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Recruits of Company E, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, recite knowledge as they hike a sustainment hike, a six-mile hike around base, May 12 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Drill instructors use the hike to instill knowledge about Marine Corps history to help the recruits with their final exams. The hike is also used as a tool to prepare the recruits for the many miles they will travel during the Crucible, a 54-hour field-training exercise.
120512-M-JM783-087.JPG Photo By: Lance Cpl. Bridget M. Keane

May 23, 2012
San Diego, Calif. - Recruits of Company E, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, recite knowledge as they hike a sustainment hike, a six-mile hike around base, May 12 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Drill instructors use the hike to instill knowledge about Marine Corps history to help the recruits with their final exams. The hike is also used as a tool to prepare the recruits for the many miles they will travel during the Crucible, a 54-hour field-training exercise.


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