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<blockquote data-quote="Justice C. Bigler" data-source="post: 17456" data-attributes="member: 74"><p>Re: Oorah</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Both of my brothers are in their first enlistment with the Army. The first went to Fort Leonard Wood, MO and graduated not quite 3 years ago, the younger went to Fort Benning, GA. My younger brother just graduated basic in June. He said the first week was filled with a lot of paper work, and sitting around while all the additional members of their group arrived. Then they started the full on basic training. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Marines are probably somewhat different, but there has been a movement in the military over the last few years to adjust their ''training methods'', a kinder, gentler basic training is what my brother said.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The drills weren't allowed to yell at them, or touch them in anyway, unless they were in some sort of danger. And I gotta say that the couple that I met, and more that I saw when I went to his graduation looked like normal guys, and didn't appear to be the 'roid raging freaks that our 70's and 80's movies made them out to be.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Both of my brothers have a couple of friends who opted for the Marines, and they have expressed similar sentiments about their training--some of whom were even disappointed by the lack of being called a maggot. Go figure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Justice C. Bigler, post: 17456, member: 74"] Re: Oorah Both of my brothers are in their first enlistment with the Army. The first went to Fort Leonard Wood, MO and graduated not quite 3 years ago, the younger went to Fort Benning, GA. My younger brother just graduated basic in June. He said the first week was filled with a lot of paper work, and sitting around while all the additional members of their group arrived. Then they started the full on basic training. The Marines are probably somewhat different, but there has been a movement in the military over the last few years to adjust their ''training methods'', a kinder, gentler basic training is what my brother said. The drills weren't allowed to yell at them, or touch them in anyway, unless they were in some sort of danger. And I gotta say that the couple that I met, and more that I saw when I went to his graduation looked like normal guys, and didn't appear to be the 'roid raging freaks that our 70's and 80's movies made them out to be. Both of my brothers have a couple of friends who opted for the Marines, and they have expressed similar sentiments about their training--some of whom were even disappointed by the lack of being called a maggot. Go figure. [/QUOTE]
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