Some advice, don't argue with someone about how to do things once you're in the platoon, Drill Instructors are always watching and they'll fry both your asses. Teamwork teamwork teamwork, if you get a weak guy in the squad always help him out, it'll help out in the long run and it'll help him out too. Don't go against the grain, meaning if you are told to do something that sucks then just do it and get it over with....have that mentality and you'll make it. Who you are, who they were before the Marines means little in boot camp, everybody's an equal in there, you'll learn that fast. Get past that and earn your "Eagle, Globe and Anchor" then you'll go off to either Recruiters Assistance for like 10 days or you'll go straight to Marine Combat Training. After that you'll go to your MOS training school to learn the basics of whatever field you chose (Infantry school for Grunts, Artillery school for cannoneers, Tanks for Tank crewmen, Comm school radios, etc.) Don't let shit get you down, keep your head up and remember this, you are about to become one bad motherf[i]u[/i]cker. Semper Fi.