Parris Island- Female boot camp!?

Question

I ship in less than a month and I'm freaking out. I'm so scarred of the DIs and crazy stories I've heard. I know I can get though it any tips that may help??

Answer 1

Don't worry about boot camp there. All branches are there to break you down and build you back up. My sister is a DI there also. Just take it one week at a time and you will do fine. If you think you can't run any further or do one more pull-up just push yourself a little further and it should be no problem. The DI's aren't there to fail you, they are there to help you..even if they do yell a lot...it's part of the mental challenge they put you through. Remember at one point those DI's were doing the same thing you are doing.  

Answer 2

Are you scared of bootcamp, or life after bootcamp?

If its boot camp, then please don't. No need to. They are going to play mind games, with intentions of scaring you sh*tless anyways. Your going to look back, and have the biggest laugh ever. Ever heard veterans talk about their experience, and chuckle? Youll have that same privellege. When people ask you in 5 years, "What have you done with your life?". You will proudly say back, "I joined the Marine Corp during a time when my country needed me most". Going into that red room to take your oath, a smile will come upon you like never before. Imagine, when you get to Parris Island and step on the yellow foot prints. Once in a life time chance. You will exit the service with a different mind, attitude, and outlook. Do what you are told, and you will have no problems. Of course no one is perfect in a DI's eyes... but you will feel every bit of pristine, once receiving that globle and anchor. I thank you for joining. God bless and best of luck in the Marine Corp.!

Answer 3

Change Branches, it's not too late.

Answer 4

To reply to another comment, the Marine Corps doesn't break you down and build you up. They break you down, you start relying on yourself and your fellow recruits, and you build yourself back up. Don't be waiting for encouragement and high fives from your DI's, okay? It won't happen. Rely on yourself.

My first tip is that it's 3 months of your life. It seems long while there, but it really isn't. Keep writing letters and ask that your family and friends write you as well. That'll keep you sane. If you're religious, you can go to religious services on Sundays (no matter what your religion, your religious "day" is Sunday...they have churches, temple, and various other services for people who are Buddhist, Wiccan, etc.), and I recommend you go there, even if you aren't religious...just good to break up the monotony.

Don't let them get to you, and remember that there are reasons they tell you to do certain things. Oh, and pink eye is a huge problem...if you start to get it (itchy, gunky eye), put a little of your hand sanitizer into it...it'll burn really badly, but it'll clear it up. Just something we learned.

My other advice is to suck it up. Unless you have a bone sticking out of your ankle or you feel you have actually broken something, don't complain about it. You'll get set back in training and start off your military career all wrong. Listen to your body and if you can press on, do so. Otherwise, say something.  

Answer 5

Don't worry. It would be the most amazing thing you would have done in your life. I bet nothing in your life would be mentally and physically that hard.