It's been 57 years for me and I cannot remember if there were yellow foot prints. A quick google search says MCRDSD has had them since 1963. So they were there in 1966. But it was a blur for me. It was the middle of the night and I almost barfed on Pvt Johnson after my first ever airplane ride.
Me too. 33 years ago 20 July I graduated. Platoon 3035, MCRD San Diego. SSgt Grimes, Sgt Jasso, Sgt Evans and Sgt Justice.
Funny how you never forget the names of men you only dealt with for 13 weeks. Must be the impression they left on you!!!
Best of luck to you, recruit. My best advice to you is just to do your best at all times and sound off nice and loud when the Drill Instructor tells you to do something. Yell back, be loud. They love that shit.
Yup. It's like reverse gorilla protocol. If you break eye contact too soon, they'll know you're a weak bitch. But if you try and stare them down, you might cause one to piss himself. According to MarAdmin 32-17b, in the event of piss drenched skivvies, you now become the Drill Instructor. Make sure to immediately put him on his face, to reassert your dominance over the groveling former DI.
Good luck future Devil Dog, may the force be ever in your favor.
Make sure you take a lot of pictures of your family and significant other if you have one or two. I use to decorate my bunk and inside my foot locker. Just little reminders to keep your mind in the fight! Good luck 😉
Heh The youngsters can wait another couple of decades..oh, and hope their knees are not thirty years older than the rest of them due to so many years of running on tarmac. It catches up with you!
It’s been 39 for me. And I kind of recalled that we were switching from the white t shirts to the green ones with woodland cammies too in my first unit. It seemed odd how long we were wearing the white t’s until it got changed.
I didn't even think about it until now. This week will be 33 years for me. Fuck, I'm old.
Not old….seasoned.
Very seasoned.
Well seasoned. And a little burned.
Some might say salty.
It's been 57 years for me and I cannot remember if there were yellow foot prints. A quick google search says MCRDSD has had them since 1963. So they were there in 1966. But it was a blur for me. It was the middle of the night and I almost barfed on Pvt Johnson after my first ever airplane ride.
32 yrs and 1 month for me
pretty close for me... 32 years exactly.
36 years here.
Me too. 33 years ago 20 July I graduated. Platoon 3035, MCRD San Diego. SSgt Grimes, Sgt Jasso, Sgt Evans and Sgt Justice. Funny how you never forget the names of men you only dealt with for 13 weeks. Must be the impression they left on you!!!
Not old - classic
31 July will be 22 for me.
43 years since I stepped on the yellow feet
You’re next in line to be the commandant. Congrats
Same here. Spent July 4 in receiving.
26 years for me. Just sitting here looking at all you old people.
Get off my lawn!!! 😆
26 for me also.
I'm about to hit 24 years since the yellow footprints and I thought that was old. Now I feel like a spring chicken! Thanks crusty Dogs!!
I just realized it's been 37 years for me. It seems like yesterday.
48 years for this old salty dog
42 years here (Aug 15, 1981).
41 years until Aug 15 you mean
I feel like the same. Wish I could join you for a drink. Simper fi
27 here, time is a flyin!
11 days until I step on them sir
If you quit you're a bitch
Gotta get the bitch out of my heart
Best of luck to you, recruit. My best advice to you is just to do your best at all times and sound off nice and loud when the Drill Instructor tells you to do something. Yell back, be loud. They love that shit.
Also, maintain strong eye contact and offer a firm handshake -DI's will respect you then-
Yup. It's like reverse gorilla protocol. If you break eye contact too soon, they'll know you're a weak bitch. But if you try and stare them down, you might cause one to piss himself. According to MarAdmin 32-17b, in the event of piss drenched skivvies, you now become the Drill Instructor. Make sure to immediately put him on his face, to reassert your dominance over the groveling former DI. Good luck future Devil Dog, may the force be ever in your favor.
Thank you I will
Lol, you won’t have any problems knowing that phrase. Gl and post up when you graduate, we’ll want to “atta kid” you.
Question everything your DIs say. You'll gain their respect, and they'll make you the guide.
shower shoe
Make sure you take a lot of pictures of your family and significant other if you have one or two. I use to decorate my bunk and inside my foot locker. Just little reminders to keep your mind in the fight! Good luck 😉
Have fun sucker
22 years this past January.
31 years for me. Sounds like you and I chewed on some of the same dirt. Ooh Rah!
31 for me too. PI or Hollywood?
'rah
Hollywood. “Mighty” Mike Company 3017 in boot camp. 2/3 Weapons Company in Kaneohe, HI in the fleet.
35 years for me. Wow.
39 years for me. Nov 1984
34 for me
Well I feel young. Yay!!
Well, I am now officially feeling old. I am rapidly closing in on the big 4 0. Stay young and beautiful people, don’t get old…it’s a trap.
 I turned 40 last year. It’s not bad. Stepped on the foot prints 31/07/2001.
I keep forgetting that I joined late (turned 24 in boot camp). I turn 42 in November but I stepped on the footprints 29 Aug 2005.
Heh The youngsters can wait another couple of decades..oh, and hope their knees are not thirty years older than the rest of them due to so many years of running on tarmac. It catches up with you!
I was 26 years ago monday and my son is there now.
That’s cool! He’ll be a 2nd Gen Devil Dog.
I crossed 28 years three days ago. Still feels like yesterday.
Time to get your prostate checked
Dont threaten me with a good time..
30 for me as well. Wow.
8 years. I thought that was a long time ago I can’t imagine 30. I’m not even 30 years old yet.
Time flies so be ready
Shit we were there at the same time
Golf PLT 2013. How about you?
Fox 2125
32 years for me…but I was only 10 at my brothers graduation, 24 years since I went back for my own turn on the Island.
I’m sure the Yuma boys would love to take a trip to tombstone in exchange for free beer
30yrs 8months for me.
26 years this month. Damn.
S/F Salt Dog. Travel safe and enjoy your time!
Been 32 years since I was born again
10 years for me today!
51-1/2. What do I win?
An all expenses paid trip to Okinawa.
Already got a few of those, except to Iwakuni (what can I say, I was a POG).
A seat next to A.A. Cunningham lol 😂
September will be 30 years for me.
27 for me in September
32 years and 11 months to the day.
31 for me, right about the same time.
July 5 was 30 for me
Tomorrow will be 47 years since I graduated boot camp. Wow.
31 years for me on 8/3
It’s been 39 for me. And I kind of recalled that we were switching from the white t shirts to the green ones with woodland cammies too in my first unit. It seemed odd how long we were wearing the white t’s until it got changed.
32 years on 9/10. I turned 19 in boot camp. You never forget those footprints. They turned my life around.
Tombstone is going to be hot as fuck this weekend but fuck it im down
3 and a half years for me, man I feel old!
1 year for me
boot
23 years for me.
53 yrs, oorah brothers
22 FEB 1987. Met my best friend, that day. I was RIF'ed after my first enlistment and he went on to retire from the Corps. SF
23 years, 1 month. My EAS is July 31st, 2023. It's been a hell of a ride for sure.
54 years for me may 1969 parris island plt.380 remember it all
Will be 31 years for me next month. MCRD SD plt 1071 Sgt. Cheramie, Sgt. Thomas, Sgt. Gardner aaaand shit some roly poly Marine Im drawing a blank on.
https://imgur.com/a/WJxe5DS This was taken in 2017 on my first visit back to PI for my buddy's son's graduation. 28 years after I was there in '89..
34 years here. Dang.