A recruit with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, is welcomed to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 24. From this point, recruits will eat, sleep, and train as a team as they begin the transformation from civilian to Marine. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. India Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 21.

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