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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SYN Satori" data-source="post: 63061" data-attributes="member: 38998"><p>I went to MCRD San Diego for bootcamp and then from there I was at SOI. I really wouldn't classify any part of the Marine Corps bootcamp as fun, in fact I would describe it as hell. A common punishment for us was called "the water IT", where we would fill a canteen with water, line up and chug the entire canteen until it was empty and then turning it over to prove to the drill instructors that you were done. You would repeat this process until you were laying on the floor in a pool of your own vomit or until the drill instructors thought you had enough...which was never before puking. I had to eat a tube of toothpaste once because my drill instructor thought we weren't brushing our teeth good enough. I remember getting dressed in the first phase taking an hour or longer in the morning because we were all supposed to get dressed together and with speed, and if you didn't you had to take everything off and start all over. I remember getting in a circle before eating and forced to fist fight another recruit because our DI's thought we weren't "tough enough". I remember watching slide shows of dead people or people being killed in order to desensitize us to killing, that was mainly our SDI's work. I remember the DI's stealing our MRE's during the crucible so that we were only eating once a day with little to no sleep. I remember the only peace and quiet I got in the 12 weeks was the hour of firewatch a night, unless the DI's were patrolling around then you thought you might get jumped at any second. The best hour of firewatch was the hour before you wake up because you don't have to worry about getting dressed with everyone else <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. There are many more memories but I don't feel like typing them all.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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