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Training and Education Command

Quantico, Virginia

Archive: January, 2003

Support of family, SDI motivate Kilo Co. recruit through training

Regardless of what your recruiter tells you, there's nothing anyone can do to prepare you for the reality of boot camp. While some make the adjustment more smoothly than others, everyone who graduates and becomes a Marine is greatly changed during his or her time in recruit training. For Recruit Paul R. Athanas of platoon 3002, Kilo Company, 3rd

Depot Devil Dog captures Corps' top musical honors

The Marine bandsmen convened a selection board to select their annual NCO and Staff NCO Musicians of the year. After an extensive selection process, Staff Sgt. Steven Minkler, the Depot band's piano player, received the Corps' top honor for Staff NCOs. Minkler, who also plays trombone and percussion, was nominated last year for the same honor as a

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