“These recruits are entrusted to my care.
I will train them to the best of my ability.
I will develop them into smartly disciplined, physically fit, basically trained Marines, thoroughly indoctrinated in love of Corps and country.
I will demand of them, and demonstrate by my own example, the highest standards of personal conduct, morality and professional [...]
From “Rite of Passage: Making Basic Training Tougher” by Jim Garamone, 23 February 2004.
Images meticulously selected and edited by yours truly.
“We have two missions in the Marine Corps — to win battles and make Marines,” said Col. Bob Hayes, assistant deputy chief of staff for operations and training at the recruit depot here. “The Crucible [...]
Get Together by The Youngbloods
The #10 song in the country in 1969.
After two and a half months of aimlessly wandering the halls of Drill Instructor School, I noticed this poem for the first time today. It was sandwiched between a couple of Vietnam-era uniforms and assorted memorabilia in a display case, set back far enough [...]
