How Marine Corps Drill Instructors Are Trained | Boot Camp

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"Take your time, there is no rush" said the drill instructor calmly

5:44 “the voice is our number one tool we have to have” - he says with the most gravelly, beat up voice I’ve ever heard.

I was the Honor Graduate of my Drill Instructor Class in December 1971 and thank you so much for sharing this video. I went on to serve as a Drill Instructor from December 1971 to December 1974 and was the most memorable duty of my 30 year career.

My drill instructor made my life a living hell and on graduation he told me "I didn't think you were fit to be a US Marine, but I could not break you so I made you a Marine and gave me a hug.

"THERE IS NO RUSH, TAKE YOUR TIME" The drill instructor said calmly.

These people are amazing. They make minimal pay and have to give 150% energy and commitment to their platoon. Nothing but respect.

I Served For 16yrs In The Army, My Younger Brother Served 24yrs In The Marines, For 6yrs He Was A Drill Instructor At San Diego, He's Retired Now & Iam Very PROUD Of Him... Semper Fi...

"The voice is a number one. You have to have it" he says with a voice so hoarse he can hardly speak.

Ssgt: "Why do Marines get married?" "to get out of the barracks staff sgt" Ssgt: "good, sit down" Lmao

These drills make an impact on service members lives. mine volunteered to become one , and one day she had a heart to heart with us. she said she wakes up every morning to make us into good people, not only good soldiers, and she cried in front of the whole platoon when she said it. she nursed my emotions throughout a rough breakup and instilled lifelong values such as discipline. i never had a mother but strangely she became a somewhat of a maternal figure to me. it’s safe to say i will never forget her.

We're so pound of our men and women who not only served but stepped up to train our sons and daughters. Thank you from a father of 2 Marines.

I swear most of them are losing their voices by how much they’re yelling at the recruits.

I may sound dumb for saying this, but as a civilian it never occurred to me that there’s and even crazier drill instructor that trains all the drill instructors 😂 that’s like the final boss fight haha

When i entered bootcamp, i hated DI's, but during my years in the uniform i understood and admired the madness. I started to understand the need for their mindset. They live/breathe MARINE CORPS more than most Marines and have a high sense of being able to teach and help make future Marines. I even met fellow Marines who i thought would do well as DIs, and some of them actually took that plunge. It's just that feeling when you meet someone who seems legit for DI job and you say in you head "You know what, I wouldn't mind you making our future Marines."

MY THROAT HURTS JUST WATCHING THIS. God Bless you guys for shaping these young men and women. Hooah

“Take your time there’s no rush” *Takes time aggressively

Respect for those marines who've served and gained rank just to go back to DI training and get yelled at and scrutinized all over again

Building humans up rather than breaking them down to rebuild them works so much better. I’m very glad to see changes being made now, drill instructors have begun to learn if you have to physically hurt a recruit for them to listen to you, you aren’t a true leader. I have massive respect for ANYONE that can admit to the mistakes the core made in the past and acknowledging that its become unacceptable and should not happen again. It would be very easy for them to have continued slapping recruits around, but even the acknowledgement that that isn’t okay is really impressive from a group that values being strong and changing your mind is usually seen as weakness.

I had the pleasure of serving in the fleet with one of my Drill Instructors. We became great friends . Those are people you will never forget .