I`m retired and walk several miles -- VTUD 04/02/2018 4:49PM
"Gump! What's your sole purpose in this Army?" -- Chris Coleman
04/02/2018 1:24PM
"This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard" -- AshburnFarmHokie 04/02/2018 5:52PM
According to R Lee Ermy they were major a-holes to recruits because they -- HokieDan95 04/02/2018 1:30PM
He also said that's why they were physical with the recruits. They didn't -- pfishe 04/02/2018 4:05PM
The DIs used to absolutely beat the hell out of the recruits. -- SDHokie 04/02/2018 5:18PM
They never laid any hands on us, so I guess that was more of a Vietnam era -- EDGEMAN 04/02/2018 7:32PM
Two months of basic? -- Chris Coleman
04/02/2018 1:40PM
After Recruit Training, Marines go to School of Infantry for another 59 -- SDHokie 04/02/2018 5:12PM
One of the things I admire is that every Marine is a rifleman first... -- EDGEMAN 04/02/2018 7:37PM
May not have been the exact timeline but it wasn't long ** -- HokieDan95 04/02/2018 1:41PM
What a bunch of sensitive snowflakes getting -- 81_Hokie 04/02/2018 1:15PM
I think it was more of a fear they were "dumbing down" their training. -- EDGEMAN 04/02/2018 7:41PM
I've worked with the Marine Corps for more than 25 years. -- SDHokie 04/02/2018 5:16PM
The baddest guy in my HS was USCG. He retired as Vice Admiral -- 48zip 04/02/2018 5:55PM
Snowflake is quickly rising as 1 of my least favorite & most overused words ** -- HokieinTampa 04/02/2018 3:20PM
Says more about the person using it than who they're talking about -- CPRVHokie 04/03/2018 10:05AM
I doubt you would say that to one face to face ** -- fordham 04/02/2018 2:09PM
Seems to me that any person that would threaten another -- 81_Hokie 04/02/2018 2:17PM
I'm going to add 1 more thing. Look yourself in the mirror. -- CochraneResident 04/02/2018 2:30PM
Wow! maybe you should do a little critical thinking if -- 81_Hokie 04/02/2018 3:32PM
Sigh... ** -- CochraneResident 04/02/2018 6:58PM
My dad was a marine, I was never in any of the services -- fordham 04/02/2018 2:30PM
It was an April Fools joke...Jesus Christ. Click the link. ** -- CochraneResident 04/02/2018 2:22PM
Yes it was an April Fool's jome but a number -- 81_Hokie 04/02/2018 3:34PM
Were you a Marine? My GF who was a drill sergeant would take umbrage w/ -- CochraneResident 04/02/2018 1:48PM
Shun ** -- Brown Water 04/02/2018 2:23PM
Hahaha. Not sure if I have a picture of my grandfather handy... ** -- CochraneResident 04/02/2018 2:24PM
Lol. Never even considered it stood for grandpa. ** -- Brown Water 04/02/2018 2:27PM
Nonetheless, your thorough, prompt attention to this matter is commendable. ** -- Coach McGuirk 04/02/2018 4:39PM
I was thinking his girlfriend must have been a real bad ass if she was a DS ** -- Brown Water 04/02/2018 4:53PM
No worries. I figured. ** -- CochraneResident 04/02/2018 2:29PM
Men, welcome to the United States Army. I'm Sergeant Hulka. I'm your drill -- Brown Water 04/02/2018 12:07PM
That's a fact Jack! ** -- grill to chill 04/02/2018 2:36PM
Aka ''our big toe''** -- HokieDan95 04/02/2018 1:05PM
As opposed to the way the Marines conduct drill instruction...lol -- EDGEMAN 04/02/2018 12:33PM
Watched that movie with my mother and my GF.. -- Vienna_Hokie 04/03/2018 08:53AM
Story time: My mother was a young girl when my GF was a drill instructor -- CochraneResident 04/02/2018 2:20PM
Your girlfriend is older than your mom? ** -- hokie-c 04/02/2018 7:28PM
Model T Ford and a tank full of gas... ** -- Burruss Writer 04/02/2018 3:19PM
Living on Parris island made me decide at 16-17 I’d never ever be a -- 83Hokie 04/02/2018 2:01PM
Most young Marines speak very highly of their instructors. -- CPRVHokie 04/02/2018 1:47PM
I respected the heck out of the DIs! -- EDGEMAN 04/02/2018 7:29PM