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Private First Class Jonathan A. Uitvlugt, Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Platoon 3226, high crawls through an obstacle to retrieve a simulated injured Marine during the Crucible at Edson Range, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 20. The purpose of the 12 Stalls exercise is to encourage one recruit to step up and provide leadership to his team. This gives the recruits an opportunity to develop a leader’s mindset when his team is looking up to him for the next set of orders. Uitvlugt is a 21-year-old Grand Rapids, Mich., native and was recruited from Recruit Station Lansing. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually. Company K is scheduled to graduate from recruit training on May 29.

150520-M-YZ063-026.JPG Photo By: Cpl. Jericho Crutcher

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May 22, 2015

San Diego, California - Private First Class Jonathan A. Uitvlugt, Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Platoon 3226, high crawls through an obstacle to retrieve a simulated injured Marine during the Crucible at Edson Range, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 20. The purpose of the 12 Stalls exercise is to encourage one recruit to step up and provide leadership to his team. This gives the recruits an opportunity to develop a leader’s mindset when his team is looking up to him for the next set of orders. Uitvlugt is a 21-year-old Grand Rapids, Mich., native and was recruited from Recruit Station Lansing. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually. Company K is scheduled to graduate from recruit training on May 29.

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