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I went out to my boot training
in 19 42
January 1942 Platoon in
150 ,
mm hmm . When we got the train
station , we met the devil in his two
associates , Sergeant , Allen ,
corporal rice carpool , alexander .
We were still using World War I
gear . I was issued Springfield over
three .
The first couple of weeks was uh really
kind of tough because we we were
getting used to everything , Our
muscles were sore from all the activity
that was going on . And by the end of
first phase , we had pretty well
grouped together and were now a good
unified unit , able to respond very
quickly to drill instructors , orders
and understanding what the consequences
were if we didn't right .
I remember the first time I pulled the
trigger On an m . 16 A two and I could
hear the thunk of the hammer hitting
and then when the weapon fired , I
could here to recall the action spring
or buffer spring recoiling inside the
butt stock . The hikes were
always brutal , the grit and the dirt
and it was hot because we were in the
summer , but that's where a lot of my
platoon really came together to help
each other out through something that
was very , not just physically , but
mentally and emotionally challenging
all the
way
up to the reaper . There was a lot of
mixed feelings because it was like ,
okay , here's another hill , here's
another hill and then it's like we get
excited and then , but once we got to
that last hill it was okay we're here .
And then um we stopped to change your
covers and it's like well we're about
to be up there and get their eagle
globe and anchor through all of us . We
were just tired at that point . But
once we got the packs back on and they
said okay we're gonna war cry and we're
gonna sprint up the hill , there was a
lot of energy to meet everybody and
there didn't really hit me . I think it
was right before then , right before
the big hill when we came up , our
senior drill instructor said look out
there like the view is beautiful and
they said you just hiked all of that .
You hiked all the way up here and I
think that's when it really sat in
change . Mhm . A century of development
has created a training environment at
Marine Corps recruit depot san Diego .
That has marked its place in history
and will be compared to that of the
greatest military organizations our
world has known While each generation
of Marine Corps training has brought
with its changes and improvements , the
legendary transformation that occurs
here will forever remain the same . Our
core values of honor , courage and
commitment will continue to be imbued
in every recruit that steps onto our
yellow footprints for the next 100
years .
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