Anonymous
12-13-1999, 05:14 PM
Hey all, I took my IST on Saturday and in case anyone's wondering this is what happened over here in CT:
All the people shipping in Jan. got brought together at one recruiting station to take the IST. One by one we did weigh-in to see if we meet the ship weight at this time. (No, I don't--it's all muscle, I swear!)
Then the guys did pull-ups and the women the arm-hangs. Yes, everybody & anybody was witnessing this. Knowing everyone was watching made me kinda nervous...then we assembled in the hallway and were 'reminded' of the correct way to do crunches, and another WM recruit hold me legs as I crunched away and I did the same for her. There were 4 females there out of about 25 poolees, only us 2 are shipping in Jan.
It was surprising cool & motivating when I was dead tired and wanting to rest and she started yelling at me, Come on! You can do it! One more! Thanks Aimee!
After that the Marines took us out to the park to run, told us the course and identified which Marines would be running with us to keep pace for the men's times and the women's times. You had to finish ahead of them to make your time. It was --extremely-- windy (30 to 40 mph gusts of icy cold air) and cold, but I suppose it could have been worse!
About 100 yards from the finish line, the Marine who was pacing the females was running right behind me yelling, "I'm gonna run you into the ground! Get moving recruit!" Of course at this point I was sprinting (or as much as I could...LOL) so I dunno WHAT he was yelling about... ;o) He was the same who came up beside us earlier in the run & started singing cadence to motivate us along (when I say it was --cold--, I'm not kidding...) Thanks SSgt Hill!
After that, we went inside & had to fill out some paperwork (1 sheet) and went in one by one to talk to the Master Guns who went over stuff with us, got any waivers we needed and in general get whatever was leftover straightened out now, as opposed to later, and answered any leftover question we might have. When you were done with that you left.
So I passed (YAY!) and it's reassuring to know that I can pass the IST to start recruit training. Can only get better until then! I think I could have done better were I not so dang nervous, (or cold) (waah!) but remember it's not mandatory to pass it before you ship -- but it's mandatory to try your best!
OOHRAH!
Semper Fi, Monika...
zuma50@hotmail.com
All the people shipping in Jan. got brought together at one recruiting station to take the IST. One by one we did weigh-in to see if we meet the ship weight at this time. (No, I don't--it's all muscle, I swear!)
Then the guys did pull-ups and the women the arm-hangs. Yes, everybody & anybody was witnessing this. Knowing everyone was watching made me kinda nervous...then we assembled in the hallway and were 'reminded' of the correct way to do crunches, and another WM recruit hold me legs as I crunched away and I did the same for her. There were 4 females there out of about 25 poolees, only us 2 are shipping in Jan.
It was surprising cool & motivating when I was dead tired and wanting to rest and she started yelling at me, Come on! You can do it! One more! Thanks Aimee!
After that the Marines took us out to the park to run, told us the course and identified which Marines would be running with us to keep pace for the men's times and the women's times. You had to finish ahead of them to make your time. It was --extremely-- windy (30 to 40 mph gusts of icy cold air) and cold, but I suppose it could have been worse!
About 100 yards from the finish line, the Marine who was pacing the females was running right behind me yelling, "I'm gonna run you into the ground! Get moving recruit!" Of course at this point I was sprinting (or as much as I could...LOL) so I dunno WHAT he was yelling about... ;o) He was the same who came up beside us earlier in the run & started singing cadence to motivate us along (when I say it was --cold--, I'm not kidding...) Thanks SSgt Hill!
After that, we went inside & had to fill out some paperwork (1 sheet) and went in one by one to talk to the Master Guns who went over stuff with us, got any waivers we needed and in general get whatever was leftover straightened out now, as opposed to later, and answered any leftover question we might have. When you were done with that you left.
So I passed (YAY!) and it's reassuring to know that I can pass the IST to start recruit training. Can only get better until then! I think I could have done better were I not so dang nervous, (or cold) (waah!) but remember it's not mandatory to pass it before you ship -- but it's mandatory to try your best!
OOHRAH!
Semper Fi, Monika...
zuma50@hotmail.com