Name: What New Marine Corps Recruits Go Through In Boot Camp
Uploaded: 2021-05-25T07:42:44.000Z
Duration: 16 min 31 s
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Before they become United States Marines,

from the Marine Corps' 13-week basic training program,

which tests them physically and psychologically.

Drill instructor: No one feels sorry for you!

Ty Kopke: It's a pressure cooker for 12 weeks

under the pressure of an intimidating drill instructor,

someone that's putting you under the scrutiny

everything you do is never gonna be good enough.

but it's only gonna hurt more if you look at it that way.

Drill instructor: Around, around, around!

Kopke: It's boot camp, and it's supposed to prepare you

Narrator: We spent five days at Parris Island,

Drill instructor: You will not run. You will walk.

Drill instructor: You will do what you're told to do,

when you're told to do it, and without question.

new recruits arrive at the receiving barracks,

where they take their first steps toward becoming Marines

between the outside world and Parris Island.

Drill instructor: You will walk through these silver hatches

Narrator: Once inside, recruits are processed

Drill instructor: Put it up! Recruit: Yes, ma'am.

Narrator: After graduation, Marines commit to a minimum

Upon entering the Corps, an entry-level private

Drill instructor: Sit down. Recruit: Yes, sir.

Narrator: Recruits are required to make a phone call

the script printed for them inside the phone bank.

Recruit: I will contact you in seven to nine days

Narrator: Recruits are given three chances

Recruit: Sir, my recruiter's not answering, sir.

Narrator: Not every recruit is able to make a connection.

Narrator: But they won't have long to dwell on it.

The Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island

sits on 8,000 acres of the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Kopke: We take young men and women from all walks of life,

all cultures, maybe they were rich, maybe they were poor,

they've got different religious backgrounds,

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