i couldnt catch on to one lesson being taught in Marine boot camp. we were in field training during second.
July 5th, 2008 | by MakingMarines |
leatherneck asked:
phase, a drill instructor repeatedly threw a recruit’s helmet over a small fence and had the recruit repeatedly retrieve it like a dog playing fetch. how was this exercise suppose to benefit the recruit to become a better fighting man? another lesson i couldnt understand, one recruit got sick and went to sickbay. a few minutes later the drill instructor told us the recruit died. he said sarcastically, one gone and 48 left! alot of the recruits were very sorrowful and emotional. an hour later the drill instructor told us he was just pulling our leg and the recruit will be fine. why he done this? was it a sick joke or was he trying to teach us something?
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phase, a drill instructor repeatedly threw a recruit’s helmet over a small fence and had the recruit repeatedly retrieve it like a dog playing fetch. how was this exercise suppose to benefit the recruit to become a better fighting man? another lesson i couldnt understand, one recruit got sick and went to sickbay. a few minutes later the drill instructor told us the recruit died. he said sarcastically, one gone and 48 left! alot of the recruits were very sorrowful and emotional. an hour later the drill instructor told us he was just pulling our leg and the recruit will be fine. why he done this? was it a sick joke or was he trying to teach us something?
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8 Responses to “i couldnt catch on to one lesson being taught in Marine boot camp. we were in field training during second.”
By gelethin80 on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply
The big thing about boot camp for marines or basic for the army is to see how you deal with stressful situations. Thats it in a nutshell.
As far as the DI throwing a recruits helmet, my only experience with that was when a helmet was not worn properly and it was thrown and the soldier had to low crawl to go get it.
By goalaska on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
Marine boot camp is not a joke. The recruit wasn’t wearing the helmet when it was thrown over the fence was he ?
By ChestyPuller on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
If you could not get this, I guess you did not make it through? If you did great..
Marines are made by sorting out the weak minded…They want you to crack in bootcamp..not on a battlefield in Iraq,where you will get others killed..
By Fatboy on Jul 12, 2008 | Reply
1. The recruit that had to keep going over the fence for his helmet most likely messed up, failed to follow instructions, or didn’t pay attention to details. His error could have been an error that could have cost him his life in combat, and/or the life of other marines. This remedial training will most likely prevent the same mistake in the future.
2. Death is something that marines and soldiers have to deal with today on a daily basis. Maybe the DI was putting all of you recruits through some impromptu training to see how you deal with the death of a fellow marine.
I’m really surprised you didn’t understand this training. You should get with your commander ASAP and advise him that you need to go back through basic training, as you didn’t learn everything you needed to learn.
By Four Letter Word on Jul 13, 2008 | Reply
Straight up mind games. Drill instructors LOVE pulling recruits legs and testing their patience. And it teaches them discipline. The death joke was to see how the recruits would deal with death and the helmet trick was to test patience. It also helps with endurance and stamina. And extra laughs on the DI’s part if the recruit was a fatty. It’s all about strengthening the mind and teaching discipline, but don’t lose the lesson. Forget the answer and grasp on the concept. It’s a game because it teaches you how to cope.
By Hillary J on Jul 15, 2008 | Reply
The DI’s job is to teach you many things, and all have different ways of accomplishing that.
By saying the recruit died you had to learn to carry on even though a friend had died. You need to be able to get your mind back in the right mind set. Because you need to be able to focus on the mission at hand in real life not the person who just died. You have time to contemplate that later on. So they used that as an opportunity to teach you real life stressors.
As for the helmet, they wanted to see how long he can keep his emotions in check. If they can get you to crack under stress they will mess with you. But if you don’t react and they can’t get you frustrated or upset they know you can handle the battlefield.
You can’t let your frustrations show in the battle because the second you do that the enemy has your ass. They were trying to see if how much this recruit could take before he cracked. Every exercise in boot camp is designed to teach you about something that will save your butt on the battlefield. Because if you come back dead they didn’t do their jobs, and that’s how the DI’s look at it. It’s their job to teach you the initial tools you will need to come home alive.
And the DI’s reason he said one gone 48 left is because they can’t let on that they give a fig about you guys. Because if they show they care then you get comfortable, if you get comfortable then they can’t see how you will handle being disorientated and stressed. Plus you won’t learn how to rely on your unit.
By Pandora on Jul 15, 2008 | Reply
He’s teaching you how to not be a dumb-ss.
lets take the playing fetch game.
The recruit kept fetching his helmet because 1: he was to timid to ask the drill what he was doing wrong, or ask his battles to help.
2: he was learning obedience.
3. Maybe the recruit needed pt?
And the “dead recruit”
that one is easy. He’s teaching you how to not be emotional. If you are a marine, you need to learn how to seperate your emtions from your work. Yea, it sucks that a recuite “died” (even by a rumor) but when you get out into this “war” one of your battle buddies could get his head blown off, and you still have to keep going with the mission, you can’t just cry and be a little wuss about it. You have to learn how to have a hard heart when the time calls for it.
By Ich bin Kurt on Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
Hey its Marine Corps Recruit Training, its supposed to be sick and twisted.