Parris Island

Paris Island "Take my bus, you have ten minutes to get something, get off my bus and then go out." It was midnight, we just got on the bus from the airport Arrived, we were afraid of death. Welcome to the Marine Corps Warehouse on Paris Island, South Carolina. This is an overview of Paris Island, recruit Smith, platoon 1040, seen through company B's eye. The Marine Corps Boot Camp is a mental and physical pain of 13 weeks.

South Carolina There is a Marine Corps boot camp on Paris Island. It is the East Coast training facility of USMC. Arrived on a cold morning around 1 am. About naval training camp All you see and hear is real. It is harsh and loud. The Marines will defeat you and you will restore their image. I am 20 years older than most of newcomers. I am tattooing more than the other 90 recruits. My tattoo is the topic of every Marine Corps I contacted. Hairdressers who shaved their heads seemed surprised. Supply staff gave me the necessary tools for my training camp and gave me their opinion. The drill teacher locked my tatto and taught me the nickname "Recruit Tattoo".

All Marine recruits were trained for 12 weeks in Paris Island, San Diego, California. This training is a violent spiritual and physical process that maintains recruits from the core honor, courage, and devoted values ​​of the Marines. Only the most elite can be completed, and this is how the Marines like it. The Marines are unique among the service departments in their intangible profit strength. Marines are highly paid and receive the same health management and lifestyle benefits as other service members. Being a Marine crew is not just a job. This is a call and only those who proved themselves with strict training can gain the right to wear uniforms.

In September 1958, Clement joined the reserve team of the US Marine Corps. He continued his active duty for six months in Washington, DC, LeJeune camp in North Carolina, Paris, South Carolina. On Chris Island, Clement accepted his recruitment training for the 346th line at the third recruitment camp. The harsh Marine Corps training program helped Clemente stay healthy; he added 10 pounds and said that his back failure (caused by a 1954 car accident, see below) has disappeared It was. Until September 1964, he was a private first class reserved for the Marine Corps.