i was in the marine corps, in boot camp, you wernt considered a "Marine" until after u completed basic.......

Question

my question is, in the army, navy, and airforce; are you considered a soldier, sailor, or airman, by your training instructors in basic, DURING basic training or AFTER basic training is completed? at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, in diego and the island, u are considered scum and maggots until u EARN the title of US Marine

Answer 1

No. We're recruits in the navy until we graduate boot camp.

Answer 2

The DI's will do everything in their power to break you down mentally and then teach you how to think as a part of a fighting unit. Trust me, you don't know how to do that right now. At first you will be short on enough food and sleep, as well as every minute detail of your existence will be scrutinized. You will be screamed at and they will smoke you (PT you until you think you can't go on), to build up your endurance and mental toughness. It is a very harsh and unforgiving environment. You have to learn to think as part of a unit, obey orders instantly and without question, basically, they have to build you into a Marine. You will drill and practice tasks until you are sick of it. It sucks, but when it's over, you'll have them down cold. I can still field strip and reassemble an M-16 blindfolded, and I have been out 20 yrs.The DI's will try to trip you up (RE: They will ask you what so and so general order is, then even if you are right they will say you are incorrect, to see if you REALLY know your general orders or will fold if confronted). Tough it out, it all has a purpose. It will make more sense as you progress through training. Good luck. Semper Fi, Carry on !!! Dogzilla has some good advice for you. Follow it and your term at MCRD will be a little easier.

Answer 3

id like to say that the mister Roy Jones has obviously never been to marine corps recruit training or he would know for a fact that it is the longest consisting of 13 weeks ,the most extensIve firearms training, and a 54 hour event known as the crucible during which you are allowed a max. of 4 hours of sleep.this is why ive heard people from the army and navy admit the marine corps basic is the toughest . and you are not a marine until you finish the crucible and stand in front of the iwo jima statue and receive your eagle,globe, & anchor.until then you are referred to as recruit and you are not allowed to speak to your instructor any other way but 3rd person suach as this recruit, or this group of recruits it is never i,me,they we,them.so that should answer your question its recruit or whatever the d.i. wants to call you.

Answer 4

Your considered a marine when you sign the papers. They are desperate and the marines corps are the easiest of all boot camps, while the marines do a great job over seas, their training is extremely easy.

Answer 5

I've been in the army for four years. I wasn't considered a soldier until I got out of AIT. That took a total of nine months.

Answer 6

In the Army you are called a trainee until you get your diploma but like any military tradition if someone did not know your name or rank they called you soldier instead of calling the person a trainee.

Answer 7

Your a recruit or trainee until after sucessful completion of basic training.

Answer 8

I went to basic training in the Army @ Ft. Leonardwood, MO, and they called us soldiers or privates

Answer 9

A soldier in the u.k. is not considered a 'real' soldier until he's been in action a number of times and his nerves and 'mettle' are tested to extremes! All the bullying and screaming at personnel just make them incapable of making a mental decision of their own for fear of fu###ng up! You end up with a platoon of 'Wooden-tops'

Answer 10

Listen up BOOT .
A BOOT is a BOOT is a Boot , until they finish basic , period .
regardless of branch .
Some stay boot , for lack of knowledge .