Company B recruits learn bayonet techniques
February 29, 2012 — The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program is one of the many requirements that every recruit aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego must go through in order to earn their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. They are put through mental and physical exhaustion for long, strenuous hours in the hot sun to perfect every technique, to instill a combat mindset and MORE
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Depot theater gets new life
February 27, 2012 — Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Western Recruiting Region along with members of the McDougal family, the president of Dimension Construction and a representative from facilities cut the ribbon for the re-opening and re-dedicating of McDougal Hall, the base theater, aboard Marine Corps MORE
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Company M recruit becomes a Marine - at last
February 23, 2012 — For most Marines, boot camp is a three-month training cycle that seems as though it may never end. For one Marine, this journey was four times as long, and most likely four times as difficult. Lance Cpl. Max T. Jensen from Appleton, Wisc. spent the last 13 months aboard the depot waiting to finish recruit training and earn the title Marine. “I MORE
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Marine saves fellow Marine's life, awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
February 15, 2012 — Sgt. Jeremy Caddell, squadron deputy family readiness officer, Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, and his fiancée just so happened to be driving down Bernardo Center Drive around 12:30 p.m. on July 31 when they noticed a motorcycle accident at the intersection. Caddell said the accident looked as though it had just happened when he got there MORE
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Marine drill instructor receives Silver Star
February 10, 2012 — While performing a route reconnaissance in the Sangin District, Afghanistan, Sgt. Phillip A. McCulloch Jr. and his squad heard an explosion off to the northeast as they were crossing the Helmand River. Moments later, his team was ambushed by three machine gun positions and they took cover in the riverbank. The coming engagement resulted in MORE
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