Once you graduate from Boot Camp, you get to spend the rest of your life reminding everyone that there's no such thing as an Ex-Marine. While you're there, though, things can get a bit rough.
Haircut
Does my girlfriend love me or my hair?
Meet Your Drill Instructor
You think your dad or your high school coach was a hardass? They're amateurs.
Crunches Before Dawn
At this point, you still wonder why the brass don't realize that a well-rested force would be the most effective fighting machine.
Rappel Training
But my recruiter made ropes sound like no big deal.
Obstacle Course
Nothing can prepare you for the feeling you get the first time you don't quite clear the top bar.
Pushups
Fact: pushups never get any easier.
Barbed Wire
It's really a whole lot easier to get tangled than your instructors claim it is.
Pugil Sticks
Yet another activity that looked like fun in the recruitment videos.
Gas Chamber
That moment when you realize that you can actually die from this stuff.