Woohoo! NAVY here I come!

wheeee32 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:13 pm

Thanx for all the info man. The more I know going in the better I can make this whole experience smoother.

tomsjeep · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:05 pm

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Maybe the Navy is different, but in most Army units, if you score at or near the "standard", you'll find yourself on extra PT training. The standard is a minimum. The 25th ID used to insist upon 40 pushups on demand, regardless of whether or not you had just done 40 pushups. Worst experience of my life was getting assigned to a company that had a marathon runner for the CO. We ran 6 miles every morning. Thought I was gonna die.

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JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:43 pm

many of the chry dealers do 10% off, especially around the bases

good point on the "standard minimum"

always shoot for max points! the only thing you should ever have any trouble maxing your score on is the run

wheeee32 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:06 pm

I think it's good to have the ability to max on everything but not necessarily do it. I don't want to be the guy that makes it hard on everybody. I want the whole team to do well.

oddball · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:17 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

I think it's more like we're on the same page, some of the things I don't agree with have to do with them being too lax and overall the preparedness for breathing oxygen suffers

they are easier on recruits than when we went through I'm sure - for the Corps specifically they don't touch the recruits unless it's to remove the recruit from harms way or an "adjustment" - not to say "accidents" don't happen - they still curse plenty and despite what conflicting sources say there's no time out / stress card etc on the Depots

For the most part Marine DI's quit kickin recruits through that little space between the top and bottom bunk in the late 90's

they've made some adjustments there, partially because societys a bit soft and unequipped

Yeah, were on the same page.

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

1. the first 3ish days plus the arrival at the actual training platoon -

Paris Island? I've heard the stories from many who've stood on those footsteps. :wink:

tomsjeep wrote:

Worst experience of my life was getting assigned to a company that had a marathon runner for the CO. We ran 6 miles every morning. Thought I was gonna die.

Running? What's that? Must be a infantry thing? :wink:

wheeee32 wrote:

I think it's good to have the ability to max on everything but not necessarily do it. I don't want to be the guy that makes it hard on everybody. I want the whole team to do well.

You'll want to do the best you can for yourself.

Almost forgot - "Happy 234th Birthday" Jarheads! :wink:

tomsjeep · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:19 pm

wheeee32 wrote:

I think it's good to have the ability to max on everything but not necessarily do it. I don't want to be the guy that makes it hard on everybody. I want the whole team to do well.

PT testing is individual. Maxing it won't hurt anyone else. Coming in close to the 'standard' will get you a bad day though.
I do remember a few guys that over-maxxed pushups, went way beyond the chart. There are calculations for that. If you can max or beyond, do it. If you can't, nothing wrong with being human.

tomsjeep · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:20 pm

oddball wrote:

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

I think it's more like we're on the same page, some of the things I don't agree with have to do with them being too lax and overall the preparedness for breathing oxygen suffers

they are easier on recruits than when we went through I'm sure - for the Corps specifically they don't touch the recruits unless it's to remove the recruit from harms way or an "adjustment" - not to say "accidents" don't happen - they still curse plenty and despite what conflicting sources say there's no time out / stress card etc on the Depots

For the most part Marine DI's quit kickin recruits through that little space between the top and bottom bunk in the late 90's

they've made some adjustments there, partially because societys a bit soft and unequipped

Yeah, were on the same page.

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

1. the first 3ish days plus the arrival at the actual training platoon -

Paris Island? I've heard the stories from many who've stood on those footsteps. :wink:

tomsjeep wrote:

Worst experience of my life was getting assigned to a company that had a marathon runner for the CO. We ran 6 miles every morning. Thought I was gonna die.

Running? What's that? Must be a infantry thing? :wink:

wheeee32 wrote:

I think it's good to have the ability to max on everything but not necessarily do it. I don't want to be the guy that makes it hard on everybody. I want the whole team to do well.

You'll want to do the best you can for yourself.

Almost forgot - "Happy 234th Birthday" Jarheads! :wink:

21st Infantry Regt, 25th Infantry Div. to be exact. I was never so glad to leave a unit in my life.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:32 pm

wheeee32 wrote:

Yeah!!!! I just finished doing a PT at the recruiting office. Maxed the push-ups, did 45 sit-ups, and did the 1.5 mile in 10 minutes dead. The cold air burned a little but an overall good day! Time for something to eat.

Must be nice to have to do so little,my final PT test in MCRD San Diego was 17/20 pull-ups(true deadhangs,no "kipping"),100/100 sit-ups(in 2mins),and 21:30 for the 3 mile run.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:37 pm

pretty sure most of the PT's they run at the recruiting level are somewhere around the IST's which are pretty much exactly half of the PFT, so a typical poolee PT would be 1.5 mile 13:30 , 3 pull up 50 crunches for a "pass" bare minimum

that would be the Corps cutting score for making it to an actual training platoon, fail it, and you go to PCP (physical conditioning platoon)

the Corps pft score weighed 300pts, 18:00 3 mile , 100 crunches, 20 pullups was considered perfect 300 the run varied slightly with age - i want to say 27:31 3mile was a fail - we didn't give points for over max as you were expected to max everything but the run anyway - the run time was one thing generally all Marines disagreed with how it was set up. Best run time i ever had was mere seconds under 18 minutes which was needed for a batt. placement that I was shooting for. After that the muscle I had to put BACK on just to be efficient at my duties put me back down in the 20-22 minute range.

a good rule of thumb for platoon settings, don't under do it, ever, if you can excel to the point where you stick out , ie: 50 pull ups.. then do 50 pull ups, your ability to shine amongst your peers is one way that you're assessed - ya typically don't make guide / squad leader / honor grad / distinguished grad / top gun - what have you - by blending in

keep in mind too, that when people like troy tell ya what they scored at final pft out of boot, they were most likely broke in some way, stress fractures etc when they scored it

Yut!

ridenby · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:48 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

Must be nice to have to do so little,my final PT test in MCRD San Diego was 17/20 pull-ups(true deadhangs,no "kipping"),100/100 sit-ups(in 2mins),and 21:30 for the 3 mile run.

I went to hollywood also,1978.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:51 pm

Hollywoods

I guess someone's gotta make us Swamp rats look good

Happy birthday

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:06 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

Hollywoods

I guess someone's gotta make us Swamp rats look good

Happy birthday

At least I got a nice tan since I was there from oct-jan.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:16 pm

i was at MCRDPI from nov till april - i didn't get a tan, i got burnt pretty good - got real cold, then got the sun burn and sand fleas - i feel like i got the full experience, although I wasn't at mcrdpi during the dead of summer, i was in SOI during the month of Oven :lol:

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