I've looked on the net for a place that describes the average physical training exercises used in a day of basic training, but I haven't been able to find anything. Anyone know of a site or can give me a description?

Hehe, Kieran wants to play soldiers >.>

Um, I don't know. Maybe you could ask one of the people here who's been through basic training?

Yep. Convinient that someone just got back from basic too.

A ****-load of variations of the push-up, sit-up, etc. I did everything from crab walking across a PT field, to running with someone on my back (ala Luke and Yoda, sort of). The drill sergeants find all sorts of wonderful things to make you do. Seriously, I could go on for hours about all the things I did.

Find any School that Does ROTC training. Usually they let civilians into their PT programs, but you may need to be a student at that school.

The school where I go (Illinois Institute of Technology) has a huge ROTC program, and I know several "Civies" that go to morning PT.

Makes more sense to send out a general question. That way I can try to get the answers from people I know have the knowledge and the people I didn't know but still have it.

I'm in ROTC. And I know ROTC PT isn't as rigorous as Basic PT(mostly due to time constraints).

Figure on it being the same kind of stuff, more intense, and there being far more of it.

I seriously think you should visit a dietician and a trained physicist rather than intarweb lolarzer stuff. Just becuase I am considering a career in physical training/dietician.

Hehehehe.

Oh, and for the record, Marines > *.

yeah that little star doesn't amount to much.

Go to Marine Recruiting office.

Ask the NCOIC to quarterdeck you.

The Marines have the strictist requirements for recruitment of the military branches in the US.

I am not gonna start a knock the Marines thread but they are not the strictest, its just there PT test is structured Differently. I know everyone thinks they are all the greatest thing in our military but the truth is they are just a branch like any other. They do a 3 mile PT test run where the Army does 2 and they do pull ups instead the Army Push Ups. I had 2 Drill Sergeants that were former Marines... they said the Marines focus mainly on BRM (shooting), DNC (marching), and Marine history. It is no more challenging then what the army gives (at least for OSUT 'Infantry' training).

As far as Morning PT... There are AGR runs which get longer and longer especially if you run in the fastest A group (up to 5 miles which we did in a cool 31 minutes) while the slower groups don't run as far or as fast. There are the 60-120s where you sprint around the track for a minute and then run for 2 mins. Then there's pooey sooey where its an all out smoke session with multiple rope climbing, running, sit ups, push ups and of course the bear crawls and crab walks across the sandy PT field.

It is alot of fun and it gets you in great shape if you didn't already know.

Yeah, those Marines are so great, they had to get Rangers to train Force Recon.

Let's put it this way.

Marines=born in a bar

I was referring to who they let in, not the physical requirements.

Fo shizzle dude, there are some DUMB KIDS getting into the Army. All four major branches have offices right next to eachother. The Army has let in two dropouts and four GEDs this year (from our office) month. The Marines have let in one GED and nobody with an ASVAB score of under 31. Can't say that for the Army.

Of course, I do have respect for soliders, I have friends who are soldiers. It's the lying recruiters around here, and the low standards for getting in. There are certainly some hard-core dudes (and dudettes) in there.

But I don't want to dress like a christmas tree, and to me, there is more pride, history, and honor in the Marine Corps. That is why I signed up with them instead of the Army.

Everyone needs grunts.

First of all, the Corps is not a "major branch" as you stated previously in that post. "My *** Rides In Naval Equipment, Sir" is a fitting acronym for a reason...

You forgot to mention that the Army also gets some very intelligent people as well. They're by far not mostly drop-outs and -30'ers. The Army's MI is incredible.

Marines, while I have respect for them, just come off to me as kind of the "meatheads", the big strong, tall, dumb guys. No offense to anyone, that's just how some of them come off to me. Although one of the Marines I know, is an exremely intelligent, whole hearted guy, and he's a very good friend.

Major branch meaning not Coast Guard. Sorry I'm more human than the elitists who inhabit this board.



"There are certainly some hard-core dudes (and dudettes) in there."

Did you read my post?



All the branches are like that. Most of them are average guys (I don't know what you think an average guy is, but most people are meatheads, even if they aren't strong) with some super bright ones.

Which is funny, because the CG does more than the Corps for this nation...

Just wanting to pick one part and take a shot? That's cool dude, not everyone has what it takes to make a complete response.

And let's thing about this.

Can Marines do the Coast Guard's job?

No.

Can the Coast Guard do the job of the Marines?

No.

There is some cross over, but that isn't the point. Sure sure, the Coast Guard does a lot to keep the country safe, but they do NOT do more than the Corps does for the country.

When I say (to a normal person) major branches of the military, they will tell me 'Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines". Coast Guard is considered military by very few people, and I don't even know if it is officially except in time of war.

Which part of this post are you going to nitpick?

People's ignorance doesn't not dictate how major or minor a military branch is.

Personally, I think all service branches are important and have their roles.

The part that you're not understanding that Marines are under the Navy, it's a corps, not a branch.

I'm not sure where your coming with this whole the Marines aren't a branch business... yes there dep of navy and everything but the airforce is literally the equiv to the army since the air force used to be the air corps under the army until it formed its own branch. The marines have their own chain of command without the navy, thus they are there own self-sufficient branch. Last time i checked its not the Navy asking people to join the Marine Corps...

what about Delta?

i know about 500 people a year apply for the SAS over here and about 9 get in. people have died on training before too.

No see how you yourself said that the Airforce formed its own branch. The Marines are a Corps under the Navy. The commander of the Corps answers to the Navy. In fact that's why the Corps is so worried about the new "brown water" Navy idea. The only thing the Corps is good for is to play soldier for the Navy. Fighting sailors starts to bump elbows with the Corps.

[QUOTE=Mr. Stafford]what about Delta?

i know about 500 people a year apply for the SAS over here and about 9 get in. people have died on training before too.[/QUOTE]
Delta and the SAS are not branches.

I think the term Corps though is more loosely based since an actual Corps in the military is 50000 men. The Marines are made up of about 3 times that so even though thats their name most likely due to heritage sake they are there own branch formed off of the Navy. Yeah the whole Navy Infantry idea is pretty stupid if you ask me as well too. Who'd want that job?

Marines are trained to create breeches in which others can push through. A lot of times this involves heading directly into enemy fire. This is why during Basic Training you get a lot of ego stroking and why Marines are considered cocky and arrogant. You have to be in order to do their job.

Also, Marines are a part of the Navy only in the sense that they get their funding from the Navy. In pretty much everthing else the Marines conduct themselves as their own branch.

Both the Navy and the Marine Corps are under the Department of the Navy.

The Department of the Navy and the United States Navy are NOT the same thing.

That's far from the truth. Dumb people don't get into the Marine Corp.



Yeah. The Marines are going to be the first to respond to any sort of crisis given that training and their greater mobility.

greater mobility meaning sitting on a boat... not my forte

Hey man, I thought 'go on a cruise and blow stuff up' was a pretty good recruiting slogan, but my recruiter wouldn't forward it up his chain of command.

lol, the armed services slogan should be "hurry up... and wait"

or just the term "clusterf*ck"

And that's cool. You found what worked for you, so it's all good.

There were a handful at Quantico.


Explain. I'm only asking because Naval Research is often considered to be under the Navy, but fall under the DoN and not the Naval Operations.