Drill Instructors, we have obligations to those we have trained. We made them
Marines, now they need our help again. The Wounded Warrior project is in need of
your recruit training stories. We are writing a book based on a collection of
Marine Drill Instructor stories where all profits go to the Wounded Warrior
Program.
The stories can be the funny ones, the inspiring or even the stressful stories
that you have often told those you trust with your precious memories of recruit
training.
For three years we have been soliciting stories from Drill Instructors and so
far we have only received stories from two Marines. One of them has submitted
over forty stories that he wrote for a book of his own but is donating to this
important cause.
You don't need to be a literary genius to tell the story; the chances are your
writing skills are just fine. In the case you should have a difficult time with
putting it down in print, no worries; we have a professional writer that will be
reviewing all submitted stories. If there is recommended modifications to
telling the story, those changes will be made and sent back to you for approval.
We would like to have a rough draft for final editing by early December so I ask
that you set aside less than an hour in the next couple weeks to tell a story
about recruit training for our book. There is no limit to the quantity of
stories. As for profanity, we don't have a problem with that either. We all know
it was a part of boot camp.
Please do not feel that only MCRD recruit training experiences apply, if you
were a DI at ROTC, Military Academies, Marine or Navy OCS, AOCS, MARCAD, or
NAVCAD, we want your stories. Feel free to include your own boot camp
experience.
Finally, please share this letter and attached story examples with all Marines
and Naval Officers who were Marine Corps trained; we have opened up the gates to
take stories from anyone trained by a Marine DI, not just stories from the DI's
themselves.
For a matter of reader context, it is requested that you end the story with your
rank, name, location of story, and year so the reader can identify with the
story. If you would rather remain anonymous, at least indicate your rank, year
and location.
