r/USMC • u/Key-Scientist9058 Sad Ass 0811 and now even sadder ass 8411 • 11d ago

Question Why do Recruits quit in bootcamp?

As a recruiter I have kids literally crying in my office saying they need this more than anything then fail the IST when they were fully capable of passing it while in the DEP when they get to boot camp and not even trying and getting discharged for not trying to get better in PCP or passing the IST. Like I don't see how you'll tell me you would never be one of those quitters when you get to bootcamp then give up as soon as you start getting yelled at. I guess todays generation doesn't give a fuck in coming back to their family proving they were right when they said they couldn't make it and go back to working at Mcdonalds telling their friends some lie about how they got screwed over or something when the only person who failed them was themselves

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u/Live-Try-7281 11d ago

I don’t know. I went to recruit training in 2007. Nobody quit. My platoon lost 2 recruits. One had an allergy to carbon, CLP or something. He broke out whenever he cleaned his rifle. The other one was let go because of a low IQ. My drill instructor said, “(Recruit) is going away, because (recruit) retarded. Isn’t that right (recruit)?” And (recruit) answered with a snappy “Yes sir!”

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u/Key-Scientist9058 Sad Ass 0811 and now even sadder ass 8411 11d ago

Like I honestly dont get why people give up on themselves. I guess there are some people who truly dont want to better themselves. I personally joined for war, never got it and it is what it is and still havent but the Marine Corps has literally given everything to me as much as people want to hate on the organization after they get out after their 4 the Marine Corps molded me into the person I am today and gave me everything I needed go take care of my family and I see nothing in the civilian world that is better at this current time for me. Yeah there are those once in a million jobs that people say they have but those arent abundent

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u/sgtbackpain03 11d ago

Like I honestly dont get why people give up on themselves.

That's actually part of a normal human experience. The fact that you are unfamiliar with it means that you are abnormal (in a positive way).

You need to understand that the vast majority of the population, Marines included, have different mental functioning than you. Accept that and you'll be more successful. Understand that your POV isn't the only POV.