during second phase during field training, did a drill instructor repeatedly throw a recruits helmet over a fence and having him repeatedly retrieving it like a dog? is that something the air force or navy would do? i doubt it. how do this "exercise" makes for a better fighting man?? another question, if YOUR son was in Marine boot camp, and he done something wrong and the drill instructor kicked him in the butt, would u be mad at the drill instructor?
2007-05-24 05:37:00 · 27 answers · asked by Beaujock 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I checked your profile (and everyone else can just by clicking on your icon). Let's see earlier today you asked how to convince your parents that joining the Marines would be the best thing that happened to you. Last week you told us about a drill instructor assaulting you. Again last week you told us about pulling fire watch on the USS Guadacanal.
Buddy, why don't you just join the Marines and really find out what the whole thing is about and quit wasting our time with your childish games.
2007-05-24 05:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
A Drill Instructor's job is to turn an unexperienced person into the world's elite. It is their job to build a fighting machine in 3 months...to do that you must break a person down and build them up to the highest standards...it's an amazing transformation! The DI was teaching a lot of things: discipline, quick thinking, safety (you never relinquish your helmet or your rifle...both will save your life!), and following orders. Look past the "poor me" bit for a minute and realize that these Marines have a hard job and a little amount of time to do it in.
And chances are if he did something wrong a kick in the butt was deserved. Better a small kick in the butt during peacetime than a bullet in the head during war.
It's a proud thing to be a Marine. If your son embraces his experience rather than complain about it, he'll enjoy it a lot more...there is a lot to learn from.
-Once a Marine, always a Marine 2000-2006
2007-05-24 06:30:08 · answer #2 · answered by Hippy Chic 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its discipline. maybe the trainee forgot his helmet or the helmet fell off during training. This should have been something the trainee should have been aware of, and should have paid attention to.
Since I haven't been to basic in a very long time, I am not sure what they do in basic for the Air Force anymore, however, if an Air Force trainee would lose his helmet, I am sure an TI would do the same thing, or something similar. The thing is, in the Marine Corp, the Marine is a fighter. What he carries on his back into battle is his/her life. In the Air Force, we aren't carrying packs and stuff with us everywhere we go, we are more in the rear with the gear. Even though more of us are going with the Army on convoys. The DI might have been trying to teach the young Marine on how important it is to have his helmet on and I bet you, that Marine won't ever forget the lessong his DI was teaching him.
Knowing how the military is, I wouldn't be upset at the DI, he was training the young Marine and he was doing his job. If anything, I would thank the DI for making my son into a better person.
2007-05-24 06:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by George P 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
(1) The recruit more than likely took his helmet off when he wasn't supposed or left it somewhere. A pointless exercise that will most undoubtably leave an impression on the recruit will not forget his helmet again.
(2) Comparing Marine Corp Boot to the Navy and Air Force is pointless. Especially since neither branch issues helmets. I think they issue fold up lounge chairs instead. (joke)
(3) If you were my kid I would never have a chance to get mad at a drill instructor because I would be to busy kicking you in the butt.
2007-05-24 06:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by Judge Dredd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get over it! It doesnt matter if you are mad at the drill instructor. You cant do anything about it. Perhaps he threw the marine's helmet over a fence to teach him to always keep his helmet on...who knows...we can guess all day. Be mad, but our armed forces and those who shape our young soldiers deserve respect.
2007-05-24 06:20:14 · answer #5 · answered by maggi r 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of the lesson was to teach the recruit to obey without question or thought, in the middle of a firefight there is no time for thought only to react to the orders given.
No I would be mad at my kid for doing something stupid to reguire a kick in the butt.
These people are charged with training your kids the best way they no how, so they can fight and survive and hopefully by doing that your kid gets to come home alive instead of in a body-bad.
Semper Fi!
2007-05-24 05:44:34 · answer #6 · answered by conranger1 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
:headdesk: Good grief! While you likely won't be arrested for using such language, DO expect to be reprimanded, and not merely with additional pushups each time. You obviously have a problem with authority, as "sir" (or "ma'am") is an address indicating respect for a superior. In light of that, I recommend you steer clear of the military entirely.
2016-04-01 05:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beaujock, I struggle to understand your hatred for the Corps.
My brother, 2 uncles, and 4 cousins were all in it or still are and I have heard none of this vitriol from them.
And didn't your parents or family ever tell you to do something for a reason and you didn't know why? You learned to TRUST and OBEY them. And in the end you learned that if you listen to the people who know things you are just better off in general...? Maybe those are the REASONS
They seem to have a very good success rate.
Just because YOU don't know what the reasons are doesn't mean they don't...
2007-05-24 05:51:43 · answer #8 · answered by soulflower 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not about teaching them to be a "fighter", it's about teaching them endurance. If they are put through hard times for months, when they reach the field they will be already used to it, and prepared to take the hard time. It's all about preparing them for hard times. If you work hard all day, then the next day all you do is sweep, you will not complain about the sweeping, right? Same concept, only this time it involves "life" and "death". The drill instructors are only attempting to keep the recruits alive. Believe me, you will thank them greatly in the future.
2007-05-24 05:46:40 · answer #9 · answered by ICYCUBE 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey stud "nobody promised you a rose garden" here's a straw suck it the F**K up!!! My days in boot camp were not bad at all. Act stupid and sure you will be messed with. Best if you stay under the radar and not give him a reason to mess with you. But some dumbasses do it naturally and stick like a sore thumb. Honestly I though boot camp was going to be a lot harder. sounds like uve been quarter decked 24-7 lol
2007-05-24 05:57:27 · answer #10 · answered by Dylan A 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋