1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000


2
00:00:14,340 --> 00:00:18,150
mhm , mhm . All right , 

3
00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,050
okay . Mhm . 

4
00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:31,350
I know . 

5
00:00:35,740 --> 00:00:38,350
No . Okay . 

6
00:01:03,940 --> 00:01:05,050
Yeah , mhm , 

7
00:01:08,140 --> 00:01:10,560
wow . Yeah , 

8
00:01:15,140 --> 00:01:18,520
Okay . Yeah , yeah . 

9
00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:25,300
I went out to my boot training 

10
00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:29,170
in 19 42 

11
00:01:29,170 --> 00:01:30,880
January 1942 Platoon in 

12
00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,060
150 , 

13
00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:38,150
mm hmm . When we got the train 

14
00:01:38,150 --> 00:01:41,740
station , we met the devil in his two 

15
00:01:41,740 --> 00:01:43,960
associates , Sergeant , Allen , 

16
00:01:44,050 --> 00:01:47,960
corporal rice carpool , alexander . 

17
00:01:51,140 --> 00:01:55,130
We were still using World War I 

18
00:01:55,130 --> 00:01:58,450
gear . I was issued Springfield over 

19
00:01:58,450 --> 00:01:58,960
three . 

20
00:02:04,340 --> 00:02:07,410
The first couple of weeks was uh really 

21
00:02:07,410 --> 00:02:09,243
kind of tough because we we were 

22
00:02:09,243 --> 00:02:11,077
getting used to everything , Our 

23
00:02:11,077 --> 00:02:13,299
muscles were sore from all the activity 

24
00:02:13,299 --> 00:02:15,410
that was going on . And by the end of 

25
00:02:15,410 --> 00:02:17,243
first phase , we had pretty well 

26
00:02:17,243 --> 00:02:20,410
grouped together and were now a good 

27
00:02:20,410 --> 00:02:23,600
unified unit , able to respond very 

28
00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,711
quickly to drill instructors , orders 

29
00:02:25,711 --> 00:02:27,933
and understanding what the consequences 

30
00:02:27,933 --> 00:02:30,450
were if we didn't right . 

31
00:02:36,540 --> 00:02:38,707
I remember the first time I pulled the 

32
00:02:38,707 --> 00:02:42,310
trigger On an m . 16 A two and I could 

33
00:02:42,310 --> 00:02:44,780
hear the thunk of the hammer hitting 

34
00:02:44,780 --> 00:02:46,724
and then when the weapon fired , I 

35
00:02:46,724 --> 00:02:48,891
could here to recall the action spring 

36
00:02:48,891 --> 00:02:51,002
or buffer spring recoiling inside the 

37
00:02:51,002 --> 00:02:54,940
butt stock . The hikes were 

38
00:02:54,940 --> 00:02:58,070
always brutal , the grit and the dirt 

39
00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,191
and it was hot because we were in the 

40
00:03:00,191 --> 00:03:02,302
summer , but that's where a lot of my 

41
00:03:02,302 --> 00:03:05,240
platoon really came together to help 

42
00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,351
each other out through something that 

43
00:03:07,351 --> 00:03:09,407
was very , not just physically , but 

44
00:03:09,407 --> 00:03:11,462
mentally and emotionally challenging 

45
00:03:14,140 --> 00:03:15,140
all the 

46
00:03:15,140 --> 00:03:19,360
way 

47
00:03:19,370 --> 00:03:21,481
up to the reaper . There was a lot of 

48
00:03:21,481 --> 00:03:23,537
mixed feelings because it was like , 

49
00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:25,537
okay , here's another hill , here's 

50
00:03:25,537 --> 00:03:27,703
another hill and then it's like we get 

51
00:03:27,703 --> 00:03:29,814
excited and then , but once we got to 

52
00:03:29,814 --> 00:03:32,037
that last hill it was okay we're here . 

53
00:03:32,037 --> 00:03:34,148
And then um we stopped to change your 

54
00:03:34,148 --> 00:03:36,259
covers and it's like well we're about 

55
00:03:36,259 --> 00:03:38,203
to be up there and get their eagle 

56
00:03:38,203 --> 00:03:40,840
globe and anchor through all of us . We 

57
00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,940
were just tired at that point . But 

58
00:03:43,950 --> 00:03:46,190
once we got the packs back on and they 

59
00:03:46,190 --> 00:03:48,412
said okay we're gonna war cry and we're 

60
00:03:48,412 --> 00:03:50,579
gonna sprint up the hill , there was a 

61
00:03:50,579 --> 00:03:52,579
lot of energy to meet everybody and 

62
00:03:52,579 --> 00:03:54,801
there didn't really hit me . I think it 

63
00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:56,857
was right before then , right before 

64
00:03:56,857 --> 00:03:58,801
the big hill when we came up , our 

65
00:03:58,801 --> 00:04:00,912
senior drill instructor said look out 

66
00:04:00,912 --> 00:04:02,968
there like the view is beautiful and 

67
00:04:02,968 --> 00:04:05,134
they said you just hiked all of that . 

68
00:04:05,134 --> 00:04:07,134
You hiked all the way up here and I 

69
00:04:07,134 --> 00:04:09,079
think that's when it really sat in 

70
00:04:09,079 --> 00:04:11,301
change . Mhm . A century of development 

71
00:04:11,301 --> 00:04:13,412
has created a training environment at 

72
00:04:13,412 --> 00:04:15,579
Marine Corps recruit depot san Diego . 

73
00:04:15,579 --> 00:04:17,634
That has marked its place in history 

74
00:04:17,634 --> 00:04:19,634
and will be compared to that of the 

75
00:04:19,634 --> 00:04:21,634
greatest military organizations our 

76
00:04:21,634 --> 00:04:23,746
world has known While each generation 

77
00:04:23,746 --> 00:04:25,801
of Marine Corps training has brought 

78
00:04:25,801 --> 00:04:28,023
with its changes and improvements , the 

79
00:04:28,023 --> 00:04:30,079
legendary transformation that occurs 

80
00:04:30,079 --> 00:04:32,301
here will forever remain the same . Our 

81
00:04:32,301 --> 00:04:34,246
core values of honor , courage and 

82
00:04:34,246 --> 00:04:36,357
commitment will continue to be imbued 

83
00:04:36,357 --> 00:04:38,412
in every recruit that steps onto our 

84
00:04:38,412 --> 00:04:40,390
yellow footprints for the next 100 

85
00:04:40,390 --> 00:04:40,850
years . 

86
00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:45,560
Yeah