Drill Instructor Life Narrative

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In May of 2006, I graduated high school and already knew where I was going. I previously signed up to join the Marines, and had already been training for it. In July of 2006, I received a call from my recruiter. He told me a spot opened sooner than he thought and he asked me if I wanted to take it. I told him I did want the spot. Less than a week later, I was on my way to Parris Island, South Carolina. This began a journey of many firsts for me. I had never flown in an airplane and I had never been away from family more than a couple weeks. At 17 years old, I was quite nervous and excited at the same time. Once I arrived at the airport in South Carolina, I was put on a bus bound for Parris Island. I was surrounded by many other young men …show more content…
This was the first time I realized we were in trouble. Without going into detail, I found out real fast Drill Instructors were not messing around. We met our Senior Drill Instructor and his assistants. The heavy, which was the second in command, was a Marine from Pennsylvania. He looked like a cartoon character, but he was no one to mess with. The third Drill Instructor, which was called the kill hat, was a rough looking Marine from, well I actually never found out. He could be compared to the Tasmanian Devil. Every time he came around, everything got thrown around and we knew we were going to get smoked, a term we used for an overwhelming amount of physical training in a short amount of time. After we met our Drill Instructors, we began our 12 week training program. The program consisted of three different phases. Each phase was designed to break you down and build you back up. We woke up everyday around, I believe, four in the morning. We conducted physical training, went back to the barracks for a quick shower, and marched to breakfast. Our days were filled with lots of training, classes, and cleaning. As the training progressed, more was expected of us. The training got harder and the days got longer. They were molding us into “warriors”. They instilled discipline and
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