PLANNING TO HEAD TO
SNYDER SOON...
TO DISCUSS ADDING A
GIRL'S UNIT.
IF IT DOES END UP
HAPPENING -- THEN IT
WOULD BE THE FIRST
SCOUT UNIT IN THE
SMALL TOWN.
DEPOT,-- IN SAN
DIEGO CALIFORNIA...
WE WANTED TO GET A
FIRST HAND LOOK,-- AT
WHAT IT TAKES TO
BECOME A MARINE...
WHILE WE WE THERE,--
WE TALKED WITH
RECRUITS FROM
WEST TEXAS,-- WHO
WERE GOING
THROUGH THAT
PROCESS,-- OF
BECOMING MARINES...
((SIT UP, SIT UP, HERE WE GO,
AYE AYE SIR))
((GET OFF THE BUS!)
THIS IS THE FIRST DAY
OF MARINE CORPS
TRAINING...
((YOUR HEAD AND EYEBALLS TO
THE FRONT, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY YOUR MOUTH IS
SHUT. THIS IS THE POSITION OF
ATTENTION. THIS IS THE ONLY
POSITION YOU WILL BE IN.)
(MOVE IT! YELLING ON THE
PHONE AND POUNDING THE
COUNTER))
DVIDS VIDEO HERE OVER MY
COPY
IT MAY SEEM HARSH,--
BUT ITS THE BEGINNING
OF A
WE TALKED WITH ONE
WEST TEXAS RECRUIT,--
WHO HAD GONE
THROUGH THIS
PROCESS,-- TWO
MONTHS PRIOR...
((IT SORT OF TOOK ME BY
STORM. I'D SEEN VIDEOS ON
THE INTERNET AND ALL THAT, BUT
THAT BUS STOPS AND THE DRILL
INSTRUCTOR SOMES UP AND
STARTS YELLING AT YOU. YOU
GET OFF THE BUS IN A HURRY,
FOOTPRINTS, STANDING ON
THERE IS WHEN IT REALLY STARTS
TO SINK IN AND I REALIZED
WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO.))
((THE FIRST STEP, THE
BEGINNING PROCESS LAST FOR 3
DAYS, AFTER THAT THE TRAINING
MOVES ON INTO PHASES. THIS
IS PHASE 1.))
((MOVE TO CENTER, AYE AYE
SIRE))
TEXAS OIL FIELDS,--
THAT SOME OF THESE
RECRUITS KNOW ALL TO
WELL...
((LOTS OF JACKS, LOTS OF OIL
JOBS. I WORKED IN THE OIL
FIELDS. OH YOU DID, FOR
HOW LONG? IT WAS A
SUMMER JOB BETWEEN MU
JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR.))
BUT THIS WEST TEXAS
YOUNG MAN,-- DECIDED
HE WANTED TO TAKE A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION...
((I FELT THAT MAKING
SOMETHING OF MYSELF, A
SOLID PATH WAS THE MARINE
CORPS. THEY MAKE LEADERS,
THEY MAKE PEOPLE
COMPETENT. THERE'S A LOT OF
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES,
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, IF
YOU HAVE BEARING, YOU PUT
IN THE WORK, YOU STAY
SQUARED AWAY, YOU DO YOUR
JOB, THERE'S A LOT OF
POTENTIAL.))
A POTENTIAL THESE
RECRUITS WILL BEGIN
TO EXPLORE,-- ONCE
THEY EARN THE TITLE
OF,-- UNITED STATES
MARINE...
((NATS OF DRUMS AND
MARCHING))
EDDIE
THE TRAINING DOESN'T
END AFTER RECRUITS
GRADUATE FROM
BOOTCAMP...
AFTER 10 DAYS OFF,--
THEY HAVE TO GO
EDDIE
THE TRAINING DOESN'T
END AFTER RECRUITS
OF,-- UNITED STATES
MARINE...
MARCHING))
EDDIE
THE TRAINING DOESN'T
END AFTER RECRUITS
GRADUATE FROM
BOOTCAMP...
AFTER 10 DAYS OFF,--
THEY HAVE TO GO
THROUGH S-O-I,-----
OR,--- SCHOOL OF
INFANTRY...
THEN THEY HEAD,-- TO
M-O-S TRAINING,--
WHICH IS TRAINING FOR
THE JOB THEY'LL BE
RECOGNIZE WHO THIS
YOUNG LAD IS?
THAT'S,-- YOURS
TRULY,-- BACK IN THE
LATE 80'S,-- AS I WENT
THROUGH THAT SAME
PROCESS OF BECOMING
A MARINE...
AND I CAN TRULY SAY,---
TO THIS DAY,-- ITS
THE TOUGHEST FEW
MONTHS,-- I'VE EVER
BEEN THROUGH...
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW
EVERYONE,-- TWO
TEACHERS,-- FROM
PERMIAN HIGH
SCHOOL,-- WHO WERE
ALSO AT MARINE CORPS
BOOT CAMP IN SAN
DIEGO...
AND WHAT THEY DID,--
IS IMPRESSIVE...
THAT'S TOMORROW
NIGHT AND THURSDAY
NIGHT!
KATIE
EDDIE
WE HAVE A RECALL TO