Marine writes home from Boot Camp

[beaky]

Fictional, I believe, but very funny:


A FARM KID,
(NOW AT San Diego MARINE CORP RECRUIT TRAINING)

Dear Ma and Pa,

I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled.

I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m. but I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing.

Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water. Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you until noon when you get fed again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much.

We go on "route marches," which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different. A "route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks.

The country is nice but awful flat. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. The Captain is like the school principal. Majors and colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother you none.

This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home.. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes.

Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake. I only beat him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds and he's 6'8" and near 300 pounds dry.

Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.

Your loving daughter,

Sue Ellen

[Woodlouse2002]

Last time I saw this it was a son writing home.

[Craig.]

much funnier this way though

[beaky]

'Twas a lady pilot who posted the version I saw... and I agree; it's much funnier this way.

[BFMF]

I had to get up at 0400 every day during Basic and AIT, so I doubt that Marines get to sleep in untill 0600 during Boot camp.

[beaky]

I had to get up at 0400 every day during Basic and AIT, so I doubt that Marines get to sleep in untill 0600 during Boot camp.

Yeah, I thought that sounded a bit unrealistic.  ;D

[Mees]

I really don't understand this, probably because my English is crap...

[BFMF]

It's kind of a redneck joke

[eniranjanrao]

It's a good one even if it's a joke.

[ansteve1]

who ever wrote that did not know any thing about marine corps boot camp.
1. it is drill instructor not platoon sergeant call one that and see what happens
2. we did not get up at 0600 it was more like 0500
3. forget riding back in trucks, you had sore feet too bad
and they forgot about the 36 hours of no sleep the first week
and the title; Marine writes home from Boot Camp
marines don't write home from boot camp recruits do but they don't earn the title until the 2nd to last day

and now female dont go to mcrd san diego


sorry for ruining the fun but spending the last three months there  earning the title Marine and having a lot of respect for the depot and the drill instructors i can't help but correct the many errors
semper fi
ansteve1

[Theis]

who ever wrote that did not know any thing about marine corps boot camp.
1. it is drill instructor not platoon sergeant call one that and see what happens
2. we did not get up at 0600 it was more like 0500
3. forget riding back in trucks, you had sore feet too bad
and they forgot about the 36 hours of no sleep the first week
and the title; Marine writes home from Boot Camp
marines don't write home from boot camp recruits do but they don't earn the title until the 2nd to last day

and now female dont go to mcrd san diego


sorry for ruining the fun but spending the last three months there  earning the title Marine and having a lot of respect for the depot and the drill instructors i can't help but correct the many errors
semper fi
ansteve1

Always nice with some facts from the horses mouth (Or in this case, the Marines mouth! )

[Woodlouse2002]

[quote]who ever wrote that did not know any thing about marine corps boot camp.
1. it is drill instructor not platoon sergeant call one that and see what happens
2. we did not get up at 0600 it was more like 0500
3. forget riding back in trucks, you had sore feet too bad
and they forgot about the 36 hours of no sleep the first week
and the title; Marine writes home from Boot Camp
marines don't write home from boot camp recruits do but they don't earn the title until the 2nd to last day

and now female dont go to mcrd san diego


sorry for ruining the fun but spending the last three months there

[BFMF]

1. it is drill instructor not platoon sergeant call one that and see what happens

Even when I went through Basic Training, they were addressed as Drill Sergeant, but each platoon had three or four drill sergeants assigned to it. There was always one E-7 drill sergeant per platoon that basically held the platoon sergeant's position.

[Mr.Mugel]

Nice joke though ! I liked the "Sue" in the end !