Marine Questions and Answers
I Can Do 72 Sit Ups In 2 Mins
And 27 Push Ups
And 2 Pull Ups
and i run the mile in 10 or 11 mins
is that bad how can i prepard for boot camp?
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and do you wear full gear?
I am trying to write a letter to a good friend in bootcamp for marines. Does anyone have an address for Parris Island, or a way i can find it. I’ll mail it to postmaster if need be. Thank you
I am about to join the Marine Corps and i want to know a hard workout that i should do daily to prepare. It must work around my school from 7am to 3pm and some days i have after school things to. So u Marines out there plz tell me what i should do.
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Is it possible to be promoted to Lance Corporal by the end of boot camp?
what can i do now to be ready physically to join the marines boot camp?
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I have made the decision to join the United States Marine Corps, however, I do have some questions that I would like to ask people who may have been in these situations before.
First, I would like to know if it seems as though I am in a state of physical fitness that will prove to be a good building block for what boot camp will provide. (AKA, do I seem ready for boot camp). I am 20 years old, 6’1", and around 160 pounds. I can run about 2.5 to 3 miles before hitting the deck from exhaustion. In the morning, the first thing I do is hit the deck for a maximum effort pushup spree. I can only do about 20 at a time before getting ready, then I can normally do 30 at max because I have loosened up my muscles after my morning shower. After this, I go for a 2 mile run that takes me about 12 to 15 minutes to complete. After the run, I will then do around 50 sit-ups within at least a minute or so, but after 50-55 sit-ups, I’m pretty much dead. I can, however, keep going if I yell Oohrah! a few times and keep telling myself what I’m working towards, but regardless of what I am working for, (becoming a Marine), the human body can only take so much. I have never been the strongest or the fastest, but I have always been in good shape because I have always been athletic. I play soccer as a kid, then baseball, then (don’t laugh) bowling. When I entered high school, I was in (no kidding) one of the toughest drum lines in the state. We ran everyday during class, and then started warmups. We would only have a certain amount of time to learn the music and drill, and after that, for every mistake we made, we’d have to do something similar to boot camp’s quarterdecking. If you’re wondering why, it’s because our percussion instructor was a member of "The President’s Own" Marine Corps marching band, so you can bet he was strict. But, back to the topic at hand, I was hoping someone could tell me if it seems like I’m ready physically for boot camp.
My final concern is not what you may think it would be. I am not wanting to know whether it will be hard or not, because it must be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone could be one of the few, and that paradox just can’t exist. I am wanting to know if there is anyway to fail boot camp other than failing on the marksmanship test, or failing the physical fitness test at the end. I am going in with an understanding of how hard it will be. I understand why the Drill Instructors are going to be as harsh as they will be, and with this understanding, I feel that I can excel, and beat their mind games. The purpose is to cause chaos so they can teach the recruits how to focus regardless of all the distractions of the yelling (or in combat, the bullets, mortars, etc.). Lastly, I even understand that UNDERSTANDING and EXPERIENCING the real thing are different, so I am even psyching myself up for that part. My only fear is that regardless of how hard I try, how straight I shoot, how fast I respond to the Drill Instructors, or how well I do, that somehow, someway, I will fail. That is my only fear going into boot camp. I know it will be hard, and I intend to push and to strive until either I graduate….or die trying. I want only one thing, to become a Marine, and as I have already stated, my only fear is that I will fail. Is it possible that I could fail regardless of how hard I try?
I thank you for putting up with endless rambling to get to my primary questions, and I appreciate all answers. Also, any miscellaneous tips and advice on preparing for boot camp, or surviving boot camp, would be greatly appreciated as well.
(Oh how I wish I could say Semper Fi here, but I have not yet earned that honor).
What should I bring?
What should I know about the marines?
any advice would be helpful from a female who experienced boot camp? Do females get there periods in boot camp?
i have noticed that some recruits graduate as an E2 when they graduate from boot camp? how is this.. how do they do it, what do i have to do?
If someone wanted to train for Marine Corps Boot Camp, what would you tell them?
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