Hardcore Marine Corps

US Marine Corps (USMC) boot camp training is a 12-week training program that acts as a selection process that identifies those who are qualified to join the Marines and those who applied but are unfit for enlistment. For those who are qualified, the marine boot camp also serves as training grounds for the necessary skills needed by a Marine.

USMC boot camps in the United States include a training facility located at Parris Island in South Carolina namely Recruit Training Depot, and another Recruit Training Depot located at San Diego, California. The Parris Island training grounds is notable because here women are given the chance to train and become a member of the US Marine Corps.

USMC boot camp retains some of the staples in the basic boot camp, like physical training (PT) elements such as sit-ups and pull-ups, basic swimming skills and basic drill and ceremony skills.

USMC boot camps are a notch higher in difficulty in training compared to other training camps.

Here the average capacity of a prospective Marine for running should be three miles and for marches ten mile, non-stop. Indeed, physical strength and overall conditioning is of paramount importance. Overweight and underperforming cadets are ordered to serve time at the Physical Conditioning Platoon (PCP), which will submit a cadet to a 21 day training program commencing with a physical strength and endurance capability examination which a cadet can only pass if he or she is able to accomplish 5 pull ups and 50 sit ups in two minutes and run three miles in 24:30 minutes or less. Anything slower than that makes you unfit for the Marines.

There are things other than physical fitness which is considered as a necessity as well when it comes to training inside a Marine boot camp.

Mind power is also important if a cadet should remain and survive the training, and to put this to test, cadets are required to memorize the USMC Rank, the 11 General Orders for a Sentry, the Marine Rifle Creed, USMC Core Values, the Code of Conduct and the characteristics of the M16A2 Rifle, the marines basic weapon. Cadets are also expected to study and master the USMC history as well.