Navy OCS Introduction

**Seasoldier** · August 8th, 2009, 19:29

**KEEP US ALIVE** · August 8th, 2009 19:29

**kmarier2001** · August 8th, 2009, 19:41

Interesting video ~ I just don't get why they train those DI's to talk (or rather yell) like that! I suppose it's for the purpose of intimidating, but dang ~ they spit all over the place when they do it and it certainly can't be very good on their voice boxes/throat!

**LcplSampson** · August 10th, 2009, 20:34

LOL that was like old home week...

**Mulls** · November 13th, 2009, 09:02

Originally Posted by kmarier2001

Interesting video ~ I just don't get why they train those DI's to talk (or rather yell) like that! I suppose it's for the purpose of intimidating, but dang ~ they spit all over the place when they do it and it certainly can't be very good on their voice boxes/throat!

haha you're right, it's actually very bad for their voice boxes - many of them have voice cracks due to tears and permanent damage in their voice boxes. yeah, it's intimidating, it's authoritative, it's in-your-face, and it also gives you stress to hear DI's screaming at you - if you can't handle the stress at OCS, you can't lead the Navy and you can't lead Marines.

**gunga55** · November 13th, 2009, 09:18

Actually my old unit seemed to pick up a whole lot of ex drill instructors and none of them had problems with there voice.

**lima33doc** · November 13th, 2009, 15:43

Originally Posted by gunga55

Actually my old unit seemed to pick up a whole lot of ex drill instructors and none of them had problems with there voice.

I had at least 4 in my time in Lima 3/3. All of them talked perfectly normal...until they got mad, then they turned into DI's and used "that" voice...lol

**proudmom957** · November 14th, 2009, 14:32

Before my son left for boot camp they had a question/answer function in my area for all of the recruits families and they had a Drill demonstration and I remember thinking I would probably be in trouble all the time because they were yelling and talking (yelling) so fast that I could barely understand a word they were saying...lol.

**kmarier2001** · November 16th, 2009, 05:18

Originally Posted by proudmom957

Before my son left for boot camp they had a question/answer function in my area for all of the recruits families and they had a Drill demonstration and I remember thinking I would probably be in trouble all the time because they were yelling and talking (yelling) so fast that I could barely understand a word they were saying...lol.

They did kind of the same thing here in our area Kim. There was a family night for the poolees and their family's, and 2 drill instructors from PI came to demonstrate. I could not understand one word they said and I could literally see the spit flying from their mouths as they were yelling at the "Recruits to be" up on the platform. The 2 DI's had them up there running fast in place, then down doing pushups, then back up running fast,etc. The whole demonstration lasted about a half hour. One young poolee, when the demonstration was over, walked outside and got sick. I asked Nick after that, if he still wanted to be a Marine and he said "hell yes!" I thought it was a good thing for the poolees to experience and for the parents to see, myself.

**proudmom957** · November 16th, 2009, 21:53

Originally Posted by kmarier2001

They did kind of the same thing here in our area Kim. There was a family night for the poolees and their family's, and 2 drill instructors from PI came to demonstrate. I could not understand one word they said and I could literally see the spit flying from their mouths as they were yelling at the "Recruits to be" up on the platform. The 2 DI's had them up there running fast in place, then down doing pushups, then back up running fast,etc. The whole demonstration lasted about a half hour. One young poolee, when the demonstration was over, walked outside and got sick. I asked Nick after that, if he still wanted to be a Marine and he said "hell yes!" I thought it was a good thing for the poolees to experience and for the parents to see, myself.

Lol....I wonder if the poor poolee who got sick still went.

**lovemymarine** · November 17th, 2009, 05:56

"if there is no seam on your pants, it is the imaginary line" hahaha - oh man, I agree with Kim, I'd probably get in trouble all the time...only I'd probably start laughing at random stuff - I'm not so great in situations like that. Guess that's why they keep us home while your sons and my boyfriend go take care of all that stuff for us! lol