Combat conditioning may be Marine’s new training method

Stars & Stripes ^ | Feb. 9, 2004 | Charlie Coon

[2111USMC]

"The command "Bends and muther****ers.......begin" still haunts my dreams."

Same here! (and it was always in the dirtiest/muddiest place the DI's could find)

I'll say one thing though, at that time, without a tremendous amount of pain, I could easily do more than 200 situps.

Wish I were in that condition today. ):

[windchime]

Bump!

[grunt03]

Same here! (and it was always in the dirtiest/muddiest place the DI's could find)

Our DIs went for the sand flea pits. I went to my son-in-law's graduation at PI last August and was floored to find that they let the recruits use bug repellant!

2111 <- The difference between a click and a bang!

I was an 0331, and was also handy with weapons repair and worked as the E-2/5 armorer for a year in the mid '70s. It was a Nice break from grunting.