Service members participate in 101 Days of Summer
July 24, 2012 — Service members, spouses and civilians aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego were invited to partake in the 101 Days of Summer fitness challenge July 18 at the depot’s fitness center. Ron Rivera, fitness center supervisor, led the participants in the pop-up from prone challenge. The challenge had three cones equally MORE
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Recruit learns to lead without billet
July 24, 2012 — When recruits arrive aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego for recruit training, it often depends on the individual how well they adapt to the environment. For Pfc. Manuel Lomeli, Platoon 3234, Company K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, his drill instructors found it very difficult for him to adjust in the MORE
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PFTs measure recruit fitness
July 24, 2012 — Each recruit’s physical ability is tested throughout recruit training through a physical fitness test, which is designed to measure one’s physical strength, agility, and endurance. Recruits of Company I, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, ran the initial PFT July 20 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. “The MORE
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Guard duty fundamentals begin in recruit training
July 24, 2012 — At every Marine Corps base there is a Marine somewhere posting watch and whether keeping on the alert at an armory or at a checkpoint the same fundamentals apply. Recruits from Company H, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, reviewed their general orders, learned the proper use of lethal force and the billets of an interior guard MORE
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Recruits conduct hand-to-hand combat
July 24, 2012 — “Approaching a breach in the wall which was the only entrance to the fort, Sergeant Iams unhesitatingly jumped through the breach despite constant fire from the Cacos and engaged the enemy in a desperate hand-to-hand combat until the bastion was captured and Caco resistance neutralized.” This was taken from Sgt. Ross Lindsey MORE
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Co. F recruits find warrior spirit in MCMAP intensity
July 24, 2012 — For some recruits knowing how to fight has never been a necessity or desire until arriving to recruit training. In fact, for many of the recruits in Company F, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion the first time they threw a punch was during their training for tan belt in Marine Corps Martial Arts aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San MORE
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Platoon develops, builds camaraderie
July 18, 2012 — The natural progression of a platoon aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego usually starts out the same way. “Too many chiefs, not enough indians,” is a frequent phrase heard throughout training. Diverse personalities and attitudes are all thrown into one, very stressful environment. But young men that come from states west of the Mississippi MORE
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Recruits learn defensive combat techniques
July 18, 2012 — Fighting has been engrained in human culture from the days of gladiators to the dueling of nobility with pistols. As recruits evolve into Marines and enter the Marine fleet force they may or may not find themselves in a similar combative situation. Regardless, it is the intent of their drill instructors to give them the MORE
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Palau native enlists to support daughter, family
July 17, 2012 — Many recruits have often had different reasons for choosing to enlist in the Marine Corps. For Recruit Jared Dylan Jamila, his family was the inspiration he needed to take the first step. Jamila is currently undergoing recruit training with Platoon 2153, Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, aboard Marine Corps Recruit MORE
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Depot hosts 9th annual car, motorcycle show
July 17, 2012 — Service members, their families and civilians attended the 9th annual Marine Corps Community Service Auto Skills Center Car and Motorcycle show aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego July 14. The purpose was to showcase vehicles, provide the public an opportunity to donate to the Toys for Tots program and to have an event MORE
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