RSSLetters From Parris Island 8
Carl | August 30, 2011
One of a series of articles about the rigors of Marine Corps Boot Camp based on letters we received from our daughter while she was at Parris Island on her way to earning the title of United States Marine.
“Hi everyone!
Yesterday (TD17) was the SDI (Senior Drill Instructor) inspection.
Out of the ones inspected, 5 failed for various reasons, I was one of them.
They told me that my hair was out of regulations, which it isn’t because it is above my collar.
Anyway, I’m still platoon Scribe and I don’t think that it’s a job that I can/will get fired from.
I’m getting better at making my rack but I still suck at rolling my sleeves.
Sometimes the Drill Instructors will say someting funny so we will fake that we’re coughing so that we don’t laugh.
DI SSgt. Anderson will come off with someting like “You’re all hussies” because she claims that we sound off louder in front of males.
We have gone from 66 girls to 60.
One had ADD, one had asthma, two others for medical reasons, one had a really bad attitude (like most of them) and got caught stealing food from the chow hall. and one was getting chewed out last night when suddenly she screamed “I quit!”
DI SSgt Anderson was the Drill Instructor that told me that she didn’t like me, the other day at MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program) traing she called me lazy.
I thought she was asking me a question so I kept saying “No Ma’am.”
She finally said “OK, you’re not lazy all of the time, just some of the time.” HaHaHa.
Did I tell you that the day we got here, I held open the hatch that every recruit arriving at Parris Island has to come through?
Recruit Entrance Hatch At MCRD Parris Island
Can you send me the Training Matrix? I’d like to follow along with what we are doing.
You can put a line through the dates that are already finished.
Swim week is next week, and I am really pumped up for it.
We go to bed at around 8 P.M. every night at get up at 4 A.M.
That’s going to make for an awkward time adjustment when I come home on leave for 10 days after I graduate from boot camp.
I have some things I have to get done and then I am going to church.
Continue to send your love.
OK, I LOVE YOU!
Holly
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