Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
We have camera men there taking our pics through out boot for our year books. It is considered highly undisciplined to even notice them. Ie focus on the job not mugging for the camera.
I have to also point out this boot is a bit different from when I went in. They are definitely not showing some of the more vicious and nasty things that can occur. You see the shallow edge of it. The swim qual is pretty right on though.
Who watches the watchmen?
OMG NO NOSECONES
Nice, thanks for the link Barkey. Boot Camp Death March - nice.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
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Yeah, I had the same thing going on too. We had photographers taking pictures that we could buy at graduation and we were told on pain of death not to even notice them.
I also noticed a bit of holding back from the DI's compared to what you and I went through. Even though the wave of political correctness technically limits instructors in boot camp from swearing, they never gave a shit. By week two mine had already quit saying "Freak!" and "Piss!" instead of just yelling "WHAT THE FUCK".
But by then the stockholm syndrome kicked in, my TI was a rare find, Air Force guy with combat arms experience and a purple heart. Had frag scars all along both forearms from an IED. Thus when most people rolled their eyes at the "WELL IF YOU FUCK UP LIKE THIS DOWNRANGE IT WILL..." speech, if our TI said it, we believed him.
Cool as fuck though, demented sense of humor. I can't help but look at DI's as this sort of saturday morning cartoon character now, with all the exaggerated gestures, knife hands, frog voice, and weird antics. I just can't take them seriously anymore, I was cracking up in the beginning when that DI was shaking the fuck out of that kids bed while he was peeling tape off his flashlight.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Before I was half way through boot I stopped being scared and was trying so hard to not laugh. They say some off the wall made up funny shit. My favorite was "If you do not unfuck yourself most riki tic I will fucking jump through your chest and out that window before I come back in to kick your ass." Completed with the infamous neutral push to the face L hand after stomping 3 foot lockers into splinters.
I laugh at that now a days.
Who watches the watchmen?
The best one I heard was when some kid fucked up in the chow hall and was told to "kick rocks"(Go Away)
So he went outside, and started kicking around rocks in the planter. I was one of the first ones into the chow hall so I was sitting there in formation with the rest, and when our TI came out he had the most surprised look on his face I think I've ever seen. Then he said something that I will remember for the rest of my life:
"ATKERSON, I CAN NAIL JELLOW TO A FUCKING TREE AND I STILL HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THERE!"
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Barkey: Ok that is indeed the most awesome thing ever. I want them to show a full 3 month long training complete with the viciousness and every dirty aspect.
Who watches the watchmen?
The Prodigal Returns
By the sounds of it, you both served under a more athletic version of Tourettes Guy.
edited 9th Apr '11 6:54:07 PM by DarkDecapodian
Aww, did I hurt your widdle fee-fees?
That's pretty much all the DI/TI folks in the military.
Gristknife
I can't watch the movie right now, care to explain the title?
Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Tuefel reminded me that this nice little flick existed. It's essentially a fly-on-the-wall view of boot camp from start to finish in the Marine Corps.
Regardless of branch, it really brought me back to watch it again. Some memories never fade, and some things are the same in any branch. I'll have to point out to Tuefel that they seem to have better food there in San Diego than we did in San Antonio.
For a free video link.
Some things to note, they didn't capture a lot of the personal moments that go on in boot. When the DI's are gone, there's a good deal of talking that goes on as well. You guys get to see these recruits at their most disciplined and devoid of personality that they can be, you get very few glimpses at the conversations and bullshitting that goes on behind closed doors right before lights out, or the very subtle and muted chats that go on at the chow hall when the DI's head is turned.
It's a great sort of.. Well, I don't know what to call it. The Camera Man doesn't say a single word in the entire series, no interviews, no nothing. They pretend he doesn't exist the entire time. It's about as close as you could get without making someone wear a little camera on their chest for the entire thing.
edited 8th Apr '11 10:41:44 PM by Barkey