For those who have graduated: Are the lead flag holders at the front of the platoons on the final motivational run the members from each platoon with the fastest run time on the PFT? how are the flag bearers at the front of each platoon, squad, etc, determined?
Also, after the Initial Strength Test, are you separated into platoons based on your physical fitness test scores?
Iraq
Korea.
Tripoli.
Why are you interested in the guidons? Are you going in?
not sure about recruit training, but at ocs the person holding the flag was just whomever was the platoon guide on that particular day. it was not based on run times, although that was several days before graduation. fast guys could volunteer to be road guards.
Also, they do not seperate recruits based on physical strength, but they do seperate the fat boys into their own platoon so they can get skinnier before they start real training.
the flag holders are called Guides. They are normally chosen for their shown leadership ability. They can be fired as well. just because you are chosen as a guide or squad leader does not mean you will stay one.
Marine Corps bootcamp is not about physical ability, it is about team work and making everyone equal. I was the fastest runner by far but given no special treatment.
good luck
oh okay. was just wondering if the lead guys had to be the fastest runners since a slow runner would cause the whole platoon to backup.
how fast did you run your 1 1/2 mile and 3 mile runs?
tall runn3r wrote:
oh okay. was just wondering if the lead guys had to be the fastest runners since a slow runner would cause the whole platoon to backup.
how fast did you run your 1 1/2 mile and 3 mile runs?
Skip the guidons and go for the road guard position. Trust me you do not want to be in mid pack with a bunch of newbies.
I was Army (82nd Airborne Div) so my best PT test was 88 push ups/96 situps in 2 minutes each and 10:01 for two miles. My best mile time in Army boots on the track was a 5:20. Kinda of funny, everyone asked if I was in the Olympics. Of course I told them all that I was...
The thing about basic training that I remember was that I met another former D1 runner (Tennesse grad) who couldn't handle the painfully slow 'runs' either. So we would sneak out at 4 a.m. to stretch our legs by running 40 laps around the "quad". The drill sargeants finally put a stop to that, hence my career as a road guard...
Tear it up soldier and good luck...
You ran that in Bragg at the track down it the hollow behind 503 MP Hqs?
Jefe in the CO wrote:
My best mile time in Army boots on the track was a 5:20. Kinda of funny, everyone asked if I was in the Olympics. Of course I told them all that I was...
I plan to be blown into 32 pieces by an IED in Iraq. I will be our 3976th American fatality in this war. My mom will be sad. My dad will become a mean alcoholic and cheat with the cute girl who lives down the road. Then he'll shoot himself.
503rd MPs wrote:
You ran that in Bragg at the track down it the hollow behind 503 MP Hqs?
Ahhh, I've got a funny story about the MP's at Bragg. Involved a motorcycle, Juanita and some poor judgement...
Actually I ran my army boot mile in basic training...
My claim to faim at Bragg was smoking all the Delta Force guys in the Longstreet 20 miler off 20 mpw...
Jefe in the CO wrote:
My claim to faim at Bragg was smoking all the Delta Force guys in the Longstreet 20 miler off 20 mpw...
yeah smoking all their poles.
Only someone never in the service would call them "Delta Force".
I imagine if you run sub-18 in USMCRD-SD or on the Island you would be pretty much a God. Quite a few guys run sub-18 at Quantico though. The run separates the men from the boys as many Marines are of the max (20 pull-ups)/max (100 crunches)/relax (8 min pace or slower for the run) mentality when its come to the PFT.
dboy wrote:
Only someone never in the service would call them "Delta Force".
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Oh, excuse me do they have some sort of new and exciting code name now? Back in the mid 80's when all they did was party and wear long hair we called them Delta Force Guys. But we must not have been in the cool guy group like you...
BTW my comment about smoking them was a bit-tongue-in-cheek because the DFG's were not good at running...
Threads like this always seem to devolve into inane pro/anti-war debates pretty quickly, but for anyone who cares to answer a serious question, I would appreciate it.
For anyone who has real experience, what do you see as some of the major differences between the army and the marines? How would the experience differ for a 20 year old looking to enlist? What are the main advantages/disadvantages of each?
Only serious responses please, thanks.
hsrunner2 wrote:
For anyone who has real experience, what do you see as some of the major differences between the army and the marines?
There are two types of people in the world:
Those who went through boot camp at Parris Island...
...and Canadians.
while I was in the Marines my fastest PFT 3 mile was 16:01.
In college I ran 14:32 enroute to a 15:01 track 5k.
you only go as fast as the slowest person. It is not about you, it is about everyone as a whole.
Team work!
Remember that the Marine Corps is not about running stunts, gymnastic moves, or other accomplishments while training. The Marine Corps is about killing human beings, about killing the enemies of the United States of America.