The marines on the ships say USMC stands for Uncle Sam�s Misguided Children.
Some ships have marines stationed onboard for security. The overseas ports have a lot of tropical beaches and bars. The best ship to be on is a tender ship or repair ship. The Marines and the Navy divers liked exercise more than anyone. It could be 100 degrees in the dessert and some of the marines would be running in the sunlight & heat. The Navy divers exercised early in the morning before most people had got up out of bed.
The navy had all kinds of initiations. There was an initiation for going on a ship the first day, making rank and crossing the equator. One person I know made chief petty officer and he came to general quarters the next day with red eyes. From what he said the initiation was really wild.
After you get out of basic training, you can relax and not use the word sir so much. Also you don't have to salute as much after basic training. The way I got through basic training was I just did what everyone else did. It�s best just to kind of blend in with the crowd in basic training.
Some people just aren't cut out to be in the military. There are people that don't make it through the first day of basic training. Basic training was easy for me. I gained 20 pounds from the good food. Our living conditions on a ship were 10 times worse than basic training but the beaches and things were very nice. I helped to take care of a few of the people who went nuts from the bad living conditions. When living conditions are bad morale is low and more people get into fights and arguments.
Last edited by Con_touring; 12/14/04 12:20 PM.
