My drill instructor made my life a living hell and on graduation he told me "I didn't think you were fit to be a US Marine, but I could not break you so I made you a Marine and gave me a hug.
That one student DI who said she drinks hot tea with lemon and honey 😂😂😂 changed my whole perspective of my DIs. Now I just see them hiding in the duty hutt sippin tea with their pinky out. Thanks for that.
Not really trained well sorta but not to this degree seeing how their doing it just to become a drill instructor. There’s levels to being a drill instructor. Kill, Drill/Knowledge and Senior drill instructor. After all steps are completed you can become a drill master. Once that’s completed they kick you to the fleet for a few years and offer you a job back on the drill field as an instructor trainer. Their not trained harder it’s more of been there done that let me teach now.
They should “use their diaphragm” when they yell. It’s almost like yelling from your chest instead of your throat but it works wonders for instructing drill and such as I’ve never lost my voice using the technique in army cadets.
Open minded will straight up get your ass kicked. Read that again. Look at the way these particular instructors have to train this particular generation of recruits. At the end of the day this is what you're country is putting on the front line of the battlefield. Im not so confident.
I was in the military years ago and there's so much about it I don't agree with anymore. There's no reason to sleep deprive recruits and scream at them all day. Many civilians are competent at tough jobs without going through that.
Yep! They yell so much because they care so much! For the civilians replying: Marines know civilians don't. DIs care. I rember hearing about my DIs first combat casualty. Only time I saw him loose his bearing. Civilians thinking they know more can move along.
I only know of one DI I'm my company that really didn't loose his voice but he yelled more than any of them. He used 3 different voices that used different parts of his vocal cord. He was able to spread it out over a whole day. He also said eating honey helped heal it at night.
I may sound dumb for saying this, but as a civilian it never occurred to me that there’s and even crazier drill instructor that trains all the drill instructors 😂 that’s like the final boss fight haha
The tall, black Drill Master was my Senior back when I went through boot. Gunny Dickson, still the exact same as he was when he was my DI and still SSgt Dickson.
Then the Top 5% percent DI's can apply for a follow-up tour as an Instructor of Officer Candidates in Quantico. They are the best instructors on the planet. It's next level.
When i entered bootcamp, i hated DI's, but during my years in the uniform i understood and admired the madness. I started to understand the need for their mindset. They live/breathe MARINE CORPS more than most Marines and have a high sense of being able to teach and help make future Marines. I even met fellow Marines who i thought would do well as DIs, and some of them actually took that plunge. It's just that feeling when you meet someone who seems legit for DI job and you say in you head "You know what, I wouldn't mind you making our future Marines."
My 4th grade teacher was a retired drill instructor. No one messed around in his class but he also made it fun. He would run the mile with our PE class on his break in his nice shoes
As a retired marine he knew how to control and lead his class and didn’t take disrespect from anyone. That’s a great quality to have. I’ve seen teacher aids when I was in high school get totally disrespected by students.
Almost everyone remembers their Drill Instructor. My DI once told us, "You will probably remember me for the rest of your life. Maybe even as you draw your last breath and depart for the great beyond." And many years later, I think he may have been right. We'll see about those last moments, but so far my old DI remains deep in my head.
I went through boot camp in 1962. And yes, I remember all three of my drill instructors:. SSgt Wilkinson who looked like the devil; Sgt J.J. Martin, Silver Star recipient from the Korean War. Dang, he had piercing blue eyes, and Cpl. H.K. Webber. The only real dick, later on, was the series commander. Many years later I became a loan officer for a major bank and saw that he was a loan officer as well at the same branch. I introduced myself and the prick just shined me on. My first C.O. in 'Nam was an Annapolis graduate. Boy, he let us know he was an Academy graduate as well as a football jock. I think he was just punching his ticket in a combat unit because it would help his promotion. I also remember my good senior NCOs: SSgt Coleman, GSgt Otto, GySgt Zabenica and my best C.O., Capt. Richard Hemenez. He's the one that encouraged me to get a college education.
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The priest who married us had been an Army chaplain. He told me before I got married and before I went off to basic that the old soldiers always remembered two things no matter what - their basic prayers and their DI.
I work with a former DI and i constantly remind him to lower his voice, specifically when he is 2 feet away from me.... I am like bruh I could hear your from 2 blocks away. He was drill instructors for 6 years.
I Served For 16yrs In The Army, My Younger Brother Served 24yrs In The Marines, For 4yrs He Was A Drill Instructor At San Diego, He's Retired Now & Iam Very PROUD Of Him... Semper Fi...
@@A5A5A5A5h If you take the big picture. The government does all it can to degrade society into some form of poverty and enslave people into the military or in prison. Add to it 9 to 5 jobs and you got the ultimate forms of slavery for modern totalitarism.
When I went through boot camp 30 years ago in Paris Island I saw a brand new DI yelling and screaming at a telephone pole. My whole platoon saw it. It was understood that he simply needed the practice. None the less solidified for me the dedication to the training.
I'm surprised to learn the DI's look for foot/ankle injuries during Hygiene training. When I went through Boot Camp ('65) my feet were killing me, were bruised and blistered beyond recognition, but I didn't dare complain for fear of being set back in training. The DI's at that time couldn't have cared less. Now, they look for foot problems and get medical attention for the recruit, a big improvement I must say.
My pack frame broke and one of the metal supports wore its way through my flack jacket and eventually cammies and tshirt during the Crucible, I knew my back hurt and what not but I didn't know I had a huge open wound that was infected until someone asked me. They thought some of my green skivvy shirt was stuck to it because of the color but it was mostly puss. The medic cleaned me up and gave me some antibiotics but my Sr DI hooked me up with some tylenol 3 as we were like 2 days from done. Still got a gnarly scar that people ask about
I was the Honor Graduate of my Drill Instructor Class in December 1971 and thank you so much for sharing this video. I went on to serve as a Drill Instructor from December 1971 to December 1974 and was the most memorable duty of my 30 year career.
@@mr.classified6879 I respect it in some marginal way, but it’s a waste of life. Just a fact. Wanna become a man? Go train twice a day, take on some responsibility and make children. No need to go get yelled by some mentally disturbed human traumatized by some other mentally disturbed humans which yelled at them back in the days and so on..
@@mr.classified6879 I respect it in some marginal way, but it’s a waste of life. Just a fact. Wanna become a man? Go train twice a day, take on some responsibility and make children. No need to go get yelled by some mentally disturbed human traumatized by some other mentally disturbed humans which yelled at them back in the days and so on..
Maybe it is because I am 85, and I graduated from Parris Island on June 25, 1956, 66 years ago, when the DI's were combat vets from WWII and Korea, but I think the training those guys put us through was harder and more sadistic, but I believe today's recruits are being better trained, overall. One thing never changes --- every Drill Instructor has been through what he/she is putting us through, and they know that someday their own lives may depend on the discipline and training they gave us and the caliber of Marine they developed. Semper Fi, young and old, and to those still in diapers who will someday become Marines.
The hardest part of being a Marine, or so it seems on the outside, is understanding what the hell the drill instructor is screaming. A lot of these commands I don’t understand because they’re screaming so loud. If they didn’t do that it would be a lot easier to comply. I’d be going “what?” all the time.
Yeah, I used to be a member of amateur theater group for 5 years and I can yeal from my stomach without hurting throat. Something they apparently can't teach them.
From 4am-8pm for 84 days straight they are screaming at you (recruits). They are taught how to scream from their diaphragm. They only time I wasn’t constantly yelled at was during the last week of Bootcamp (training days 85-92) known as Marine week. however, during the first 12 weeks there was no talking at “normal” tones - all yelling and screaming
Back in 1965. My drill instructor was in charge of the hell that surrounded me. I finally realized, (and what saved my mind) that this was no joke. They were tempering my steel. And honing my mind to a razor's edge. So whatever awaited me in the future, the Marine Corps was helping me survive in that time. Semper Fidelis.
My friend told me when he received his campaign cover he teared up...the marine handing it to him said "me too". My friend said he never felt more a part of something, more elite than he did in that brief moment of two words.
The reason that the give instructions on things that seem obvious to most of us is because recruits come from many different backgrounds. When I was at Parris Island we had some recruits from Appalachia who appeared that they'd never seen an indoor bathroom (head) or a toothbrush.
I remember my Drill Instructors yelling "Soap! Soap! Ass and balls! Ready.... Move!" We'd shout "Kill!" and then you had to scrub your ass and balls while they count down from 30. Every single thing is dictated in the beginning.
@@bcreech17 in some parts of Appalachian mountains people still have no indoor plumbing & they use outhouses! How can you possibly not know this? Do you read? Did you go to school? Have you visited rural areas of Kentucky,Tennessee,North Carolina,West Virginia & yes even my state of Pennsylvania not far from where I live I see people who live in poverty with no indoor plumbing & no indoor bathrooms! You cannot possibly be that oblivious to what parts of America still live like! Not to mention the thousands of Americans that are completely homeless & wish they had a shelter with no indoor plumbing or they wish they had a outhouse to take a crap in! You apparently have lived a very sheltered life & don't even know half of what is going on in your own country! SMFH
I believe that. I know the most softest guy ever with the most sweetest voice to become a cut throat savage DI. We were in the same unit and he was lucky enough to get HSST and become a DI, I thought no way he can make it! With hard work and perseverance, you can do whatever you want and become whomever you want- my friend is the example.
I remember sweeping up at San Diego and watching DI recruits "motivating" a tree to grow. On the inside I was laughing. Then they saw me and I decided to sweep in a different direction.
What they do must work, because as someone who has never ever been in the military or wanted to be, I can tell you that EVERY SINGLE former Marine I've ever met in civilian life has been the nicest, calmest, most reassuring presence in the room. They scream and yell and run through the mud, but it turns out some fantastic colleagues even in the corporate world. I remember being trapped in a hideous, horrific abusive corporate workplace that I couldn't get out of, and the person who was the kindest and most caring to me and who didn't pretend it wasn't happening was the lone Marine. They're gems, every one of them.
As we say, "Stay calm and empty the magazine." On a more serious note, my Marine Corps experience has taught me not to harass people and treat them with respect. When I go to work these days my heart thumps when I hear the staff say, "We are so happy to see you. You are so different from the others."
Maybe it's because they're so accustomed to stress, thinking and acting quickly in chaotic situations, that, average daily work life is very easy for them. I think Marine training can make better people. Especially their focus on moral values, but also on fitness, and the capacity to remain calm under pressure.
Being a DI can be very difficult on their families. Excessively long hours, mental and physical stress, not to mention trying to raise a family. I saw first hand one of my DI's crack because his family life was tanking. I'll never forget seeing the man I looked up to so much, break down and cry because all the time he spent with us was ruining his family.
Marriages in general are hard enough, then add the increased stress of being in the military! So many military marriages fall apart. Then add to the fact these guys are with their recruits 12+ hours a day sometimes? A recipe for disaster.
Incredibly touching, and sad. That moment when the "drill instructor" routine breaks, and the man who's been making you and a whole bunch of people's lives utter hell, the one you swore couldn't possibly be human, turns out to be the most human of all. The true terror, a drill instructor with feelings and emotions besides rage.
Yea when you in boot camp and you meet your DI's for the very first time and then in a couple weeks you think there is know way in hell this guy is married and has children. Well for all the Marines out there watching this we know better. Those men and women are the cream of the crop. They did not just go to Parris Island or San Diego and someone handed them a Campaign Cover, ' all head gear in the Corp is called a cover unless you have a Bennie on'!! I'm an old Marine, my better half is a Marine and both our boys were born at Camp LeJune, NC. Yea my boys walked a tight line growing up, more so because of their Mother not me!! Back to what I was talking about, these are real people with real problems just like the rest of us. What these people do is something not very many people would even try. My second biggest regret in life is not listening to my better half and staying in the Corps. I/we both could have retired about 10 years ago, instead I've had back surgery 11 years ago and we both still work every day, both our boys work, neither has ever been in trouble or in jail, they both have their own homes one is 27 and the other is 25. So I personally think we did ok raising out children. Oh and these guys and gals don't work 12+ hours they most of the time work 16+hours a day. They are lucky to get 4 to 5 hours of sleep a night and depending on how many DI's are with a Plt. They have to stay a night every 3rd or 4th night. What most people don't know is that once a Company graduates the DI's usually get a little break, this is a 3 year deal there I no way a person could do this everyday for 3 years. Sorry so long winded but just wanted to throw out a little info that some/many don't know. Semper Fi from an old Marine.
As a marine at 1st Battalion 3rd marines that makes me very sad my senior drill instructor was an infantryman that had a failing family as he was being the biggest role model that I'll ever remember I get chills still thinking 15 years after about my drone structures introduction it was even more chilling than combat
We were lucky enough to have a drill instructor in training for our platoon halfway though, as we were missing one from the start of training due to health issues. A group of us saw him a week before we graduated and he teared up thanking us for making that possible for him. Nothing but respect for him and my 3 drill instructors
That's right! They won't remember you but you remember them. As a high school math teacher I don't remember a fraction of my students by sight but they remember me. When they tell me their name I can tell what year, semester, class period and where they sat in the room.
@@andresgamba1478 Not when I was there. The Drill Instructors in the training companies kept them on at all times, even when officers were nowhere to be found.
The guy yelling in the bathroom at 7:30 was my senior drill instructor SSgt Lanier. I went December 2022 and he was a great DI. Didn’t know he was in this video till after boot camp and it blew my mind.
I just like to add that being in the military was the most fun I ever had. I didn't cry, I didn't complain, I didn't ask. I did as I was told. No one bullied me. No one was mean to me.
Hell no it wasn't they put me into the butthole of the military as my permanent duty station. The leadership is bad everything changes last sec they messed up my pay half the time nobody there to give instruction and if they are there they would tell us to stay until 1700 for us to be released and when i chill in my barrack my sgt called me and said "Where ya at" and half the time i have to come up with BS out of my little hole.
They only shouted during basic training to see if you are disciplined enough not to cry or beat up the sergeant. It was fun because I got to drive tanks, jeeps, trucks, ride helicopters, fire rifles, pistols, go to Germany, Paris, Texas, get 2 medals.
These drills make an impact on service members lives. mine volunteered to become one , and one day she had a heart to heart with us. she said she wakes up every morning to make us into good people, not only good soldiers, and she cried in front of the whole platoon when she said it. she nursed my emotions throughout a rough breakup and instilled lifelong values such as discipline. i never had a mother but strangely she became a somewhat of a maternal figure to me. it’s safe to say i will never forget her.
Just back from Parris Island last week from my son’s graduation. Spoke to his drill instructor and was blown away by both the commitment to each recruits success and the individual work he did with each recruit to make them a Marine.
One of the Students in this video was actually my Drill instructor on Parris Island and handed me my EGA. I’ll forever be grateful towards him and hope to be as good as a marine as him.
This also made me appreciate my command. I remember when I was trying to make it during that final hike and I was getting screamed at and the whole time my instructor was shouting, “As long as you can hear me you’re breathing and if you’re breathing you got another step in you keep moving.” I could not respond but I kept moving, and I collapsed when I made it and immediately he goes, “Get up and shake my hand you made it get up now!” I did I stood right up even though I just collapsed like a second before I couldn’t see and anything but I could hear him and he said, “See what you can achieve when I got your back, have faith in yourself or hear me scream your head off.” I think about that every time I even start to struggle. Best instructor I could have asked for that made me set the standard in myself to achieve more than I thought I could it’s been over 6 years and I still think of that run 🙂
@@gfmmi You're welcome! :D I'm really glad I had the opportunity to find I was more capable than I gave myself credit for. It's definitely something I struggle with.
@@GrimlyYours That really means a lot thank you!! That was the toughest run of my life, I just looked up at the sky and can hear the pound of the pavement below me and my breathing it was make or break for sure :D I was very very lucky to have an amazing instructor. He really went out of his way everyday to be more than what he was. Great role model :)
@@tims.5488 I guess UA-cam deleted my response as well but I never said nor claimed I was a marine. That isn't a sweet story but an actual experience I had during my time in service, and you literally didn't do enough digging cause I'm not a gamer and don't have anything close to a gamer life. You calling civilians dummies is poor taste cause you have issues with yourself you need to address.
I was drafted into the Army after college graduation in 1966. I was horrified. I was very fit having played sports year round. I impressed DIs because I could do everything instructed to do. I could see my DI's pleasure in me. I was selected to OCS after AIT ar Fort Bragg. As a Black soldier in a class of 120 candidates, I never doubted myself and graduated at the top of my class. One of my DI's favorite things at OCS was to have me call cadence. I was told to 'Fall Out, Candidate. Take the company mother March or to the parade field for class graduations. Only 2 Blacks graduated of 102 new Lieutenants. My DI gave me my first salute with a big smile on his face. He was also Black. I served almost 4 years as an XO to a Chief of Logistics in my unit. I entered corporate America in 1970 where I worked for 24 years then as CEO of a nonprofit organization. Very often I was asked about military service because how I walked and stood up. More importantly, how I did my work...the 6 Ps. My DIs, my Tact Officer, and the Army is a major reason for my success in life as well as how I raised my family!!
I got mad respect for these dudes. The level of discipline and character strength they possess is off the charts. My only worry, if I met one, would be that I couldn't understand a word they were saying. When they're instructing, it just sounds like indistinguishable screaming. When they retire, I bet they have no voice at all.
Aha! You mentioned the very point of the screaming. In the battlefield the shouting amongst the chaos will be hard to distinguish too, but you'll learn to make due and become effective at it.
I'm more impressed by calm and clear instructions which have to be carried out perfectly than by screaming and shouting. You may need to shout in combat but now drill instructors already have lost their voices in peace time.
Building humans up rather than breaking them down to rebuild them works so much better. I’m very glad to see changes being made now, drill instructors have begun to learn if you have to physically hurt a recruit for them to listen to you, you aren’t a true leader. I have massive respect for ANYONE that can admit to the mistakes the core made in the past and acknowledging that its become unacceptable and should not happen again. It would be very easy for them to have continued slapping recruits around, but even the acknowledgement that that isn’t okay is really impressive from a group that values being strong and changing your mind is usually seen as weakness.
This concept while pretty interesting is rather alien to me in germany our nco's never shout, they show no emotion at all instead just silently glaring and speaking in a calm very serious manner. You can tell just by the various death stares if you are in deep shit 😂
@@josef1391 oh wow I would be extremely interested to hear what your average day is like in the modern German military and how different that experience is! I have a passion for psychology and hope you don’t mind me saying I find it really interesting to consider how military and human ideology’s shift so Germany is really an interesting subject for me. I’ve been learning German for a little over a year now and know Germans have a way of just LOOKING at you to get things done lol you guys seem very serious about everything, is it like that with the soldiers usually too or is it mostly just the NCOs that carry extreme seriousness? Like how ‘enjoyable’ is your average day I guess lol
Just like artists, you have to prove to me that you know why the old way worked before you just blindly change what you're doing. If there is anything we're learning now (especially in places like Portland, OR) is that just saying "It's ok to do whatever you want" kind of permissive attitudes get people killed. After legalizing drugs, our death rate went up 4x, crime by 10x. In 2024 we repealed the nonsense and now people are forced to get help.
A gentle reminder... First. It's Corps...and when was the last time the German Army won a war? As far as mistakes of the past, does the name AUSHCWITZ remind you of anything?
I was 17 years old when I went to " boot camp " . I could not understand why the drill instructors always yelled at us . after all I volunteered and wanted to be there . but the insults and the yelling really got on my nerves I made it through boot camp despite the unpleasantness and nastiness endured .
i'm turning 35 this year, I joined at 24 and have been done for four years now. I don't know if I'd go back but man I can say with certainty that serving in the USMC was the best time of my life.
Same. Did 8 years then got out and joined the police department. Just retired in January after 27 years. I have to say that serving in the USMC was one of the best things I did in life. Wouldn’t trade it for all the tea in China. Semper Fi!
@@Ragnar_Helsson Army dog talking like you rate. Their is a reason why the USMC will make a army E-5 into a E-1 and why the army will make a E-3 in the Marines into a E-5 when transferring. Cause even higher command in the army knows their soldiers don't rate.
@@namenotfound8747 Nahh, it's because once you learn something the right way it's hard to learn it the Marine way lol, that's why you gotta start all over. And going from E-3 to E-5 when they transfer to Army is just to make sure they don't pout. Plus, I mean that is as high as y'all can count anyways so that makes it easier. At least Army can count to 10, Marines can only count to 5 because one hand is always occupied by jerkin off. Lol My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment
@@Ragnar_HelssonOnly soldiers find army jokes funnier then they actually are. Everywhere I go, if their is a army dog(s) and a Marine, it's always the soldier that makes a joke only they get. Its cute. After 100th time this has happen to me and other Marines I've spoken to, it makes you wonder why. You know, soldiers seem to think a whole lot more of Marines then Marines think of soldiers. Some people might interpret that as envy. I guess we all have to aspire to greatness. It's all good.
DI’s & DS don’t yell just because. They do it to simulate how to communicate through the noise of battle. More importantly, to register a tone that gets into your inner ear. By day 3 of basic or boot camp, the recruit won’t even notice the “yelling”.
This made me think of "in the army now" where the lady DI says "I'm not yellin' at ya son, we simply speak in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear." LOL.
Oh you still realize they're yelling till the day of graduation. Believe me. If you become numb to one they'll add another and another. It's the one that's not yelling that you need to look out for. The senior/black belt.
The yelling also drills shit into your head. I remember in basic we had guys yelling “yes drill sergeant” in their sleep. I would even wake up in the middle of the night and find myself in the front leaning rest position while in my bunk because I thought I heard drill sergeants smoking us in the middle of the night. Even after lights out you hear them yelling when they’re not there.
I served 22 years in the Marine Corps and met more people there than anywhere. I can remember many names and faces from those years. I will always remember the names and faces of my Senior Drill Instructor and my three Drill Instructors. They never ever will leave my head. Forever burned in to my mind and soul.
@@enjoy-ly7zw in order to combat it the top decision makers need to start understanding a bit more. They don't. They don't care. 95% of the country does not, nor ever will, serve. It's like falling off the face of the earth at 18, resurfacing and no one knowing who you are. The irony? If I charged a company for the things I did I'd be paid a ridiculously high salary. Who else can you ask in your company to engage in an activity as extreme as violence and do so for chickenfeed?
True I don't see anything here that promotes original thought if you look what Elon Musk did it all seems like common sense in hindsight no military training required.
We were our senior's last platoon as a drill instructor. We drank water until we puked - an unknown recruit laughed during the Battalion Commander's inspection. Many things happened that day. Semper Fi
Boot camp in the 70's was a bit different lol. Enlisted at 17 and the MC changed my life for the better. RAH! SSGT Pearson, SGGT Arbo, SGT Solar and CPL Dauchman. I will never forget those names.
My DI crashed his vehicle into a telephone pole at Paris island screaming at us from his vehicle while driving 23 years ago. Sgt Wyatt you were amazing 😂
@@mauricionunez2797 The tallest people go in the front of the formation and shortest in the back. They call it big end and little end. But since she's the commander and is leading the formation, she gets put in the front with the guidon.
I served two tours as a Drill Instructor at Parris Island SC. 1984-87 at 1st Bn Aco and from 1988-90 at 2nd Bn Fco. Being a Drill Instructor was my all time favorite duty. "I had the honor of making Marines"!! SEMPER FI DEVIL DOGS!!! Drill Instructor Sgt Ortiz
I still respect my drill instructors to this day, and to me, my SDI will always be the closest thing to a father figure I’ll ever have so if you see this SGT Lytle, just know that you changed my life for the better and you very well earned every ounce of respect from me
Being able to thank my Drill Instructors would be on the very top of my bucket list. At close to 60, I still remember all they tried to instill in me. Def. molded me even after my years in the Corps.
Great video about these brave, young Americans. God Bless them. My father was a Marine in WWII and talked some about boot camp. Sound like although it was tough, during the war they were getting people in and out as quick as possible. I don't belive it was 13 weeks back then and doubtful he had all the classroom training of today's Marines. Thank God for these people who dedicate their lives to our freedom.
Funny how they're trying to "change the perception" of the drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket. R Lee Ermie WAS a drill instructor and was widely praised for his portrayal in that film. Originally he was only on set to coach the actor who was playing the drill instructor but Stanley Kubrick made the decision to fire the actor and hire Ermie to play the role
@@terrylouis9183 yeah your right times are different. Men are women, women are men. Everybody’s a racist. Everybody’s feewings get hurt. AND I HATE IT.
@@willjennings983 The only persons who’s feeling are being hurt are your own judging by your strange little comment. You just come across as a bizarre snowflake with repressed issues.
That’s the best you got. Sad look on life. Fk yeah I do. I live in a country where killing babies is a choice. I live in a country who honors criminals. Puts a rainbow flag over the flag of the nation. Where victimizing is the new social norm. Are country is so divided right now. Divided by people who love this country and people who hate it. That’s the reality you guys can sit there and ignore that but I’m not.
This is awesome, I’m a recently graduated Marine, and one of my DI’s is in this video!!! So cool to see what they went through so they could inspire and teach us
@M G I get to blow stuff up in the name of the country and your freedom. So it feels pretty good being a part of the most elite fighting force in the world
I met a retired D.I. at the gym while working out, and I overheard him talking about his Commit to Achieve private boot camp for troubled youths in Los Angeles. We got to talking and working out together, and what a great, committed guy he is ! Very impressed. One day, as we finished working out and talking, as we left, he said....."oh, one more thing......get a haircut !" Really a super guy !
@@MrCmon113 Thanks for replying, but Sarge's center isn't a child abuse center, nor is it a treatment center for child abuse; rather, it is a certified thing that parents send their problem kids to, so they can get some structure in their life. No abuse involved, just structure / discipline. Another one of the centers of a competitor was nailed for abuse, but Sarge's center got a clean bill of health from the investigators.
There's no problem if you make mistakes, there IS a problem if you fail to adjust and correct the actions that caused the mistakes... repeatedly. You get used to being yelled at and if you listen and correct, you get through and learn to do things properly until you are the example others follow.
I worked with a guy who was a drill instructor. There is a LOT to learn. The drill instructor manual is a big thick book that all have to know front to back, top to bottom, inside out.
“Forced them to drink water until they vomited, you’re not going to be that drill instructor”LMFAO I thought that was a normal thing in boot camp. I guess I got “hazed” lol. It’s only been 6 years since bootcamp, not too long ago.
Excess water leads to hyponatremia which can literally lead to death. So it’s a good thing they stopped that. Marines can be trained for war effectively without having to resort to tactics like this. I’m a corpsman on MCRD Parris island who seen recruits nearly die after drinking 32 canteens.
@@andygreas440 I've seen Parris Island Corpsmen determine a recruit was lying about repeatedly passing out after I watched him pass out and smack his face on the pavement. I did like you guys commander from 2015 tho, the SEAL officer who was over there getting it done. I'm grateful for him. Also, at some point they had us carry salt around to keep the electrolytes up.
I still remember all of my Drill Instructors by name, I also remember what they looked like, I also remember each of their voices. I joined the Corps to become a Marine. I was not disappointed the least bit, it was rough and enduring going through Boot in the summer time...I would not take anything for that experience and I am glad they all kept the high standards and I appreciate them. I was not one bit disappointed and I would not have wanted it to be any other way. When I earned my Eagle Globe and Anchor I was full of the pride and tradition of the US Marine Corps. I still feel that way.
It would be interesting to see if they took 2 classes that came into training at the same time. One had the typical, yell at you all the time drill instructor and the other class had a much "tamer" drill instructor. To see if there was much of a difference in class performance between the two at the end of training. Did less people fail or end up being dropouts by the one yelled then the one that wasn't always yelling.
My drill instructor made my life a living hell and on graduation he told me "I didn't think you were fit to be a US Marine, but I could not break you so I made you a Marine and gave me a hug.
dang, nice man
and congrats
First and only time you will get a hug from a DI.
Hell yeah!👍respect
Make you hurt in boot camp so you don’t die in combat.
"Take your time, there is no rush" said the drill instructor calmly
What a yelly boye
Lmfao. That’s definitely not a thing in Bootcamp 😆
I dropped out of school because I thought smoking weed on my UA-cam channel was a better choice
Lol
DIDYOUPUTYOURNAMEINTHEGOBLETOFFIRE?!?!!!
*"THERE IS NO RUSH, TAKE YOUR TIME"*
The drill instructor said calmly.
Dumbledore?
Definitely Dumbledore.
Before shit hit the fan
@@SpdDemonAL they didnt show the part where literally .5 seconds later he is screaming to hurry up.
My Marine Corps is compromised
That one student DI who said she drinks hot tea with lemon and honey 😂😂😂 changed my whole perspective of my DIs. Now I just see them hiding in the duty hutt sippin tea with their pinky out. Thanks for that.
I mean at the end of the days these are just people. They just have a job to do
Seasoned with the tears of the recruits.
Next: How the drill instructors who train drill instructors are trained
Hahhaha. Inception
Even worse from what I've heard
And: how the drill instructors Who trained the drill instructors that trained the drill instructors Are trained
Not really trained well sorta but not to this degree seeing how their doing it just to become a drill instructor. There’s levels to being a drill instructor. Kill, Drill/Knowledge and Senior drill instructor. After all steps are completed you can become a drill master. Once that’s completed they kick you to the fleet for a few years and offer you a job back on the drill field as an instructor trainer. Their not trained harder it’s more of been there done that let me teach now.
@scorpiooooh underrated comment
"The voice is a number one. You have to have it" he says with a voice so hoarse he can hardly speak.
That voice is the hallmark of DIs.
I guess they don't teach them how to project their voices...
We can harfly hear it
@@rachelk4805 I mean they’re not in a singing class.
They should “use their diaphragm” when they yell.
It’s almost like yelling from your chest instead of your throat but it works wonders for instructing drill and such as I’ve never lost my voice using the technique in army cadets.
Respect for those marines who've served and gained rank just to go back to DI training and get yelled at and scrutinized all over again
So freaking true.
no kidding! its like eating a bowl of shit and coming back for seconds!
That really sucks
@@Idrissi_Mas what sucks more is, some of them are "VOLUNTOLD" to be drill instructors
The US treats illegals better than them..
These people are amazing. They make minimal pay and have to give 150% energy and commitment to their platoon. Nothing but respect.
They also have great benefits to supplement the low pay plus let’s not forget the bonuses
The base pay for drill instructors is absurdly low.
Sarcastic Emphasis on Great@@theolddarksoul1129
Open minded will straight up get your ass kicked.
Read that again. Look at the way these particular instructors have to train this particular generation of recruits. At the end of the day this is what you're country is putting on the front line of the battlefield. Im not so confident.
I was in the military years ago and there's so much about it I don't agree with anymore. There's no reason to sleep deprive recruits and scream at them all day. Many civilians are competent at tough jobs without going through that.
I swear most of them are losing their voices by how much they’re yelling at the recruits.
Yep! They yell so much because they care so much!
For the civilians replying: Marines know civilians don't. DIs care. I rember hearing about my DIs first combat casualty. Only time I saw him loose his bearing. Civilians thinking they know more can move along.
That DI that was explaining some stuff sometimes already lost part of his lol
The recruits lose theirs too lol..I did
They are and it's called "frog voice"
I only know of one DI I'm my company that really didn't loose his voice but he yelled more than any of them. He used 3 different voices that used different parts of his vocal cord. He was able to spread it out over a whole day. He also said eating honey helped heal it at night.
I may sound dumb for saying this, but as a civilian it never occurred to me that there’s and even crazier drill instructor that trains all the drill instructors 😂 that’s like the final boss fight haha
The tall, black Drill Master was my Senior back when I went through boot. Gunny Dickson, still the exact same as he was when he was my DI and still SSgt Dickson.
There's probably a drill instructor that trains all drill instructor that teach how to be drill instructor
Then the Top 5% percent DI's can apply for a follow-up tour as an Instructor of Officer Candidates in Quantico. They are the best instructors on the planet. It's next level.
@@CryingButterfly0508 I think I remember seeing that guy when I was on Parris Island lol
@@dynamicphotography_ usually you don’t apply. Usually they find you and promote you to gunnery sergeant and assign you as a DI instructor
“Take your time there’s no rush”
*Takes time aggressively
yes
they're all soft
When i entered bootcamp, i hated DI's, but during my years in the uniform i understood and admired the madness. I started to understand the need for their mindset. They live/breathe MARINE CORPS more than most Marines and have a high sense of being able to teach and help make future Marines. I even met fellow Marines who i thought would do well as DIs, and some of them actually took that plunge.
It's just that feeling when you meet someone who seems legit for DI job and you say in you head "You know what, I wouldn't mind you making our future Marines."
My 4th grade teacher was a retired drill instructor. No one messed around in his class but he also made it fun. He would run the mile with our PE class on his break in his nice shoes
Wow. So was mine! Now, as a old man I still remember him. He was retired and decided to teach. I’m sure he was in his 50s then and was still a brick.
My middle school history teacher was also a retired di. He was also one of the funniest people I ever knew
As a retired marine he knew how to control and lead his class and didn’t take disrespect from anyone. That’s a great quality to have. I’ve seen teacher aids when I was in high school get totally disrespected by students.
My friends dad is an ex marine
That’s genuinely the funniest thing ever😂
Almost everyone remembers their Drill Instructor. My DI once told us, "You will probably remember me for the rest of your life. Maybe even as you draw your last breath and depart for the great beyond." And many years later, I think he may have been right. We'll see about those last moments, but so far my old DI remains deep in my head.
I went through boot camp in 1962. And yes, I remember all three of my drill instructors:. SSgt Wilkinson who looked like the devil; Sgt J.J. Martin, Silver Star recipient from the Korean War. Dang, he had piercing blue eyes, and Cpl. H.K. Webber. The only real dick, later on, was the series commander. Many years later I became a loan officer for a major bank and saw that he was a loan officer as well at the same branch. I introduced myself and the prick just shined me on. My first C.O. in 'Nam was an Annapolis graduate. Boy, he let us know he was an Academy graduate as well as a football jock. I think he was just punching his ticket in a combat unit because it would help his promotion. I also remember my good senior NCOs: SSgt Coleman, GSgt Otto, GySgt Zabenica and my best C.O., Capt. Richard Hemenez. He's the one that encouraged me to get a college education.
Bro. That shit way too accurate 😂
Gonna be honest I remember my Combat Instructors much better
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The priest who married us had been an Army chaplain. He told me before I got married and before I went off to basic that the old soldiers always remembered two things no matter what - their basic prayers and their DI.
I work with a former DI and i constantly remind him to lower his voice, specifically when he is 2 feet away from me.... I am like bruh I could hear your from 2 blocks away. He was drill instructors for 6 years.
😂😭
Habits are hard to break, especially if they've been a legit lifestyle XD
Working with a former DI would be absolute terror.
@@Crixus0341 Best comment for this video right there! I would enjoy the hell out of witnessing that actually happen!
He is only speaking loud enough for everyone to hear.
I Served For 16yrs In The Army,
My Younger Brother Served 24yrs
In The Marines, For 4yrs He Was A
Drill Instructor At San Diego, He's
Retired Now & Iam Very PROUD Of Him... Semper Fi...
I cannot summarize it better then by saying “a waste of Life”.
congrats to him
@@heisenberg5361you’re right but for many people this is the only kind of life where they both do something useful and stay out of trouble
@@A5A5A5A5h If you take the big picture. The government does all it can to degrade society into some form of poverty and enslave people into the military or in prison. Add to it 9 to 5 jobs and you got the ultimate forms of slavery for modern totalitarism.
@@heisenberg5361 Pool little boy, couldn't handle military life. You wouldn't make a pimple on a military man/woman's ass.
Ssgt: "Why do Marines get married?"
"to get out of the barracks staff sgt"
Ssgt: "good, sit down"
Lmao
So true in all branches- ex-USAF (Disbursement Accounting Specialist- Military Pay) 😀
@Coding Crusader I welcome the extra pay, it's an interest free loan from the government.
Drips of truth…. Give that man a medal….
"Brownbagging Staff Sergeant."
"Excellent answer, sit down. "
Please ladies, don’t marry a Marine
When I went through boot camp 30 years ago in Paris Island I saw a brand new DI yelling and screaming at a telephone pole. My whole platoon saw it. It was understood that he simply needed the practice. None the less solidified for me the dedication to the training.
Lol
He probably was a fan of the Green Acres TV show.
@@jars7774 now you are really dating yourself! Don't worry I understood the reference! LoL
@@dk2614 LOL, no worries. I’m glad you understood what I was referring to.
@Larvitar / yes, but do you know what the telephone pole reference is about?!
I'm surprised to learn the DI's look for foot/ankle injuries during Hygiene training. When I went through Boot Camp ('65) my feet were killing me, were bruised and blistered beyond recognition, but I didn't dare complain for fear of being set back in training. The DI's at that time couldn't have cared less. Now, they look for foot problems and get medical attention for the recruit, a big improvement I must say.
They've always "cared". But if you hide it from them, which a lot of recruits do, they might not know.
Interesting.
I agree they didn’t care! They might now but back then NO!!!
Yyeah they realized. You could lose a good Marine because of an injury everyone can get
My pack frame broke and one of the metal supports wore its way through my flack jacket and eventually cammies and tshirt during the Crucible, I knew my back hurt and what not but I didn't know I had a huge open wound that was infected until someone asked me. They thought some of my green skivvy shirt was stuck to it because of the color but it was mostly puss. The medic cleaned me up and gave me some antibiotics but my Sr DI hooked me up with some tylenol 3 as we were like 2 days from done. Still got a gnarly scar that people ask about
I was the Honor Graduate of my Drill Instructor Class in December 1971 and thank you so much for sharing this video. I went on to serve as a Drill Instructor from December 1971 to December 1974 and was the most memorable duty of my 30 year career.
Waste of Life
@@heisenberg5361respect the damn man
@@mr.classified6879 I respect it in some marginal way, but it’s a waste of life. Just a fact. Wanna become a man? Go train twice a day, take on some responsibility and make children. No need to go get yelled by some mentally disturbed human traumatized by some other mentally disturbed humans which yelled at them back in the days and so on..
@@mr.classified6879 I respect it in some marginal way, but it’s a waste of life. Just a fact. Wanna become a man? Go train twice a day, take on some responsibility and make children. No need to go get yelled by some mentally disturbed human traumatized by some other mentally disturbed humans which yelled at them back in the days and so on..
Is there any Chance to give the right answer to a DI or is it game over if you got his attention? 😅
Maybe it is because I am 85, and I graduated from Parris Island on June 25, 1956, 66 years ago, when the DI's were combat vets from WWII and Korea, but I think the training those guys put us through was harder and more sadistic, but I believe today's recruits are being better trained, overall. One thing never changes --- every Drill Instructor has been through what he/she is putting us through, and they know that someday their own lives may depend on the discipline and training they gave us and the caliber of Marine they developed. Semper Fi, young and old, and to those still in diapers who will someday become Marines.
Thank you. Tremendous comments. Thank you for your service.
@@MK-xe1zd It is a privilige to earn the title of United States Marine.
The hardest part of being a Marine, or so it seems on the outside, is understanding what the hell the drill instructor is screaming. A lot of these commands I don’t understand because they’re screaming so loud. If they didn’t do that it would be a lot easier to comply. I’d be going “what?” all the time.
Lies again? Marine Soldier Deeper Inside
wow 85 that’s over 6 times my age
Moral of the story:
If you don't know how to yell correctly, you'll be whispering for the rest of your life
yeah lol yell so i can rupture my vocal cords, and sound like a little girl
How do I yell correctly? Is this some hardcore punk vocal technique?
From the stomach!
@@bullfrogboss8008 the same way you sing correctly. From the diaphram
5:44 “the voice is our number one tool we have to have” - he says with the most gravelly, beat up voice I’ve ever heard.
Proof he’s put it to good use
His voice is hot.
1:51 no disrespect, but this gotta be the most hilarious shot in the whole boot camp series 😂
Smurfette be like
"class commander"
Like a Lego figure among G.I. Joes. 😅🤣
@@samsvintagerepairs867 I thought i was trippin hahaha but him lookin down man shit hahaha
🤦♂️🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂
Full Metal Jacket was VERY accurate to the time period, given that the actor WAS a real DI and said so himself
R. Lee Ermey. Passed away a year or so ago.
I'll have to watch that; never seen it, before but heard it's a good movie.
2LiveCrew love that movie
@@alexarihani2902 did you know it was an anti war movie
Is it still accurate?
"Everyone makes mistakes, the difference is when Marines make mistakes people die." --99lbs of kick-ass, much respect sgt.
Born Again Hard!
...or get killed, it's a 50/50 chance.
when da leader make mistakes everyone die
@@tilinh389 that's right! Look at your new POTUS
I mean, technically, people die if a marine didn't make a mistake. It's the military. People die. That's kinda part of it.
they should have a class for teaching them how to yell effectively without losing their voice, cause damn some of em are having a hard time...
Yeah, I used to be a member of amateur theater group for 5 years and I can yeal from my stomach without hurting throat. Something they apparently can't teach them.
The entire school is a class on how to do that...
@@jaremakarwowski1574 I can guarantee you've never had to yell as much as a Drill Instructor so this doesn't mean much.
From 4am-8pm for 84 days straight they are screaming at you (recruits). They are taught how to scream from their diaphragm. They only time I wasn’t constantly yelled at was during the last week of Bootcamp (training days 85-92) known as Marine week. however, during the first 12 weeks there was no talking at “normal” tones - all yelling and screaming
You idiots have no idea the rigors these dis go through
Back in 1965. My drill instructor was in charge of the hell that surrounded me. I finally realized, (and what saved my mind) that this was no joke. They were tempering my steel. And honing my mind to a razor's edge.
So whatever awaited me in the future, the Marine Corps was helping me survive in that time.
Semper Fidelis.
My friend told me when he received his campaign cover he teared up...the marine handing it to him said "me too". My friend said he never felt more a part of something, more elite than he did in that brief moment of two words.
Please ....do me a favor..................................Go Back & Cap That "M" on my Marines Will You?!....OoohFreakinRahhhhh!!!!!!!
It's not elite.
@@stoicodysseys6352 WE Are "Elite"....& Never Forget That! My Marine Corps training alone would extinguish you to ash....Carry On👹🐶
@@stoicodysseys6352Oh, Marines can show you some elite bud.
The only thing they after the marine corps is a nuclear weapon
When he yelled “toothpaste on the toothbrush” I was dead
seeing students transform into drill instructors is awesome
The reason that the give instructions on things that seem obvious to most of us is because recruits come from many different backgrounds. When I was at Parris Island we had some recruits from Appalachia who appeared that they'd never seen an indoor bathroom (head) or a toothbrush.
You’d be surprised how necessary something that simple is.
I remember my Drill Instructors yelling "Soap! Soap! Ass and balls! Ready.... Move!" We'd shout "Kill!" and then you had to scrub your ass and balls while they count down from 30. Every single thing is dictated in the beginning.
@@williamobrien2253 Jesus, how long ago were you there?
@@bcreech17 in some parts of Appalachian mountains people still have no indoor plumbing & they use outhouses! How can you possibly not know this? Do you read? Did you go to school? Have you visited rural areas of Kentucky,Tennessee,North Carolina,West Virginia & yes even my state of Pennsylvania not far from where I live I see people who live in poverty with no indoor plumbing & no indoor bathrooms! You cannot possibly be that oblivious to what parts of America still live like! Not to mention the thousands of Americans that are completely homeless & wish they had a shelter with no indoor plumbing or they wish they had a outhouse to take a crap in! You apparently have lived a very sheltered life & don't even know half of what is going on in your own country! SMFH
Brother in law was one of the most awarded DIs during his tour.
He is also one of the nicest guys I know. You'd never guess he was a Marine DI.
@L Boo he was actually a drill sergeant in the Air Force.
@@justinsauve808 MTI*
I believe that. I know the most softest guy ever with the most sweetest voice to become a cut throat savage DI. We were in the same unit and he was lucky enough to get HSST and become a DI, I thought no way he can make it! With hard work and perseverance, you can do whatever you want and become whomever you want- my friend is the example.
I had the pleasure of serving in the fleet with one of my Drill Instructors. We became great friends . Those are people you will never forget .
I remember sweeping up at San Diego and watching DI recruits "motivating" a tree to grow. On the inside I was laughing. Then they saw me and I decided to sweep in a different direction.
Lol, close call bro
😂 just sounds funny
Something that hit me was when my drill Sargent said "Everything you're about to do I've done twice, so if I can do it so can you"
“The voice is our tool, we have to have it”
-has lost his voice
How do you not pass out from exhaustion? You're up before the recruits and go to bed after. HOW???
At 35, all their vocal cords are fucked up.....
@@Jollypenmajor My cousin's throat took a year to recover after basic.
If he lost his voice why doesn't he go find it?
I once corresponded with a Marine DI and he was the model of professional, gentleman like behavior. I hope that never changes.
Can’t wait for the follow up video “how Marine Corp drill instructor trainers are trained”
They OJT
The Marine Corp Drill Instructor Drill Instructor Drill Instructors train them. But what next?
@@blackwaterbelterish177 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
The question is, who trained the first DI that trained the first Marines.
@@mikehilbert9349 Probably some guy wanted to figure out how to make a career by simply yelling and boom
What they do must work, because as someone who has never ever been in the military or wanted to be, I can tell you that EVERY SINGLE former Marine I've ever met in civilian life has been the nicest, calmest, most reassuring presence in the room. They scream and yell and run through the mud, but it turns out some fantastic colleagues even in the corporate world. I remember being trapped in a hideous, horrific abusive corporate workplace that I couldn't get out of, and the person who was the kindest and most caring to me and who didn't pretend it wasn't happening was the lone Marine. They're gems, every one of them.
That's funny. Some military people are the worst people I've ever met in my life. Sometimes I don't even tell I was in the military.
As we say, "Stay calm and empty the magazine." On a more serious note, my Marine Corps experience has taught me not to harass people and treat them with respect. When I go to work these days my heart thumps when I hear the staff say, "We are so happy to see you. You are so different from the others."
@@XJarhead360
The entire training is based on harassing people and not treating them with respect.
@@jaimepolanco7320 There are bad apples in every barrel. We can't let one spoil all.
Maybe it's because they're so accustomed to stress, thinking and acting quickly in chaotic situations, that, average daily work life is very easy for them. I think Marine training can make better people. Especially their focus on moral values, but also on fitness, and the capacity to remain calm under pressure.
Being a DI can be very difficult on their families. Excessively long hours, mental and physical stress, not to mention trying to raise a family. I saw first hand one of my DI's crack because his family life was tanking. I'll never forget seeing the man I looked up to so much, break down and cry because all the time he spent with us was ruining his family.
:(
Marriages in general are hard enough, then add the increased stress of being in the military! So many military marriages fall apart. Then add to the fact these guys are with their recruits 12+ hours a day sometimes? A recipe for disaster.
Incredibly touching, and sad. That moment when the "drill instructor" routine breaks, and the man who's been making you and a whole bunch of people's lives utter hell, the one you swore couldn't possibly be human, turns out to be the most human of all. The true terror, a drill instructor with feelings and emotions besides rage.
Yea when you in boot camp and you meet your DI's for the very first time and then in a couple weeks you think there is know way in hell this guy is married and has children. Well for all the Marines out there watching this we know better. Those men and women are the cream of the crop. They did not just go to Parris Island or San Diego and someone handed them a Campaign Cover, ' all head gear in the Corp is called a cover unless you have a Bennie on'!! I'm an old Marine, my better half is a Marine and both our boys were born at Camp LeJune, NC. Yea my boys walked a tight line growing up, more so because of their Mother not me!! Back to what I was talking about, these are real people with real problems just like the rest of us. What these people do is something not very many people would even try. My second biggest regret in life is not listening to my better half and staying in the Corps. I/we both could have retired about 10 years ago, instead I've had back surgery 11 years ago and we both still work every day, both our boys work, neither has ever been in trouble or in jail, they both have their own homes one is 27 and the other is 25. So I personally think we did ok raising out children. Oh and these guys and gals don't work 12+ hours they most of the time work 16+hours a day. They are lucky to get 4 to 5 hours of sleep a night and depending on how many DI's are with a Plt. They have to stay a night every 3rd or 4th night. What most people don't know is that once a Company graduates the DI's usually get a little break, this is a 3 year deal there I no way a person could do this everyday for 3 years. Sorry so long winded but just wanted to throw out a little info that some/many don't know. Semper Fi from an old Marine.
As a marine at 1st Battalion 3rd marines that makes me very sad my senior drill instructor was an infantryman that had a failing family as he was being the biggest role model that I'll ever remember I get chills still thinking 15 years after about my drone structures introduction it was even more chilling than combat
The amount of Drill Instructor’s I know from Boot Camp that I got to see in the video is crazy!!
We were lucky enough to have a drill instructor in training for our platoon halfway though, as we were missing one from the start of training due to health issues. A group of us saw him a week before we graduated and he teared up thanking us for making that possible for him. Nothing but respect for him and my 3 drill instructors
Similar story. But they don't actually care, it's all a show. Once you leave a new set of melons comes through the door.
I went to boot camp in 1994 and still remember everyone of my Drill Instructors names. The impact they make on marines is forever
That's right! They won't remember you but you remember them. As a high school math teacher I don't remember a fraction of my students by sight but they remember me. When they tell me their name I can tell what year, semester, class period and where they sat in the room.
78 brah...
I don't doubt it at all...
Went in May 16, 1994 and graduated Marine August 5, 1994. Best time of my life bar none, Semper Fi! -Sgt Lopez 👊
@@daddygamer5552 facts
Think this is the only time in history we're going to see a drill instructor yell at recruits with a mask on 🤣
Lol XD
Damn the mix of sweat and saliva, I wonder how that would smell.
As soon as the cameras go away, so do the masks.
At bootcamp they take it off.
@@andresgamba1478 Not when I was there. The Drill Instructors in the training companies kept them on at all times, even when officers were nowhere to be found.
The guy yelling in the bathroom at 7:30 was my senior drill instructor SSgt Lanier. I went December 2022 and he was a great DI. Didn’t know he was in this video till after boot camp and it blew my mind.
I went through another cycle but same, brother
I just like to add that being in the military was the most fun I ever had. I didn't cry, I didn't complain, I didn't ask. I did as I was told. No one bullied me. No one was mean to me.
Most fun four years of my life!
John were you Air Force??? LOL!
Hell no it wasn't they put me into the butthole of the military as my permanent duty station. The leadership is bad everything changes last sec they messed up my pay half the time nobody there to give instruction and if they are there they would tell us to stay until 1700 for us to be released and when i chill in my barrack my sgt called me and said "Where ya at" and half the time i have to come up with BS out of my little hole.
Why did they shout and angry
They only shouted during basic training to see if you are disciplined enough not to cry or beat up the sergeant. It was fun because I got to drive tanks, jeeps, trucks, ride helicopters, fire rifles, pistols, go to Germany, Paris, Texas, get 2 medals.
These drills make an impact on service members lives. mine volunteered to become one , and one day she had a heart to heart with us. she said she wakes up every morning to make us into good people, not only good soldiers, and she cried in front of the whole platoon when she said it. she nursed my emotions throughout a rough breakup and instilled lifelong values such as discipline. i never had a mother but strangely she became a somewhat of a maternal figure to me. it’s safe to say i will never forget her.
I hate discipline.
@@ДАРТАНЬЯН-з2щ Depends On The Context
@@jamesbarker2567 for my case in all contexts.
She cried? You must have been Army.
There are no soldiers in the Marine Corps.
Just back from Parris Island last week from my son’s graduation.
Spoke to his drill instructor and was blown away by both the commitment to each recruits success and the individual work he did with each recruit to make them a Marine.
Congrats Patrick and to your son.
Congrats to your son
And he loved his drill instructors. One of my trainee drill instructors is in this video
Who was in paris?
I'm very Proud of your son Patrick & you Sir your son will make an excellent U.S. Marine
Semper-FI to both of you.
I was in the military in 1965. This is such an important aspect and effective drilling structure.
One of the Students in this video was actually my Drill instructor on Parris Island and handed me my EGA. I’ll forever be grateful towards him and hope to be as good as a marine as him.
i saw many of my drill instructors
This also made me appreciate my command. I remember when I was trying to make it during that final hike and I was getting screamed at and the whole time my instructor was shouting, “As long as you can hear me you’re breathing and if you’re breathing you got another step in you keep moving.” I could not respond but I kept moving, and I collapsed when I made it and immediately he goes, “Get up and shake my hand you made it get up now!” I did I stood right up even though I just collapsed like a second before I couldn’t see and anything but I could hear him and he said, “See what you can achieve when I got your back, have faith in yourself or hear me scream your head off.” I think about that every time I even start to struggle. Best instructor I could have asked for that made me set the standard in myself to achieve more than I thought I could it’s been over 6 years and I still think of that run 🙂
Thanks for sharing this
@@gfmmi You're welcome! :D I'm really glad I had the opportunity to find I was more capable than I gave myself credit for. It's definitely something I struggle with.
That's amazing. Both what the instructor said, and you for pulling thru. Wow. Congrats, man, you earned that!
@@GrimlyYours That really means a lot thank you!! That was the toughest run of my life, I just looked up at the sky and can hear the pound of the pavement below me and my breathing it was make or break for sure :D I was very very lucky to have an amazing instructor. He really went out of his way everyday to be more than what he was. Great role model :)
@@tims.5488 I guess UA-cam deleted my response as well but I never said nor claimed I was a marine. That isn't a sweet story but an actual experience I had during my time in service, and you literally didn't do enough digging cause I'm not a gamer and don't have anything close to a gamer life. You calling civilians dummies is poor taste cause you have issues with yourself you need to address.
Now do how the instructors that train the drill instructors are trained
That never changes the object to make you a trainer
The Nco is responsible to maintain the integrity of all Em soldiers
@@johndevane9819 soldiers right
I had a stroke reading that
I was looking for this comment 😂😂
I was drafted into the Army after college graduation in 1966. I was horrified. I was very fit having played sports year round.
I impressed DIs because I could do everything instructed to do. I could see my DI's pleasure in me. I was selected to OCS after AIT ar Fort Bragg. As a Black soldier in a class of 120 candidates, I never doubted myself and graduated at the top of my class. One of my DI's favorite things at OCS was to have me call cadence. I was told to 'Fall Out, Candidate. Take the company mother March or to the parade field for class graduations.
Only 2 Blacks graduated of 102 new Lieutenants. My DI gave me my first salute with a big smile on his face. He was also Black.
I served almost 4 years as an XO to a Chief of Logistics in my unit. I entered corporate America in 1970 where I worked for 24 years then as CEO of a nonprofit organization. Very often I was asked about military service because how I walked and stood up. More importantly, how I did my work...the 6 Ps. My DIs, my Tact Officer, and the Army is a major reason for my success in life as well as how I raised my family!!
I would find it funny if they yelled at you but voice cracked and just kept staring at you but mad respect to all the military branches
I got mad respect for these dudes. The level of discipline and character strength they possess is off the charts.
My only worry, if I met one, would be that I couldn't understand a word they were saying. When they're instructing, it just sounds like indistinguishable screaming. When they retire, I bet they have no voice at all.
Aha! You mentioned the very point of the screaming. In the battlefield the shouting amongst the chaos will be hard to distinguish too, but you'll learn to make due and become effective at it.
That class commander is freaking tiny.
shes a badass though!
She deserve full respect !!!
I guarantee you she's the meanest person there.
When I was in medic school our senior DS was a TINY female and she was FEROCIOUS.
@@big.r5550 ligma fool
Female DI's are witches. Listening to them made my skin crawl...
I'm more impressed by calm and clear instructions which have to be carried out perfectly than by screaming and shouting. You may need to shout in combat but now drill instructors already have lost their voices in peace time.
We're so pound of our men and women who not only served but stepped up to train our sons and daughters. Thank you from a father of 2 Marines.
It changed my life forever. At 63 I still remember the name of all my drill instructors. it must be this way.
6:47 even the cameraman is intimidated by the DI😂
Yeah I saw the shale. Did you see the way the DI started running tho?😂
Damn
Building humans up rather than breaking them down to rebuild them works so much better. I’m very glad to see changes being made now, drill instructors have begun to learn if you have to physically hurt a recruit for them to listen to you, you aren’t a true leader. I have massive respect for ANYONE that can admit to the mistakes the core made in the past and acknowledging that its become unacceptable and should not happen again. It would be very easy for them to have continued slapping recruits around, but even the acknowledgement that that isn’t okay is really impressive from a group that values being strong and changing your mind is usually seen as weakness.
Toughen up buttercup
This concept while pretty interesting is rather alien to me in germany our nco's never shout, they show no emotion at all instead just silently glaring and speaking in a calm very serious manner. You can tell just by the various death stares if you are in deep shit 😂
@@josef1391 oh wow I would be extremely interested to hear what your average day is like in the modern German military and how different that experience is! I have a passion for psychology and hope you don’t mind me saying I find it really interesting to consider how military and human ideology’s shift so Germany is really an interesting subject for me. I’ve been learning German for a little over a year now and know Germans have a way of just LOOKING at you to get things done lol you guys seem very serious about everything, is it like that with the soldiers usually too or is it mostly just the NCOs that carry extreme seriousness? Like how ‘enjoyable’ is your average day I guess lol
Just like artists, you have to prove to me that you know why the old way worked before you just blindly change what you're doing. If there is anything we're learning now (especially in places like Portland, OR) is that just saying "It's ok to do whatever you want" kind of permissive attitudes get people killed. After legalizing drugs, our death rate went up 4x, crime by 10x. In 2024 we repealed the nonsense and now people are forced to get help.
A gentle reminder... First. It's Corps...and when was the last time the German Army won a war? As far as mistakes of the past, does the name AUSHCWITZ remind you of anything?
8:29 “why do marines get married”
My first thought: “to get out the barracks”🤣🤣🤣
@Yummy Spaghetti Noodles
How are we cowards for trying to get out the barracks
@Yummy Spaghetti Noodles your not the one out in combat
Bahhhhhhbh😂😂
Guys calm down it was a joke 😭
@Yummy Spaghetti Noodles you seem like a fun guy
I've seen at least 3 people I served with in this video. My homegirl Dotson is in this. Really proud of you Sgt. Dotson. Way to go D!
Why is the class commander like a quarter of the size of the guy behind her in ruck?
It's a series guide, so she has nothing to do with the platoon of Marines behind her
That is just done for propaganda reasons most likely.
uh class commmander isnt based on height its probably either random or rank based
@@papirealio9846 But putting the tallest guy in the Bunch right behind her in the shot... Most likely not coincedence
@@adewit5366 It depends on how the instructor wants them organized. She's a guide, guides don't get organized.
I was 17 years old when I went to " boot camp " .
I could not understand why the drill instructors always yelled at us .
after all I volunteered and wanted to be there . but the insults and the yelling really got on my nerves
I made it through boot camp despite the unpleasantness and nastiness endured .
i'm turning 35 this year, I joined at 24 and have been done for four years now. I don't know if I'd go back but man I can say with certainty that serving in the USMC was the best time of my life.
Same. Did 8 years then got out and joined the police department. Just retired in January after 27 years. I have to say that serving in the USMC was one of the best things I did in life. Wouldn’t trade it for all the tea in China. Semper Fi!
mmmm Crayons tasty!!! lol
@@Ragnar_Helsson Army dog talking like you rate. Their is a reason why the USMC will make a army E-5 into a E-1 and why the army will make a E-3 in the Marines into a E-5 when transferring. Cause even higher command in the army knows their soldiers don't rate.
@@namenotfound8747 Nahh, it's because once you learn something the right way it's hard to learn it the Marine way lol, that's why you gotta start all over. And going from E-3 to E-5 when they transfer to Army is just to make sure they don't pout. Plus, I mean that is as high as y'all can count anyways so that makes it easier. At least Army can count to 10, Marines can only count to 5 because one hand is always occupied by jerkin off. Lol
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@@Ragnar_HelssonOnly soldiers find army jokes funnier then they actually are. Everywhere I go, if their is a army dog(s) and a Marine, it's always the soldier that makes a joke only they get. Its cute. After 100th time this has happen to me and other Marines I've spoken to, it makes you wonder why. You know, soldiers seem to think a whole lot more of Marines then Marines think of soldiers. Some people might interpret that as envy. I guess we all have to aspire to greatness. It's all good.
DI’s & DS don’t yell just because. They do it to simulate how to communicate through the noise of battle. More importantly, to register a tone that gets into your inner ear. By day 3 of basic or boot camp, the recruit won’t even notice the “yelling”.
This made me think of "in the army now" where the lady DI says "I'm not yellin' at ya son, we simply speak in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear." LOL.
Oh you still realize they're yelling till the day of graduation. Believe me. If you become numb to one they'll add another and another. It's the one that's not yelling that you need to look out for. The senior/black belt.
The yelling also drills shit into your head. I remember in basic we had guys yelling “yes drill sergeant” in their sleep. I would even wake up in the middle of the night and find myself in the front leaning rest position while in my bunk because I thought I heard drill sergeants smoking us in the middle of the night. Even after lights out you hear them yelling when they’re not there.
@@AQS521 😂😂😂 I used to hear that too. Dudes would be sleep talking say things like Roger DS or Moving DS.
That is frikkin fascinating. I always wondered why drill instructors and Sargeant a scream. Now this makes sense. Frikkin cool.
The training that is provided by these young men and woman is stays with you for life. I still remember my experience as if it was yesterday.
I served 22 years in the Marine Corps and met more people there than anywhere. I can remember many names and faces from those years. I will always remember the names and faces of my Senior Drill Instructor and my three Drill Instructors. They never ever will leave my head. Forever burned in to my mind and soul.
“Sometimes Marines get married because they are at that level of commitment.”
Wrong Answer 🚫
Then Jody comes around and proves them otherwise lol
Sometimes it's true love between a marine and a ripper
"To get out of the barracks and get BAH"
Ding ding ding! Correct!
As a civilian I know that answer
@Maniac 5000 shits fucked
RIP to the 12 marines who died in Kabul today. Y’all have nothing but my utmost respect ✊
They gave the ultimate sacrifice. May they rest in peace
@@kevinwest2826 thats what suicide bombers also say "its an ultimate sacrifice"
@M G no onr cares what you say
@@loavy4007 ong
Uh huh...got'em
Businesses: "You have incredible value to any employer!"
Also Businesses: "Your military experience is not applicable."
How do you combat this ? No pun intended
Military service always has one value: we can be where we are supposed to be when we're supposed to be there.
The best ability is availability.
@@enjoy-ly7zw in order to combat it the top decision makers need to start understanding a bit more. They don't. They don't care. 95% of the country does not, nor ever will, serve. It's like falling off the face of the earth at 18, resurfacing and no one knowing who you are. The irony?
If I charged a company for the things I did I'd be paid a ridiculously high salary. Who else can you ask in your company to engage in an activity as extreme as violence and do so for chickenfeed?
Dude your name even seems like you were destined for military services. Thanks for your service.
True I don't see anything here that promotes original thought if you look what Elon Musk did it all seems like common sense in hindsight no military training required.
11 mins of Sargents yelling got me with a knot in my throat and anxiety in my soul
At 1:52 I really thought they were training giants 😂
Not funny
Learn some social class will you?
You mean titans
@@countryroadsofficial7 bruh stfu who asked
@@davank4723 ur mom
We were our senior's last platoon as a drill instructor. We drank water until we puked - an unknown recruit laughed during the Battalion Commander's inspection. Many things happened that day. Semper Fi
I am a Marine vet I am pretty sure the recruit did not do that anymore.
I audibly laughed a little when I heard the whole "we don't do the forced hydration" part of this video wahaha
@@brush5004 same. That definitely still happens.
I just finish boot camp and we did that in our cycle
I hope that doesn’t happen anymore. I understand being a little physical but drinking too much water can literally kill you.
Boot camp in the 70's was a bit different lol. Enlisted at 17 and the MC changed my life for the better. RAH! SSGT Pearson, SGGT Arbo, SGT Solar and CPL Dauchman. I will never forget those names.
Me shouting at my siblings when they eat my food which was kept in the fridge: 0:02
My DI crashed his vehicle into a telephone pole at Paris island screaming at us from his vehicle while driving 23 years ago. Sgt Wyatt you were amazing 😂
1:50 When you lie about your height on your resume and still get through.
LMAO why they put the tallest guys with her? 💀 50 steps from her are like two steps to the guys.
Holy shit she is short!~ How is someone that small supposed to carry a wounded buddy out??
Holy sht that looks comical kudos to the men who doesn't get distracted haha
Brilliant comment
@@mauricionunez2797 The tallest people go in the front of the formation and shortest in the back. They call it big end and little end. But since she's the commander and is leading the formation, she gets put in the front with the guidon.
I served two tours as a Drill Instructor at Parris Island SC. 1984-87 at 1st Bn Aco and from 1988-90 at 2nd Bn Fco. Being a Drill Instructor was my all time favorite duty. "I had the honor of making Marines"!! SEMPER FI DEVIL DOGS!!!
Drill Instructor
Sgt Ortiz
"Why do Marines get married?" #1 To get out of the barracks and the sweet BAH and BAS lol
Because their hands need a break!
Don’t worry about deployments, Jody will be there to help her out.
Good sit down
im so blessed to be in Air force and got accepted to move out the dorms during covid as a 21 year old E3 getting $53,000 a year
@@OK-Travels oh look at the chair force guy flexing his comfy lifestyle and low physical standards.
I still respect my drill instructors to this day, and to me, my SDI will always be the closest thing to a father figure I’ll ever have so if you see this SGT Lytle, just know that you changed my life for the better and you very well earned every ounce of respect from me
Being able to thank my Drill Instructors would be on the very top of my bucket list. At close to 60, I still remember all they tried to instill in me. Def. molded me even after my years in the Corps.
Once a Marine always a Marine.
Great video about these brave, young Americans. God Bless them. My father was a Marine in WWII and talked some about boot camp. Sound like although it was tough, during the war they were getting people in and out as quick as possible. I don't belive it was 13 weeks back then and doubtful he had all the classroom training of today's Marines. Thank God for these people who dedicate their lives to our freedom.
Funny how they're trying to "change the perception" of the drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket. R Lee Ermie WAS a drill instructor and was widely praised for his portrayal in that film. Originally he was only on set to coach the actor who was playing the drill instructor but Stanley Kubrick made the decision to fire the actor and hire Ermie to play the role
The movies portrayal was most likely accurate at the time of its release back in the 80s, but times are different now.
@@terrylouis9183 yeah your right times are different. Men are women, women are men. Everybody’s a racist. Everybody’s feewings get hurt. AND I HATE IT.
@@willjennings983 you have a warped and sad look on life.
@@willjennings983 The only persons who’s feeling are being hurt are your own judging by your strange little comment. You just come across as a bizarre snowflake with repressed issues.
That’s the best you got. Sad look on life. Fk yeah I do. I live in a country where killing babies is a choice. I live in a country who honors criminals. Puts a rainbow flag over the flag of the nation. Where victimizing is the new social norm. Are country is so divided right now. Divided by people who love this country and people who hate it. That’s the reality you guys can sit there and ignore that but I’m not.
This is awesome, I’m a recently graduated Marine, and one of my DI’s is in this video!!! So cool to see what they went through so they could inspire and teach us
ay goodluck in the military my guy
@M G I get to blow stuff up in the name of the country and your freedom. So it feels pretty good being a part of the most elite fighting force in the world
@M G hey I appreciate that, God Bless you too
@@galaxytater2566 that’s right!👍🇺🇸😁
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Congrats to this beautiful drill instructor woman, I hope ur thriving in your career now making those Marines💪💪you’re an inspiration!! 🫡
You one funky trans gal
I met a retired D.I. at the gym while working out, and I overheard him talking about his Commit to Achieve private boot camp for troubled youths in Los Angeles. We got to talking and working out together, and what a great, committed guy he is ! Very impressed. One day, as we finished working out and talking, as we left, he said....."oh, one more thing......get a haircut !" Really a super guy !
The idea of a child abuse center isn't exactly new. That's been done in hundreds of variations thirty years ago already.
@@MrCmon113 Thanks for replying, but Sarge's center isn't a child abuse center, nor is it a treatment center for child abuse; rather, it is a certified thing that parents send their problem kids to, so they can get some structure in their life. No abuse involved, just structure / discipline. Another one of the centers of a competitor was nailed for abuse, but Sarge's center got a clean bill of health from the investigators.
It's important that Instructors are all sensible, understanding and act as role models.
After all, they're teachers too
Sensible......exactly as I would describe any and all drill instructors I have ever encountered.
@@Nope782 They just look and act like bullys, and some like crazy mfs
Yea not like pussies
I feel so safe that the drill instructors take the feelings of their recruits into consideration.
I REALLY wish they didn't -.-
I think it's stupid, were trained to kill, not be a fukin baby
-said sarcastically
@Yummy Spaghetti Noodles of course not. But knowing that your allies will is important
Are you joking ? I just can't tell these days.
My drill instructors never gave up on me; even after I gave up on myself. It took me awhile but I wouldn’t quit
I’m legit scared that if I was there, I wouldn’t understand them and I would be there like :-:
That's the point
There's no problem if you make mistakes, there IS a problem if you fail to adjust and correct the actions that caused the mistakes... repeatedly.
You get used to being yelled at and if you listen and correct, you get through and learn to do things properly until you are the example others follow.
You won't at 1st but you get used to it and adapt.
@@tylerdurden639 Don't be keepin' no jelly donuts in your foot locker
Yep, imagine a kid who’s been in the country for only two years. I learned English very very quick. 😂
“So at night I drink tea with honey and sometimes I put lemon” ~ my Sgt
6:28
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That is how Drill Instructors should be. I will never forget my Drill Instructors and they were insane basically. They made me a Marine.
I worked with a guy who was a drill instructor. There is a LOT to learn. The drill instructor manual is a big thick book that all have to know front to back, top to bottom, inside out.
“Forced them to drink water until they vomited, you’re not going to be that drill instructor”LMFAO I thought that was a normal thing in boot camp. I guess I got “hazed” lol. It’s only been 6 years since bootcamp, not too long ago.
Excess water leads to hyponatremia which can literally lead to death. So it’s a good thing they stopped that. Marines can be trained for war effectively without having to resort to tactics like this. I’m a corpsman on MCRD Parris island who seen recruits nearly die after drinking 32 canteens.
What Company?
@@doubleemcastillano464 HOTEL HELL!! Lol
@@andygreas440 I've seen Parris Island Corpsmen determine a recruit was lying about repeatedly passing out after I watched him pass out and smack his face on the pavement. I did like you guys commander from 2015 tho, the SEAL officer who was over there getting it done. I'm grateful for him. Also, at some point they had us carry salt around to keep the electrolytes up.
Yeah can confirm, they still do it. Graduated a few months ago. You will not get dessert even post crucible.
The way they gallop/stagger/prance/(?) across the room is both funny and terrifying.
Definitely prancing with rainbow socks
Looks like an insane asylum
1:51 i was literally so confused as to why a child was running there 😂 then i was like ooohh 🤭🤭
everyone looks like a giant to her lol
can't imagine a 5ft DI giving instruction to 6ft+ soldiers in aggressively loud voice.
I may be small but I am mighty!!! XD
@Peter Clifford Caught down bad 😬
@@daathisone5459 You think that until you're in the moment. That lady is a cherry bomb.
Yeah, i also thought she was a bit vertically challenged but the guys are all 6ft
I still remember all of my Drill Instructors by name, I also remember what they looked like, I also remember each of their voices. I joined the Corps to become a Marine. I was not disappointed the least bit, it was rough and enduring going through Boot in the summer time...I would not take anything for that experience and I am glad they all kept the high standards and I appreciate them. I was not one bit disappointed and I would not have wanted it to be any other way. When I earned my Eagle Globe and Anchor I was full of the pride and tradition of the US Marine Corps. I still feel that way.
The chick has the voice thing figured out. That’s what choir singers do
And cheerleading too…I know cuz I was in both choir and cheerleading.
Stfu lmaoo
Big old glass of seamen to gargle down after a long day. Did she mention that once in a while she will spice it up with lemon. Ooooooohhhhh
It would be interesting to see if they took 2 classes that came into training at the same time. One had the typical, yell at you all the time drill instructor and the other class had a much "tamer" drill instructor. To see if there was much of a difference in class performance between the two at the end of training. Did less people fail or end up being dropouts by the one yelled then the one that wasn't always yelling.
Drill Sergeant : Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?
Forrest Gump : To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!
Disassemble your weapon Gump!😂
“That’s the best answer I’ve ever heard!”
You’re a god dam Genius