Talk:United States Marine Crucible

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-Little end getting the "shaft"

Now I certainly feel that one, since I was the last poor recruit on the little end, but I really don't think that should be in here. --Mbarry829 02:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Removed it. I also removed the AT&T and "tighter" specifics. It was F'ng irritating hearing it, but it's a bit excessive detail. (Besides, they yell that at you pretty much everywhere you hump, not just the Crucible.) --Johnny (Cuervo) 07:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changes to the Crucible

At the end of the crucible, the EGA is no longer presented to the recruit(therefore not becoming a Marine for another week). He/She is instead awarded his/her MCMAP belt. The awarding of the EGA now occurs on family day, the day before graduation from boot camp. As for the hills part of the article, that of course is depending on which MCRD you go to. I'll go ahead and edit the EGA part though. Gelston 20:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I made some changes to the article reflecting the fact that recruits do not become Marines at the end of the crucible anymore, but instead must complete phase three of recruit training to become a marine. I also added some challenges encountered during recruit training as well as some other small changes. My source of information is myself, as I recently completed the crucible and recruit training. I suppose results may vary and each recruit may experience a different crucible. User:Mryerse:Mryerse 09:17, 27 March 2007 (PST)

Very much so, especially between the two boot camps. Kind of funny: I was giving a private and a PFC a ride straight out of MOS school to their new unit at Pendleton (happened to be at the USO and I was headed back that way anyway). One of them was an east-coast Marine. He was telling me how sand fleas weren't that bad, and the hills were so huge out here... ;-) Anyway, I imagine they were similar at least with respect to the challenges, e.g., puzzles. Someone wanna add some info on those?
By the way, congratulations. --Johnny (Cuervo) 07:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a book on the Crucible at home, which is unfortunatly 4 hours away from me right now. The book is several years old, but it discusses the events in the Crucible in alot more depth the my memory could ever recall. I'll see what I can do. Oh and Congrats Marine, you damned boot ;) --207.172.86.116 10:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)