Recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, help prepare other recruits for their fights during Pugil Sticks II at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, May 25. Recruits were given protective gear which included a helmet, groin protector, flak jacket and a pugil stick that simulated a rifle. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate July 21.

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