A Reader Wants to Know
11 09 2006Twins Platoon member, Rod Leick was talking to a woman that had just finished reading The Twins Platoon. She told Rod how angry and upset she was after reading the part about boot camp. She would like to know how you all feel (now) about the way you were treated (then) and if you think the treatment you received in boot camp was excessive or do you think it was necessary.
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Chris Sauro asked that I post his response/comment on this question:
I think the treatment I received in boot camp was excessive and effective. It prepared me physically and mentally for what lay ahead. The extreme treatment we received may not have been necessary. Other methods have been used successfully by other Marine drill Instructors. I should mention that in the book, I wrote about those events that were vividly recalled by others. I did not write about some of the really outrageious things that happened. I wanted the reader to experience what our Marine Corps boot camp training was like on more of a daily basis.
Chris Sauro
I went into boot camp right out of high school weighing 128 lbs. When graduating at San Diego I weighed 150 lbs. with all the gain in chest and muscles. Sure it was rough, especially for a little guy; but the end result was that everyone came out a Marine regardless of what he went in as. You can’t build a sturdy structure on top of multiple types of subsoil. First you dig holes and fill them all with cement and THEN you can start with the structures. Thats all the drill instructors were trying to do. We all may have quit had they let us, but with the Marine friendships that have endured all these years I have to say no regrets at all for me.
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