I kinda like em & wear them quite often. They're easy to pull off nowadays... everyone just thinks you're a hipster.
Lifehack for Basic Training, if you can see without glasses, get them then hide them in your locker the first day so the Drill Sergeants don't know they exist. Once you get those things scratched to shit lowcrawling through rocks you won't be able to see out of them no matter how awesome your prescription is.
They are pretty damn hard to brake, I ended up stepping and sitting on mine they bent a little just bent them back and they where good to go, plus you get issued two pair so if one does brake you have an other and can get an other set but you probably would have to pay for it.
hey hey hey! video idea! what should we do to train for joining the army/marines all that jazz. what should we study, learn, train. what do you at boot camp as well as what would you need to do to train prior to it. I can't join currently because of my weight (so I am strictly dieting and excersizing) but I'm just spitballing excersizes. doing what I THINK would help me but not really doing what would. please answer this!
Six yup, you're just going to be more worldly than an 18 year old. And its going to suck ass since you need to be younger to bounce back from the physical stuff. I remember there was a 30 something year old with us in SOI
I want to join the Marines but I can’t wear glasses at all because there’s no prescription for my vision. With my eyes I can only wear hard contacts. Is there any hope for me??
Not sure about the east coast but at MCRD San Diego they sold "brain straps" at the recruit PX. All of our DIs made everyone with port holes buy them. Not sure if the DIs would allow that recruit hack of yours for uniformity reasons.
On the East coast, the recruit hat was very common. The brain strap they sell (the black elastic one with rubber holders) was so bad that they let this lance criminal stuff go down.
"Super sized dome" 😂😂😂😂💀
I leave for Parris Island Jan 9th. Y'all pray for me lmao.
um MugL shave ur head before u go shows initiative
zeee kalouska no chance lmao
johnnyisfun21 I first saw the recruiter earlier this month
um MugL Good luck 👍🏻
um MugL That's my birthday lmao.
I didnt know they gave you your own glasses. Thats sick. I was worried ty man!
No need to worry dude. They got the hook up!
Awesome!
💯
hey man how has it been going?
My dad had to wear those birth-control glasses when he was in the naval academy and he told me they sucked
Another reason why they don't want you to wear contacts is because if it falls out during an obstacle course you therefore are a safety risk.. No one is going to stop for you to find your contacts that just popped out. But probably the main reason is the gas chamber. You don't ever want to wear contacts in the gas chamber.. ever!
UranusGaseous in the chamber and any big flashes they can fuse to your eyes so you really don't want to rip your Corina out. if you get dirt or sand in your eye or on your contact you can also scratch you eyes very badly.
I remember that Ohhhh SoOoó well!! Chili Mac is NOT 🚫 a FAV food!!! IF you do NOT 🚫 know why, ... JUST ... WAIT!!!!!!!!!
"a supersized dome" 😭
another boot band hack- use two or three of them on your rack. You take the little hooks and put them through your sheets from one end to the other, and then just sleep in your sleeping bag. it makes sure your rack is 100% tight 100% of the time. you rarely have to re-do it. It also makes inspection a hell of a lot easier, because when they toss your rack it all stays in one piece.
Good life hack for sure. Unfortunately for my platoon, our drill instructor found out we were doing that and banned it, but it's still good nonetheless!
Make more boot camp life hacks videos if you have more!
Wouldn't that glasses band be a little to individual for bootcamp. I think it would stand out a bit since it's not the issued one.
Gonna be useful af thanks bro
Hey thanks for your service sir, but this channel is helping me out a lot. I want to join the marines out of high school, which is 1.5 years away. Thesevideos are amazing, thanks man!
Glad these help bro!!
I'm not even going to join the army or other branch, don't know why I'm marathoning this.
port holes
I got two years until I can enlist
Work out and stay motivated!
JKI One Year for me.
JKI same here
JKI 3, for me
JKI Same.
When getting the electrical tape, if there is non glossy electrical tape it is more durable for the heat, glossy is highly likely to melt and become sticky rather than non glossy
Get them raccoon eye pro tan! Hooah! Haha! Great video battle
It's all good, ya'll! I encourage anyone and everyone to comment. We chill here!
TRAVIS BRUNET bc she wants to..
Love supporting other military channels, thats why lol
idk. a black guy could probably pull it off. It'll be like the urkle look
lol!!!!!
Bubs!
Bubbles fack off bubs
Hahahahaha
Do you get disqualified if you have bad vision?? I cant see anything that about 6 inches away
I'm in the same boat. You're good.
That's good to hear. Thanks!
Cindy KNOWS I would say Lasic, honestly the best $8000 dollars I've ever spent
No Lasik, do PRK. Lasik disqualifies you from more jobs
I have bad vision and currently waiting on a waiver right now, I have astigmatism btw
Thank you so much I am working with a recruiter now in the airforce and was curious about glasses at BMT this was very useful info.
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ClaytonFilpo Bats aren't blind.
ClaytonFilpo they won't let them do that anymore, because the hooks on the bootbands cut into some recruits heads apparently. Semper Fidelis Sergeant
That's why I said to tape the boot bands on the outside of the glasses frame. No more hooks!
ClaytonFilpo I have glasses and im joining the marines but i have a stigmatism with my eyes but its not that bad is this an automatic disqualification when going to meps.
It's spelled Y'all
This video helped a lot, when I go to boot camp I'm definitely using this to my advantage
Brandon Marchese did it work?
Omg, thank you! I ship out to boot camp in 2 weeks and was worried about how my glasses will stay on my head for the duration
The windows, excuse me, port holes behind you were a little glaring.
How do you buy these things when the drill instructor is breathing down your neck when you're shopping and telling you what to buy?
SALO or The 120 Days of Sodom: I can't eat rice with my hands like this... Then eat Isht! They're around but they're not going crazy in the px (store). You get a list of what you need and usually there's other recruits already with items in hand, throwing everything you need into your basket. Only thing you buy yourself is hygiene gear.
Sam Carrasco cool thanks. I watched a video of marines shopping and it was surreal. Lol. Also.. Does BCG really stand for Boot Camp Glasses? I asked my girl what it really stood for but she couldn't give me an answer. She's in the army National Guard. Boot Camp glasses makes sense if it's the official meaning for the abbreviation.
SALO or The 120 Days of Sodom: I can't eat rice with my hands like this... Then eat Isht! Nah you don't get messed with too much when you're shopping. It's just get in, get out. I've never heard any other name for BCG's lol I never had those. They came out with the new 5A's when I was in boot camp. Way better looking but they dig into the bridge of your nose.
SALO or The 120 Days of Sodom: I can't eat rice with my hands like this... Then eat Isht! BCG slang wise stands for Birth Control Glasses.
In some situations you might not be able to buy electrical tape. When I went through Navy boot camp in 2004 at great lakes IL The RDCs could dictate what you can and cannot buy on the rare occasion that you got to go to the Navy Exchange. We were not even allowed to buy anything to prevent athletes foot unless it was a powder (no sprays). Never had glasses or contacts myself so I don't know much about that.
Dude i laughed way to hard at the "super size dome" part
bubbles from trailer park boys lol nice
Seriously thanks for the videos. I'm studying for the Asvab testing right now and hope to enlist in the Army by October. My major issue right now is the math part. If I need to score high on it it will take more time to study.
Mostly it’s simple algebra and area perimeter and diameter radius for math
That's a pretty great idea. Just got out of airforce BMT, they had us buy glasses straps at the bx for our glasses though. Totally would have done this if we didn't have them.
Thanks man, this vid was super helpful. I'll be leaving to basic soon and when I found out I can't have my contacts I was stressin lol.
After seeing those glasses my vision somehow improved by 50%.
But how much will you get yelled at by a di/ds for doing something like that?
Thank you so much I was just about to ask you about the glasses situation!
Decent
HAHAHAHAHA YES
Another tip i wish i knew when i went through boot camp is everyone cherishes the letters they get when they are in bootcamp and footlockers are always getting dumped and letters get lost but once you get your bodybag and its hanging behind your racks you can put your letters in there drill instructors can not dump your body bag so they will always be safe in there
Ya I kept literally every single letter from boot. Have them in a shoe box at my parent's house. I should break them out and do a video on them.
ClaytonFilpo do it up brotha!
Contacts can melt to your eye lids and rip out your cornea with the type of equipment we operate with and the desert heat is 120 degrees.
love the military vids clayton
I was prescribed a pair of the ol' BCG's in boot camp. My vision wasn't terrible, so I didn't ever wear those things.
Indestructible glasses of warrrr!!! 🎵
Going to the marines after i lose weight but for most of my life i've dealt with eye problems. I have -10 eyesight. Pretty sure its due to my high blood sugar. Hope after i get my weight under control that my eyes can get back to normal.
What do you do in combat if your glasses get broken and you can't see without them?
that's when you grab the mask inserts and use those till you can get a new pair of glasses.
Jormungand13324 what's a mask insert
“Supersized dome” 😂😂😂😂
Well now if you have portholes they use some short of machine that gets the prescription of your civilian portholes and use that to get the new ones, the only test I had to do was the hearing test. This was at MCRD San Diego, not sure how PI does it. Also an other thing recruits did was take some recruit tap or electrical tap and do a layer around the bridge of the portholes to prevent them from digging into their/your noise. With those brainstraps they did tend to dig in, also we use to do the same but around the ear peaces well some recruits did, one layer of tap to help stop the portholes from digging into the side of their grapes.
Yep. All good stuff^^ Those glasses can REALLY give you a headache the way they dig in
They even broke skin at times if you where not careful and I had a open shore on top of my ears from them.
Ugh I'm so mad about having to wear glasses...
Does the marine corps cover lasik once you're in?
Yes
After two years, yes. But you have to have 1 year left on contract and you must be at least 21 years old
Thanks!
ClaytonFilpo do you mean have (atleast) one year left on the contract? Or less than one year?
Hey Clayton, new subscriber and first time commenting here. Been waiting on a waiver to pass for a couple of weeks and I feel confident that it will. I've also been thinking a lot about what I want to do in the Marine Corps. What can you tell me about tank crewman and if many of them enjoy their job? Keep up the great work, I like your content!
Welcome to the channel, Sam. Tank crewman is definitely a challenging job. Very nitty gritty job, but the enjoyment part is in the eye of the beholder, ya know? I like to tell people to pick a job that will translate applicable skills in the civilian world. I'd say make a list and have your top 3 choices ready to give to your recruiter.
ClaytonFilpo I've tried doing as much research on it as I can, watched videos on it and it all just gets me really excited for it. Here's another question I have. I understand that when it comes to signing your contract, and if I'm wrong please correct me, but you sign for a job field, and not a specific MOS. Realistically, what are the odds of you getting the specific MOS that you want when you sign the contract?
For an 03xx job, for example, you sign for the overarching MOS and then select a sub mos once you get to mos school. For other jobs, such as public affairs for example, you can outright have them written into your contract. Nothing is promised in the Marine Corps, don't forget that. By all means, get everything you can written into your contract, because that's the only thing they can't f**k you on
Birth control glasses 🤣🤣 Damn 🤣🤣
7 minute video shortened: Tape elastic string to glasses to stop them from falling off
I just started this playlist so I haven't seen all the videos. What if the Drill instructor comes over to you while you're sitting? I'm a future Marine and I don't want to fuck up.
thanks man this video really helped me out!
Thanks dude!!
This will be helpful. Thank you.
if you had glasses how do you put the gas mask?
Maribelle Portalatin you don't wear your glasses under the mask.
ok
Maribelle Portalatin they have inserts you most absolutely have to where them under your PROmask you'll more than likely at some point in your career have to qualify at the range in at least MOP 1 have fun be safe and engage! thanks for your service
Maribelle Portalatin I think the masks are big enough to drape over
fuckin love trailer park boys
i used to go out in bars on weekend and rock those bcg's lol..got 0 numbers haha
Okay is there a point where you can have eye site that is so bad that you can't get in? I'm nearsighted and when I have glasses on I still can't see very far
when you enlist they eye-test you to make sure that your vision is within correctable margins. I was worried a bit about my eyes when i went to MEPS for my medical physical, but it all went well (I'm nearsighted too).
Nikita Makarov thank you I'm thinking about joining when I finish school
I have awful vision. The army gave me a waiver though haha.
@@8000cheese what was your vision?
20/30 and 20/400
Lots of astigmatism in the right eye.
The waiver took less than a day. I think that was because of my MOS.
Would you recommend getting lasik eye surgery before boot camp? I feel like it would make life a whole lot easier since you wouldn't have to worry about glasses.
Depends. The Marines will pay for your lasik after two years of service. The glasses weren't bad to deal with imo
much appreciated
I never had BCs in boot, but once I got to MOS school I flopped the eye exam. I hid those fuckers before I got tan lines & didn't look back. 12 years later... I kinda like em & wear them quite often. They're easy to pull off nowadays... everyone just thinks you're a hipster.
You're telling me a DI isn't going to tear me a new one if I have that stuff taped to my glasses?
Depends on your DI. Plenty of people did this in boot camp when I was there (including myself) and never got in trouble.
i ship out to parris island on the 28th of may and BC GLASSES ARE NO MORE
I knew a guy who actually could rock bcg
Lifehack for Basic Training, if you can see without glasses, get them then hide them in your locker the first day so the Drill Sergeants don't know they exist. Once you get those things scratched to shit lowcrawling through rocks you won't be able to see out of them no matter how awesome your prescription is.
thank you for your service
How strong are the glasses? What if you brake them during training or something?
iLeviathan they are supposed to be indestructible.
They are pretty damn hard to brake, I ended up stepping and sitting on mine they bent a little just bent them back and they where good to go, plus you get issued two pair so if one does brake you have an other and can get an other set but you probably would have to pay for it.
I thought that I read that they don't use contacts in the military because contacts would melt to your eye if you were caught in or near an explosion.
That could be another valid point. But again, people still wear contacts all of the time.
ClaytonFilpo Very true.
Surgical tubing works good too
nice I thought I was going to get my own pair. Thanks.
I’m not wearing my glasses in there as soon as I’m issued I’m putting them in my footlocker
Tips on how to get promoted faster?
Marine Corps It all depends on your MOS. Some of them promote faster, like Ik infantry squad leader promotes you too fucking quick bruh.
Look at MOS's with the lowest cutting scores and go for those
Check out MCI courses, keep up on Marine Corps knowledge (just in case of a Meritorious Board) Speaking of the board...bearing is the decisive factor.
Which basic training do they provide these glasses for? For army basic training or navy basic training?
They give you a eye test when u been up for more than 24 hours 😂.
What should I do about my retainer? I have to have it for another few years I'm guessing they'll be OK with me keeping them?
Should be good to go to keep it. Knew a kid that had retainers and he wore them at night. May just need a doc note.
My vision isn't that bad, but I do wear glasses and I was wondering if I'd have to wear them all the time?
at boot camp yes. other than that its up to you
wow I didn't know that they give glasses
hey hey hey! video idea! what should we do to train for joining the army/marines all that jazz. what should we study, learn, train. what do you at boot camp as well as what would you need to do to train prior to it. I can't join currently because of my weight (so I am strictly dieting and excersizing) but I'm just spitballing excersizes. doing what I THINK would help me but not really doing what would. please answer this!
Is that Shea in the thumb pic lol 😂
Indeed
in 2003,we were issued a "brain strap" with our BCG's. do they not do that anymore?
johnson2141 I went this summer and we still use brain straps.
They do. I was issued two of them and they were easily broken and I lost the other, so that's how I found out about this trick
on average how long you do stay at the shop to get stuff? How many times do you go during training? What at the store?
I'll do a more in-depth video about it
ClaytonFilpo Thanks
Do you have to wear your glasses when you take your picture in your dress blues after graduation?
Nope
BIKEriderX50 no
if you are 25, can you still go into the marines?
yea
how does it work? is it the same as if you were 18?
Six yup, you're just going to be more worldly than an 18 year old. And its going to suck ass since you need to be younger to bounce back from the physical stuff. I remember there was a 30 something year old with us in SOI
alrighty, thanks for the information :P also, did the 30 year old make it through?
Yep you can go in. I knew dudes as old as 29
What happens during swim week when you have to wear glasses and are blind as a bat?
You take them off. You really don't need great vision for swim qual.
ClaytonFilpo what about for the gas chamber? I'm assuming glasses would screw with getting a good seal on your mask?
Just wondering, do you get to wear glasses during the swimming...my eyes are so bad I would probably swim the wrong direction lol
No glasses during swim qual
honestly wish I was prescribed glasses. it makes the whole "cover two inches from your nose" thing so much easier.
Can’t I just give them my prescription lmaoo
Where do you put your own glasses once you've been issued boot glasses?
In your foot locker
I want to join the paratroopers but I haven’t got the best eye sight it’s not too bad but still what should I do ?
Supersized Dome LOL 💀💀💀💀💀💀
This wouldn't have flown when i was in bootcamp?
Also during the height of covid i used a blousing strap to keep my mask up cause it wore out my ears.
I think this hack will surely get me in trouble in the name of non individuality ....
Can you do this, like would the drill sgt curb stop u if you changed the glasses
Some DI's may stop you, but in my battalion there were kids doing it everywhere
Do you get your own glasses back? Like what do they do with them? Or do you keep them and just not wear them?
They throw them
@@ΜΕΑΤΥ ..... oh
Will they let you keep the boot band or shoe string on there even during inspection or do they require you to take it off?
You will most likely have to take it off during your final drill test just because appearance is everything there. But up until then, you're good.
ClaytonFilpo ok cool thx
I want to join the Marines but I can’t wear glasses at all because there’s no prescription for my vision. With my eyes I can only wear hard contacts. Is there any hope for me??
when electrical tape gets hot the adhesive fades on it so what other solutions
Any Thoughts on getting lasik or whatever eye surgery before marines, or just suck it up with glasses
I was so curious about this. Good Look
Not sure about the east coast but at MCRD San Diego they sold "brain straps" at the recruit PX. All of our DIs made everyone with port holes buy them. Not sure if the DIs would allow that recruit hack of yours for uniformity reasons.
^ I can attest
On the East coast, the recruit hat was very common. The brain strap they sell (the black elastic one with rubber holders) was so bad that they let this lance criminal stuff go down.
whom ever signed off on your MOS made a great choice.