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This was a really great video! I still have my knowledge book from 1989, right before I hurt my back & got sent home. Later (right after 9/11) I got on as an Army MP (reserve) while working the civilian side for State of Indiana. It's nice to be able to take a trip down memory lane! SEMPER FI!
Drill instructor Sgt Frick… our platoons “Heavy”. I was the fastest recruit in our entire series at climbing the rope. I won our platoons internal competition and then won the race between all the platoons fastest rope climbers. Back in the day I used to be a pull-up monster. I did 29 dead hang pull-ups and could zip up a rope without even using my feet. Our senior DI gave our recruit platoon a pizza as a reward for bringing that climbing trophy back to his quarterdeck. Sadly i lost my “recruit knowledge” book. Great video devil.
I still have my mickey mouse towel, moon beam, hygiene kit bag, warbag, green and tan monsters, all kinds of stuff. I remember watching your channel before I joined and now I've been out for what feels like awhile.
I went through Parris Island summer of 1992, platoon 1086. Injured, got recycled, graduated I think a week later than I was supposed to. SSGT Ulmer, and Cagigas, will never forget them.
This kind of thing is always a blast! My BCT and AIT began on 6 June 1980, and the only things I still have from my 6 years in the Army are my DD214, a P38, and my weapons qualification badges.
I was in Delta Co. 1117 back in 96. We had the nephew of the Paramount movies owner in my platoon. His mom sent a huge care package with probably 75 brand new VHS movies. It resided in the duty hut until one Sunday afternoon in third phase. We got to vote on which movie to watch. I wanted a comedy at that point but Full Metal Jacket it was. Because I got to watch that movie DURNING boot camp, I can say it was pretty realistic and accurate. I still have a box with those goodies in it. War bag, the hygine bag, the huck towel, and the good old scuzz brush!
The mundane items of a soldier's kit are so much more interesting to me than things like the weapon or armour. The tools and bits that make up day to day life
Brings back memories. I went through mine in 2019, then threw it out in 2020. Moving, lost a lot of things. It was nice to see again after many years. I was in MCRD SanDiego as well, but in 1987. Yep, the year Full Metal Jacket hit the theaters. I saw it with a group of Marines while on leave after completing our MOS training. It was a bit of a refresher after boot camp! Can't tell you the feelings coursing through my mind at the time. Felt like they showed too much & gave away a national secret! Ha ha! Saw my SDI at my first duty station KMCAS in Hawaii. That was some duty station. Loved it & the travel accross the vast expanse of Asia. Until Desert Shield/Storm occured. Was on a RimPac with none other than the legendary Bob Hope, went to Acapulco on that float. Met Gomer Pyle, can't remember his real name right now, when I was going into a store in Hawaii & he & his partner were leaving the grocery store. That was a weird meeting, shook hands & chatted breifly with him. Later in the desert I met Steve Martin on an USO show. He was leaving as we were coming in after a patrol. My company clerk heard me ask about the vehicles & who was there, after I heard & he was leaving , I made a negative comment. Steve heard from my company clerk, & he got out of the caravan to take a picture with me. Very cool. I don't know where the photo is, had a fire 2 years ago. Anyway, Steve is in dessert cami's, & I am in woodland cami's ,, yeah, in the early phases of Desert Shield, we didn't have the appropriate cami's yet! Semper Fi.
Opening that M81 book was a literal knowledge bomb😂 I’m a civilian but have always been interested in military history and even thinking about entering the marines but not sure yet. Always love your videos dude. Keep it up!
Love y’all’s videos! I’ve been on a Vietnam War doc and Afghan War deployment videos as well as MRE (Thanks, SteveMRE!!) and y’all’s stuff is great. Don’t know how you get half the stuff but you’re using it wisely by contributing to the archives of history.
Crazy to see that some of this stuff hasn't changed! Went to PI February 2020, and the green monster (camo binder) and the range data books are exactly how mine look.
@@Brent0331 Still woodland. Forgot to mention, the rifle disassembly mat also looks the exact same, despite the fact everyone is issued M16A4s with the ACOG.
I went through P.I. May 2001. I kept my knowledge books too. Memories. BTW in your closing montage you have a shot where one of the guys got creative with the face paint. Reminds me of a time I was at JWTC in Okinawa and a group of the guys used the camo paint to do themselves up like the band KISS for some land nav lol
It’s like looking back at high school year books and reading old journals and note pads lol. TYFYS. You paved the way for us younger folks. Sadly everything you did was all thrown down drain. But life is for living and we must keep on pushing and try to make the best out of it.
Man I'm getting old. Went through Army basic in June, 1977. At Fort Lenard Wood, MO. Infantry school at Fort Benning, GA to get the 11C MOS. That's 0341 in the Marines. That's 47 years ago. No wonder why I don't recognize military equipment that's shown on TV. They still had canned C-rations back in the day. At least that piece of junk M-561 Gamma Goat is no longer used. The old M-274 Cargo Mule was the funnest military truck ever. Was like driving a bumper car all day long. I still have my military driver's licence. Yes I am duely authorized to drive the old M-151a3 Jeep. Don't beven ask if I can drive a Hummv. All the above is now on display at the museum. Was a heavy mortar crewman on the M-30, four-deuce mortar. The only mortar ever to shoot nuclear shells. Carried M-16a1 rifles and M-1911a1, .45 acp pistol. Had M-272a2 Law rockets and the Red-Eye anti aircraft missile. Way before the Stinger missile. So long ago that Fred Flintstone was the 1st Sargent. Barny Rubble was the Lieutenant.
I got the privilege of carrying the United States Marine Corps Flag for a veterans day 2023 event as part of the Color Guard. I couldn't believe the respect that veterans showed me that day because I did such a great job at honoring those that had served and I didn't even know what I was doing.
I’m only about 11yrs in right now. But man do I wish I took more photos, videos, notes, etc. so far. These types of memories are easy to forget. And before you know it, you’re trying to remember faces and names. I wish we had a yearbook for basic training when I went through. That would be awesome memory to look back on. All I got was a lousy t-shirt….that I’ve already lost track of. Lol
Ha yeah, that's one think I can say. I was pretty conscious of documenting my service. The one thing I regret is not keeping a daily journal during the 2003 invasion though.
Man, almost identical to what I got in 06, except we'd moved up to the ILBE packs and MARPAT/suede boots. Still qualified on irons with theA2 though! And those effing shelter halves during crucible. I don't have my recruit knowledge anymore but I still flip through my SOI machine gun stuff from time to time, I kept all that for sure! Man this video *really* takes me back. Thanks so much for making it. 'RAH
Speaking of R. Lee Ermey, you can always tell when someone watching Full Metal Jacket is a veteran. Regardless of the branch they served in, every veteran loses their shit at one particular scene in that movie: the unlocked foot locker with the stolen contraband inside.
Man, I graduated from MCRD 31 years ago! Only thing I have left is the boot camp year book. I threw away all the boot camp stuff when I got to fleet, didn't want to be seen as a boot.
@@afterApocalypse22 Lol, I think so brother. I don't blame you. UA-cam sucks ass and only shows my content to a very small percentage of my subscribers.
I wonder what I did with my green monster as we called it. I still have boxes in storage I’ve yet to go through. It’s been 21 years for me. Man time flies!
MCRD SD 1984 - 'Hollywood Marines'! Started with 98 recruits - 64 graduated. We still did the straight 13 weeks except the 2 weeks at Camp Pendleton for field training (humpin' up Mt. Mother F'er) and rifle qual at Edson Range (position and distance - we didn't move while shooting like you did). Still have 'Guidebook for Marines' and 'Essential Subjects' handbooks. Yeah - have the yearbook too. Semper Fi Brent!
That's the book I was asking Brent about, some one tried saying they don't have the Guide book for Marines any more... I didn't wanna argue with him tho
@@jonmoate4184 I was in late 1980s. A buddy left service when I did and then he rejoined during Gulf War (Kuwait). At that time the USMC already changed boot camp to the Warrior School format and no longer issued the Guidebook for Marines. Fed-Gov no longer prints but you may find it on eBay, used books and such.
Good to know im not the only one who still has his stuff from boot. I even still have meds from medical...lol did you order the vhs you order with the year book? i shot a 238 day before, then on qual day a 235. after quail myself few other recruits were sent to the pits for the recruits that unq. while we were waiting to be taken to the pits, unknow green belt DI's come over thinking we were the recruits that failed quail and they smoked the sh#t out of us. until the failed recruits showed up with a senior DI leading them. Senior asking the green belts why are you mudering recruits? these recruits passed qual. That moment you learn DI's can be dumb.....lol
Brent do you still have the book: Guide book for Marines ? It's a little over an inch thick , has everything from weapons, 1st aid, land Nav, History & Tradition
Sometime after 1990 'Uncle Sam's Misguided Children' changed the boot camp agenda from the Vietnam type format (Full Metal Jacket) - 13 weeks straight (for MCRD SD recruits it included the 2 weeks at Camp Pendleton) to the Warrior School format which was something like 8 weeks of Marine history, tradition, rules, drill and PT - then on to Warrior School for field training and combat rifle training. Don't know if the change made better Marines but it prepared them more for infantry school. Remember - 'Every Marine a rifleman.' I have 'The Guidebook for Marines' and the 'Essential Subjects' handbooks from my time in the 1980s. Don't think they issued them after 1990 or so. - Semper Fi
I may, I've picked up several pubs along the way. One I've used the most though was the 6-5 Marine Rifleman (now called the 3-11) and my Machine Gun bible.
Anyone know 'exactly' when USMC boot camp changed to the 'Warrior School' training format? Sometime after Reagan I'm guessing - '89 - '90? I was out in early '88 and was 'POGing' in the Air Wing anyway - out of touch with Grunt World.
No, we weren't allowed to. However, I think the Company actually was able to demil a couple weapons and bring them back for display in the Company officer. No clue if they're still there or not.
Older basic training material did a better job of explaining and introducing neat little tricks like different lubricants and natural remedies, something newer "training" material leaves out. I find it similar to old mathematics vs common core, one is intentionally dumbed down and manipulated.
I did, I didn't like them at first when I got issued them for Afghanistan. They didn't seem to last as long. However, I've been wearing them more recently over the last couple years and like them now.
If you;re joining the Corps, I'd say get used to running, it's a pretty big part of boot camp. Practice trucking as well, get yourself a decent backpack, load it up and take a hike with it on. Start with low weight and short distance and increase over time. And if you live west of the Missippi that means you'll be going to MCRD San Diego, so add hills to your trucking route because Camp Pendleton is very hilly and if you're not used to it they'll really kick your butt. As far as the DIs go, don't let them get to you. When they're yelling and screaming at you or making you push, do jumping jacks, etc. it's nothing personal, Just do what they tell you to do, do it fast, and always respond to any of their commands at the top of your lungs. If you don't like attention, don't volunteer for squad leader or guide, those jobs will always put you in the DI's crosshairs. And no matter what, do not volunteer for anything in general, esp. if they don't say what you're volunteering for. One of my DIs did this once, he called for some volunteers and everyone who raised their got taken to the quarterback (front of the barracks) and got bent.
Hurry up, I think the cut off is 29? The hardest part of bootcamp is not the physical aspetcs, it's getting along with people. I was 22 when I went through, I was among the oldest, and sometimes had trouble dealing with silly 18 year olds in the group. If you can keep a good attitude, you'll be fine. Oh, and above all DO THINGS QUICKLY. Don't dawdle, don't hesitate.
You're going to have a hard time with Recruit training at 28. We had a 21 year old in our Platoon, he didn't make it. Like one of the others said, Physical conditioning is the key for recruit training. If you are not in shape and you're over weight, they will cut your already reduced meal portions by making you a "diet recruit". You will hate life. Being physically and mentally tough is essential, the older you are, the more difficult it will be.
Ha! Knowledge , ours was a big red plastic binder at recruit depot parris island 1982 “ps. Is that a pic of your “hog” that is being blacked out? If our DIs found pics of our girlfriends they had us put them up on a hog board
People say “the GWOT was a horrible time to be in the military” I say it was the best. The military nowadays just isn’t like how it was back then. Men and women were more patriotic. Nowadays I gotta worry whether some nonbinary is gonna go postal due to me possibly misgendering them. And the sad part it the higher ups s really give into the woke BS. So for now I’m staying a CIVI until we get a new commander and chief.
So if my Marine Corps math is correct, your rifle certificate was awarded in September 2002, you probably went in June 2002? I went in June 25, 2002 at PI. 😂 Best 6 years of my life. Semper Fi. 🇺🇸
All of that because of 11/09/2001, which was an inside job by the way... You guys have been fooled... But i think you are doing a great job on youre chanel, and i respect you...
Awesome Sergeant Major! High shooter, OOHRAH! I still have my Guidebook for Marines, ditty bag, dress uniform bag, my weapons cleaning mat, somehow both pairs of my issued boots, and my USMC tie clip,! Semper Fi 🫡 🇺🇸 and saved round , I still have my ziploc bag with letter writing gear and super moto USMC emblem EGA envelopes and stationary ; I have multiple data books for competition shooting , they’re the mark of a serious shooter
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This was a really great video! I still have my knowledge book from 1989, right before I hurt my back & got sent home. Later (right after 9/11) I got on as an Army MP (reserve) while working the civilian side for State of Indiana. It's nice to be able to take a trip down memory lane! SEMPER FI!
Drill instructor Sgt Frick… our platoons “Heavy”. I was the fastest recruit in our entire series at climbing the rope. I won our platoons internal competition and then won the race between all the platoons fastest rope climbers. Back in the day I used to be a pull-up monster. I did 29 dead hang pull-ups and could zip up a rope without even using my feet. Our senior DI gave our recruit platoon a pizza as a reward for bringing that climbing trophy back to his quarterdeck. Sadly i lost my “recruit knowledge” book. Great video devil.
Semper Fi brother! 👊
Nostalgia AF. They told us you guys are broke, but all I got from basic was an IET book.
Ha
I am just a civilian but I find this stuff super cool! thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion.
Thanks for watching.
I really love that you're able and willing to share all this history with everyone. Great video per usual!
Appreciate it brother.
I still have my mickey mouse towel, moon beam, hygiene kit bag, warbag, green and tan monsters, all kinds of stuff. I remember watching your channel before I joined and now I've been out for what feels like awhile.
I went through Parris Island summer of 1992, platoon 1086. Injured, got recycled, graduated I think a week later than I was supposed to. SSGT Ulmer, and Cagigas, will never forget them.
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This kind of thing is always a blast! My BCT and AIT began on 6 June 1980, and the only things I still have from my 6 years in the Army are my DD214, a P38, and my weapons qualification badges.
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I was in Delta Co. 1117 back in 96. We had the nephew of the Paramount movies owner in my platoon. His mom sent a huge care package with probably 75 brand new VHS movies. It resided in the duty hut until one Sunday afternoon in third phase. We got to vote on which movie to watch. I wanted a comedy at that point but Full Metal Jacket it was. Because I got to watch that movie DURNING boot camp, I can say it was pretty realistic and accurate. I still have a box with those goodies in it. War bag, the hygine bag, the huck towel, and the good old scuzz brush!
The mundane items of a soldier's kit are so much more interesting to me than things like the weapon or armour. The tools and bits that make up day to day life
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Brings back memories. I went through mine in 2019, then threw it out in 2020. Moving, lost a lot of things. It was nice to see again after many years. I was in MCRD SanDiego as well, but in 1987. Yep, the year Full Metal Jacket hit the theaters. I saw it with a group of Marines while on leave after completing our MOS training. It was a bit of a refresher after boot camp! Can't tell you the feelings coursing through my mind at the time. Felt like they showed too much & gave away a national secret! Ha ha! Saw my SDI at my first duty station KMCAS in Hawaii. That was some duty station. Loved it & the travel accross the vast expanse of Asia. Until Desert Shield/Storm occured. Was on a RimPac with none other than the legendary Bob Hope, went to Acapulco on that float. Met Gomer Pyle, can't remember his real name right now, when I was going into a store in Hawaii & he & his partner were leaving the grocery store. That was a weird meeting, shook hands & chatted breifly with him. Later in the desert I met Steve Martin on an USO show. He was leaving as we were coming in after a patrol. My company clerk heard me ask about the vehicles & who was there, after I heard & he was leaving , I made a negative comment. Steve heard from my company clerk, & he got out of the caravan to take a picture with me. Very cool. I don't know where the photo is, had a fire 2 years ago. Anyway, Steve is in dessert cami's, & I am in woodland cami's ,, yeah, in the early phases of Desert Shield, we didn't have the appropriate cami's yet! Semper Fi.
Ha, thanks for sharing brother. Semper Fi!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Brent!
Opening that M81 book was a literal knowledge bomb😂 I’m a civilian but have always been interested in military history and even thinking about entering the marines but not sure yet. Always love your videos dude. Keep it up!
Thanks for sharing, what was cool, its history and history is awesome!.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Love y’all’s videos! I’ve been on a Vietnam War doc and Afghan War deployment videos as well as MRE (Thanks, SteveMRE!!) and y’all’s stuff is great. Don’t know how you get half the stuff but you’re using it wisely by contributing to the archives of history.
Crazy to see that some of this stuff hasn't changed! Went to PI February 2020, and the green monster (camo binder) and the range data books are exactly how mine look.
Are they still woodland camouflage or did they change them to digital MARPAT?
@@Brent0331 Still woodland. Forgot to mention, the rifle disassembly mat also looks the exact same, despite the fact everyone is issued M16A4s with the ACOG.
I went through P.I. May 2001. I kept my knowledge books too. Memories. BTW in your closing montage you have a shot where one of the guys got creative with the face paint. Reminds me of a time I was at JWTC in Okinawa and a group of the guys used the camo paint to do themselves up like the band KISS for some land nav lol
This guy was definitely a good battle buddy.
It’s like looking back at high school year books and reading old journals and note pads lol. TYFYS. You paved the way for us younger folks. Sadly everything you did was all thrown down drain. But life is for living and we must keep on pushing and try to make the best out of it.
Man I'm getting old. Went through Army basic in June, 1977. At Fort Lenard Wood, MO. Infantry school at Fort Benning, GA to get the 11C MOS. That's 0341 in the Marines.
That's 47 years ago. No wonder why I don't recognize military equipment that's shown on TV. They still had canned C-rations back in the day. At least that piece of junk M-561 Gamma Goat is no longer used. The old M-274 Cargo Mule was the funnest military truck ever. Was like driving a bumper car all day long. I still have my military driver's licence. Yes I am duely authorized to drive the old M-151a3 Jeep. Don't beven ask if I can drive a Hummv. All the above is now on display at the museum. Was a heavy mortar crewman on the M-30, four-deuce
mortar. The only mortar ever to shoot nuclear shells. Carried M-16a1 rifles and M-1911a1, .45 acp pistol. Had M-272a2 Law rockets and the Red-Eye anti aircraft missile. Way before the Stinger missile. So long ago that Fred Flintstone was the 1st Sargent. Barny Rubble was the Lieutenant.
Ha, thanks for sharing brother.
Thank you for your service sir.
Thanks brother.
Dominican Republic sees Haitians like Egypt sees Hamas.
Facts.
I got the privilege of carrying the United States Marine Corps Flag for a veterans day 2023 event as part of the Color Guard. I couldn't believe the respect that veterans showed me that day because I did such a great job at honoring those that had served and I didn't even know what I was doing.
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Great Mistakes ‘99-‘00. 8 months of hell and an NCIS investigation following a separation led me to a 14 year career in the US Merchant Marine. 👍👍😁🇺🇸
Ha
I’m only about 11yrs in right now. But man do I wish I took more photos, videos, notes, etc. so far.
These types of memories are easy to forget. And before you know it, you’re trying to remember faces and names.
I wish we had a yearbook for basic training when I went through. That would be awesome memory to look back on. All I got was a lousy t-shirt….that I’ve already lost track of. Lol
Ha yeah, that's one think I can say. I was pretty conscious of documenting my service. The one thing I regret is not keeping a daily journal during the 2003 invasion though.
Man, almost identical to what I got in 06, except we'd moved up to the ILBE packs and MARPAT/suede boots. Still qualified on irons with theA2 though! And those effing shelter halves during crucible. I don't have my recruit knowledge anymore but I still flip through my SOI machine gun stuff from time to time, I kept all that for sure! Man this video *really* takes me back. Thanks so much for making it. 'RAH
Thanks for watching brother, Semper Fi!
Still have mine from 91. Have my daughters from 2020. Both went to p.i. love all your gear. Im jealous.
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You always post some awesome stuff
Appreciate it.
Speaking of R. Lee Ermey, you can always tell when someone watching Full Metal Jacket is a veteran. Regardless of the branch they served in, every veteran loses their shit at one particular scene in that movie: the unlocked foot locker with the stolen contraband inside.
Ha
Still have mine from 2000 I was Echo 2091 and it looks exactly the same.
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Same knowledge we got back in 1994 at PI.
Still have mine!
That brings back some memories, I went to Paris Island in Nov 2002, Golf company.
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I was just told I'm going to 1-4 that's so cool to know that you were with that unit too
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awesome man, wish I had all my old sh.. here 👍👍
Yeah, I'm glad I found it.
Hah nice!!! I've still got my Green Monster (Army Warrior Skills book) and some other ones, sadly I don't have my IET handbook anymore.
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@@Brent0331 👊
🥺🥺🥺 Oh, such nostalgia.
Man, I graduated from MCRD 31 years ago! Only thing I have left is the boot camp year book. I threw away all the boot camp stuff when I got to fleet, didn't want to be seen as a boot.
Bro I'm so glad your back
When was I gone?
@Brent0331 maybe it was ME who was gone
@@afterApocalypse22 Lol, I think so brother. I don't blame you. UA-cam sucks ass and only shows my content to a very small percentage of my subscribers.
@Brent0331 well I'm glad I got back on!! I love your camo reviews
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I wonder what I did with my green monster as we called it. I still have boxes in storage I’ve yet to go through. It’s been 21 years for me. Man time flies!
Sure does!
Brent, saw a pic of you in the mountains. Would like to see you do a video on your training at Bridgeport!
Grew up a AF brat, and had base privileges @ Lejeune til '83 and met quite a lot of Marines but never met one who trained at Bridgeport.
Been up there several times, all summer packages though (which is still usually cold) ha. ua-cam.com/video/gWBqx-M6S7E/v-deo.html
The shooting logs are very interesting would be worth it to get something like that just for range days to collect some data
Data books were great. Especially back then when we had to adjust our rear sights at different yard lines.
I was always thinking about doing this exact same thing with my 1994 Basic Training documents
Do it!
Sgt Major ? You have arrived Brent ! Congratulations
Went to bootcamp 2 years ago, the recruit knowledge book and everything is still the same 😂
Lmao, not surprised one bit!
For me, it's been almost 35 years. Parris Island, 1989.
That's cool man!
Thanks
been thinking about enlisting for a while, but uncertain for a variety of factors including age and health.
Thanks for giving us dirty civilians a glimpse at glory. Thanks for your service
Thanks for watching and commenting.
I found my knowledge a few months ago I went in 2015 they still looked the same when I was in boot camp
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They still had them cleaning mats in 13. Semper Fi!
👊Did they at least change it to say M16A4?
@@Brent0331 nope. Mine is an a2 lol
@@KalashmanNC lol Typical Marine Corps.
Nice. I have my book from Army boot camp. I assumed the black boxes are covering pics of inappropriate doodles ?😂😂
SSN.
MCRD SD 1984 - 'Hollywood Marines'! Started with 98 recruits - 64 graduated. We still did the straight 13 weeks except the 2 weeks at Camp Pendleton for field training (humpin' up Mt. Mother F'er) and rifle qual at Edson Range (position and distance - we didn't move while shooting like you did). Still have 'Guidebook for Marines' and 'Essential Subjects' handbooks. Yeah - have the yearbook too. Semper Fi Brent!
That's the book I was asking Brent about, some one tried saying they don't have the Guide book for Marines any more... I didn't wanna argue with him tho
I will look when I get home
@@jonmoate4184 I was in late 1980s. A buddy left service when I did and then he rejoined during Gulf War (Kuwait). At that time the USMC already changed boot camp to the Warrior School format and no longer issued the Guidebook for Marines. Fed-Gov no longer prints but you may find it on eBay, used books and such.
Semper Fi brother!
Good to know im not the only one who still has his stuff from boot. I even still have meds from medical...lol did you order the vhs you order with the year book? i shot a 238 day before, then on qual day a 235. after quail myself few other recruits were sent to the pits for the recruits that unq. while we were waiting to be taken to the pits, unknow green belt DI's come over thinking we were the recruits that failed quail and they smoked the sh#t out of us. until the failed recruits showed up with a senior DI leading them. Senior asking the green belts why are you mudering recruits? these recruits passed qual. That moment you learn DI's can be dumb.....lol
LMAO
Brent do you still have the book: Guide book for Marines ? It's a little over an inch thick , has everything from weapons, 1st aid, land Nav, History & Tradition
Sometime after 1990 'Uncle Sam's Misguided Children' changed the boot camp agenda from the Vietnam type format (Full Metal Jacket) - 13 weeks straight (for MCRD SD recruits it included the 2 weeks at Camp Pendleton) to the Warrior School format which was something like 8 weeks of Marine history, tradition, rules, drill and PT - then on to Warrior School for field training and combat rifle training. Don't know if the change made better Marines but it prepared them more for infantry school. Remember - 'Every Marine a rifleman.' I have 'The Guidebook for Marines' and the 'Essential Subjects' handbooks from my time in the 1980s. Don't think they issued them after 1990 or so. - Semper Fi
I may, I've picked up several pubs along the way. One I've used the most though was the 6-5 Marine Rifleman (now called the 3-11) and my Machine Gun bible.
MCRD S.D., summer1978
Semper Fi
S/F! 👊
Good stuff, Brent! Now, what everyone "really" wants to see is the redacted items😊
Ha, its nothing exciting, just my SSN.
@Brent0331 I posted b4 you mention that in the vid. Cool memorabilia, though. My bad!!!
Almost everything was the same when i went in 2016 we were still using moon beams
Anyone know 'exactly' when USMC boot camp changed to the 'Warrior School' training format? Sometime after Reagan I'm guessing - '89 - '90? I was out in early '88 and was 'POGing' in the Air Wing anyway - out of touch with Grunt World.
I wish I kept my knowledge book 😢
Brent, did you bring back that Mauser?
No, we weren't allowed to. However, I think the Company actually was able to demil a couple weapons and bring them back for display in the Company officer. No clue if they're still there or not.
Older basic training material did a better job of explaining and introducing neat little tricks like different lubricants and natural remedies, something newer "training" material leaves out. I find it similar to old mathematics vs common core, one is intentionally dumbed down and manipulated.
Brent, may I ask you question. What do you think about USMC RAT boots (wellco, daneer dosnt matter). Did you use these boots?
I did, I didn't like them at first when I got issued them for Afghanistan. They didn't seem to last as long. However, I've been wearing them more recently over the last couple years and like them now.
@@Brent0331 thx a lot, Brent!
brent r u filming in a god damn surplus store lol 😭
Brother, if you only knew! 🤣
I looked up one of my best buds from my boot camp yearbook and it turns out he’s looking at some lengthy jail time down south 😅😅😅
Ha, yeah I think we all know a Marine that made a bad decision.. or two....
Alpha Co. Platoon 1135
As of 2018, they still issued the same cleaning mat
Still says M16A2 on it?
@Brent0331 yessir, still with the triangular handguards and everything, I guess if it ain't broken, don't fix it
I'm 28 and losing weight to join, do you have any advice for someone older looking to join?
If you;re joining the Corps, I'd say get used to running, it's a pretty big part of boot camp. Practice trucking as well, get yourself a decent backpack, load it up and take a hike with it on. Start with low weight and short distance and increase over time. And if you live west of the Missippi that means you'll be going to MCRD San Diego, so add hills to your trucking route because Camp Pendleton is very hilly and if you're not used to it they'll really kick your butt.
As far as the DIs go, don't let them get to you. When they're yelling and screaming at you or making you push, do jumping jacks, etc. it's nothing personal, Just do what they tell you to do, do it fast, and always respond to any of their commands at the top of your lungs. If you don't like attention, don't volunteer for squad leader or guide, those jobs will always put you in the DI's crosshairs. And no matter what, do not volunteer for anything in general, esp. if they don't say what you're volunteering for. One of my DIs did this once, he called for some volunteers and everyone who raised their got taken to the quarterback (front of the barracks) and got bent.
Hurry up, I think the cut off is 29? The hardest part of bootcamp is not the physical aspetcs, it's getting along with people. I was 22 when I went through, I was among the oldest, and sometimes had trouble dealing with silly 18 year olds in the group. If you can keep a good attitude, you'll be fine. Oh, and above all DO THINGS QUICKLY. Don't dawdle, don't hesitate.
You're going to have a hard time with Recruit training at 28. We had a 21 year old in our Platoon, he didn't make it. Like one of the others said, Physical conditioning is the key for recruit training. If you are not in shape and you're over weight, they will cut your already reduced meal portions by making you a "diet recruit". You will hate life. Being physically and mentally tough is essential, the older you are, the more difficult it will be.
Ha! Knowledge , ours was a big red plastic binder at recruit depot parris island 1982 “ps. Is that a pic of your “hog” that is being blacked out? If our DIs found pics of our girlfriends they had us put them up on a hog board
Ha, no. Its my SSN, we had to put it on a lot of stuff back then. It was just easier to block it out like that.
Show me the green monster!!
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22 years? Time to retire, collect that government cheese.
I can serve for 8 more years before hitting service limits, we'll see...
39 for me
Semper Fi
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Dude. Why does yours look so pristine? Lol
People say “the GWOT was a horrible time to be in the military” I say it was the best. The military nowadays just isn’t like how it was back then. Men and women were more patriotic. Nowadays I gotta worry whether some nonbinary is gonna go postal due to me possibly misgendering them. And the sad part it the higher ups s really give into the woke BS. So for now I’m staying a CIVI until we get a new commander and chief.
So if my Marine Corps math is correct, your rifle certificate was awarded in September 2002, you probably went in June 2002? I went in June 25, 2002 at PI. 😂
Best 6 years of my life. Semper Fi. 🇺🇸
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Them dubya em dees were "north, south, east, and west of Takrit"
Project for the New American Century.
Mission accomplished.
All of that because of 11/09/2001, which was an inside job by the way... You guys have been fooled... But i think you are doing a great job on youre chanel, and i respect you...
Awesome Sergeant Major! High shooter, OOHRAH!
I still have my Guidebook for Marines, ditty bag, dress uniform bag, my weapons cleaning mat, somehow both pairs of my issued boots, and my USMC tie clip,! Semper Fi 🫡 🇺🇸 and saved round , I still have my ziploc bag with letter writing gear and super moto USMC emblem EGA envelopes and stationary ; I have multiple data books for competition shooting , they’re the mark of a serious shooter
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WOW good stuff. Check it out in another 22.
I probably will.