Recruits with Platoon 3202, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, listen intently to a class on Marine history aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, July 6. Co. I drill instructors advised recruits to use any spare time to study their notes because they will be tested on the material on training day 55. - Recruits with Platoon 3202, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, listen intently to a class on Marine history aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, July 6. Co. I drill instructors advised recruits to use any spare time to study their notes because they will be tested on the material on training day 55.

Boathouse recreation aid Lorie Raschick is responsible for such duties as making reservations for the facility's picnic cabanas and water craft, and for renting aquatic recreation equipment. - Boathouse recreation aid Lorie Raschick is responsible for such duties as making reservations for the facility's picnic cabanas and water craft, and for renting aquatic recreation equipment.

Bill Westmoreland, a docent and retired first sergeant, Command Museum, speaks to recruits of Company A, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, during their visit to the museum aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego June 27. Westmoreland provided a detailed history of the Marine Corps and taught recruits where their long-line of honor, courage and commitment descended from. - Bill Westmoreland, a docent and retired first sergeant, Command Museum, speaks to recruits of Company A, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, during their visit to the museum aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego June 27. Westmoreland provided a detailed history of the Marine Corps and taught recruits where their long-line of honor, courage and commitment descended from.

Pvt. Brian Walsh, platoon 1015, Company A, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, moved to Ireland with his family when he was 9-years-old. Walsh had always dreamed about becoming a Marine and to serve the country he was born in. In 2011, he moved back to the United States so he could fullfill that dream. He worked hard to prove himself throughout training so he could earn the title of United States Marine. - Pvt. Brian Walsh, platoon 1015, Company A, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, moved to Ireland with his family when he was 9-years-old. Walsh had always dreamed about becoming a Marine and to serve the country he was born in. In 2011, he moved back to the United States so he could fullfill that dream. He worked hard to prove himself throughout training so he could earn the title of United States Marine.

Recruits of Company B, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, bury their elbows into padded bags as other recruits fight to lift their weight during the Combat Conditioning Exercise aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego June 27. Ground elbows was one of ten exercises recruits had to face that challenged them mentally and physically. The CCX is designed to put recruits into a combat mindset forcing them to fight through exhaustion and fatigue. - Recruits of Company B, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, bury their elbows into padded bags as other recruits fight to lift their weight during the Combat Conditioning Exercise aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego June 27. Ground elbows was one of ten exercises recruits had to face that challenged them mentally and physically. The CCX is designed to put recruits into a combat mindset forcing them to fight through exhaustion and fatigue.

The stairway to heaven is a 30-foot ladder-like obstacle aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Recruits must climb to the top, climb over the top log and go back down the other way. - The stairway to heaven is a 30-foot ladder-like obstacle aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Recruits must climb to the top, climb over the top log and go back down the other way.