Recruits of Company F, 2nd Recruit Training Battlion, climb over logs during the obstacle course aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Sept. 7. After completing the course, recruits were then instructed to perform combat carries from beginning to end using the fireman's carry and the buddy drag. - Recruits of Company F, 2nd Recruit Training Battlion, climb over logs during the obstacle course aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Sept. 7. After completing the course, recruits were then instructed to perform combat carries from beginning to end using the fireman's carry and the buddy drag.

Recruits of Compnay G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, recieve haircuts aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 5. All recruits get weekly haircuts aboard the depot and it is one of the ways recruits are taught to uphold a clean Marine image. - Recruits of Compnay G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, recieve haircuts aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 5. All recruits get weekly haircuts aboard the depot and it is one of the ways recruits are taught to uphold a clean Marine image.

With a simulated M16-A4 service rifle, a recruit of Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, verbally tells his fellow recruit to get on the ground after he had just gotten him to release the rifle abaord Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Sept. 6. Recruits are taught to control situations using the least amount of force. - With a simulated M16-A4 service rifle, a recruit of Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, verbally tells his fellow recruit to get on the ground after he had just gotten him to release the rifle abaord Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Sept. 6. Recruits are taught to control situations using the least amount of force.

A recruit of Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, picks up brass from the 300-yard firing line during firing week aboard Edson Range, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28. - A recruit of Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, picks up brass from the 300-yard firing line during firing week aboard Edson Range, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28.

(left) Recruit John M. Lemus, squad leader, Platoon 2105, Co. E, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, watches over fellow recruits as they slide down a pole during an exercise in the crucible aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Lemus has two cousins and two uncles who have served in the Marine Corps and has plans to be the first in his family to become an officer. - (left) Recruit John M. Lemus, squad leader, Platoon 2105, Co. E, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, watches over fellow recruits as they slide down a pole during an exercise in the crucible aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Lemus has two cousins and two uncles who have served in the Marine Corps and has plans to be the first in his family to become an officer.

Staff Sgt. Van Black, academic instructor, Instructional Training Company, Support Battalion, teaches rules Marines must follow in combat to recruits of Co. G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 27. Black taught the Law of Land Warefare class with the aide of a slideshow and a short movie clip. Black reviewed the material with recruits by asking them questions based off of the rules they learned. - Staff Sgt. Van Black, academic instructor, Instructional Training Company, Support Battalion, teaches rules Marines must follow in combat to recruits of Co. G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 27. Black taught the Law of Land Warefare class with the aide of a slideshow and a short movie clip. Black reviewed the material with recruits by asking them questions based off of the rules they learned.