Thank You Boot Camp
From the minute we stood on the yellow
footprints
Everything changed not to be the same
since
There we all watched our identities fade
And the chaos begin as the ground rules were
laid
There was no more I, no me, us, or we
Only this recruit, that recruit, for the
USMC
It wasn’t all bad and we learned pretty
fast
That each day was planned and the pain
wouldn’t last
From MCMAP to the range, the weeks flew
by quicker
We all got stronger and our accents got
thicker
We ran and we pushed from the field to
the sand
Time spent at the beach was better on
land!
The holidays came, and then went without
warning
But gave us some extra free time in the
morning
We laughed and we cried but never lost
sight
Of the training day countdown, of that
we knew right
So now that it’s over and the title’s
been earned
We pause to give thanks for the things
we have learned
We learned to scream louder, push harder, eat faster
And whatever was needed to please the
drill master
In the wind and the rain, from the cold
to the heat
With rifles in tow, we marched every
street
We suffered together to strengthen our
bond
We were sisters-in-arms when grad day
dawned
So thank you boot camp for taking this
girl
Who decided to try something out of this
world
And for the DI’s who weren’t terribly
mean
But made me into a US Marine!
Semper Fi!!
