Marine Corps FMs ?

[CavTrooper]

Ya know, I hear alot about how the Marine Corps has the best training, theyre the best at this and that. Made me start thinking and I have a question for all the Marines out there:

Why havent I ever seen a Marine Corps Field Manual for the Infantry, Armor, Artillery, etc. ?

[Darklyte27]

you arent looking hard enough?.. and those FMs you find at your bookstore were probably printed in 70s or 80s

[frigginchi]

Maybe that's how they get you to join?

[Desert_Rat]

Here Ya go....We called them B.S.T's Battle Skills Training handbooks
All yer getting here is the basics...Not alot of high speed low drag stuff in these.

[striker3]

You can find digital copies of all of the FMs through google. Most of them do not capture current TTPs, but are good for what they are made for, teaching the basics. For more current stuff, you have to go through the Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned. That is where all the good stuff is brought together and disseminated to the schools.

I do not know offhand about any of the other MOS', but for Infantry, look for FMFM 6-5.

[Prowler]

Use the advanced search mode in Google and click on file type as a PDF. You'll be amazed on what you can find using the advanced search, if you know what you're looking for.

[Rck'n'ROll]

Just look up the Marine Corps Institute (MCI) this will have all the knowledge you are looking for.

One more thing, the Marine Corps has been "Uncle Sams Bastard Children" since 1775 and gets no love from the him. By love I mean no funding! So most of our higher end training comes from the Army (they have all the money along with the Air Force and Navy) and with the Navy. Basic training we get from within the Marine Corps. So what makes us better than any other service (I think this is your main question) is our attitude. We are broken down from civilian pukes and made into Marines by the baddest men on the planet, D.I.'s. D.I.'s will always have my respect for having the hardest job in the Marine Corps!

Semper Fi

[CavTrooper]

Here Ya go....We called them B.S.T's Battle Skills Training handbooks
All yer getting here is the basics...Not alot of high speed low drag stuff in these.

Those are the same as our SMCTs (Soldiers Manual of Common Tasks), FMs (Field Manuals) are MOS/subject specific publications.

[dwa]

Just look up the Marine Corps Institute (MCI) this will have all the knowledge you are looking for.

One more thing, the Marine Corps has been "Uncle Sams Bastard Children" since 1775 and gets no love from the him. By love I mean no funding! So most of our higher end training comes from the Army (they have all the money along with the Air Force and Navy) and with the Navy. Basic training we get from within the Marine Corps. So what makes us better than any other service (I think this is your main question) is our attitude. We are broken down from civilian pukes and made into Marines by the baddest men on the planet, D.I.'s. D.I.'s will always have my respect for having the hardest job in the Marine Corps!

Semper Fi

i believe you have no funding because the navy owns you. (hence no department of the marine corps) And yes you are better than everyone and thing in the world all the the great attitude of the marine corps.

[Nordschleife]

i believe you have no funding because the navy owns you. (hence no department of the marine corps) And yes you are better than everyone and thing in the world all the the great attitude of the marine corps.

MARINE = My *** Rides In Navy Equipment.

I saw that written inside a porta-pisser while at Ft. Lost in the Woods, going through the 3531 course for the Marines.

Anyways, spending five months inside an Army base made me glad I joined the Marine Corps.. with the exception of the chow halls.

If you really want to grasp the awesomeness of Marine training, I recommend experiencing the School of Infantry... I was pretty impressed by what I saw from the LAV Scouts (infantry) in my unit.

[dwa]

MARINE = My *** Rides In Navy Equipment.

I saw that written inside a porta-pisser while at Ft. Lost in the Woods, going through the 3531 course for the Marines.

Anyways, spending five months inside an Army base made me glad I joined the Marine Corps.. with the exception of the chow halls.

If you really want to grasp the awesomeness of Marine training, I recommend experiencing the School of Infantry... I was pretty impressed by what I saw from the LAV Scouts (infantry) in my unit.

one of my soldiers went. he had some weird heart thing that got him dropped and he later joined the army. he said army basic was harder but everyones home team is the best ever right?

[Manong0369]

one of my soldiers went. he had some weird heart thing that got him dropped and he later joined the army. he said army basic was harder but everyones home team is the best ever right?

How far that he get in boot camp? He made have said that Army basic was harder because that is what he accomplished. IMHO, the training in the Marine Corps was a bit more difficult in the sense that we spent more time on things such as drilling and marksmanship. Marksmanship was a long two weeks vise the three or so days that I spent at the range at Fort Sill. Another thing that I noticed was that most of your DS are the same MOS as the post you were in (i.e. Fort Sill=Artillery, Fort Benning=Infantry). Not always true though, I had a kick *** 11B SSg as a DS.

[coyote43g]

I've done both Army and Marine boot camp and let me say that Army basic training lacks a lot of things that Marine boot camp has to offer.

- Better weapons training
- better hand to hand combat training (MCMAP)
- Longer hikes with a heavier load
- WE DONT HAVE STRESS CARDS!
- The most phone calls you get is two
- Harder drill instructors
- Three months (1 month at every phase)
- More physically and mentally gruelling
- More field time
- You actually have to pass a knowledge exam to graduate

I'm not saying that Marines are far better than the Army but from MY experience, MC's training is a lot better than what I have seen in the Army both recruit training and beyond. But I guess you'd have to experience both to really tell.

[Josh3239]

My buddy graduated Army boot and afterwards told me that one of the guys in his class was prior USMC and said the Army basic was harder. I'll bet it is one of those things were whichever was more recent was harder to complete.

- WE DONT HAVE STRESS CARDS!

Haha, you shouldn't believe everything you hear from chain emails.

[Spanky8601]

MARINE = My *** Rides In Navy Equipment.

I saw that written inside a porta-pisser while at Ft. Lost in the Woods, going through the 3531 course for the Marines.

Anyways, spending five months inside an Army base made me glad I joined the Marine Corps.. with the exception of the chow halls.

If you really want to grasp the awesomeness of Marine training, I recommend experiencing the School of Infantry... I was pretty impressed by what I saw from the LAV Scouts (infantry) in my unit.

Motor T out in three. I got my training in Area 25 for 3531. Have not seen that MOS for years.