helping son prepare for boot camp

**kmrtnsn** · 11-15-09, 19:15

"Aug - Oct and that was miserable" Blasphemer!

MCRD San Diego has some of the mildest weather in the world and is clearly a superior place to train than the WM bootcamp in South Carolina during the same months. It is also NOTHING like August to October in other fine places that Marines play,

29 Palms
Area 2301 near Yuma
Ft. Irwin
Somali
Iraq
etc...................

Semper Fi

**Ed243** · 11-15-09, 19:26

Please read this soldier's entry and consider planning a vacation together to get some training.

Lessons Learned In Combat

**kmrtnsn** · 11-15-09, 20:25

I DO NOT recommend you trying to provide any training for your son PRIOR to his EOD with the Corps. They'll teach him what they want him to know in the beginning. He can do/get advanced training after he completes Basic and ITS.

**warpigM-4** · 11-15-09, 20:54

if you are suiting him up in Battle rattle(Ruck ,Boots Uniform), Get wet, Muddy ditches as in Low crawl and a hike soaked .My whole BRM it was raining sideways ,we laid in puddles of water for 4 days.Land Nav you guessed it rained the whole time and cold.My friend that went to Marnie BCT said they where wet all the time.
And one thing I noticed was the younger guys took the DS yelling at them on minor things personal.just remember these men are training you how not to be Killed in a Battle zone

and tell him Thank you for his service

**kmrtnsn** · 11-15-09, 21:19

The Corps will teach him to shoot, THEIR way. They will teach him THEIR tactics. The Corps has little patience for UNLEARNING recruits previous instruction and/or bad habits. Do get him in running, doing core exercises, etc. Running now in good running shoes is fine. They will issue boots and break them in once he hits MCRD. Want to do some training with him before hand? Join a Cross-fit class, seriously, both of you will benefit. Teach him the fundamentals of discipline, the Corps will take care of the rest.

**Bill Bryant** · 11-15-09, 21:20

Originally Posted by kmrtnsn

I DO NOT recommend you trying to provide any training for your son PRIOR to his EOD with the Corps. They'll teach him what they want him to know in the beginning. He can do/get advanced training after he completes Basic and ITS.

I take it that by "training" you mean the sort of thing you do when you enroll in a class like this http://www.parkcitiestactical.com/sdtaccarbine.htm or this http://www.eagtactical.com.

I assume that you would not be opposed to his "training" to be able to do 30 chin-ups, or 120 crunches in two minutes, or three miles in 18 minutes, or to bench press twice his weight ten times.

I'm not sure whether you think putting hundreds of rounds in the bull's eye with a .22 should be avoided or not.

**Bill Bryant** · 11-15-09, 21:30

Originally Posted by kmrtnsn

The Corps will teach him to shoot, THEIR way.

So stop going to the woods with our rifles? We've been doing this for ten years, since he was eight years old, but you're saying the USMC wishes we hadn't?