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Got Disciplined...JUSTIFIED...This S**T is SERIOUS!!!!

I started USMC Recruit Training April 29, 2002 with 2ND Battalion, Golf Company… I received discipline during Week 7(Rifle Week) of USMC Boot Camp Parris Island while practicing marching. Senior Drill Instructor sent me to the side after I made an incorrect motion, and I found myself in front of a extremely energized DI who was about to teach me the consequences of incorrect actions in presence of the SDI…ordering myself and several other recruits who messed up as well to begin exercising in full battle gear, oh it hurt…At the end of punishment exercises the DI ordered us to “port arms” with the M16A4…I obviously was not holding the rifle tight enough, because as the DI smacked the rifle while still in the “port arms” position the rifle swung back and struck my face causing my eyebrow to bleed, which was obviously noticable…I know that it was my mistake that caused this whole situation anyways…there were no options to fix this situation, way too much blood…The battalion was ordered to return to the barracks, the SDI staring at me all the while I took a quick glance at him as I ran past…while in formation a short while, the SDI pulled me aside to a private area one on one…I was questioned about incident and I stuck to the facts, just the facts…nothing was ever said or brought up concerning this incident as well nothing should have…bottom line is USMC Recruit Training is the MOST SERIOUS military training anyone can receive in order to keep our beloved America safe, day in and day out…Many recruits are not built to handle a career in the US Marine Corps…filtering these recruits by such discipline saves US Marines lives everyday whether on the battlefield or on duty on base…God Bless the US Marine Corps it’s Marines…Recruit Training is what gives each Marine his foundation on what a Marine is…The proof is in the final product…There is no “basic” military training in the world produces any finer product than a US MARINE…OOHRAH!…SEMPER FIDELIS! Love ya’ll…
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jim angelo P.I.S.C. 1959 Plt. 112 Charlie Co. ’59 -’65 - April 6, 2020

A while back I was given a stack of cards, on the front is Our MCL address, Lakes Region NH but it’s on the reverse side which is most important; You earned the title “Marine”
upon graduation from recruit training.
It wasn’t willed to you; it isn’t a gift. It is not a government subsidy. Few can claim the title;
no one may take it away.
It Is Yours Forever.

Walter F. Johnson - April 6, 2020

In reply to JOHN ENGEL.
John, you said it all for me. I guess we’re “Salt’s” now. Plt 254 P.I. 1957. Made the trip to Lebanon in 58.

Bill Ashworth - April 6, 2020

In reply to Walter F. Johnson.
I am one of the old salts I in Ply.138 3rd Bat. In 1955 I was a 17 year old boy and came out a Man Semper FI

Cpl J. W. Hornsey Mike 3/1 CUPP RVN 1970 - April 6, 2020

Well written my brother. Sometimes in recruit training stuff happens. Sounds like you handled it well along with the DI’s. I can recall several things that happened while I was in boot camp. Along with Woodstock and Charles Manson. Semper Fi. I look back at my boot camp photo book and so proud to see my dad in one of the photos at graduation. Dad was with Fox 2/27 5th Div on Iwo Jima and I with Mike 3/1 CUPP RVN 1970.

Msgt. Del Lozano 1961 to 1982 - April 6, 2020

Plt 304 PI 1961, retired 1982 as Msgt. will be a Marine forever. Married on boot leave and she is still putting up with me

MSGT Merritt Nellis - April 6, 2020

Platoon 211 January 1955. With broken time retired after 30 in 1995. Maybe not as lean, maybe not as mean, but still a Marine. Now 81 with one son who was a Captain and a second son who retired as a CWO3 after 20. The old Quonset huts we lived in resounded very loud when your head bounced off them. Made me the mature man I am today. OOOORAH. Semper Fi do or die.

Joseph Lliteras - April 6, 2020

Ssgt Joseph lliteras

Once a Marine always a Marine. Semper fi and God bless! 1981-1991. Great write up!

Marilyn Gerhardt 1951-53 - April 6, 2020

As a Woman Marine, 1951-53, I remember the first Saturday when our Sgt. asked the Catholics to raise their hand; then the Protestants, then “others. Then we were told the time of the Sunday services and what time to be ready to march to the chapel. And, “march”, we did….no, dawdling.

Cpl. Harold Keene - April 6, 2020

I just love reading my brothers experiences. I’m a Parris Island Marine Platoon 235 and I thank God every day that the Marine Corps taught me how to save my life and make a difference in this world. God Bless the United States Marine Corps.

BILL HAMLIN - April 6, 2020

P I PLATOON 165 1ST BAT. GRADUATED 1 JULY 1969 SDI SSGT KNIGHT,,ALSO SSGT J H ANDERSON AND SGT MAXWELL, ALSO A SGT CRUZ WHEN WE STARTED BUT HE LEFT ON EMERGENCY LEAVE TO GUAM FOR HIS DAD IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
WE WERE THE HONOR PLATOON OF THE SERIES,WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT WAS TAUGHT AND THE PROUD DAY WE BECAME MARINES
VIETNAM 70-71 HOTEL CO 2/7

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