A blogger friend I know has a son who just went through MEPS. Now the kid won’t ship out until next July, so plenty of time. His Dad is obviously very proud of him, but there are tricks I think to basic training like all other things. I already told him that if the kid isn’t a total fatbody (which he isn’t) that focusing on PT is kind of silly, the Marines will do that. For me, looking back, it was the little things you can do before basic that make it easier. For instance, knowing the phonetic alphabet and shit like that. I also told him to get a copy of the Ranger handbook, and to at least read through it.<\/p>\n
But was looking to make the kid a cheat sheet of stuff he could look through before going. So, thinking back to your days in basic, what things could you have learned before you went. Stuff like SPORTS, land nav, damn near anything.<\/p>\n
Advice on what a kid should know before he goes?<\/p>\n
(I also told him to show up with a haircut, wearing REALLY non-descript stuff.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"