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Training and Education Command

Quantico, Virginia

Archive: August, 2004

After 40 years, recruit makes contact with former drill instructor

All teachers have hopes that their students will accomplish something great and Marine Corps drill instructors are no different. They take a young man or woman and mold them into a Marine. However, that does not guarantee that the student will like his teacher, but it does guarantee that he will most likely never forget the time spent under his

Depot remains 'Corps' of senator's success

Thousands of people make the transformation from civilian to Marine each year for any number of reasons. Whether they spend just four years in or make it a career, what they learned sticks with them for the rest of their lives. Many make the leap onto the notorious yellow footprints looking for change, hoping to find the building blocks of

Hurricane exercise prepares Depot for Mother Nature's wrath

The Depot's Emergency Operations Center was in full swing during a hurricane evacuation exercise Tuesday and Wednesday. Phones were ringing in urgency as the sound of typing keyboards filled a room already overflowing with information from video monitors flashing feeds of Beaufort County roadways, maps detailing evacuation routes and people

Reservists gain explosive experience

They may not wear camouflage utility uniforms to work everyday or sport the perfect high and tight all the time, but training still plays a crucial role in the lives of those who have enlisted in the Marine Forces Reserve. Approximately 140 reserve Marines from the 2nd Beach and Terminal Operations Company from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah,

Welcome to Parris Island, the journey to becoming a Marine starts here

Eighteen unnaturally quiet individuals sit motionless as their clothes gather pools of nervous sweat, which echoes their unanimous belief that they made a terrible mistake. Questions such as, "What have you done?" and "When can we leave?" occupy their thoughts, while the driver smiles as if he enjoys their trepidation. The bus slices through the

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