> 19 yr old that Wanted Out of the Marines, Drowns at Boot Camp
20 March 2005, 06:12
I have read many of the messages left here. First off, all of you prior or still serving members of the US Armed Forces who were not Marines, OUR bootcamp is to train Marines to stay alive and be functionable warriors on the battlefield. So you Army and Air Force people need to lock it up, you did not have what it takes to do what us Marines did, we EARNED our title. This is why Marines are invaders, and the Army is occupiers! Second, never refer to any Marine, even if they are a recruit, as a soldier. Marines are not soldiers, that is one of the highest insults you could say to a Marine. A soldier is a nasty, undiciplined individual in the Army, and we are way above that. Our 229 years of service, and the fact that Marines were born before our Country is proof.
However, I would like to know what happened to the safety team in the water. Whenever there are recruits in the water, there are very experienced swimmers/divers in the water also. Maybe they did try to save him? Have you ever seen a panicked person in the water? It makes for a very hard situation to rescue someone who is panicked in the water, without drowning yourself. Add to the fact that he was allready apprehensive about being in the water to begin with.
Yes, Drill Instructors yell and scream at recruits, again this is why Marines are fierce warriors. The ways Marine Corps bootcamp is, they break you down, and build you back up. A Recruiter can never know who wil make a good Marine and single out weak people. One will never know how a person might react under the mental stress that a recruit undergoes.
I find it real hard to believe that this recruit was killed in a plot because he is weak, That is something that the Army would do, Marine DI’s wpuld take that individual and work with them, and have that person doing things they never dreamed of.
America is not what it is today because Marines go through a soft bootcamp like all the other services. Marines train hard, therefore they are hard. Thats why we are few, thats why we are proud.
I have read many of the messages left here. First off, all of you prior or still serving members of the US Armed Forces who were not Marines, OUR bootcamp is to train Marines to stay alive and be functionable warriors on the battlefield. So you Army and Air Force people need to lock it up, you did not have what it takes to do what us Marines did, we EARNED our title. This is why Marines are invaders, and the Army is occupiers! Second, never refer to any Marine, even if they are a recruit, as a soldier. Marines are not soldiers, that is one of the highest insults you could say to a Marine. A soldier is a nasty, undiciplined individual in the Army, and we are way above that. Our 229 years of service, and the fact that Marines were born before our Country is proof.
However, I would like to know what happened to the safety team in the water. Whenever there are recruits in the water, there are very experienced swimmers/divers in the water also. Maybe they did try to save him? Have you ever seen a panicked person in the water? It makes for a very hard situation to rescue someone who is panicked in the water, without drowning yourself. Add to the fact that he was allready apprehensive about being in the water to begin with.
Yes, Drill Instructors yell and scream at recruits, again this is why Marines are fierce warriors. The ways Marine Corps bootcamp is, they break you down, and build you back up. A Recruiter can never know who wil make a good Marine and single out weak people. One will never know how a person might react under the mental stress that a recruit undergoes.
I find it real hard to believe that this recruit was killed in a plot because he is weak, That is something that the Army would do, Marine DI’s wpuld take that individual and work with them, and have that person doing things they never dreamed of.
America is not what it is today because Marines go through a soft bootcamp like all the other services. Marines train hard, therefore they are hard. Thats why we are few, thats why we are proud.