JetJunkie said:That's supposedly the infamous "Body Bag" speech where a Chief Petty Officer attempts to hit home on the importance of "attention to detail" Basically telling the plebes that they're in a serious business and when details are just pushed aside and things aren't exactly followed... the consequences are that people die.
When I watched the video of my friends class... the CPO made them all hold hands with the mid next too them and said something to the effect of "these are you shipmates: take care of each other."
There is audio for this picture here.
They went through that at age 18? Those are some tough little bastards. How did they ever survive? They must have used teamwork to overcome the odds.
I didn't understand how the academy could be more intense than ‘the nam' until I saw the pics along with the audio, thanks for sharing.