r/SipsTea • u/RamonsRazor • 19h ago

Wait a damn minute! Military training sure looks different these days

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u/J3remyD 18h ago

So, as a serious question, wtf is this actually supposed to be?

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u/The9thPlague 18h ago

Looks like they got dropped. Pushups as punishment. They have their feet on the next person’s shoulders to add resistance and reinforce teamwork as they all have to go up and down at the same time. 

In basic training a group of four of us got dropped like this. But the drill made us form a square. Not a single line like this video. 

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u/Either-Mixture1306 15h ago

This is likely MAI (martial arts instructor) course. Very few Marines are permitted to wear black shirts in uniform, and red tabs instructing MCMAP are one of them. Red tabs can train tan tabs. Tan tabs can train anyone else.

MAI course is like 8 hours of PT and 2-4 hours of learning daily for a month. It's grueling.

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u/BrushYourFeet 17h ago

Did this stuff and more when joining a fraternity back in the day. I was jacked by crossing day.

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u/the_pieburger 5h ago

another reason to hate frats

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u/BrushYourFeet 3h ago

Lol fair

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u/sam_I_am_knot 3h ago

Same. I could see in this scenario that if the guy behind me was the one that got us all dropped, he may get the same stank ass treatment. These guys likely were in this front leaning rest position for quite some time.

I remember a guy bravo foxtrotted me so he ended up with dirty underwear in his canteen. He didn't notice until he got a mouth full of stank water. 🤣

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u/WillowLanky9908 3h ago

Can you explain that last part?

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u/sam_I_am_knot 2h ago

Bravo foxtrot = buddy fuck. When I served we had assigned "battle buddies". We looked out for each other.

When some does someone shitty like if it's going to rain and they say they will grab your gear when you are on duty but then they leave it and it gets soaked in the rain, you've been buddy fucked.

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u/RonMFCadillac 14h ago

It's called squad push-ups. They are not fun.

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u/GeekyTexan 18h ago edited 12h ago

It's just a way for the more experienced people in the military to mistreat the newer members.

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u/cosmonauts5512 2h ago

Bad training for low IQ people.

That's why it's supposed to be.

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u/EverythingSucksYo 2h ago

This is just what happens when closeted gay men, who refuse to admit they’re gay, run the country.