Marine Corps Boot Camp - Senior Drill Instructor's Inspection

The Senior Drill Instructor's inspection is only one of many inspections they will receive while in training. Speed and Intensity is also tested here. This inspection is designed to teach them how to keep their bearing and remain calm under pressure. Responding under pressure is another crucial characteristic in combat. This inspection covers everything from their uniforms, knowledge, weapons, cleanliness, and bearing. No one will pass, it’s nothing to stress over it’s a learning experience and as mentioned above this is one of many inspections they will endure. As a matter of fact inspections are something they will get used to as their career in the Corps unfolds. They are never ending, and they have them all the time.

They are tested on the retention of what they have learned over that last three weeks to include Marine Corps knowledge and rifle manual. The questions they ask are fairly easy, i.e. – Who’s the Commandant of the Marine Corps or who is the Regimental Sergeant Major?

On USMC recruit training Day 17, the recruits receive their first inspection led by their Series Commander. Here, they will be tested on their training and academics to see how they respond under the pressure of an inspection. They will face many more of them throughout their time in the Marine Corps.

This is only part of the USMC training experience.

Marine Boot Camp Phase 1

Marine Corps Training is broken down into four basic Phases.

Phase 1 lasts approximately three weeks. Here, discipline will begin to be instilled in recruits by disorienting them and breaking them from old civilian habits and mindsets. Drill Instructors begin reinforcing the mental and physical standards needed to perform under stressful situations that could be experienced in combat.

The purpose of Phase One is to mentally and physically challenge the recruits. At this point, civilian habits are completely detrimental to training, so they are eliminated during this period through intense physical training, strict routines, discipline and intense instruction. The process is designed to enable recruits to learn to survive in combat situations and to adapt and overcome any unexpected situation. One of the principal ideals learned during this period is that recruits are not to think of themselves as individuals; they are not permitted to use first person pronoun, “I” instead, recruits refer to themselves as “This Recruit” and all tasks are designed with teamwork in mind and recruits are expected to conform to a standard that does not tolerate personal eccentricities. It is a fast paced, intense period in the transformation of civilian to Marine.

Marine Corps Close order drill and cadence is an important factor in recruit training, and begins from their first formation on the yellow footprints. In the first phase, recruits learn all of the basic commands and movements, memorizing the timing through the use of cadence that helps synchronize a recruit’s movements with the rest of his or her platoon.

During Phase 1, recruits lean that their civilian bodies aren’t good enough. Phase 1 training focuses on turning their civilian bodies into the bodies of Marines. This is done through a rigorous routine of endurance and resistance exercises. Running will build their cardiovascular endurance and events like the circuit course will build muscle strength and stamina to forge them into the best shape of their lives. They are going to need it for the trials they face ahead.

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