Topic: boot camp stories

bootmarine · December 21st, 2003

I've got a few boot camp stories, which were either funny at the time because we were all so tense that anything was funny or funny now that I look back on them.
One day during snap-in week our 3rd hat drill instructor asked us if we had heard about the recruit who had commited suicide on Alpha range about a month ago. We all had because rumors fly through bootcamp and I figured he was gonna tell us to talk to the chaplain if we ever felt like that or something. Instead he says "we should have 81 of those."

Before field week we field packed our MREs, taking unnecessary stuff out of them and packing them tighter so they took up less space. Well a kid in another platoon had stolen a bag of skittles from one of the MREs. I was cleaning outside while they made this recruit do push-ups in the pit. Every time he pushed up he had to sound off "taste the rainbow" which was horrible because of how the recruit said it towards the end. When I think about it know though its pretty funny.
I got some more stupid stories, but if you've been there you know what its like.

Redleg · December 21st, 2003

Hi Bootmarine, and Welcome to the forum.

Good stories.
I think all us us who are/have been in the military have stories like this, but they're still funny..

Please post more if you know any other good ones.

Chris · January 20th, 2004

"Taste the Rainbow" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Lt_Strony · February 9th, 2004

Lol that would be funny

you have to think...
Now that marine meets his family and there going home
THere in the back of the car and his/her sister/brother
offeres them some Skittles....... Lol

SemperFi! · April 23rd, 2004

ROFL Strony! That must have been funny to be there. Horrible to watch but funny if you arent him. Thats a good one though strony.

Judas · July 16th, 2004

ROTFLMAO, OMG I'm never gonna forget that

03USMC · October 22nd, 2004

Funny. Big question is did he "taste the rainbow" twice?

Turner · December 30th, 2004

funny

worik_brown · January 28th, 2005

Damn i can't wait to join the navy. 15, 3 more years to go.

EuroSpike · February 15th, 2005

"they made this recruit do push-ups in the pit. Every time he pushed up he had to sound off "taste the rainbow" which was horrible because of how the recruit said it towards the end."

Correct!

And sounds quite familar.

December 21st, 2003	Post 1
bootmarine Tirones	Post; boot camp stories I've got a few boot camp stories, which were either funny at the time because we were all so tense that anything was funny or funny now that I look back on them. One day during snap-in week our 3rd hat drill instructor asked us if we had heard about the recruit who had commited suicide on Alpha range about a month ago. We all had because rumors fly through bootcamp and I figured he was gonna tell us to talk to the chaplain if we ever felt like that or something. Instead he says "we should have 81 of those." Before field week we field packed our MREs, taking unnecessary stuff out of them and packing them tighter so they took up less space. Well a kid in another platoon had stolen a bag of skittles from one of the MREs. I was cleaning outside while they made this recruit do push-ups in the pit. Every time he pushed up he had to sound off "taste the rainbow" which was horrible because of how the recruit said it towards the end. When I think about it know though its pretty funny. I got some more stupid stories, but if you've been there you know what its like.

January 20th, 2004	Post 3
Chris Immunes	"Taste the Rainbow" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! __________________ Eternal Father, lend thy grace- to those with wings who fly through space Through wind and storm, through sun and rain, oh bring them safely home again O Father hear a humble prayer, for those in peril in the air

February 9th, 2004	Post 4
Lt_Strony Optio	Lol that would be funny you have to think... Now that marine meets his family and there going home THere in the back of the car and his/her sister/brother offeres them some Skittles....... Lol __________________ Field experience is something you don\'t get until just after you need it.

April 23rd, 2004	Post 5
SemperFi! Milites Gregarius	ROFL Strony! That must have been funny to be there. Horrible to watch but funny if you arent him. Thats a good one though strony. __________________ \" War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The degraded state of morale and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.\" - John Stewart Mill \" Some people spend their entire lifetime wondering if they have made a difference, the Marines dont have that problem.\" - President Ronald Reagan, 1985

February 15th, 2005	Post 10
EuroSpike Centurion	Post; Re: boot camp stories "they made this recruit do push-ups in the pit. Every time he pushed up he had to sound off "taste the rainbow" which was horrible because of how the recruit said it towards the end." Correct! And sounds quite familar.

December 21st, 2003	Post 2
Redleg The fire is everything... Gear	Hi Bootmarine, and Welcome to the forum. Good stories. I think all us us who are/have been in the military have stories like this, but they're still funny.. Please post more if you know any other good ones.

July 16th, 2004	Post 6
Judas Immunes	ROTFLMAO, OMG I'm never gonna forget that

October 22nd, 2004	Post 7
03USMC Milforum Moderator Gear	Funny. Big question is did he "taste the rainbow" twice?

January 28th, 2005	Post 9
worik_brown Milites Gregarius	Damn i can't wait to join the navy. 15, 3 more years to go.

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