I got six million boot camp stories.

Getting off the bus and the drill sergeant's in your face.

"What are you shaking for, son? I'm not going to bite you!"

So we go in this classroom and it's like 150 thousand degrees outside.

The First Sergeant is ranting and raving in front of us and suddenly goes bug eyed.

"Look at that guy! Look at the SIZE of his ears! Somebody go get a ruler and measure that guy's ears!"

Drill sergeant enters with ruler.

Heat stroke strikes the kid at that moment.

"What are you doing?! Don't you throw up in my classroom! Get OUT of my classroom!"

It's outside into the dying cockroach position.

Hilarious!

Stay tuned for more stories, campers.

We were running or some such and a real big guy came down with heat stoke. Full blown.

We dragged him into the barracks, loosened his clothing and poured water over him continuously until the medics came by and hauled him away.

Memorandum to self: slim down before hitting basic at Fort Jackson in July.

Lots of fun!

Changing a light bulb

We had two National Guard drill sergeants. One was teaching us in the barracks one day and from the next barracks you hear a cry "Hey, Earl, hurry up. The beer's getting warm!"

Broke us up.

At 2 a.m. one night they came storming into the barracks.

"Get up, get up, get up! Get outside! Don't put on your uniforms, just get outside you s.... birds!"

We fell out in the company street at Fort Jackson. 2 in the morning. It's about 95 degrees out. We were in skivies and T-shirts. Boxers.

We were a sight.

They marched us upstairs in the next barracks, made a guy change a light bulb they'd told him to change (which he'd "forgot" to) and we got to go back to sleep.

The First Sergeant heard what went on and we got standing orders not to let those clowns back in the barracks between 10 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.

One wore a raincoat the entire time he was with us. Kept his hands in the pockets the whole time.

We wondered about that clown!

Juat pray alot and remember you will become a better asset to a job after the military. TO get through it just don't give up and saty positve and optimistic

from everything i hear, basic is only getting easier as the year goes by. a friend who's in the army, his brother had to do less in marine basic than he did in army just 3 years ago

I always heard marine basic was the most difficult, have they actually made it easier? I know army was up there but marines had the worst basic then any other branch.

If you view the drills as comic instead of threatening, it changes your whole perspective. When you think about it, the whole thing is really warped.

The drills are just having fun with people about 90 percent of the time. They mess with you because they're supposed to.

But you learn things out of it, too.

Like how to be devious.

my friend went to an army coed basic, they're usually easier than the ones that are strictly male. his brother(now a marine) never had to run as far as his army brother. all in all, it just sounded easier. the friend is pissed his brother got off so easy

Its funny to hear guys who have never been in the military talk about it...about how easy it has gotten...especially the ones who would never join for what ever their reason is.

Ive seen many of proclaimed tough guys join and get out cause of a fake injury, sudden memory that they were mental or gay.

Or one branch is tougher than the other....If you have no perspective than what someone has told you...then please keep it to yourself.

I was just stating what I was told by someone, sorry if that offended you. I was only curious.

pretty much.

and i think it's universally assumed that marines are supposed to be the hardest.

here's how my info comes..

friend who did coed basic

my brother who did normal army basic and downs coed

friend's brother who did marine basic

old vets who speak of horror stories


but it's whatever. nearly joined, but i realized i wouldn't belong. always a black sheep, and am someone who really doesn't care enough about my fellow man.

No worries...I was not offended...

just got back last thursday

WHOOT WHOOT

no boot camp stories here besides the usual stuff..but I DID get discharged for beatin the hell outta my CWO. The best part was, my CO didn't charge me with anything and gave me a nice medical discharge

i'm offeneded

just take it as humor. someone harping about freedom of speech while they tell others to shut up. that's some hardcore irony right there

damn facsists