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Recruit training Team Week helps make quality citizens June 7, 2012 — Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is helping to make quality citizens of the recruits arriving to recruit training. On May 21, Company D, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, began Week Eight of recruit training also known as Team Week. “It gets them away from the platoon, it’s the first time they are expected to be MORE

Confidence through inspections June 7, 2012 — Company K drill instructors ran with intensity into squad bays to inspect their recruits standing in formation June 1 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. This began Co. K’s Senior Drill Instructor Inspection, a hectic environment where every drill instructor from the company inspects each platoon while the seniors MORE

Amphibious by Nature: Recruits of Company G Learn Water Survival June 6, 2012 — Recruits of Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, line up at the edge of the pool to take their initial step into Water Survival Basic May 22 at the swim tank aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. “Water survival gives recruits the basics on how to survive in the water,” said Sgt. Daniel Downing, senior drill instructor, Platoon MORE

Co. I recruits earns MCMAP tan belt June 4, 2012 — Recruits must pass a variety of important tests while aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in order to earn the title Marine.Company I came one step closer to that title May 23 by completing their Marine Corps Martial Arts Program tan belt test. This consisted of a combination of MCMAP skills they had learned over the past seven weeks prior MORE

Sports Medicine Facility Dedicated to Fallen Marine May 31, 2012 — Applause filled the air as a red ribbon was cut, indicating the opening of Walker Hall at a ceremony dedicated to Staff Sgt. Allan K. Walker May 10 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Walker Hall is the first stand-alone, Marine Corps funded, sports-medicine facility devoted to the rehabilitation of injured recruits. The MORE

Co. A recruits build physical abilities May 31, 2012 — Recruits of Company A 1st Recruit Training Battalion, closed out their third week of training with an ability group run and stations aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego May 10. Ability group runs help recruits build and maintain the strength and endurance they will need to successfully complete recruit MORE

Co. E prepares for Crucible through Sustainment Hike May 31, 2012 — A recruit may never realize the amount of miles they’ve put on their feet or how far they’ve traveled in order to earn the title of United States Marine. Through every step, they become stronger, each learning about their body’s limits. Recruits of Company E, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion completed a sustainment hike May 12 aboard MORE

Company M practice Marksmanship May 31, 2012 — As recruits load their simulated M16-A4 service rifle, a Primary Marksmanship Instructor tells them to shoot when their target appears. Company M practiced basic marksmanship skills in the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer May 15 aboard Edson Range, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. MORE

Company G recruits learn Marine Corps traditions May 31, 2012 — Company G received an overview of Marine Corps history May 11 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, learning about Marine involvement in the Vietnam and Korean War eras. “It’s important for them to know where the Marine Corps has been and where the traditions we uphold come from,” said Sgt. Daniel Downing, senior drill MORE

Upstanding Marine carries on traditions May 31, 2012 — It takes a dedicated Marine to become a drill instructor and mold the thousands of individuals who step on the yellow footprints each year aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.Staff Sgt. Zachary Curran is one of the few individuals who has given up the better half of three years in the Marine Corps to the drill field. Each Marine has their MORE