The first mistake that I see all the time is people walking in the recruiter's office and they're like, I don't care what job I get, just send me to boot camp. You should care about what job you're going to do in the Marine Corps, or Army, or Air Force, or whatever, because the next four, or five, or six years of your life depends on that job. So it's one thing to go to boot camp. That's only three months long. But what about when you have to do the same exact job day in and day out and you don't enjoy it? You got to do your research. You have to find other YouTube channels like mine. Maybe use google about.com, Marines.com, talk to your recruiter, go in a bunch of times, bug them, and know him. Find out more about the career that you want, not just I want to be in Marine, right? Because boot camp is three months, but you got to deal with that actual job for four or five or six years, however long your contract is. And that brings me to my next point, which is don't go to boot camp too soon. So you might be 17 or 18 years old, maybe you're a junior, or maybe you're a senior, and you just want to go, man, like everybody else is going to college, maybe some of your friends aren't doing anything with their life, but you just want to be a Marine. Slow down real quick, right? Enjoy your senior year, enjoy your friends, enjoy your summer, enjoy it, because it doesn't last very long, and then once you ship off the boot camp, you're no longer a kid anymore, you're an adult. So my advice is don't be in such a rush to go to boot camp. The third thing that I recommend you do not do is get a Moto tattoo before you become a Marine. I am not kidding. When I went to boot camp, there was a kid that came down with us, and he had a giant Eagle Globe and anchor all the way across his back. Yeah, as a poolie, he got an Eagle Globe and anchor, which is something he hasn't even earned yet. So of course, the drawing structures tore him a new one, especially when they saw it on day one. Not good news. I would avoid tattoos entirely until you're a Marine, and you get to the fleet, just avoid the hassle of getting a tattoo, because it could disqualify you from being a Marine, all this bull crap, just don't get a tattoo yet. Just wait. Number four, don't call yourself a Marine until you graduate boot camp. Don't be a recruit or a pulley or whatever, and go to your high school and be like, yeah, I enlisted yesterday. I'm a Marine now, because that's a surefire way to get your ass kicked. And my last recommendation is as a poolie, you're probably around your recruiting station, you're probably around other like-minded poolies. I know when I was a poolie, everybody seemed to smoke and chew and dip and all that stuff. Try to keep from doing that. I know that they're heavy influence, especially when you go to pool functions and you're doing PT. If everybody's chewing and dipping, yeah, you kind of feel like you have to too, but I wouldn't recommend it, because if you get addicted to cigarettes, if you get addicted to chew, and then you go to boot camp, you can't have those things. So just save yourself the trouble of having to go through withdrawal, save yourself a little bit of money, and try not to smoke or drink, or any of that stuff, before you go to boot camp, right? Try to kick that habit ahead of time, so you don't suffer when you already are suffering. I hope you guys like the video. Please subscribe to my YouTube. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter, and don't forget, don't make any of these mistakes when you're poolie. All right, wait a minute guys.