marine corps in 1971 was about the same-only difference now, as i understand it, is you don't get routinely punched, kicked, cussed, etc. i had heard all the words but never used the way my DI's did. actually funnier than hell. i could go on for hours with the stories. bottom line, if yer a marine, plan on running-forever, and then more. pushups-like the di said, "till the ambulance gets here". whatever you can think of, the marine corps does it 10 times over, and then again. the only way to do. i'd do it all over again. even without the draft.
then there was the m-14...sweet, till you got your thumb put in the action for saluting incorrectly...