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We’ve written a full breakdown of the Physical Fitness Test here. This consists of a max set of pull-ups or flexed-arm hang for women, crunches in 2 minutes, and a 3 mile run. Also referred to as the “Pork Chop Platoon.” This happens when a recruit is too fat or not strong enough to pass the Initial Strength Test. PCP: Physical Conditioning Platoon, where recruits who need to lose weight or get stronger are placed. Drill competitions and unit inspections also take place on the parade deck.


Parade Deck: This is where recruits practice drill. This usually drops them back a training cycle. MRP: Medical Rehabilitation Platoon, where injured recruits are placed for recovery. You will experience an inspection by every Drill Instructor in your company in the mini-grinder, which has been named for a reason! Mini Grinder: when you move all the racks and foot lockers to one side of the room to perform drill in the squad bay. Knowledge: this is the name of your recruit knowledge handbook, which you will store in a cargo pocket and study religiously. Drill Instructors will often tell recruits their girlfriend has left them for Jody. Jody: The guy who is hooking up with your girlfriend back home. IT training is only used during recruit training and is limited to a few minutes at a time. IT: Incentive Training is extra PT, often for one individual, used to motivate recruits to perform to a higher standard. This is often given as a command, “hydrate, recruit.” You may also hear the term “hydrate or die.” the house mouse also manages the platoon whiskey locker. House Mouse: a recruit assigned to clean the duty hut during field day. Every unit in the Marine Corps has a guidon and a designated carrier. The guide is selected through meritocracy and can be the platoon honor graduate. Guide: the guide is the leader of the recruit platoon, and carries the guidon, or unit flag. Drill Instructors will inspect the cleaning job, and it will never be clean enough. To Field Day means to move everything, clean everything. When a Drill Instructor says “ eyeballs,” recruits respond with “click, sir.”įield Day: Typically every Thursday. When a Drill Instructor says “ ears,” recruits respond with “open, sir.”Įyeballs: A Drill Instructor ordering you to look at them. At least one Drill Instructor is with the recruits 24/7.Įars: A Drill Instructor ordering you to listen up. The DI on duty has a desk, computer, and a cot to sleep on. You will never refer to a Drill Instructor as a DI, however, or you will face Incentive Training.ĭuty Hut: Where Drill Instructors stay in the squad bay. All corpsmen are called “Doc” regardless of rank, and are basically Marines anyway.ĭI: Shorthand for Drill Instructor. Read more about the Combat Fitness Test here.Ĭhow: Whatever food a Marine is eating, as well as meal time itself.ĭoc: A Navy Corpsman assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. It measures functional fitness through a strength and endurance course. You will always remember Black Friday.ĬFT: The Combat Fitness Test. Maragliaīlack Friday: This is the day you meet the Drill Instructors who will forge you into a US Marine.
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The recruits will spend their first day with their drill instructors learning the rules and regulations of recruit training, regarding everything from how to act in the squad bay to how to speak to drill instructors. So you’ll see there is Marine Corps terminology specifically for recruit training, which you’ll learn quickly after arrival! Recruits from Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, receive instructions from a drill instructor during pick up at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Some of them will transfer to the Fleet Marine Force, but many will not (because you don’t get IT’d at a unit).

These are terms you will know and understand as a Marine Recruit. As you were, it’s recruit Johnson.”Ĭarry On: to continue doing what you were doing before interrupted or stopped. “Smith, you have firewatch at 0300 tonight. For instance, making a mistake on the order of firewatch. “Aye, sergeant.”Īs You Were: To disregard the last thing said, or make a correction. It is often shortened to “aye, sir.” Although every Drill instructor is called “sir” once you get to the fleet you will use the Marine’s rank. Acknowledging and Giving OrdersĪye, aye: A term used to acknowledge an order. We will focus on the most relevant to recruit training. There are thousands of acronyms and phrases to learn as a new Marine. That’s why a lot of Marine Corps terminology is derived from naval terminology, as you’ll see below. They were infantry who could fight just as well on land as they did at sea. Born on November 10, 1775, the Continental Marines were founded to serve aboard naval ships as marksmen and security forces. The United States Marine Corps has a rich history.
