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I just love the fact that in order to compare something to Marine Corps training people have to go to other branches Special forces units.
That alone tells you the difference between Marine Corps BOOTCAMP and the other branches bootcamp.
Marine Corps Bootcamp is longer than any other bootcamp, Involves more discipline. the little things matter. You are not allowed to use the words I, Me, You, Him you must refer to yourself as this recruit. in order to just speak like to use the head (bathroom) you have to ask for permission to speak then the question. it would go like this. "Sir this rectuit request permission to speak to Drill instructor SSGT wilson Sir" they would say speak or go away if they say speak then you get to ask your question and it would go like this "Sir this recruit request permission to make a head call Sir"
Every second of your day is spent sitting standing or laying at attention.
The Rifle Qualification is the hardest in any branch shooting at targets at 200, 300 & 500 yards. Real targets not pop ups that dirt can knock down
the phisical fitness requirements are higher than anyother branch.
There are no smoke breaksm there are no soda no liberty, no breaks. You are allowed one phone call during your time in boot camp and their is one visitors day during the 13 weeks you are there.
Ask any marine about the history of the marine corps and they can tell you anything you can ask without having to look it up.
I remember running past the navy’s bootcamp in san diego on our afternoon run (you know the one after the morning run) and seeing the navy recruits sitting in bleachers at a class with their shirts off laying back with their feet proped up.
I also remember sitting in a quanset hut in 110 degree weather at attention in a class and Drill instructors walking around with field phones and if you fell asleep they would touch the wires to your neck or ears and crank the phone shocking you awake.
it makes a man out of a punk.
They swear at you and hit you. The other services stopped.
That seems to based on the length of time. All Basics teach similar things but have it adapted to the missions that you will be undergoing in your various service. I’m sure if the USAF’s was 5 weeks longer than USMC Boot camp then it would be considered the "toughest"
US Marine Corps Boot Camp is the longest of all of the US Military Services. USMC Boot Camp is 13 weeks long and is tougher!
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_
Marine_Corps_Boot_Camp#Daily_schedule
First thing, it’s twice as long as the other boot camps and their training is closer to that of the Green Beret (now I said closer not more or better). Marine boot camp deals a lot more with mental disciplines than others do cause if you can’t take the mental stress then you’re not a good candidate for the Marines.
"Navy Seals have it the roughest."
Not exactly Stratostix.
Ask any special operator and they will all agree hands down that the most challenging (physically and mentally) is the Air Force PJ school!!!
i was in marine boot camp i got to say it was the best time of my life
no they dont all teach the same thing. the marine basic training is longer than the rest of the branches. it is very physical and mental stressful. a lot of getting through marine boot camp has to do with mind of matter.
"Navy Seal" is not a boot camp. That’s a special training school. I went through Marine Corps boot camp four years ago. It has a reputation for being the toughest because it’s the longest and the most physically demanding. The Marine Corps doesn’t have tougher physical standards, they just have more. In the Air Force, you have to run a mile and a half, in the Corps you have to run three. I disagree with the comment about if AF boot camp was five weeks longer it would be "the toughest". Marine Corps boot camp you get no weekends off, unlike the AF, don’t get to go home for holidays, like the Army, and you barely get to eat and you have a limited selection of food, unlike the Army who gets to eat candy and drink soda during boot camp. The limitations the Corps places on recruits is what makes it the toughest, not the actual training, because they MAKE your body be able to do the physical part.
The Marine Corps boot camp is a twelve week program with greater intensity than the army. The gender separation of the Marines helps it to expect and get the high standards from it’s recruits.
The army basic training is shorter than the Marines. Further, it has dropped it’s standards by training men and women together. This dumbed down but politically correct decision by the army, will not win wars, but like so many of it’s decisions, it is probably short lived.