A Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival, drill instructor, Support Battalion, helps recruits of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, during the Water Survival Basic Qualification course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, April 15. The swim qualification introduces new challenges recruits must overcome in order to graduate recruit training. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Golf Company is scheduled to graduate July 13.

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