Important Tips & Suggestions
Posted on: Jul 16
1. Attitude is the key to doing well at boot camp. Train yourself to maintain a winning attitude and you will do well. 2. Stay motivated! The Drill Instructors love to see motivated recruits. Show them that you have the heart...
Beyond Boot Camp
Posted on: Jul 16
MCT / ITB (Marine Combat Training / Infantry Training Battalion)
Whether you go to MCT or ITB depends on the MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) you have chosen. If you have chosen Infantry you will attend Infantry Training Battalion. If you have...Incentive Physical Training
Posted on: Jul 16
You will become very familiar with IPT during your time at boot camp. Drill Instructors will use this as a form of punishment when you or anyone else in your platoon does something wrong. This form of punishment usually takes...
Drill Instructor Mind Games
Posted on: Jul 16
Drill instructors have a purpose and that is to turn ordinary citizens into basically trained Marines ready to answer the call of duty for our nation. They will try their best to discourage you. Many people cannot handle the mental...
Marine Jargon
Posted on: Jul 16
You will learn many terms while in boot camp that are much different from what you hear in the civilian world. This is known as ‘Marine Jargon.’ I have listed the most important ones below and I recommend you print...
Boot Camp Graduation
Posted on: Jul 16
This will be one of the greatest days of your life. You will have survived the constant physical and mental demands thrown at you, the never-ending yelling and screaming by the Drill Instructors, the academic overload, the extremely challenging Crucible...
Mental Preparation for Boot Camp
Posted on: Mar 12
Marine boot camp is very mentally demanding and is designed to imitate the stressful mental situations that may be encountered during combat operations. In order to help recruits understand how stressful future combat operations may be, Drill Instructors place extreme...
Overcoming PFT Anxiety
Posted on: Nov 09
Everyone entering the Marine Corps or any other branch of service will experience PFT anxiety at some point if not every time they have to perform a PFT. It's no different than the anxiety we feel before taking a test...
Score high on your Marine Corps PFT
Posted on: Nov 09
The Marine Corps PFT is required two times per year (every six months). If you aren't scoring a first class score on yours then you should really consider your fitness level, preparation or perhaps your technique on the individual exercises....
Marine Corps PT
Posted on: Nov 09
Physical fitness for a Marine means:
- The maintenance of a healthy body
- The endurance to withstand the stress of prolonged activity and adverse ...
Circuit Training Workouts
Posted on: Nov 09
Circuit training will be done a few times in boot camp on the circuit course. This is one of the best ways to get a full body workout in a minimal amount of time. You...
Marine Corps PFT Scores For Females
Posted on: Nov 09
The Physical fitness test for females only differs in one exercise. Instead of doing pull ups like men, they must perform the flexed arm hang. In this exercise, you simply raise yourself over the pull up bar and...
Marine Corps PFT Scores For Males
Posted on: Nov 09
Marines must maintain higher fitness standards than any other military branch. The Marine Corps PFT consists of a 3 mile run, maximum sit-ups(crunches) in 2 minutes and maximum pullups for men. Below you will find the current scores that...
Marine Corps Running
Posted on: Nov 09
Running is probably the hardest part of the PFT for Marine recruits as well as Marines. This takes a lot of training in order to be competitive. Of course, almost anyone can probably get by with the minimum standard but...
As Fit as a Marine
Posted on: Nov 09
As we all know, fitness is very important to Marines. We do a lot of PT and are expected to achieve higher standards than all other branches of the military. If you would like to be as fit...
