Staff Sgt. Edwin A. Gonzalez, senior drill instructor, Receiving Company, Support Battalion, instructs a recruit to respond louder during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 11. Recruits must respond to everything a drill instructor says to develop instant obedience to orders. During the recruits’ first hours of recruit training, they will get haircuts, receive their initial gear issue and be searched for any contraband. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 17,000 recruits annu
Staff Sgt. Edwin A. Gonzalez, senior drill instructor, Receiving Company, Support Battalion, instructs a recruit to respond louder during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 11. Recruits must respond to everything a drill instructor says to develop instant obedience to orders. During the recruits’ first hours of recruit training, they will get haircuts, receive their initial gear issue and be searched for any contraband. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 17,000 recruits annually. Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate April 8.
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