FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, CA ~ 14 APR 2015

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California

Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is a United States Marine Corps military installation in San Diego, California. It lies between San Diego Bay and Interstate 5, adjacent to Lindbergh Field and the former Naval Training Center San Diego.

MCRD San Diego's main mission is the initial training of enlisted male recruits living west of the Mississippi River. Over 21,000 recruits are trained each year. The Depot also is the home to the Marine Corps' Recruiter School and Western Recruiting Region's Drill Instructors School.

Recruit training for those enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, also referred to as boot camp, includes a thirteen week process during which the recruit becomes cut off from the civilian world and must adapt to a Marine Corps lifestyle.

During training, the drill instructors train recruits in a wide variety of subjects including weapons training, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, personal hygiene and cleanliness, close order drill, and Marine Corps history. The training emphasizes physical fitness and recruits must attain a minimum standard of fitness to graduate.

This standard includes a Physical Fitness Test. Recruits must also meet minimum combat-oriented swimming qualifications, qualify in rifle marksmanship with the M16A2 service rifle.

Unlike training at Parris Island, recruits must leave the depot to conduct field training. The second three-week phase is spent at Edson Range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, where recruits fire on the rifle range. At the conclusion, recruits return to San Diego, but will return at the end of recruit training for the 56-hour "culminating" event called The Crucible.

Learn More About Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego HERE!!

The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Command Museum boasts one of the most extensive and comprehensive displays of Marine Corps historical items in the Nation. The Museum has over 150,000 annual visitors and occupies 22,233 square feet of indoor space.

The Mission at the MCRD Command Museum is “To provide an educational setting that portrays the legacy of the Marine Corps for the training of recruits and the continuing education of Marines, that functions as a supporting arm to the recruiting effort, and that serves as a bridge to the civilian community.”

Visit The MCRD Command Museum HERE!!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

To: Kathy in Alaska

Yes, have 2 to build and more coming.

81 posted on 04/13/2015 8:19:18 PM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)

To: 2111USMC; NormsRevenge

Semper Fi, Norm and 2112.

1974 Platoon 2112

Oorah!

82 posted on 04/13/2015 8:23:26 PM PDT by AZ .44 MAG (Repeal Obama)

2011 for us. I still watch the video and brings tears. He is a wonderful man.

83 posted on 04/13/2015 8:57:37 PM PDT by huldah1776

That should be a busy time.

Do you make one from start to finish, or have several going at once?

84 posted on 04/13/2015 9:06:43 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))

To: doorgunner69

Culture shock is an understatement. I started my military career there 45 years ago.

85 posted on 04/13/2015 9:08:48 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)

86 posted on 04/13/2015 9:09:34 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)

Aweeeeeeeeee...poor little guy.

87 posted on 04/13/2015 9:10:48 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))

To: Kathy in Alaska

I arrived at MCRD San Diego as a boot recruit on February 2, 1973 and left as a United States Marine on May 9, 1973. I was assigned to Platoon 1017 and my Platoon Commander was Sgt C C Jarrett and the two other drill instructors were Sgt Chapman and Cpl Flores. It was quite the experience and I’ll remember it for the rest of my life.

88 posted on 04/13/2015 9:11:26 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)

To: doorgunner69

Ya know, I tried real hard to recall, then search for what my platoon number was. Think it had a 76 in it. No luck. Yearbook long gone.

How do you forget your platoon number?! That thing is etched in my mind and I'll never forget it. I was in Platoon 1017.

89 posted on 04/13/2015 9:17:02 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Good evening, my...did the Marines and Navy visit at all? Any cross training?

Nope. They stayed on their side of the fence and we stayed on our side.

90 posted on 04/13/2015 9:18:22 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)

Good evening, AlaskaErik...

We thank you for your service to our country.

91 posted on 04/13/2015 9:21:09 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))

Good evening, huldah1776.

Our thanks to your son for his service to our country.

92 posted on 04/13/2015 9:28:04 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))

Good evening, AZ .44 MAG.

Our thanks to you for your service to our country.

93 posted on 04/13/2015 9:34:59 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))

To: Kathy in Alaska

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Say hello to Sargent Ybarra for me!

94 posted on 04/13/2015 10:20:13 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)

How do you forget your platoon number?!

I dunno, lost track I suppose, just too much going on. In 65-66. the Corps was a busy place. I was immediately sent to a technical school at El Toro after ITR and it never let up after that.

Boot camp was a distant memory six months after I left MCRD, had too much new stuff going on.

95 posted on 04/13/2015 10:36:36 PM PDT by doorgunner69

Marines are a division of the Navy.
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As I often point out, “The Men’s Division”.

:-)

96 posted on 04/13/2015 11:43:56 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)

Our thanks to you and your family for your service to our country.