Can I Graduate Marine Corps Boot Camp?
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former USMC 1968-69 Vietnam Vet arrived w/cap 2/9 by Dogpatch,SVN,transfred to Zulu company..perimeter guard/patrols @ Marble Mt mag-16 ;;then to non-crew door gunner h&ms-16;;hmm361 on Hueys, 34′s and 46′s
USMC boot camp training is to teach you to make automatic decisions under physical or mental stress..to automatic take over the fire team, squad, or platoon who ever is next in chain of command if the leader goes down..to replace disicipline with fear…in combat all this works for real..I wonder what would happen if no one in a platoon was not trained this way and was sent out on a search and destroy mission..complete chaos..
our first week in bootcamp 2-1966 San Diego,,we had 10 awols over the fence to the airport..all 10 were caught..then 1-2 would go awol, run off in the middle of the night..one guy went out running and screaming at the same time..others just mentaly broke down..
the training in the first 3-4 weeks was tough, but then you would
adjust to the routine..the more you followed instructions correctly from the DI’s the more they left you alone to pick on someone who didn’t..the ones they picked on the most were the ones that gave up..and cried I can’t do it..even if you didn’t do the
excersise right, or whatever they wanted you to do, as long as your tried and struggled,, but never gave up,, the DI’S would leave you alone…
after the 12 weeks of USMC bootcamp you will never again be in the best physical and mental condition in your entire life ever again
take it from me…you’ll be mean lean green killing machine