Last week I watched a documentary on the US Marine Corp on PBS. Very interesting show, not to mention humbling ( I woudn't last 24 hours in boot camp!). It got me wondering: when did the marine corp (as well as the army and other branches of the military) start using the training methods (ie boot camp) that are used today? Did they have boot camp during the Civil War? World War 1? Any military historians or vets out there that know, your answers will be much appreciated.
2007-03-02 16:33:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
During World War I, is when the current ideology of the drill concepts was formed. This was the first widespread use of the draft, and the U.S. was turning into a more industrial nation (more factories and fewer guys that knew how to shoot).
The plan was to rapidly train large groups of unskilled civilians in the necesseties of combat.
2007-03-02 17:24:29 · answer #1 · answered by CZA 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
American revolution did not have Boot Camp but the Civil war had it., but comparing Civil War to Now is like Apples and Celery, completely different. The training and methods they use today are not the same ones used back in Vietnam or even as late as 1990, because of certain lawsuits and such, many of the Boot Camps are much more PC and actually less demanding then they used to be.
There was no training back in the Revolutionary war, they picked up sticks and pitch forks and went to where the military encampment was.
I guess you could say that the old Romans and Greeks had a form of Basic, but theirs was standing army of soldiers who trained every day, slightly unlike what you are referring to.
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2007-03-03 01:41:26 · answer #2 · answered by Hawaiisweetie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Organized and methodical basic training or boot camp wasn't established until The Spanish American War in 1898. Prior to that training was hit and miss depending on the status of the military. For example during the Civil War many units of the army were composed of men who were lead and paid by wealth men who gave themselves the rank of Colonel. The closest thing to boot camp was the training provide to the limited number of men attending West Point.
2007-03-03 01:22:30 · answer #3 · answered by iraq51 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the other person said, basic training has been around for thousands of years. And basic training for all branches constantly changes to match the times, so there's no set point to when current training practices started. What someone went through at boot camp ten years ago isn't the same as someone in boot camp right now in any branch.
2007-03-03 00:40:31 · answer #4 · answered by alimagmel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the civil war, it was mostly on the job training.
2007-03-03 00:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basic training has been around as long as there has been people rounded up for armies.
2007-03-03 00:37:30 · answer #6 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No idea but i would love man in uniform for the things done for country
2007-03-03 00:40:47 · answer #7 · answered by dateatmidnight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk the answer but just letting you know, that I too watchted it and it was really really interesting and good.
2007-03-03 00:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by PROUD TO BE A LIBERAL TEEN! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋