He'll do great. It is going to be hot.

I’d be very proud too. Yes, some letters and make plans to be at graduation.

I went through Ft Leonard Wood, MO the Summer of 1981, then back for a relative’s graduation 8 years ago. It was great to go back.

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
He’s gonna fucking hate that he went in the summer...
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Ya fuckin hate it anytime of the year! Those guys in the Campaign Covers make sure of that!


Dad, congratulations!
He's about to go through one of the toughest things he's done up to this point of his life. It's going to change him.

In a few long weeks, a bunch of us will be able to tell him "Welcome to the Club" and Semper Fidelis!

I went to summer camp there. June 04- August 25.

Fuck summer sucks. Black flag every day. Hot, humid, chance of showers in the afternoon. Bad mirage at the 300 yard line by 9 AM.

Good times.

Be very proud of that young man, and the Man that will be returning home.

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
We Marines talk a lot of trash about which Boot Camp is hardest, PI or San Diego.

I was a Hollywood Marine, and I’ll take those mountains over the sand fleas in the Carolinas any effing day!

Do you still have your issued sunglasses that all Hollywood Marines get in boot camp.

I reported to PI in July of 77 and graduated in October and Yes it will be hot as hell. He will learn to ignore the sand fleas, one way or another Best of luck. Semper Fi.

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Originally posted by Strambo:
Good luck devildog! (Devil-pup?) The heat and humidity will be brutal, i did basic and IN training at Benning July through Sep and it was a bit warm.

Yep, same here. Basic, Infantry School, Airborne School August through January, Harmony Church barracks. Summer of ‘85. It was toasty through a good bit. He’s young, he’ll adapt and overcome. Good Luck and best wishes.

He is joining a brotherhood that will benefit him the rest of his life, regardless of whether he does one enlistment or makes it a career. I went through Parris Island in the spring of 1988 and while it wasn’t summer it still sucked. Best of luck to him and Semper Fi!

Congrats to you both.

Congrats to you both.
I wish him the best of luck in his chosen endeavor.

What MOS is he hoping for?

It always makes me proud when I see a young person step up and think/give to something bigger than themselves.

I went to Fort Knox KY for OSUT in Oct 1993 and Basic training in Sept 2010. It was cold, windy, icy etc..

I cannot understand why I went then because i love the heat.

I don't think it matters what branch you choose, but when you step off that bus and the shark attack begins: it is the biggest slap in the face and what did I volunteer for moment none of us forgets.

Heck I did it twice and it was just as much of a shocker the second time as the first.

EMBRACE THE SUCK!!!!!

That’s him in the middle, white shirt, doesn’t look too happy lol.
Pic from the Facebook page that MCRD-Parris Island posts stuff on every day.
The kid in red up front has that 1000yd stare already.

He tried for ROTC, but had a serious case of senioritis and didn’t get accepted.
He decided to go Reserves and go to college locally.
He was accepted into Intel if he went full time, but ended up with 0352 Anti-tank missile-man, not many choices at the local Reserves unit I guess.

Hollywood marine here 1968. “Improvise, adapt, overcome”! A line from a movie, but skills taught at SD or PI!

Semper Fi

Congrats to you all! I did 11B10 OSUT at Ft. Benning, started first week of August. Up to that point I'd have called you a liar if you said you could scald your hands doing pushups on limestone gravel in the Georgia sunshine. I do NOT miss those days, though they changed my direction in life dramatically for all time.

Be proud of the son you've raised.

Things have changed.
Off the bus, yellow footprints.
There was no receiving building like they have now. Basically a quonset and it was hot as fuck.
Sat in a desk like they have in schools and stayed up all night. Guys who dozed off got smoked.
Next day was haircut, uniforms, drug test and more. Worst memory was carrying the mattress from our rack down 3 flights of stairs to the pit to shake it out.
June 1986 and I remember it like it was yesterday.
Congrats Dad.

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Parris Island

4th Battalion is at PI, he'll do fine. Semper Fi.

Now that's funny right there.

My daughter graduated from 4th battalion 4 years ago. Good luck to your son. The best advice is to encourage him never to quit. I lost 60 pounds during my time at MCRD San Diego.

Tony.

Columbus is where I processed through.
Good luck to him, it’s worth all the sweat !

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Originally posted by ElKabong:

He was accepted into Intel if he went full time, but ended up with 0352 Anti-tank missile-man, not many choices at the local Reserves unit I guess.

LOL, my son wanted Engineers, but ended up 0352, because there would have been a delay in his entry if we waited for an opening in Engineers. It seems everyone that is 0352 wanted to be something else.

Thank goodness, though. My son says they are few and far between in 0352. More needed. My son was the senior missileman in his company as a Corporal.

After boot camp and 10 days home, we will likely go to Camp Geiger at Camp Lejeune, NC for 13 weeks of infantry training. My son said Infantry School was tough, but much better than boot camp. He got some freedom to leave base occasionally to go shopping or get something to eat.

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Originally posted by Micropterus:

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Originally posted by ElKabong:

He was accepted into Intel if he went full time, but ended up with 0352 Anti-tank missile-man, not many choices at the local Reserves unit I guess.

LOL, my son wanted Engineers, but ended up 0352, because there would have been a delay in his entry if we waited for an opening in Engineers. It seems everyone that is 0352 wanted to be something else.

Thank goodness, though. My son says they are few and far between in 0352. More needed. My son was the senior missileman in his company as a Corporal.

After boot camp and 10 days home, we will likely go to Camp Geiger at Camp Lejeune, NC for 13 weeks of infantry training. My son said Infantry School was tough, but much better than boot camp. He got some freedom to leave base occasionally to go shopping or get something to eat.

Yep, to Camp Geiger after 10 day leave.

Quick update....
He's a couple weeks into basic, received 4 or 5 letters so far, we have several people writing to him.
I can tell he has a different perspective on life already..lol.

Graduation Oct 4th if everything goes well, he says they have dropped several recruits from heat exhaustion and injuries.

He says they are getting IT'd pretty hard because of some screw ups that can't drill for squat. He lead color guard in his high school MC-JROTC, so he is probably ahead of the curve there.

Already issued a not so new and shiny M16A4, grass week coming up 2 weeks from now I think.
I told him if he doesnt qualify Expert I'm painting his truck pink before he comes home.

Latest update in OP, he's doing great!

My #1 son/couch potato signed up on his own determination, hit Camp Pendleton circa 1988.

Don't know how they did it but he came back a genuine Man. Caught Gulf I as Farsi interpreter.

Congratulations on getting yours this far along.