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Archive: April, 2014

Amphibious fighting force teaches water survival skills April 25, 2014 — Recruits of Company K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, completed the Water Survival Basic Qualification during week four of training aboard the depot, March 31.Swim qualification familiarize recruits to Marine Corps combat water survival skills. As an amphibious fighting force, it is critical that all recruits learn and understand the basic water MORE

Recruits learn about interior guard duty April 25, 2014 — Recruits of Company K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, received a class on interior guard aboard the depot, April 3.The purpose of the class was to teach recruits the basics of standing post and the different billets that are associated with it, explained Sgt. Anthony L. Williams, drill instructor, Platoon 3246.“This may be one of the most MORE

Co. M knocks out MCMAP test April 25, 2014 — Marines of Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion fought their way through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program test aboard the depot, April 2.The MCMAP test was given to ensure they retained all of the techniques they learned during recruit training.“MCMAP is taught to the recruits from the very first week of recruit training,” said Sgt. MORE

Educators take on CFT challenge April 25, 2014 — Twelve times per year, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Western Recruiting Region host educators from across the WRR area during the Educators’ Workshop. This allows educators to visit the depot to get a taste of recruit training and the Corps’ way of life.Educators from the Kansas City, Kan. and Lansing, Mich. area participated in the MORE

Padres honor military in opening ceremony April 25, 2014 — Service members from the San Diego area participated in the opening ceremony of the Major League Baseball Padres game at Petco Park, April 13.The ceremony was part of the Padres Military Appreciation Sundays event, where every Sunday home game Padres players wear camouflage jerseys, which look similar to the Marine Corps’ desert camouflage MORE

Graduation becomes special moment for father, son April 25, 2014 — It takes a special kind of mental toughness and determination when a recruit’s motivation to earn the title Marine is for his father, a Marine, a firefighter, a wounded warrior who has sacrificed so much in the line of duty.For Pfc. Forest D. Dowling, Platoon 3271, Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, his father’s life experience and tragedy MORE

Co. K crawls through CCX April 14, 2014 — To enter recruit training and leave as a United States Marine takes determination and strength. This involves finding the strength one doesn’t know that he has.Recruits of Company K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, conquered the Combat Conditioning Exercise aboard the depot, March 29.According to Sgt. Gustavo I. Brown, drill instructor, MORE

Recruits find personal motivation to increase strength, endurance April 14, 2014 — Although recruits of Company M already completed a strength and endurance course once before, they went through for a second time in recruit training to further increase their physical fitness levels aboard the depot, March 26.The last time the recruits went through the strength and endurance training they didn’t know how difficult it would be. MORE

IED course becomes Co. H eye opener April 14, 2014 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — One event Company H Marines faced during the Crucible, a 54-hour test of endurance where recruits must conquer more than 30 obstacles while they experience food and sleep deprivation, was the Improvised Explosive Device course where they were trained to locate and react to hidden explosive devices. MORE

Twins carry brotherhood, legacy to Corps April 14, 2014 — Throughout recruit training, Marines of Platoon 2175, Company H, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, forged a bond that made them brothers throughout their Marine Corps career.Nothing is more unique than the brotherhood of identical twins taking the challenge together to carry on a family legacy of serving in the Marine Corps.Pfc. Brandon J. Nordlund MORE