FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California ~ 12 JULY 2011

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California

Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is a United States Marine Corps military installation in San Diego, California. It lies between San Diego Bay and Interstate 5, adjacent to Lindbergh Field and the former Naval Training Center San Diego.

MCRD San Diego's main mission is the initial training of enlisted male recruits living west of the Mississippi River. Over 21,000 recruits are trained each year. The Depot also is the home to the Marine Corps' Recruiter School and Western Recruiting Region's Drill Instructors School.

Marine Corps presence in San Diego dates back to July 1914, but ground was not broken for a permanent base until 2 March 1919, after Joseph Henry Pendleton (for whom Camp Pendleton was later named) successfully fought for a base in the area.

By 1921, the base was formally commissioned and in 1923, it became the primary recruiting center for the west coast. During World War II, the base almost exclusively dealt with recruiting. In 1948, the base was formally named Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

Recruit training for those enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, also referred to as boot camp, includes a thirteen week process during which the recruit becomes cut off from the civilian world and must adapt to a Marine Corps lifestyle.

During training, the drill instructors train recruits in a wide variety of subjects including weapons training, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, personal hygiene and cleanliness, close order drill, and Marine Corps history. The training emphasizes physical fitness and recruits must attain a minimum standard of fitness to graduate.

 This standard includes a Physical Fitness Test. Recruits must also meet minimum combat-oriented swimming qualifications, qualify in rifle marksmanship with the M16A2 service rifle.

Unlike training at Parris Island, recruits must leave the depot to conduct field training. The second three-week phase is spent at Edson Range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, where recruits fire on the rifle range. At the conclusion, recruits return to San Diego, but will return at the end of recruit training for the 56-hour "culminating" event called The Crucible.

Learn More About Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego HERE!!

The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Command Museum boasts one of the most extensive and comprehensive displays of Marine Corps historical items in the Nation. The Museum has over 150,000 annual visitors and occupies 22,233 square feet of indoor space.

The Mission at the MCRD Command Museum is “To provide an educational setting that portrays the legacy of the Marine Corps for the training of recruits and the continuing education of Marines, that functions as a supporting arm to the recruiting effort, and that serves as a bridge to the civilian community.”

Visit The MCRD Command Museum HERE!!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[MEG33]

I’d love it, yorkie.

[ConorMacNessa]

Goog afternoon, Kathy! *HUGS* on the 5:51 express on time and homeward bound! Hope all is well with you! 
 
Lamh Foistenach Abu!

Posting from my BlackBerry mobile HQ.

[PERKY2004]

PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR ROBERT! Today’s update: Praise to God & thanks for the prayers! He is breathing on his own today, enzymes are still high but liver is improving. He still has a rocky road ahead but things are much better then 48 hrs ago! (Yesterday: A friend (Robert) injured in Afghanistan is doing poorly post surgery. He and the family need some prayers. Urgently)

[PERKY2004]

PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR ROBERT! Today’s update: Praise to God & thanks for the prayers! He is breathing on his own today, enzymes are still high but liver is improving. He still has a rocky road ahead but things are much better then 48 hrs ago! (Yesterday: A friend (Robert) injured in Afghanistan is doing poorly post surgery. He and the family need some prayers. Urgently)

[luvie]

From Perky 2004 (direct posts to her):

PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR ROBERT! Today’s update: Praise to God & thanks for the prayers! He is breathing on his own today, enzymes are still high but liver is improving. He still has a rocky road ahead but things are much better then 48 hrs ago! (Yesterday: A friend (Robert) injured in Afghanistan is doing poorly post surgery. He and the family need some prayers. Urgently)

Come on Canteen! Let's concentrate our effort on helping this hero and his family with prayers and supplications to God on his behalf!!

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[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Prayers up.

[Quix]

thx thx for the ping.

PRAYERS N HUGS.

[Arrowhead1952]

Prayers sent.

[luvie]

Thank you a bunch...and hugs to you, too! :)

[AZamericonnie]

Prayers up for our Hero Robert & his family Perky!

[AZamericonnie]

Love the composition of this photo Yorkie & yes....coffee & a rainy w/friends sounds loverly!

In fact....it is now both hot & HUMID here so I’ve decided I’m gonna come live with you til October!;-}

[luvie]

We had Clouds and thunder came.....and went. Still no rain at my house. I could SMELL it...but it didn’t even rain one drop. *sigh*

[Arrowhead1952]

Not many clouds look like the kind that might form into heat showers here in our area.

[luvie]

I hope they do for you.

Midland and some parts of my town got rain...they posted pictures...but not my section. :(

[AZamericonnie]

Texas Lakes Are Drying Up

No rain in 10 months? Oh Luvie....I didn't realize how desperate the situation had become!