Comments on: Are there any birthday celebrations at Marine boot camp?

By: Marine5

Marine5 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:03:47 +0000

If you send him anything for his B’day…
Letters Only !!!!
It will bring down a Sh*t storm down on him !!!!

Plus he will probably kick your butt when
he comes home…

You send him any type of Food…
He will be made to eat all of it in 5 min’s
While the rest of the Squad Bay are doing
Bends & Muthers…does not make for a
good start in the CORPS…

This is Marine Corps BOOT CAMP…
Not a Boy Scout Camp…

I was a Plt Sgt…you know the least of my
worries was to know a Marines B’Day…
The only B’day that we ever celebrated was the
US MARINE CORPS !!!!

By: axsooted

axsooted — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:05:48 +0000

yup, you get a birthday smoking on the quarterdeck till you do a birthday regurgitation.

By: Tyneya R

Tyneya R — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:31:20 +0000

sure he’ll get a party if he’s the son of the drill instructor lol.

By: oma_30701

oma_30701 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:16:49 +0000

Yes they celebrate the Marine Corp Birthday it’s the only one that counts in bootcamp…..

By: vangion

vangion — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:38:13 +0000

I’m gonna say not

My baby was born when I was in Army basic

I was allowed to make a 5 minute phone call, after I finished KP

By: scottie

scottie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:55:14 +0000

no birthday party for this person it will be a time to become a real man there will be no more cakes and ballons sorry

By: Col.Duquesne

Col.Duquesne — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:42:42 +0000

It’s pretty unlikely that the Instructors will know it’s his birthday, and if they do, they most likely won’t care. You go to boot camp to become a Marine, not to party. At Parris Island, a couple guys had their birthdays, which we celebrated “in-house style” by sending them out on dares which, credit to them, they did!
That’s the kind of thing which the other recruits will most likely do if they catch wind of a birthday, we always like to make fools out of other Marines!

Col. Jessica Duquesne
3rd MAW

By: Jedday

Jedday — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:50:56 +0000

don’t tell anyone it is his birthday there… it will not be fun for him if you do

By: RICHARD S

RICHARD S — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:58:04 +0000

Tell him to keep quiet ! If the Instructors or his fellow recruits find out it will not be nice – believe me – rule number 1 DO NOT STAND OUT TOO MUCH

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:23:05 +0000

Bootcamp…. Birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, unless it was the USMC’s birthday, nothing was acknowledged.

Different outside of bootcamp.