WHY IS BOOTCAMP GETTING EASY

Why is boot camp softer than it was 20 years ago? Some veterans say today’s recruits just aren’t as tough and this is exactly why. Twenty years after surviving Parris Island, retired Gunny Miller returned to watch today’s recruits on the grinder. He was excited to see the younger generation face the trials he once endured. To him, boot camp back then wasn’t training—it was WAR before the WAR. Drill Instructors didn’t correct you with words, they broke you down until you either quit or became steel. Sand pits for hours. Rifles till your arms shook. Obstacles that didn’t stop for blood. So when Gunny watched today’s recruits, he couldn’t believe what he saw. The runs were shorter. The obstacles were easier. And when a recruit twisted his ankle, training stopped completely. Miller remembered when an injury like that meant you wrapped it up and kept moving. He shook his head. Later, a young Marine asked him what boot camp was like in the Old Corps. Miller stared for a long time before answering. Then he said: “Kid, we didn’t survive because it was safe. We survived because it wasn’t.”

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