A moment you will never forget from basic training?

Answer 1

We were up north doing field training in Marine Boot Camp. It was 0 dark thirty when the DI yelled for everyone to get up. As my hooch mate and me stirred we heard a strange sound. We picked up our moonbeams and shined them toward the noise. There between us was a rattlesnake. It had slithered in and used us for warmth that night. We both froze solid, couldn't speak or nothing. We hear everyone else get out of their tents and the DI's are yelling for everyone to hurry and the Senior starts to count down from 10. He gets to zero and me and my hooch mate are still in our tent frozen with fear as we look at this rattle snake looking at us . We can hear him scream "We in the ******* hell are those two smurfs at". He rips open the tent and immediately he sees the snake. He says " Holy ****, you two don't move a muscle". Which wasn't hard. He ran back to his tent to get a rake. He raked up the snake and set it free then chewed me and my hooch mate a new one for having a pet snake without permission.

Answer 2

I was pulled out of formation and taken back to the barracks to keep watch on the CQ who had fallen asleep in the day room. He was not part of our flight.
He was reclined in a chair sleeping soundly.
The drill sergeant told me not to let him move from that spot, then disappeared.
While I waited, the airman woke up. I told him to stay where he was.
He told me he knew he was in big trouble. I said its not that bad, they'll give you another chance.
A voice came over the intercom.
"Airman! That man is a F* up."
"Do you want to be an F* up too?"
"No Sir!", I replied.
"Then you better stop talking to him right now!"
I shut up immediately.
Three TI's returned shortly, disappointed that he had woken up, and they proceeded to give him an *** chewing up one side and down the other.
I later found out that this guy was known as the kissing bandit, he had been washed back (restarted training) because he had been caught kissing some girl in the laundry room.
That's only one of the moments I will never forget.

Answer 3

My flight to basic arrived at Columbus, GA. late in the day, and we checked into the reception station just after dinner was through. The drill instructor dropped everything he was doing to get us to chow, and the mess Sergeant had the KP.s re-open the mess line, and they were happy to do it! (shocked me a bit) We had a choice of Fried Chicken or Seafood Gumbo! I'm a pretty picky Gumbo fanatic, and it was some of the best Gumbo I've even had! (Needed a darker rue and more fi'le)
Drill Sergeant Hernandez, the kind of Army Sergeant you'd want taking care of your troops.

Answer 4

the one moment i will never forget is the look of all the people i went to basic training with. when we finally got to our destination there were a bunch of girls who looked like they were going to cry. we got yelled at by all these drill sergants and we had to inprocess and it was all time consuming. we didn't get any sleep and had to do PT in the cold.

the best part though in the end was i was able to graduate and proudly serve the military.

Answer 5

The moment we got off the bus from reception and had 6 DI yelling different instructions to us. Mass confusion it was horrible then but funny to think about now.

Answer 6

Muns that was good...LMAO....When I was at MCRD San Diego during 3rd phase, we had our battalion commander inspection. During that time in the 80s', there was a popular show call "Punky Brewster". It was about a little orphan girl being raised by this old man. My Battalion Commander was a Lt Col by the name Lt Col A.P Armbrister. H e was conducting his inspection when he stepped in front this one recruit from Texas and starting questioning his knowledge of the Corps and what he learned in Marine boot camp. He asked the recruit if he knew who he was. The recruit answered in a clear and loud "Sir, yes sir" Col Armbrister then ask who am I Private? Private responded Lt Col Punky Brewster!. Col Armbrister just looked at the recruit and our Senior and proceeded it to the next recruit..Our Senior DI could not believe what he heard and just about killed that poor bastard when we got back inside the squad bay

Answer 7

We were out on Bivouac. The whole company is in the front leaning rest w/weapons on top of our hands. I am the last guy in the 1st squad. There is yelling from 3 O clock. I turn my head to see a DI with a steel rake. Several CS grenades are hanging from it. He pulls one and drops it next to me. It rolls under my face, I can't see, I can't get my mask because my hands are messed in the weapons sling or I was just out of it by then. I crawl forward gasping for air. I stop when I see a leg. I puke. It's my CO. His highly shined jump boots are dulled a bit by the remains of my breakfast.

The only thing he said (loudly) was that I should get back in formation.

We were a very gruesome mess for the next 15 minutes. Out of 200 they managed to take out all but a very few that manged to get their masks on.

Answer 8

properly Lava dogs is his standard wordy self. only evaluate that the ex-heavy weight boxing champion of the worldwide, Riddick Bowe, enlisted interior the Marines and lasted 11 days earlier quitting boot camp. He later suggested he could have paid a million money to be a Marine. Boot camp isn't the toughest element I ever did in spite of the undeniable fact that it arranged me for the toughest issues I ever did.

Answer 9

I will never forget getting off the bus and having those TI's in my damn face. Oh and when we were up on our first night learning drill at like 1 in the morning! It was fun but I dont miss it.

Answer 10

Some of the guys in my platoon decided that they were going to order pizza an get away with it; well, they got caught and as punishment, we had to march everywhere we went with our heads down and our platoon guidon was rolled up an when we got to get our haircuts, everyone, except a very mall few (myself included) got to actually get "High N' Tights" instead of "Scaldy Baldies".

It was hilarious, but eventually, we aced the Super Bowl and we got our guidon unrolled and we were ridin high on our graduation.