USMC phrases heard multiple times: 1) MOS – Military Operational Specialty (your job) 2) 0300 – Infantry MOS 3) INSTANTLY, WILLINGLY, WITHOUT QUESTION (to orders) 4) back to the fleet (not in training, not injured, etc.) 5) go and grow where you are planted | |
6) EGA – eagle, globe, and anchor earned at the top of the “Grim Reaper” at the end of the 54 hour long “CRUCIBLE,” SDI gives the recruit the title of Marine for the first time.
7) “thank you for your service” response “thank you for your support”
8) Commandant’s Reading List – three books per quarter with book reports to help earn points toward your next assignment (MOS)
9) training to make Marines, and win battles
10) the first to fight, fight tonight, let’s go
11) IT – INCENTIVE TRAINING (push-ups, cleaning duties, Saturday duties, extra watch duty)
12) GOOD INITIATIVE, BAD ______________ . timing, joke, execution, follow through, etc. is the way a mistake is addressed in a positive reinforcement fashion. I hope this web page is NOT “good initiate, bad web page.”
MY TAKE AWAYS:
1) THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IS SURREAL.
2) PROFESSIONALISM IN TRAINING IS EXEMPLARY.
3) SEEING IS BELIEVING, I LOVED THE EXPERIENCE.
WORDS: YES SIR – about 40 % of time, AYE AYE SIR – about 50 % of time, NO SIR – about 10 % of time. Eyes – “click, sir” Ears “open, sir “ink stick” – pen “moon beam” – flashlight “go fasters” – boots, running shoes “port hole” – windows or eye glasses “scuttlebutt” – gossip, potato chips, snacks, very versatile term “hatch” – door “cover” – hat “head call” – go to the bathroom “beautification detail” – outdoor work crew raking rocks, picking garbage.
I am so thankful for the opportunity to have been there.
7) “thank you for your service” response “thank you for your support”
8) Commandant’s Reading List – three books per quarter with book reports to help earn points toward your next assignment (MOS)
9) training to make Marines, and win battles
10) the first to fight, fight tonight, let’s go
11) IT – INCENTIVE TRAINING (push-ups, cleaning duties, Saturday duties, extra watch duty)
12) GOOD INITIATIVE, BAD ______________ . timing, joke, execution, follow through, etc. is the way a mistake is addressed in a positive reinforcement fashion. I hope this web page is NOT “good initiate, bad web page.”
MY TAKE AWAYS:
1) THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IS SURREAL.
2) PROFESSIONALISM IN TRAINING IS EXEMPLARY.
3) SEEING IS BELIEVING, I LOVED THE EXPERIENCE.
WORDS: YES SIR – about 40 % of time, AYE AYE SIR – about 50 % of time, NO SIR – about 10 % of time. Eyes – “click, sir” Ears “open, sir “ink stick” – pen “moon beam” – flashlight “go fasters” – boots, running shoes “port hole” – windows or eye glasses “scuttlebutt” – gossip, potato chips, snacks, very versatile term “hatch” – door “cover” – hat “head call” – go to the bathroom “beautification detail” – outdoor work crew raking rocks, picking garbage.
I am so thankful for the opportunity to have been there.