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

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[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.

 

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

 

 

[luvie]

Good place for a road trip! Thanks, Galz!

[Repeal The 17th]

Ella Fitzgerald:
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Cry Me A River (1961)

Summertime (1968)

[ConorMacNessa]

I did indeed Sally Forth! Smooth commutes in each direction.

I've been feeling under the weather all day - getting ready to hit the hay.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Texican]

I trained there in September of 1942. I will be 90 years old in three days (June 5th) My DI was “Bull” Tromerter. Went back to see him after being out for about 8 years, he was still there, however he did not remember me, but I sure remembered him. Had a nice visit though.

Semper Fi
Tommie
Texican

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Texican, and welcome to the Canteen. Thanks for sharing your "story".

Happy almost 90th birthday!!

We thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...lessons today, a Marvelous Monday?

Ankle another day better?

[left that other site]

I spent the whole day WITHOUT the cane!

I am determined.

One of my favorite students is now writing very nice songs!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Norm....I wondered which coast you stood on yellow footprints.

And we thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Seven....was your uncle a Marine?

[mylife]

I know this place. Worked right across the street.

Jarheads are good guys.

Now lets go biking....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unaRkye1OBk

[mylife]

Salute Brother.

[The Mayor]

Thank you Kathy!!
A beauty day here. We may have finally struck gold with weather.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Excellence...((HUGS))...happy Mom today.

Have a wonderful time when he gets there.

And we sure do thank him for choosing the Marines to serve his country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...quite a trip for those new Marines.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Don’t push your luck...there will be no relapsing!!

A budding songwriter...very cool!

[mylife]

New Marines~Ride On

[Kathy in Alaska]

VROOM!! VROOM!!

I enjoyed a little dirt biking in my much younger years, but speed didn’t really appeal to me. One crash and I decided speed wasn’t my gig.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hurrah for you!!

We actually got a nice rain on Sunday. I didn’t need to water at all this weekend.