Is Marine boot camp purposely harder than U.S. Army boot camp?

Yes it is “purposely” harder. Being in both the Army and Marines, (I didn't have to attend Army Basic Training because I had already attended Marine Boot Camp), the marines that come out of basic training have a much more developed skill set than soldiers coming out of basic training. read more

Yes it is “purposely” harder. Being in both the Army and Marines, (I didn’t have to attend Army Basic Training because I had already attended Marine Boot Camp), the marines that come out of basic training have a much more developed skill set than soldiers coming out of basic training. read more

Prior to Vietnam, boot camp was only 12 weeks, but they shortened it to 8 weeks back then because of the necessity of supplying fresh troops to Vietnam so the training was probably more intense as a result. read more