Sgt. William A. Getts, chief drill instructor, Company B, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, assists recruits by correcting them while they execute bayonet assault techniques as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training Feb. 29 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. The recruits are taught mental and physical discipline to prepare them for a combat situation. - Sgt. William A. Getts, chief drill instructor, Company B, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, assists recruits by correcting them while they execute bayonet assault techniques as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training Feb. 29 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. The recruits are taught mental and physical discipline to prepare them for a combat situation.

From left to right, Mike Nelson, Sabina Pendleton McDougal Neal, Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Western Recruiting Region, Oscar Villafranca, president, Dimension Construction, and Joe Koppel, engineer tech, facilities, get ready to cut the ribbon for the rededication ceremony of McDougal Hall aboard MCRD San Diego Feb. 27. Neal and Nelson are family members of Maj. Gen. Douglas McDougal, who the base theater is named after. - From left to right, Mike Nelson, Sabina Pendleton McDougal Neal, Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Western Recruiting Region, Oscar Villafranca, president, Dimension Construction, and Joe Koppel, engineer tech, facilities, get ready to cut the ribbon for the rededication ceremony of McDougal Hall aboard MCRD San Diego Feb. 27. Neal and Nelson are family members of Maj. Gen. Douglas McDougal, who the base theater is named after.

Lance Cpl. Max T. Jensen participates during the crucible with Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Feb. 22, after spending more than a year aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Jensen sustained several injuries, but the most severe being a broken femoral neck. He was told on 10 separate occasions he could go home, but chose to continue recruit training and refused to let his injuries set back his goals. - Lance Cpl. Max T. Jensen participates during the crucible with Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Feb. 22, after spending more than a year aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Jensen sustained several injuries, but the most severe being a broken femoral neck. He was told on 10 separate occasions he could go home, but chose to continue recruit training and refused to let his injuries set back his goals.

Sgt. Jeremy W. Caddell, right, the Marine Wing Communication Squadron 38 deputy family readiness officer and Web City, Mo., native, stands with Gunnery Sgt. David W. Smith, left, the training chief of H&S Bn., MCRD San Diego and Star, Texas, native, after Caddell was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal Feb. 15. Caddell was a key contributor in saving Smith™s life after Smith was the victim of a hit-and-run accident on his motorcycle in Rancho Bernardo. - Sgt. Jeremy W. Caddell, right, the Marine Wing Communication Squadron 38 deputy family readiness officer and Web City, Mo., native, stands with Gunnery Sgt. David W. Smith, left, the training chief of H&S Bn., MCRD San Diego and Star, Texas, native, after Caddell was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal Feb. 15. Caddell was a key contributor in saving Smith™s life after Smith was the victim of a hit-and-run accident on his motorcycle in Rancho Bernardo.

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Western Recruiting Region, pins a Silver Star on Sgt. Phillip A. McCulloch Jr., drill instructor, Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, during the morning colors ceremony aboard MCRD Feb 10. McCulloch was awarded the medal for his actions during a six-hour engagement with insurgent forces in the Sangin District in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Jan. 8, 2011. - Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Western Recruiting Region, pins a Silver Star on Sgt. Phillip A. McCulloch Jr., drill instructor, Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, during the morning colors ceremony aboard MCRD Feb 10. McCulloch was awarded the medal for his actions during a six-hour engagement with insurgent forces in the Sangin District in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Jan. 8, 2011.