A recruit of Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, briefs his squad about their challenge during the 12 Stalls event at Edson Range, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 23. Recruits were broken up into squads before starting the event. The responsibility of being squad leader changed with the different challenges, allowing different recruits the opportunity to be in a leadership position. 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 recru


A recruit of Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, briefs his squad about their challenge during the 12 Stalls event at Edson Range, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 23. Recruits were broken up into squads before starting the event. The responsibility of being squad leader changed with the different challenges, allowing different recruits the opportunity to be in a leadership position. 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. Charlie Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 2.


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