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Thread: Oh great....Military's going soft on us....
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03-26-10, 12:30 PM #22
Re: Oh great....Military's going soft on us....
Originally Posted by Blakeman
I guess he's expected to hold it or pee his pants? (I have no problem with that, i just want to understand.)
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03-26-10, 05:48 PM #24
Re: Oh great....Military's going soft on us....
Originally Posted by ninja|oaklandr
Originally Posted by Consultant
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03-26-10, 06:59 PM #26
Re: Oh great....Military's going soft on us....
Originally Posted by Consultant
What was said "This recruit needs to make a head call"...... emphasizing his need.
What should have been said "Sir, this recruit requests permission to make a head call" no emphasis on personal need, just a simple request.
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03-27-10, 11:30 PM #27
Re: Oh great....Military's going soft on us....
Also think about it this way, you want someone to get it right the first time when it is a life or death scenario. If you are not disciplined enough to ask to pee the right way, how can they trust you with a weapon system that could potentially kill everyone around you if used the wrong way? How could they trust you to drive a truck full of your fellow Marines down a road at night when you are tired.. How could they (insert other scenarios here)...
The point is to do it right, do it effectively, and don't mess up, even when it seems as simple as just asking to go to the bathroom.
Another point is that your individual needs do not trump those of the USMC and the US as a whole, you are simply a cog in the wheel of the military machine and for it to all work and not have folks die you would have to give up your own selfish needs. "Oh but it is just a guy going to the bathroom." Well the guy using the bathroom holds everyone else up from receiving training if he dilly dallys around, thus wasting money, time and possibly making him or worse the whole platoon miss something they needed to be to.
Discipline really hits home when the punishment for asking to use the bathroom wrong could result in you getting your balls busted in 'the pit' (a large lot of about 2 foot deep sand) where the DIs would make you wish you had never been born.
I've seen several different armed forces basic training, none compare to USMC boot. On a side note, if you complete USMC boot camp you would not have to take any other military branches basic training, they all realize that nothing is as hard as USMC boot.
Here is another gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuctkYYywZ0
In this one the DI gets mad because he lets up on the other recruit when he trips, when he should have gone in for the kill. War is never fair, nor honorable.
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