FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, CA ~ 14 APR 2015

~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

To: Kathy in Alaska

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

101 posted on 04/14/2015 12:39:17 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))

To: Jet Jaguar; txradioguy; JemiansTerror; MEG33; Laurita; CMS; OneLoyalAmerican; Defender2; ...

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.
Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

102 posted on 04/14/2015 12:40:46 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))

Happy Belated Birthday, E!!

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103 posted on 04/14/2015 12:43:36 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))

To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

104 posted on 04/14/2015 1:11:31 AM PDT by E.G.C.

To: Kathy in Alaska

105 posted on 04/14/2015 1:12:05 AM PDT by E.G.C.

"Boot!"

Heh heh..Semper Fi and Welcome Home - Chainmail

106 posted on 04/14/2015 3:12:30 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Indeed.

I got the phone back...and there is a new customer on it, whom I will call today! Huzzah!

107 posted on 04/14/2015 5:25:53 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

I look at MCRD San Diego fondly and recall my three months there back in ‘83. My first thought upon arriving was “what the hell did I get into?”

Three months later my head and heart swelled with pride as I was called Marine for the first time.

Semper Fi!

108 posted on 04/14/2015 6:41:49 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Chris Stevens won't be running for president.)

To: Kathy in Alaska; y'all; Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; ConorMacNessa; HiJinx; ...

Well, it's not QUITE that drastic
....but it was 49* this morning!
A bit weird for April in West Texas!
I'm really not complaining though!
It'll be in the 100s before we know it!
....and I'll HATE that! LOL!
Hope all of you have a Terrific Tuesday!
((((hugs))))
Oh....on this day in 1865, Lincoln was killed. :(

John? How is your garden?
Is someone caring for it?
Pray you can before long!

109 posted on 04/14/2015 7:34:40 AM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)

((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?

110 posted on 04/14/2015 7:45:17 AM PDT by E.G.C.

Howdy, EGC! (((hugs)))

All is great here. I’m off one more time then back to work. I think I could get used to the “retirement” thing. LOL!

Hope you and Bo are doing good! Is it pretty chilly up there, too?

111 posted on 04/14/2015 8:04:24 AM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)

it is kind of chilly here too. Right now it’s 50 degrees and cloudy.

112 posted on 04/14/2015 8:06:20 AM PDT by E.G.C.

We have the same weather! :)

113 posted on 04/14/2015 8:07:53 AM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)

Don’t go looking for thunderstorms!

114 posted on 04/14/2015 10:51:11 AM PDT by HiJinx (I can see Mexico from my back porch...soon, so will you!)

Nope - don’t intend to play with them. I get routed around them - plus we can see them on our flight radar ...

115 posted on 04/14/2015 11:03:27 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)

To: Kathy in Alaska; E.G.C.; beachn4fun; Arrowhead1952; ConorMacNessa; MEG33; LUV W; PROCON; ...

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116 posted on 04/14/2015 12:30:43 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)

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117 posted on 04/14/2015 1:17:48 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)

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118 posted on 04/14/2015 3:40:49 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)

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119 posted on 04/14/2015 4:13:05 PM PDT by HiJinx (I can see Mexico from my back porch...soon, so will you!)

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120 posted on 04/14/2015 5:24:56 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)

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