Photo By: Cpl. Benjamin E. Woodle
USMC BOOT CAMP
Many have gone before you and earned the title "Marine". Many more have attempted to earn the title and failed. Marine Boot Camp is the nation's toughest military boot camp.
United States Marine Corps Boot Camp is the nation’s most challenging military basic training. It is longer and more challenging than all the other services.
United States Marine Corps Boot Camp is the nation’s most challenging military basic training. It is longer and more challenging than all the other services.
5 ESSENTIAL PREPARATION TIPS FOR MARINE BOOT CAMP
1. Positive Mental Attitude: A positive mental attitude will get you through the toughest of times during USMC Recruit Training.
2. Physical Preparation: Do not show up to Marine Bootcamp achieving just the minimum standards for the IST. Start your physical preparation NOW!!!
3. Proper Nutrition: Food and water are your fuel. Your body will only perform as well as the quality of the fuel you put in it. Healthy boot camp nutrition is essential.
2. Physical Preparation: Do not show up to Marine Bootcamp achieving just the minimum standards for the IST. Start your physical preparation NOW!!!
3. Proper Nutrition: Food and water are your fuel. Your body will only perform as well as the quality of the fuel you put in it. Healthy boot camp nutrition is essential.
4. Marine Corps Knowledge: Learn as much as you possibly can about Marine Corps history.
5. Marine Corps Mindset: Get yourself in the mindset of being a Marine. That means living it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, before you go to USMC Boot Camp.
5. Marine Corps Mindset: Get yourself in the mindset of being a Marine. That means living it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, before you go to USMC Boot Camp.
BECOMING A MARINE
Recruit Training is conducted in 12 weeks and consists of nine functional areas.
Core Values, General Military Subjects, Marksmanship, Field Skills, Martial Arts, Combat Conditioning, Water Survival, First Aid, and Close Order Drill.
Core Values, General Military Subjects, Marksmanship, Field Skills, Martial Arts, Combat Conditioning, Water Survival, First Aid, and Close Order Drill.
Preparation is key to ensure that you are the fastest, smartest, loudest, toughest, and most motivated recruit in your platoon and the honorman of your company at USMC Boot Camp.
THE DECISION TO BECOME A UNITED STATES MARINE
It is undoubtedly the one of the most significant decisions you have made, and will make for the rest of your life. It is not an easy journey, and not everyone who begins it, will finish it. During your journey you will gain experiences and memories that will last a lifetime.
You will experience joy, disappointment, excitement, boredom, exhilaration, and exhaustion. You will create bonds of friendship that you will carry with you for the rest of your life. You will become more confident, mature, physically and mentally strong, and develop an attitude of never quitting and mission accomplishment.
You will be pushed to your limits of mental and physical exhaustion. . .and then you will be pushed far beyond those. During bootcamp you will begin to notice a change in yourself. Initially pain, discomfort, obstacles, and friction will be things that prevent you from thinking you can accomplish a task or mission.
As time goes on, you will welcome those adversities because you know you are no longer that civilian you left behind when you stepped foot on the yellow footprints. You are well on your way to earning the title and experiencing the change that lasts forever.
If you graduate, you will have earned the right to wear the coveted Eagle, Globe, and Anchor and the privilege to call yourself “Marine”.
You will experience joy, disappointment, excitement, boredom, exhilaration, and exhaustion. You will create bonds of friendship that you will carry with you for the rest of your life. You will become more confident, mature, physically and mentally strong, and develop an attitude of never quitting and mission accomplishment.
You will be pushed to your limits of mental and physical exhaustion. . .and then you will be pushed far beyond those. During bootcamp you will begin to notice a change in yourself. Initially pain, discomfort, obstacles, and friction will be things that prevent you from thinking you can accomplish a task or mission.
As time goes on, you will welcome those adversities because you know you are no longer that civilian you left behind when you stepped foot on the yellow footprints. You are well on your way to earning the title and experiencing the change that lasts forever.
If you graduate, you will have earned the right to wear the coveted Eagle, Globe, and Anchor and the privilege to call yourself “Marine”.
PREPARATION
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AFTER BOOT CAMP
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