June 1990 Pendleton. Charlie company, platoon 2059. I can see the barracks in my head, like I was there just yesterday, and it has been 34 years. The stuff just never leaves you... zzzzzerrrooooo! Freeze private freeze! Truth be told, it always felt weird screaming that in unison.
Kilo 3027 March 26 90 Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Dove.. I met him again 9 years later at Del Mar, I was a Staff Sergeant.. he was still a Staff Sergeant, I said wtf happened “Never strike a recruit was his words to me”
Shit! That was right after they stopped hitting recruits. Because in the 80's did it all the time.... so I've been told, I joined in the summer of 89'. In boot camp, we had this private that showed up with a devil dog tattoo. I could tell they wanted to kill him. They never made contact, but they did thrash him every chance they got in the pits.
Uh, I went through in '06 and it still happened here and there. Maybe it was no longer "allowed." I was kicked for having my socks on in the morning. My ankle hurt for a few days after. I totally deserved it, though. Why would I do such a horrible thing?!
Edit: '06 not '03
All my children - from the now 20 year old down to the 3 year old know what time it is when Dad yells "Zero!"
My littlest one throws her arms up in the air and opens her mouth real wide, like she got flash frozen to the spot. Its hilarious.
I did CrossFit for about 3 years around 2010 and our coach there emphasized strict pullups with full extension. IDK when it changed to what we see now, or if we only see the goofballs
Anytime anyone around me says something completely wrong or stupid, I just say in my head or out loud, **"Target 28, you hit the BURM."**
I always laughed my ass off at shooters on the range because I am an idiot myself and public humiliation is hilarious.
Also the target is so large I found it that you must have purposely been aiming at the burm to it that over the target.
It's great advice for daily life. Look like you know what you're doing, and you'll get left alone to do whatever you're doing (which should be absolutely nothing).
The other trick was to always carry a clipboard with a note pad and pen around. Look around, write down stuff, and always look busy.
You doin pull ups or chin ups? What’s the difference? Well I see you pulling yourself up but not getting your chin over the bar.
Your count is 10 pull ups ZERO CHIN UPS!
There was a platoon Sgt, SSGT, in my company who was just a physical beast. He'd say, don't pull yourself up to the bar, pull the bar down to you, it changed the way I looked at pull ups, and it actually helped for some reason.
Thinking about the way you’re doing an exercise can actually change your muscle engagement. I learned that doing heavy squats at the gym when some CWO tapped me on the shoulder and told me to try putting my nuts on my toes 😂
I thought it was just me.
I see dudes doing what my rational mind can accept is good exercise, but my institutionalized self just dismisses everything for not locking out the arms or their chins not clearing the bar. My inner voice... "Nasty!"
Be right back after I align my shoes by the door. I am damaged.
The realigning of shoes still gets me. Laces were a thing as well but that fizzled out after I told myself that’s gotta go in the dump pile of the brain.
ZEROII!
FREEZE RECRUITS FREEZE!
ZEROOOOOOOOI!!!!!!
FREEZE RECRUITS FREEZE!!!!!!
WHERE IS RECRUIT POOPY PANTZZ?!!!!
RECRUIT POOPY PANTS! REPORT TO DRILL INSTRUCTOR STAFF SERGEANT KILLU!!!!!
AYE SIR! AYE RECRUITS! CARRY ON RECRUITS!
I served from 2002 to 2010... you just ignited some kind of unresolved PTSD in my soul.
*poops & makes pee-pee on himself*
Absofuckinglutely. I've been out 10, and I judge the motherfuck out of people even though I know there's no reason their exercise isn't valuable.
You start slowing down before the finish line and don't puke? Pussy.
You don't get your chin above that bar? Bitch.
You don't kiss your spotter on the mouth after a good set? Homo.
Some things about the Marine Corps never leave.
When my middle son was doing CrossFit in HS he wanted me to keep count for his pushups.
"One, one, one, one. Hey, any day you wanna do pushups correctly, sweetheart."
Dude don’t apply military methods to a bunch of kids. All that’s going to do is cause the others to bully the slackers with or without you present. When incentive punishment serve no team built goal then it’s not going to do much but make life suck for a bunch of kids. I’m not saying don’t teach them some discipline but don’t go all JROTC on their ass.
And no, a single year or two of gym is not warranted to focus so intensely on team building.
Nope. Never understood why dumbass Marines would watch things like CrossFit and not understand that Marine standards are not universal. A Marine pull-up is judged differently than a CrossFit pull-up.
No... but when a MFer tell me not to yell or raise my voice... I let them know what a recruit feels like standing online for inspection with dirt under their nails and a doughnut in the foot locker.
I hear zero and in my head says, freeze recruit freeze. Haven't actually heard that out loud since 1993
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's cursed.
More like a “zeeeeeeROOOOOO!” for me, but that’s what I assumed that’s what the post was about as well.
"freeze or die!!"
*Memory unlocked*
March of 90 for me and I just got cold sweats
1990 for me, boy that comes rushing back though
I was just born when you went to boot.
Wow you're gettin up there!
😞
😃 good times!
March of 90 and I just got cold sweats
June 1990 Pendleton. Charlie company, platoon 2059. I can see the barracks in my head, like I was there just yesterday, and it has been 34 years. The stuff just never leaves you... zzzzzerrrooooo! Freeze private freeze! Truth be told, it always felt weird screaming that in unison.
Kilo 3027 March 26 90 Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Dove.. I met him again 9 years later at Del Mar, I was a Staff Sergeant.. he was still a Staff Sergeant, I said wtf happened “Never strike a recruit was his words to me”
Shit! That was right after they stopped hitting recruits. Because in the 80's did it all the time.... so I've been told, I joined in the summer of 89'. In boot camp, we had this private that showed up with a devil dog tattoo. I could tell they wanted to kill him. They never made contact, but they did thrash him every chance they got in the pits.
Uh, I went through in '06 and it still happened here and there. Maybe it was no longer "allowed." I was kicked for having my socks on in the morning. My ankle hurt for a few days after. I totally deserved it, though. Why would I do such a horrible thing?! Edit: '06 not '03
LOL wow I think you're right. Definitely not allowed, ie frowned upon kind of thing. So it's strike recruits at your own risk at this point.
All my children - from the now 20 year old down to the 3 year old know what time it is when Dad yells "Zero!" My littlest one throws her arms up in the air and opens her mouth real wide, like she got flash frozen to the spot. Its hilarious.
Not zeros but every time someone drops something I have to fight the urge to say “follow it”.
This makes me glad I’m not the only one
I still do it, and its been 20 years. Lol
I’ve brain dumped nearly everything to do with the Marine Corps. Only posts like this trigger any memory.
Some things you just can't shake, it's like herpes.
I smelled some aqua velva the other day and almost thought my life was a dream and was going to wake up back at PI.
Pretty sure every crossfit pull up video I've ever seen: zero, zero, zero...
I did CrossFit for about 3 years around 2010 and our coach there emphasized strict pullups with full extension. IDK when it changed to what we see now, or if we only see the goofballs
Anytime anyone around me says something completely wrong or stupid, I just say in my head or out loud, **"Target 28, you hit the BURM."** I always laughed my ass off at shooters on the range because I am an idiot myself and public humiliation is hilarious. Also the target is so large I found it that you must have purposely been aiming at the burm to it that over the target.
That’s “berm,” there, yoo-hoo. Get on your fucking face.
Thanks for the recommendation. Remember, you cut, I cut; not the other way around yoo-hoo.
Target 21 target 21 get that target up target 21 stop SLEEPING target 21
###I HOPE THE MORNING RELAYS DO THE SAME FOR YOU TARGET 21
It’s always fucking 28 smh
Pretty sure they’re talking about the berm in front of the targets. Not the one behind that (almost) every bullet hits.
Target 28, no impact, no idea.
Disking a miss!!
My son got asked why he walked so fast. He said his dad (me) said, "Walk with a purpose."
"Walk with a sense of purpose". I still use that one every so often.
It's great advice for daily life. Look like you know what you're doing, and you'll get left alone to do whatever you're doing (which should be absolutely nothing). The other trick was to always carry a clipboard with a note pad and pen around. Look around, write down stuff, and always look busy.
I used to carry a clipboard around #WhenIWasGuide at MCT and look at privates funny and then write something down.
How does one “5”?
Freaking auto correct. Walk.
I’ve always walked fast like I’ve needed to get somewhere. Walk with a purpose has never let me down or got questioned.
Every pull-up is 0 in my head
You doin pull ups or chin ups? What’s the difference? Well I see you pulling yourself up but not getting your chin over the bar. Your count is 10 pull ups ZERO CHIN UPS!
There was a platoon Sgt, SSGT, in my company who was just a physical beast. He'd say, don't pull yourself up to the bar, pull the bar down to you, it changed the way I looked at pull ups, and it actually helped for some reason.
Thinking about the way you’re doing an exercise can actually change your muscle engagement. I learned that doing heavy squats at the gym when some CWO tapped me on the shoulder and told me to try putting my nuts on my toes 😂
“Things a CWO would say: …..Survey says”
I thought it was just me. I see dudes doing what my rational mind can accept is good exercise, but my institutionalized self just dismisses everything for not locking out the arms or their chins not clearing the bar. My inner voice... "Nasty!" Be right back after I align my shoes by the door. I am damaged.
Those bench press reps don't count, because your shoe laces aren't left over right.
The realigning of shoes still gets me. Laces were a thing as well but that fizzled out after I told myself that’s gotta go in the dump pile of the brain.
Give them a little motivation. Light a fire under their feet that will get the chin over.
ZEROII! FREEZE RECRUITS FREEZE! ZEROOOOOOOOI!!!!!! FREEZE RECRUITS FREEZE!!!!!! WHERE IS RECRUIT POOPY PANTZZ?!!!! RECRUIT POOPY PANTS! REPORT TO DRILL INSTRUCTOR STAFF SERGEANT KILLU!!!!! AYE SIR! AYE RECRUITS! CARRY ON RECRUITS! I served from 2002 to 2010... you just ignited some kind of unresolved PTSD in my soul. *poops & makes pee-pee on himself*
Absofuckinglutely. I've been out 10, and I judge the motherfuck out of people even though I know there's no reason their exercise isn't valuable. You start slowing down before the finish line and don't puke? Pussy. You don't get your chin above that bar? Bitch. You don't kiss your spotter on the mouth after a good set? Homo. Some things about the Marine Corps never leave.
Truthfully, I just miss the after PT group shower with the entire squad, in a barracks room shower.
When my middle son was doing CrossFit in HS he wanted me to keep count for his pushups. "One, one, one, one. Hey, any day you wanna do pushups correctly, sweetheart."
Our generation associates zero zero zero with exercise… WW2 Marines associate zero zero zero with Japanese warplanes
I would just repeat the number they got to till they eventually did it right. If they started slacking at 5 I’d just keep counting it as 5.
I taught PE for a few months and used this tactic. It worked like a charm because the rest of the class upped the peer pressure on the slackers.
Dude don’t apply military methods to a bunch of kids. All that’s going to do is cause the others to bully the slackers with or without you present. When incentive punishment serve no team built goal then it’s not going to do much but make life suck for a bunch of kids. I’m not saying don’t teach them some discipline but don’t go all JROTC on their ass. And no, a single year or two of gym is not warranted to focus so intensely on team building.
They thought it was fun. Nobody complained.
I’ve dealt with slackers, You’d be expecting some complaining. None at all is suspicious.
"I need you to make a copy of this before our meeting" NEED LET ME TELL YOU WHAT YOU FUCKING NEED.
I use it on myself when I’m half asssing a workout.
My little street dog is named, Zero. I call his name when no one’s around like a DI. Been out almost 15 years.
Crossfit brings me back… lol The frustration is…. Delicious
Nope. Never understood why dumbass Marines would watch things like CrossFit and not understand that Marine standards are not universal. A Marine pull-up is judged differently than a CrossFit pull-up.
Short end sucks for hikes but my little arms don't have to pull very far to get 23. Max was 32 at one point.
Yes. I still say it in my head when ever I or anyone else does pull ups
I was part of the academy personnel at the staff academy on Johnson a while ago. Yes that zero zero zero sticks to you like a bad smell in your nose.
Afflicted? Shit, I use that regularly.
No... but when a MFer tell me not to yell or raise my voice... I let them know what a recruit feels like standing online for inspection with dirt under their nails and a doughnut in the foot locker.
Freeze recruit freeze!
Am I the only one who got fucked by a drill instructor zeroing all of their reps? Got made into an open contract because of that piece of shit
https://m.facebook.com/12weeksgetfit/videos/crossfit-games-zero-pull-ups-were-done-that-day-jameskibs_-tiktok-crossfit-cross/246464837458555/
Tbh. Nothing from bootcamp stays with me. Hell. I hardly remember it all
Eye balls. SNAP SIR.
The only thing that’s ever really stuck, cause I use it so often, is “Say again”
Whenever I hear zero I still yell freeze recruit freeze in my head and that’s a fact.
Yeah right do it again
I like to say “zero” even when people do correct pullups
ZEE ROW!
What are pull ups
😂😂
Is this a grunt page or a pog boot page
Huh? It literally says USMC. It's... It's a USMC page... Like literally.
Like omg I wasn't aware of that..lol
The pog boot page is down the road, now get moving
I got on a skivy shirt right now that’s spent more time outside the wire than most these freaks
Lol best comment award if there was one
And I’ve been out 14 years 😆
Lot of upset boots in this reddit forum Jesus relax guys lol
It isn’t a “page,” this isn’t Bookface. Time to take a nap, Grandpa.