Boot by Daniel Da Cruz Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Boot
Book Review: Good Book, but a lot of the information is out of date.
Summary: 4 Stars
The book is a good book about Marine Boot Camp, but alot of the information is outdated. The recruits were still using M16A1's which were replaced in the Corps by the A2's around 1984. No Crucible was mentioned either, considering it is a relatively new event in boot camp created around 1996. Don't buy it if you want a view of what to expect at Marine Boot Camp today and tomorrow, but it is still worth reading as some of the information can still be applied to todays Corps.Book Review: Good information, but out of date
Summary: 4 Stars
This book gives a good mindset for the Marine Corps and stands as a piece of history in the way training is done. I was at MCRD Parris Island several years before this boot was written and see a lot of the training that is the same but also some differences.This is a party-line book, in that it gives a cleaned-up version of boot camp; I guess the author felt the American public just wouldn't stand for what really happens, not that too much bad stuff happens at boot camp but you really have to be there, and putting it in print like DI's yelling obscenities makes for bad public relations. Things weren't as bizarre as Full Metal Jacket but not so clean as this book would make you think, either.
Still this book lets you know how tough it is to make it through and all the small details involved. Daniel Da Cruz also brings in policy and history in between stories about the platoon he's following. This is interesting but some of it is out of date now, too.
The Crucible wasn't part of training back then so yours truly didn't do that and neither did these guys, and that is a major change, and training still gets changed to adapt to a changing world. But the core of the Corps is still the same, and you can get some of that spirit from this book.
Book Review: Good introduction...
Summary: 4 Stars
I will be leaving for Marine Corps boot camp this August, and I was looking for some sort of indroduction to what boot camp was going to be like. This book helped me get a feel for what is going to be happening during my 13 week stay on Parris Island. I would recommend this book to anyone going into the Marines or anyone who is just interested in boot camp.Book Review: Great Reading!
Summary: 5 Stars
I agree that this book is a great read. The info is outdated, though. I work with a lot of Marines that verified that things have changed. On the reviews on the back, it mentions that this book will get the top brass thinking. I guess it did. Now, things are different.Book Review: Great book taught me what i wanted to know.
Summary: 4 Stars
My name is Thomas Miller from NY and when i were thinking of going into the Marines a friend suggested this book to me I loved it and could not put it down. I had doubts before reading this book about going into the Marines I thought of other branches but now its different Marine Corps all the way! Semper FI from a future Marine.