What is US Marine Corps boot camp like?
There will always be the need for young men who are willing and able to run to the sound of eminent danger and many, to their death. Nations need this. You need this. It is a horrible thing, but the sanctity and security of every nation on Earth requires young men and women capable of doing this.
.. The most important single thing to know about boot camp is that it is 100% designed to reprogram children and civilians into warriors. It places within them a sense that they are expected to do important things, far more important things than could be expected from other 18 year olds.
.. you are kept isolated from contact from your family and friends and taught that everything you were before entering the Marines was weak and lacking any real value until you too are a Marine. Cults are made this way too.
.. Why is the haircut so important? It is part of the erosion of individuality. What? Yes, the erosion of individuality. Why should a warrior lose his individuality? It is what makes him special and unique. It is what makes him valuable. Well that’s the problem. Individuality makes them special and unique. It makes them feel that they might be above someone or something else. They are better than the orders they might receive. They are too good for something. Not at boot camp. From day one, everyone is the same
.. You go through the next few days running from place to place, doing this, that, this, that and you won’t even realize… you haven’t slept in three days. Yeah, you will go through about three days without sleep upon arrival.
.. Without realizing it, you start to believe that that which is being told to you is true, that there is a weakness in you and that you are less than perfect. In your current state you believe them and that you must change to be good enough.
.. Boot camp, and particularly that of the Marines, is made to psychologically change a child into someone capable of performing under combat situations.