We have been asked the question of why people flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp over and over again, so we decided to create this page in an effort to provide a concise answer. The reason why people flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp is not always the same and yet many of them are closely related. We have compiled a list of the top 7 reasons why we think people flunk out, or wash out, of Marine Corps Boot Camp. The list is not in a rank order, as each reason is personal to the recruit that flunks out. Flunking out is what is important, and not the reason why the recruit flunked out.
Flunking out of Marine Corps Boot Camp just means you failed.
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Injury: There are times when a recruit falls off a rope or twists a knee and becomes hurt to such a degree that they cannot continue on with Marine Corps Boot Camp. When this happens the recruit is stashed away in some platoon waiting to heal. This is a very frustrating time because the recruit has realized the dream to become a Marine is dead and yet they cannot return home. The reason the recruit cannot return home is two-fold. First off, the recruit needs to heal, but more important to the Corps is they do not want to send home recruits that look beat up and /or abused. It does not make good public relations. This is a reason why people flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp.
Criminal: There are times when a civilian slips into boot camp and starts training like everyone else. Then one-day while the platoon is sitting quietly in the squadbay, two men in suits walk in and take a recruit with them, and that recruit is never heard from again by the their fellow recruits. The reason for this is because they had some outstanding warrant on them or some such criminal charge that did not get caught on the initial processing. Once a recruit actually enters active military duty, their is another, deeper background check performed. This follow on background check sometimes turns up a recruit that has not been so honest. This is yet another reason why some people flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp.
Drugs: This reason has been given its own section because it is very common. A very popular reason why recruits get sent home is because they smoked pot or did some other drug right before they reported into boot camp. One of the first things a new recruit does when they get off the bus at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot is they take a “piss test“, which the rest of the world refers to as a urine analysis drug test. A new recruit will pee in the bottle and off goes the sample for testing. It takes a few days/weeks to get the results, so somewhere along the line the recruit gets pulled away from the rest of the platoon.
Too Fat: Yes, we said it Too FAT. This reason actually falls under an umbrella of reasons why people flunk out of Marine Corps Boot Camp. The actual reason may because the recruit cannot keep up with the physical training. Maybe the fat brought on some other health issues that warranted the expulsion from Marine Corps Boot Camp. The end result of being obese will start with the Drill Instructors giving the recruit more attention than they will want. This negative attention will bleed over to the fellow recruits getting angry with the fat one because the platoon will be punished since the fat one cannot keep up. If a recruit is too fat they will become the focal point of everything the Drill Instructors can throw at the recruit. If you think that this is rude or not “politically correct” you would be right if your were in the civilian world. In the glow of Marine Corps Boot Camp, your feelings mean nothing. If you are fat and can’t get over the wall, you are a liability. if you are fat and can’t keep up with the platoon, you will need to go to the “pork chop platoon” for further and additional training, or go home. It is that simple If you are too fat in Marine Corps Boot Camp the deciding factor will be if the individual has the internal drive and motivation to keep up with the rest of the unit. Being fat is not a automatic get sent home, it is just an issue that will require additional intestinal fortitude to overcome.
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Lack of Personal Drive: If a civilian shows up and is really not committed to becoming a Marine, there is a very good chance they will fail. The commitment to becoming a Marine will need to transcend personal discomfort and personal needs. A recruit that does not have the internal drive to continue and carry on will falter along the way and fall behind in training. This is when the gray area becomes apparent because the lack of personal drive will allow, for example, a minor medical injury to become a chance to be sent home. When a recruit has a lack of will to carry on through the most difficult time in their life, it becomes easy to roll “the reason” into another reason that will offer them the opportunity to quit. A recruit that does not have the internal and ongoing will to graduate Marine Corps Boot Camp, will allow a non-essential cause for failure to blossom and grow into a reason that can become tangible enough for dismissal. The possible list of reasons in this category are virtually limitless, but they are there for the weak recruit to take a hold of, and then use that excuse for the rest of their life. The excuse that manifests itself for dismissal from Marine Corps Boot Camp will be retold to family and friends over and over so many times, that after a while the failed recruit starts to believe the reason really was substantial enough to warrant leaving boot camp a failure. Lack of personal drive is one reason that people flunk out of Marine Corps Boot Camp that starts while still at home waiting as a “poolee” to start boot camp.
Lack of Preparation Academically: Preparation for Marine Corps Boot Camp is one thing that an individual can never get enough of,…and whatever they do to prepare,… will leave them ill-prepared for Marine Corps Boot Camp. To flunk out of Marine Corps Boot Camp a recruit really has to flunk out because the individual recruit is offered time and time again an opportunity to succeed. If a test subject is causing trouble the recruit would have to be a rock to not be able to pass it eventually. The academic portion of Marine Corps Boot Camp is not the reason for many recruits being sent home from boot camp. What causes the trouble is that the academic portion of boot camp is really just another faucet of stress that must be overcome to graduate. If a civilian does not study before they arrive at the recruit depot to start basic recruit training, then the amount of stress will increase overall, compared to the civilian that studied before arriving at boot camp. The point you need to understand is that the academic studies, in them-self, are not difficult. It is only when the academics are thrown at you with the rest that is going on, that makes it difficult. If a civilian studied all of the subject matter prior to becoming a recruit, the level of stress would be reduced exponentially. The lack of preparation academically only leads to increased stress, that some individuals just cannot handle, and that is just another reason why they flunk out of Marine Corps Boot Camp.
Easily Intimidated: The Marine Corps really does not want some mindless drone running around looking to start a fight, but they do not want a person that can be intimidated too easily. If a civilian shows up to recruit training and takes the training and the treatment they receive too harshly, they will end up being intimidated and they will flunk out and fail Marine Corps Boot Camp. A recruit needs to be able to stand up and stand tall to the constant barrage of verbal abuse they receive while at boot camp. Anything less will cause the recruit to fail boot camp and be sent home as a civilian. The recruit cannot take the treatment at boot camp as a personal issue. If the Drill Instructor sense a weakness, they will work at using it to intimidate you right back to the civilian world.
If you want to become a Marine, you have to make it through Marine Corps Boot Camp. If you are not prepared for what that means, you will have a tougher time than you need to have. Marine Corps Boot Camp is not some unbeatable experience, as demonstrated by the graduation ceremonies that take place weekly. If you are going off to boot camp, then you have made the commitment and that commitment will only have one of two outcomes. You will either become a Marine or you will fail. PERIOD!!!! You will spend every minute of everyday in Marine Corps Boot Camp dealing with the issue of becoming a basically trained Marine. Either you prepare now or you don’t. If you choose to not prepare now you may still graduate, but your time in Marine Corps Boot Camp will suck much more than it has to.
Lack of Preparation Physically: It is not by accident that the reason for not being physically prepared for boot camp was listed last. Most outsiders will disagree with this, but the truth is that The Marine Corps Boot Camp process is not designed to kick out and fail the weak from becoming a Marine. One of the first things a recruit has to do when they arrive at Marine Corps Basic Training is what is called the Initial Physical Fitness Test (PFT). If you arrived at boot camp, chances are you will be able to make the minimum requirements to start and continue boot camp with your platoon. If you have the ability to qualify at the initial PFT, you have the physical ability to graduate. The entire Marine Corps Boot Camp system is designed to take ANY civilian and work them hard and push them physically so they will be able to march on the grinder (parade deck) and graduate as basically trained Marines. It would be silly to think that the entire system would be set up to “hire” civilians and then not have a system in place to promote being physically fit. Once again, preparation is key, because if an individual shows up for Marine Corps Boot Camp and has a good physical condition, their stress level will be lower, and they will be able to not “freak out” when the entire world around them seems to be crashing down around their ears. The point of being fit beforehand will only lower the overall level of stress that the recruit will have to endure. Before you get done reading this…LISTEN UP!!!!!! Being out of shape does not mean you will fail Marine Corps Boot Camp just as much as being in shape DOES NOT guarantee you will graduate a Marine. It all comes back down to personal drive, will power and overall commitment.
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I am in a pissy tonight and I just want to get it off my chest to tell you what you need to do to get ready for Marine Corps Boot Camp. I am so tired of all that we are told we have to do to be politically correct. I am sick and tired of being told how we need to live our lives. We can say this about the gay person or we can’t say that against a Muslim and we can’t make a joke about the white kid or the black kid. I am so sick of all of that because it has zero bearing on what it takes to prepare for Marine Corps Boor Camp.
If you are planning to become a Marine and are looking at what your future holds for you, then you just better get all of that crap out of your system now. In the public school system our youth is taught that you do not have to finish first to be a success. Bull! If you want to become a Marine you will need to take all of that crap and stuff it where the sun does not shine. In boot camp there is no place for 2nd place. In the Corps you train like you fight and 2nd place just means you are first dead. 
There is NO color in The Corps. There are no black Marines and there are no white Marines, we are all just Marines. If you decide you need free speech and want to denounce our nation, then go join some other branch. The Marine Corps is not a place that accepts wimpy people and it does not accept unmotivated losers. Sure you may gain admittance to boot camp, but your time at camp will be short lived. The Marine Corps is not a place where you can be an individual and be able to express yourself.
- If you want to be a homo, that is cool, the Corps defends that right, but stay out of our Corps, they do not want you. You don’t like that…..too bad.
- If you want to smoke pot, that is cool, but stay away from our Corps, we don’t want you.
- You want to be fat, that cool, we won’t take you.
- You want to be anti-America, our Corps does not want you, so stay away.
- You want to be a Muslim, The Corps really could care less, just don’t start anything radical. The same applies for Catholics too, the Muslims are not special, so why you asking?
- You can’t kill another human, then go away. The Corps wants to know that you will kill when called upon.
- You want freedom of speech, the Corps will tell you to shut your pie-hole.
- You don’t want to run, jump and exercise, then The Corps don’t want your fat ass either.
The United States Marine Corps is not a place where you can come and express your views or your beliefs. The Corps does not care. Push aside all of the glitz and the glamour of The Corps because there is nothing sexy about crawling through the insect infested jungles or crossing the hot oceans of sand in the Middle East. The Corps demands you be in top shape because you may be called upon to be a super human. Your job will be first and foremost to defend America. If that means you have to kill, then you kill. If that means you have to leave your family, then so be it.
If that means you must get killed in combat, then you will do that also. There is not time in The Corps for wimps or focus groups or an meeting to gather opinions. The Corps is ALL about learning to take away from the enemy that which you desire for yourself. The Corps will demand nothing but the best from you and anything less will cause you to fail.
If you are thinking about joining The Corps then you better be ready for what is coming. Marine Corps Boot Camp will kick you right between the emotional eyeballs if you do not prepare. If you are serious about joining The Corps then you better get your butt in gear and get ready for the ride of your life. You better stuff the excuses and forget the words “I can’t” because your Drill Instructor will have no patience for them. If you want to join The United States Marine Corps they really do not accept applications, only commitments. If you can’t commit to what is said above, maybe you are not ready to be a Marine.
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So maybe you have smoked marijuana in your life and now you want to join the United States Marine Corps. Maybe you are a heavy pot smoker and now you really want to clean up your act. Now you are thinking of whether or not you can even become a Marine. Well, we have the answer for you, so read on and you will know whether or not you can join the United States Marine Corps if you have ever smoked pot.
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The first thing that you need to realize is that if a person shows up for ANY portion of the testing process and has marijuana in their system, they will be sent home and they will not be permitted to move any further in the training cycle, whether you are not at Marine boot camp, or whether you just stepped off the bus at basic training. If you take a test and marijuana is in your body, you will not be allowed to continue on any further with recruit training, or in-processing.
If you are talking to a recruiter and they ask you if you smoked pot and you say “yes”, you will then have to fill out all the waiver forms and promise to not do it again. If you get the waiver status, you will then be allowed to gain entry into the boot camp process. If you do not tell your recruiter that you smoked pot, you will then move onto the next question and everything will be fine, until the time comes that you have to take a drug test, which usually means a urine, or a piss test. This test is pretty basic in the fact of the threshold of drugs that it looks for and this is where you, as a Marine applicant need to make the smart choice about joining the Corps.
Sure it is possible to get over on the recruiter and tell them you never smoked pot. Sure you could lie that you were the straight “A” kid that never did any drugs at all, but this is what separates the Marines and those that get sent home in disgrace from Marine Corps boot camp. If you are, or were a pot smoker, this is the moment of decision.
THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TODAY FOR A POTHEAD. The culture of the Marines does not allow it, your peers will not allow it and your officers will not allow it. If you lie and gain access to the Marine Corps and do not stop smoking pot for the ENTIRE time you are in The Corps, you will eventually get busted and your chances of staying a Marine will decrease the higher you are in rank.
If you think you can join the Corps and keep smoking pot, you are very wrong. If you think that it is tolerated, you are mistaken. If you think you can get over on the fact that you keep smoking pot, you will fail as a United States Marine. The key to joining The United States Marine Corps is that if you are smoking pot, then stop.
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Once you stop you will need to get the THC residue out from your fat cells. How long that takes will depend on how much body fat you have and how much you have smoked. The fatter you are, the longer it will take. The more you have smoked, the longer it will take to clear your body of the tell-tale THC.
A good rule of thumb is to allow yourself at least 30 days for the THC to clear out, and exercise (sweat) everyday. Never provide your first (most toxic) urine of the day for the test. Drink lots and lots of water each and every day until your body has passed the test. Fatter people may need longer, skinnier people may need less time. A person needs to drink at least 128 ounces of water daily. Do not drink it all at once, as it is most effective when consumed slowly all day long.
What you need to take away from here is that the United States Marine Corps is a new start for anyone, from any walk of life. When you put on the uniform for the first time it will be about a personal era of new beginnings, and smoking pot is no exception. If you have smoked pot and want to join the Corps, THEN STOP AND STAY STOPPED!
If you still think that you will be able to join the Corps and get away with it, guess again. Follow this link to show how comprehensive the testing really will be. Notice at the bottom of the page (in the hyper link) how the products to clean out your system really only make it worse.
If you are a Marine that is on active duty and smoked pot and are now scared of all the world of hurt than can come your way, you should be scared. The only thing that will save your ass at this point if you smoked pot and are now afraid, is time and sweat and water. If you have to report back in then you better hope you do not get tested. You need to sweat, drink water and then do it again for 30 days. Time and water are the only things that will help you. What were you thinking Marine?
If you are thinking of joining the Corps and can clean up your act and if you can stay marijuana free, and pass the entry test, you will be home free. Well, almost….you will still have to pass Marine Corps boot Camp.
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Asking what is the best MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) in the United States Marine Corps is like asking what is the best tasting beer. The reason for that is because everyone has a different answer and there really is no wrong answer. Since you asked the question, we feel obligated to answer it for you. In response we have created a sort of disclaimer to the answer to be able to provide you with the best possible answer to the question of what is the best MOS in The United States Marine Corps? Lets look at the criteria for the answer.
What are your goals while in The United States Marine Corps?
Are you looking to make it a career?
How long are you planning to stay in the Corps?
The Best M.O.S.? Heck, Can You Even Finish Boot Camp???
Once again it becomes tricky when answering this because as life goes on, things change. Here is an example…You decide to enlist and while you are enlisted you enter the artillery field. While in the arty MOS you learn to blow things up. You become the best blow things up person the Corps has ever seen. Something happens along the way and you decide you want to get out and return to the civilian world. Now is the important part you need to think about before you answer the question….What do you do when you get out? Have you ever seen a wanted ad for someone to blow things up? If not, your job choices after the Marine Corps remain about as limited as they are right now. So, when you answer the question of how long you will remain in the Corps, it is something you really need to consider when asking what is the best MOS in the United States Marine Corps.
Another thing that you really need to think about is what is your personality like? How do you react to physical hardship? Sure it seems cool to be on the frontier of some back ass country, but the reality of being wet, cold and hungry for days on end are really not that glamorous, to those that have to live through it. If you are not an outdoors person, you need to think about NOT being in the infantry. The job or MOS you choose is the life you live for a few years and being “cool” really may not be what you wanted to do after all. If you are a person that seeks adventure and physical gruffness, then by all means…learn how to blow things up and learn how to do it anywhere, any place and at any time.
One thing to consider is advancement while in the Corps. If you enter a field that is very narrow as you get promoted, it may be more and more difficult to stay in the Corps. As the ranks start to peak, the competition causes those still in uniform to rise to the top. If you are not rising to the top, you may find yourself promoted to civilian sooner than you wanted.
If you really want to be a Marine, your best option is the infantry because that is the MOS that is wide open. That is the MOS that the future leaders historically come from. If you are interested in sticking around for 20 years, then the infantry is the place to be. The ranks get thinned by combat (not insensitivity, but reality) and the field is always looking for leadership that can and will rise to the top. The Marine Corps is the elite and the grunt is the warrior that makes it happen.
One other alternative is the air wing. They generally have it easier and less spartan than the ground pounders. Do not think they have it easy all the time because if and when things go south, they will find themselves in the thick of it also. Generally the air wing has a greater choice of MOS’s that can offer you decent jobs later on in your life.
Asking what is the best MOS in The United States Marine Corps is really a question that nobody can answer for you. This is one time you will have to make that choice after looking at all of your options and then just go for it. Choose wisely because the day will come when you exit the active ranks and will need a job. Are you joining for the adventure? The excitement? The toughness? Are you just trying to see if you can get through boot camp?
What ever you decide to do, just remember that after boot camp you will start the school for specialized MOS training. After boot camp you will get into the nitty gritty of the actual job you will be living for the next few years. But we are getting ahead of ourselves. There really is a very good chance you will not even graduate from boot camp. Nobody thinks they will fail, yet many do each and every day.
Choose wisely because if you do finish boot camp, you will be living the life of a Marine for a few years. You should really try to be what you enjoy, because being a United States Marine should be the best years of your life.
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Semper Fi!
So, you signed the paperwork and are getting ready to ship off to Marine Corps Boot Camp? Maybe you are going to MCRD Parris Island, or maybe it will be MCRD San Diego? It really does not matter because when your little feet end up standing on those little yellow footprints, you will be really close to meeting a Marine just like the ones you see above. What you see in the photograph above are Drill Instructors.
The relationship with your Drill Instructor will be unlike any relationship you have ever had and unlike any relationship you will ever have. A Drill Instructor is the Marine that will mold you from a civilian and transform you into a Marine. The Drill Instructor is the icon that right now has no personal face, but a day after you begin boot camp, that face will be forever etched into your memory. No matter how many years pass in your life, the face of your Drill Instructor will be a timeless fixation in your mind’s eye.
The bond between a recruit and a Drill Instructor is one that is very difficult to explain to a civilian. That bond is one that is forged through the sweat and effort of trying to graduate from Marine Corps recruit training. The role of the Drill Instructor is one that ultimately is the guardian to the gate of entry for those requesting to join the ranks of all the Marines that have come before. A person must remember that to a Marine, this is the most sacred and hallowed ground. Grounds that were tread by the likes of those that are nameless to the public, civilian population today. The job of the Drill Instructor is to ensure that the new recruits are worthy to wear the same insignia that Marines like John Basilone (Manila John), Oscar P. Horton or Eugene A. Oberegon earned. A United States Marine Corps Drill Instructor is the one to enforce the ultra high standards of entry of The Marine Corps.
When you first step off the bus at a recruit depot and are “asked” to stand on the yellow footprints, you are greeted by a Drill Instructor, but those are not the ones that will push you through the training cycles. These Marines are the ones that work in Receiving Battalion and get all of the civilians processed to be accepted by the actual Drill Instructors that will complete the training. The receiving portion of a recruit’s time at a recruit depot will depend on how many have come before they arrived. Once the needed number of recruits arrive and are processed in a battalion, they are handed off to the actual Drill instructors responsible for the day to day training schedule. That is when the real training, the hard core training begins.
My first memory of boot camp, after the officers handed my platoon over to the Drill Instructors, was the entire platoon standing at full attention for about three hours. The Drill Instructors walked up and down, back and forth and pounced on any recruit that moved or looked anywhere but straight ahead. It was like going from zero to recruit in seconds. The impact of not being able to even move my eyes without permission, was a major change in personal reality.
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The interesting thing about the relationship that is forged between recruit and Drill Instructor is that despite all of the emotions that bubble to the surface, hatred is never present for those that earn the priviledge of wearing the Marine uniform as a warrior. Despite the hours, days and months of the constant screaming and stress, when you meet your Drill Instructor later on in the FMF, (Fleet Marine Force) you only want to shake their hand and buy them a drink. Once you have graduated and earned the title of united States Marine, your respect for what that Drill Instructor accomplished has made you nothing but grateful.
There is a certain technique that all Drill Instructors use to stress out the recruits. The techniques and training strategy used is not some random idea that each Instructor individually devises. The way things are done in Marine Boot Camp are what has been learned down through the years. The art of recruit training is one that has been handed down through the decades and that art has been taught to the Drill Instructors. Somewhere along the way that “art” is absorbed by the recruits when they learn the meaning of Honor, tradition and Semper Fi. Somewhere along the way that raw civilian is transformed from a civilian puke into a Marine that is ready and willing to move onto further training. The specialized training that follows boot camp only happens after you get past your Drill Instructor.
Marines do not fight and die merely for their country, they also do it for the Marine that stands next to them. They bleed for the Marine that is over the next ridge. The Marine pilot flies into danger because that is a Marine calling for help. The Marine cook has the ability to pick up a weapon and is trained enough to shoot straight, because the enemy is near and all Marines are warriors. The Marine that is nearby could have been trained in any job, but first and foremost they have been trained as a Marine, and that training was accomplished in Marine Corps basic training. That basic recruit training was accomplished and completed and guided by none-other than a Drill Instructor.
Do not expect your Drill Instructor to be your friend. Do not expect your Drill Instructor to be your enemy. Do not expect your Drill Instructor to be anything but the guardian to the gate of The United States Marine Corps. They are more than willing to help you become and earn the title of Marine, but they are even more than willing to send you home packing as a failure. Expect nothing more from your Drill Instructor other than someone placed in your path to ensure that if you enter the FMF, that you earned the right and privilege to be there.
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Truthfully, how hard is it compared to "hearsay" and what you see in the movies? Please, only those who have actually been to Parris Island within the last 10 years respond.
I’m considering joining while I still can. I’m 28, in average shape but working out and running daily (1 mile run). I’ve been told I need to be able to run 3 miles non-stop before shipping off. Any truth to this? Also, how much harder would it be for an older guy like me compared to the 18-19 year olds? Any advice, stories, or motivational tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Marine Corps Officer Candidate School is an intense 10 week course designed to take you from college graduate to Marine Corps officer. It takes place in Quantico, Virginia and you are paid while you are trained. After college graduation and completion of Officer Candidate Course (OCC) you begin active duty training in what is called The Basic School. When you are attending The Basic School you are a commissioned officer and you are on active duty.
Whether you desire to become a Marine Pilot or want to be in tanks, as an officer, it all starts after you complete Marine Corps Officer training and then go on to complete Basic School. Law School, Air School or Grunt School….if you want to become a Marine Corps Officer you will have to prove yourself in Marine Corps Boot Camp ( Yes, for officers) After Marine Corps Boot Camp you will spend six months learning infantry tactics and then and only then you will you begin the specialized training that will be your MOS, or job in the United States Marine Corps.
All Marines are trained to function in the infantry first and foremost because when your plane has no gas, you will need to shoot your rifle. Boots on the ground that are trained is what make The marine Corps so effective in the world today.
If you want to become a Marine Officer you need to prepare for boot camp…plain and simple because it is in your future. The Officer Candidate Course is an excellent way to go and you should check out the link below that will take you to the official USMC Officer Candidate Course Website!
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The United States Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class is an awesome program that allows a person attending college to become a United States Marine Corps Officer once college is completed. Simply put, The Marine PLC program can be referred to Marine Corps Officers Boot Camp.
All training is done at Quantico, Virginia and it is always done during the summer break. What this program allows is a person to attend college full time and then during the summer they complete officer’s boot camp training very similar to Parris Island. The program is awesome and it works….I know because it is what I did in 1980 or so. Below is a video about it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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Hi everyone,
Please only answer if you are in the Marines or Army and you know for sure.
Do people going in to the Army or Marines as an officer go to Basic Training or Boot Camp with enlisted recruits or is it seperate?
Also is ears open, eyeballs click (Marine Corps Boot camp documentary) accurate, I have heard it is a softy documentary about boot camp.
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I just want to know if any woman have any advice for others that will be going to Marine boot. Preferable anyone that has recently graduated. Also any guys are welcome to give their tips and advice.