Sergeant Edwin A. GonzalezDawkins, drill instructor, Receiving Company, Support Battalion, instructs a new recruit to respond louder during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Dec. 15. Recruits must respond to everything a drill instructor says to develop instant obedience to orders. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually. India Company is scheduled to graduate March 11.

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