RECRUIT SPOTLIGHT Drill instructors at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego transform more than 17,000 recruits into basically trained United States Marines each year. Recruits must complete more than twelve weeks of training to earn the title Marine. Get to know one of the Corps’ next generation of warriors. Name: Rct. Matthias L. Banks Plt. 2167, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion Home Town: Richmond, Va. Why he took the challenge: “I came to recruit training to build a better life for myself and gain the strength and discipline I saw Marines carry.”

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