![]() They are all equally hard - equally motivated. For me, when I left the USMC in 1997 and still working with Marines today - I could not tell the difference. That couldn't have been easy but San Diego and camp Pendleton had their own challenges, I assure you. Being born in Charleston, SC (I moved to WI when I was 14, don't ask) I give props to my USMC brothers forged in SC. We practiced out NBC warfare with the emphasis on the N. I went through Boot with Ivan and the end of the Cold War. ![]() Only later on in SOI did I get to meet Mount Mother Fu*ker. We had no "Crucible", only the Grim Reaper and Edson Range. ![]() We said "Ears, Open! Eyes, Snap!" when I went through Parris Island but we should know that every single platoon, company and training depot is different in its own respects and the only thing that truly matters is the method of the training and not the exact words that are used that make the difference.Īll this talk of "the Crucible" - my time has long gone. Always try to remember, before you ever start complaining about something just try and do whatever it is that you're complaining about on your own accounts and maybe you'll find out why things happen or come out the way that they do. If that's not something you think you could handle then why not go and see if the Marine Corps will let you film a documentary of USMC Boot Camp in your own version. If someone really wants to see all of what USMC boot camp is all about and everything that it entails then go join up and find out for yourself. That doesn't mean that the masses need to see every single bit of this training in cinematic form. The whole world knows that Marine Corps boot camp is one of the toughest if not the toughest there is. Especially when it comes to government and military issues. It's only a movie and that's as much as it should be.Īfter living overseas in my current billet in the Marine Corps I've come to understand the power of American Movies on the rest of the world and the importance of information security. Love to the Corps.įirst off I just want to try and explain (to the best of my knowledge) why the movie (which is a form of documentary and not an entire chronicling or a "How-To Guide" of basic Marine Corps training) had ended up not including certain things as such. I don't recall bickering about this in Iraq. This *beep* about which side is better than which is utter nonsense. So, in understanding this, we should see that there is no way in hell anyone would know what it's like to have gone through bootcamp in San Diego unless they've been there, and also that we should not open our mouths unless it is proven that we are knowledgeable about the likes in the first place. It is also my understanding, from my own experience, that no matter how good the drill instructors, venue (be it Diego or PI), although our Corps is among the best in the world, there are also those who have proven to be completely inefficient. Basically, nobody will ever know what it's like to be a Marine or combat veteran until they experience it themselves. Especially, as a combat veteran, is it ever so difficult to let others into the hearts and minds of those who served overseas in combat. Marines have the hard task of not truly being able to convey what it's really like in Marine Corps bootcamp, especially to civilians or members of other services who casually downplay what we've been through. How about showing MCMAP, classes, more drill, the pit, and the Crucible?! There are some parts that I enjoyed, however, they just don't make up for the rest of the movie. I don't want to drop $25 on an movie to watch recruits CLEANING! Most of the footage in the movie is absolutely worthless and doesn't give you an idea of any of the TRAINING involved. I don't want to watch the freaking guide and squad leaders spend 15 minutes trying to solve the mystery of the dirty pisser. I don't care about the birds flying in unison over the platoon, show the actual platoon drilling. I actually became quite pissed off a few times throughout the movie when the shot would just sit on some mundane detail for what seemed like minutes at a time. With an open ticket to film recruit training and display it without narration, bias, or interruption I'm amazed that Brumley couldn't have found more to present to the public than recruits cleaning for almost half of the film.
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