The Marine Corps Experience: Parris Island

By J.A. Clark

"It was training day one and I was about to die. I'm not sure what I was thinking getting myself into this. But it was terribly apparent I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Four recruits had fallen out already, and each time they were swarmed by our terrifying drill instructors. Fear of their wrath was the only thing currently sustaining me, but that could only carry me so far. I had to face reality--I didn't see any way I could endure this level of training and intensity for weeks on end." Parris Island, South Carolina. Marine Corps Boot Camp. An unprecedented first-hand account of the harrowing journey from that petrifying first night on the yellow footprints. Recruit Clark kept a daily journal of his ordeal in meticulous detail and captures the essence of what makes this one of the hardest, most extreme military challenges in the world. And due to the inexorable harshness, a challenge that not all of his fellow recruits were able to complete. This is the stark day-to-day reality of boot camp from a lowly recruit's perspective. This is life on the inside, within the ranks, standing at the position of attention in formation. This is being relentlessly harassed by the godawful, unhinged, foaming at the mouth drill instructors and the sometimes humorous, but ever-present affliction. This is The Marine Corps Experience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B098W777G3
• ISBN13: 9798513582748
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 427 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"