[DavidI]

I was talking to one of my buddies at work today about funny boot camp stories. At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, here goes a couple....

We were in the infantry portion of boot camp in the field. It was raining cats and dogs, with bone chilling temperatures for winter of San Diego. We had hiked all day, dug fox holes, and were forced to stay awake for "fire watch." Our fox holes filled with water and the mud was knee deep. There was a set of twins who were Native Americans from a reservations. The Drill Instructors called them to their foxholes and ordered them to do raindances to make the rain stop. These twins were doing their thing and the rain volume increased. The Drill Instructors "bent" the pair accusing them of sabotaging the raindance, doing the one that calls the raingods instead of making it stop. I thought it was one of the funniest things I had ever seen, of course I could not laugh out loud for fear of punishment. I am a city guy and had never seen that stuff before.

On another occasion, there were two "house mouses" (recruits who clean the DI's dutyhut) and a "scribe" (recruits who fill out the duty logs) who somehow upset the Drill Instructor. Sergeant Rinehardt lined them up shoulder to shoulder and slapped each one across the face consecutively. It reminded me of the "Three Stooges!"

How about some funny commands? "Eyeballs," "Ears," "Bend," etc.

Let's hear some other stories. Before anyone starts getting offended, consider that it is Marine Corps Boot Camp.

David