Jan 16 2025

Future of Corps forged at DI school

Cpl. Pedro Cardenas

Instructors of Drill Instructor School, Recruit Training Regiment, pose for a photo at the parade deck aboard the depot, Jan. 24.

Jan 16 2025

MCRD San Diego India Company Confidence Chamber

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elliott A. Flood-Johnson

U.S. Marine Corps recruit Kevin Nguyen, a recruit with India Company, Third Recruit Training Battalion, receives instruction from a drill instructor before entering the confidence chamber at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 23, 2023. The confidence chamber was used to train recruits on how to properly use the M40 gas mask and respond to potential chemical and biological threats. Nguyen was recruited out of Recruiting Station San Jose, Calif. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elliott A. Flood-Johnson)

Jan 16 2025

Echo Company Post Exchange and Haircut Call

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janell B. Alvarez

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Johana Tucubal, a drill instructor with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, speaks to recruits during a post exchange and haircut call at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Nov. 18, 2024. Recruits are allowed to go to the PX to buy necessary supplies and receive haircuts weekly during their time at MCRD San Diego in order to maintain a uniform appearance and promote good hygiene throughout recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janell B. Alvarez)

Jan 16 2025

MCRD San Diego Echo Company Intro to CFT

U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Eric Valerio

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Takiyah Wesley, a drill instructor with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, instructs recruits during an introduction to a combat fitness training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Nov. 13, 2024. The CFT is an annual fitness test that is required of all Marines to pass and maintain consisting of an 880-yard sprint, ammunition can lifts, and a maneuver under fire drill. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Eric Valerio)

Jan 16 2025

Headquarters and Service Battalion CFT

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock

U.S. Marine Corps Combat Photographer, Lance Cpl. Jacob Hutchinson, with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, waits for his partner during the maneuver under fire portion of a combat fitness test at MCRD San Diego, California, Dec. 4, 2024. The CFT is an annual fitness test that is required of all Marines to pass and maintain consisting of an 880-yard sprint, ammunition can lifts, and a maneuver under fire drill. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

Jan 15 2025

Bravo Company Receiving

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

U.S. Marine Corps drill instructors with Receiving Company, Support Battalion, instruct recruits with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, to get off a bus as part of a receiving event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Oct. 28, 2024. During the receiving process, recruits are taken to the United States Organizations for accountability, checked for contraband, given haircuts, make scripted phone calls home, and issued gear required for training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

Jan 15 2025

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(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

U.S. Marine Corps drill instructors with Recruit Training Regiment, motivate Lance Cpl. Bruno, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Western Recruiting Region mascot, at the finish line during the 2024 Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Boot Camp Challenge at MCRD San Diego, California, Oct. 19, 2024. For the past 23 years, MCRD San Diego has hosted the Boot Camp Challenge, a three-mile obstacle course race guided by 60 drill instructors that highlights the physical and mental demands of bootcamp. The event fosters comradery and community engagement through interaction with MCRD personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

Jan 15 2025

India Company Battalion Commander Inspection

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Savannah Pizano, a senior drill instructor with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, reports to Lt. Col. Matthew Phelps, the commanding officer of 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, for a battalion commander inspection at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Oct. 23, 2024. The Battalion Commander’s Inspection surveys new Marines for knowledge, bearing, and attention to detail as one of their last tests before graduating. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

Jan 15 2025

Lima Company Pick-up

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandra M. Earl)

U.S. Marine Corps Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Aleeha Ivory with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, affirms the senior drill instructor creed as part of a pick-up event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Oct. 25, 2024. Pick-up day signifies the first official day of training in which recruits will meet their drill instructor team for the first time, prepare their gear and squad bay, and expectations are set for the remainder of their time in recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandra M. Earl)

Jan 15 2025

Echo Company Crucible

MCRD SD Jesse Lora

San Diego, California - Recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, prepare to receive their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, after the Crucible at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California Oct. 24. The Crucible is a 54 hour long event that tests the recruits on everything they have been taught throughout recruit training, pushing through sleep and food deprivation in order to earn the title of Marine. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate November 1. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jesse Lora)