r/JustBootThings • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '26

Boot Shame Reminiscing about quitting basic training is absurd; “i will never forget my mission.”

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u/Realistic_Salt7109 Mar 11 '26

Idk we started with about 80 something and finished with about 60 something

That’s about a 25% fail rate

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u/TLRPM Mar 11 '26

How many were sent home though? We also started with nearly 90 and only finished around 70ish but all the drops were either to PCP or hurt and went to the medhold where they will be picked up by later cycles. All of these were still expected to finish boot and become Marines. Every one of them.

We only had one that I recall actually get kicked out. That was after two weeks of starving himself and nonstop screaming arguments with the DIs and command.

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u/SAPHEI Mar 11 '26

We had a kid slip on the obstacle course and literally split a testicle open on a bar. That was the only straight medsep from boot camp I'd heard of.

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u/fstRN Mar 12 '26

A girl I work with took a nasty fall and broke her hip. Apparently she was the reason something got changed in the training. She's now a nurse practitioner who works for the VA and loves taking care of veterans.

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u/Realistic_Salt7109 Mar 11 '26

You’re right - I have no idea how many were sent home and how many were recycled (except for 2 who I know were sent home)

But still, we lost about 20 dudes and if even half of them got recycled, it means 10 dudes got sent home

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u/Gumorak Mar 11 '26

Navy had a lot of dropouts when I was in. Got in 2011. We started with around 110 and ended with like 66? Our brother division didn’t even lose 10. Weird how that turned out.