BOOT CAMP!!!

[Sayjackb]

Ok all you armed services folks. BTW thank you for your service. I'm getting ready to a 6 month stint in boot camp. I'm a complete noob. Got any tips for a fellow bueller, you know to make sure i make it safely out the other side? Also, this might be a good time to reminisces about the good ol days. I hear a lot of people Miss boot camp in a way when they are done.

Don't get me wrong, i'm very excited but of course (as you know) there are also some nerves to boot.

Thanks every one. anything is appreciated, even if you say MAN UP and DEAL!

 

[dave_xb12r]

MAN UP and DEAL!

 

[nativeXb12Rbuell]

what kind of boot camp last six months , damn thats gotta suck 6 months of boot camp .. what branch you going into .I thought the marines had the longest of 2 months or did they change it or what??.
..just remember it's all about breaking you down and rebuilding you thier way, into something they can command and utilize into the military. not to mention help get you in some better shape . also have to say alot if it is a mind game meaning it's more Psychological than just Physical and learning to do your duty and become more disciplined. I think most everyone should have to serve for for at least 2 to 4 years.(doesn't a few of countries like Switzerland & Italy require serving before college or something like that ,I may be wrong , read that somewhere) I think it might show more people repect for our country and more respect for all the men and women that serve and protect and that have died for our freedoms we all take for granted.
Plus it helps some people to grow up ( at least a little) and build some character. (a little).
good luck have fun . and on the funnier side of it dont get caught with a chick because 6 months is a long time without your woman.

 

[strmvt]

+1 on what native said it's mostly mind games don't take anything personal they are just doing a job which is to make you the best you can be

 

[GatorBuell]

If your going into the Marines just remember that no one ever drowned in sweat, ha ha. Like everyone else said is all just an elimination process to see who is going to be able to handle the physical and mental aspect of combat and just life in the military. Just dont go in trying to slide by go in trying to be the best you can be, it will help. Also, You will never do anything fast enough or good enough in Boot Camp. You will always be a few seconds too slow because drill instructors cant count. 10, 9, 8, 7, 4, 3, 1, your done. You will never get enough sleep or enough food, you will learn to sleep standing up and scratch with out moving. You will pay often for others mistakes and they will pay for yours. Every thing they do is for a reason that will later translate into being prepared for combat training. Dont go in trying to look or act like a badass because your not and think you know anything because you dont. And have fun because you will never experience anything like it again. A little trick to remember, we figured out a few weeks into it that if you have the firewatch wake everyone up a hour before revile you can make your racks piss and get dressed then get back in bed so when the lights come on your already ready to go just jump out of the rack and get on line. It also works the other way, if you have a shitbird recruit that is making everyone pay all the time just dont wake him up. Watch him struggle to get his rack made and get dressed wile everyone else is already done. Its funny just dont laugh.

In the words of Platoon 1044 " SCHUSS BRUSH BULKHEAD EYE-EYE SIR"

 

[Buell_Cru]

Good luck man. My cousin just enlisted into the army and has started boot camp. I'm proud of all you guys regardless what service.

 

[Bordsnbikes]

The point of any basic/bootcamp, above all else, is to teach you to work as a team. As soon as your platoon starts to gel they will ease up on you. There is no you, there is just the platoon. Everything you do will effect the platoon so it needs to be for the platoons good, not yours. That's not to say it'll be easy then, but you'll have more privileges.

Native, Israel, South Africa, and Switzerland all do it, there's several more I just don't know them all. I'm with you, I think it should be mandatory too. That way all the whiny pussies can get some man in them and stop crying with they get the sniffles. I did the last 11 miles of a 29 miles road march with a broken foot. I fought a 72 hour operation in Iraq while I had bronchitis. I get so irritated when someone calls in sick because they have a runny nose. Rant off.

+1 To what Gator said. Very well put and dead on.

The day before you leave give your girlfriend the thundernut and dump her.

The thundernut. Beat off like 14 times that day but don't nut. Then when your beating the brakes off her pull out just before you cum and launch the biggest load you've every seen all over her face. Then yell "we're over bitch!" Then pop smoke. (pop smoke is when you toss a smoke grenade and get the hell out of dodge under the cover of smoke, good military jargon to get your started) Unless your married, don't do it then. Women are drama and you don't need that shit while your there.

These things may seem cold hearted, but I speak from my own experience and the experience of 95% of the guys who go through basic/bootcamp and loose their girls.

 

[Bordsnbikes]

Oh, I got a little excited and forgot to say.

Thank you for serving.

 

[jsg]

Like the others said it's a big mind game, they are paid to scream at you and you are paid to get screamed at, it's that simple because like it's been said nothing will ever be ok even if it is they will find something ti bitch at and it's the way it goes. Their goal is to make react not think because you will not be paid to think but to do what your told and that will save your life and your friends life later in combat.

All in all it's a very good experience and yes I'm one of those that did missed it when it was over well not as much boot camp but infantry school was what I missed once I got to my battalion.

 

[SeabeeBueller]

Excellent advice from everyone here. Not too much I can add to it except that when your done you will realize that it wasnt as hard as you expected(as long as you listen to what everyone on here has said!). All they want to know is who is going to give up when the shit hits the fan when its real. And try to get those people out or quit. Mental part is soo much more difficult than the physical side of it. By the way we military guys need to start a post on here listing branch, service years and duty stations. hmmmmmm.... [smirk]

 

[Poohspot18]

My 2 cents:
Volunteer for anything you can do, any extra duties can help you see and hear more going on and you'll know more of what is coming. try not to look or sound like a brown noser while trying to always be the guy they go to. If you have any skills at leading try to be squad leader or Guide. you'll get worked Harder, but your get stronger and smarter. adn if you're lucky you might get a meritorious promotion out of boot camp. Again- which Branch is 6 months?? Marines are 70 training days. and that's the longest I know of. Good luck. be smart. after lights do pullups and pushups, review your training handouts. quiz your rackmate. they're right, nothing is good or fast enough, but don't let up. push yourself til you puke. always demand every ounce of effort you can wring out of yourself. Excell at everything. if there's something you aren't good at find another guy who is and get him to help you. forget about home while you're there. Home will be there when you get back, and there on grad day if they can be. it's good times. train hard. OoRah!

 

[Sayjackb]

It's actually a Live in Para Military LEO academy. I figured you armed service men would have some awesome and inspiring information to lend. You all didn't let me down. I went to bed last night with a little bit of extra peace and resolve in my chest.

I'm still nervous, but i think the majority of that is fear of the unknown and fear of change. Both will pass very quickly.

I would love to give everyone a [up] but i don't have that kind of time.

But thanks again everyone.