Sergeant Josias Bahena, drill instructor, Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, instructs a recruit to move faster during pick up at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, March 25. Pick up is the first encounter the recruits have with the drill instructors who are charged with the responsibility of transforming the recruits into basically-trained Marines. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate June 17.

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