> Looking back on those years now, I guess it was to prove to myself that if I couold make it through Marine training then I was not as worthless a human being as I was led to believe growing up
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>My brother went through boot camp at Paris Island - the stories he told me were unreal. The toughest three months of my life were still a walk in the park compared with what he experienced.

Ahh Paris Island. I can still remember all 3 of my drill instructors and what they looked like. Actually, my Senior Drill Instructor ended
up in my unit at Camp Pendleton while I was there. I was a corporal at the time. Even after 4 years he still intimited me.