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Eric C. McDowell, a Lafayette High School football and basketball coach, carries ammo cans during a portion of the Combat Fitness Test during the Educators' Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego April 8, 2014.

Eric C. McDowell, a Lafayette High School football and basketball coach, carries ammo cans during a portion of the Combat Fitness Test during the Educators' Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego April 8, 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Educators from Recruiting Stations Kansas City and Lansing receive their first taste of recruit training during the 2014 Educators' Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego April 8, 2014. Forty educators took part in the workshop where they were showcased many of the aspects recruits experience during the 13-week evolution of recruit training.

Educators from Recruiting Stations Kansas City and Lansing receive their first taste of recruit training during the 2014 Educators' Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego April 8, 2014. Forty educators took part in the workshop where they were showcased many of the aspects recruits experience during the 13-week evolution of recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Sgt. Christapher M. Bess, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Sgt. Christapher M. Bess, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Sgt. Christopher A. Thompson, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, stares down a poolee during Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Sgt. Christopher A. Thompson, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, stares down a poolee during Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Carrel, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation Green Bay’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 3. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Carrel, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation Green Bay’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 3. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, instructs a poolee to mount the pull-up bar during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, instructs a poolee to mount the pull-up bar during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Poolees from Recruiting Substation Wausau perform pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test at RSS Wausau’s Family Night pool function, Apr. 1. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Poolees from Recruiting Substation Wausau perform pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test at RSS Wausau’s Family Night pool function, Apr. 1. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Morgan Daly, a poolee from Recruiting Substation Green Bay, performs pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test at RSS Green Bay’s Family Night pool function, Apr. 3. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Morgan Daly, a poolee from Recruiting Substation Green Bay, performs pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test at RSS Green Bay’s Family Night pool function, Apr. 3. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Carrel, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation Wausau’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 1. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Carrel, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation Wausau’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 1. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation La Crosse’s Family Night pool function, Mar. 31. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation La Crosse’s Family Night pool function, Mar. 31. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Tia Nagle

Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, pins a Ben Davis High School JROTC student with her next rank, April, 1.
(courtesy photo)

Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, pins a Ben Davis High School JROTC student with her next rank, April, 1. (courtesy photo)

Photo by Sgt. Andres J. Lugo

Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, pins a Ben Davis High School JROTC student with his next rank, April, 1.
(courtesy photo)

Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, pins a Ben Davis High School JROTC student with his next rank, April, 1. (courtesy photo)

Photo by Sgt. Andres J. Lugo

Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, presents Sgt. Matthew Kitsch, MEPS liaison, Recruiting Station Lansing, with a Meritorious Mast in Lansing, Mich. March, 25. Kitsch was recognized for his performance as a new liaison, in the absence of his supervisor, during five ship weeks in the months of January and February 2014.

Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, presents Sgt. Matthew Kitsch, MEPS liaison, Recruiting Station Lansing, with a Meritorious Mast in Lansing, Mich. March, 25. Kitsch was recognized for his performance as a new liaison, in the absence of his supervisor, during five ship weeks in the months of January and February 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Kevin Maynard

Capt. Chad Luebke, Officer Selection Officer at Recruiting Station Milwaukee, speaks with law students about a possible career as a Marine Corps Judge Advocate during the 46th annual National Black Law Students Association Convention, Mar. 14, 2014.

Capt. Chad Luebke, Officer Selection Officer at Recruiting Station Milwaukee, speaks with law students about a possible career as a Marine Corps Judge Advocate during the 46th annual National Black Law Students Association Convention, Mar. 14, 2014.

Photo by Sgt Tia Nagle

Staff Sgt. Robert Surozenski, a drill instructor from Marine Corps
Recruiting Depot San Diego motivates a poolee at Recruiting Station Kansas
City's Drill instructor night March 11. The drill instructors were there to
give poolees preparing to ship to boot camp a glimpse at what recruit
training will be like.

Staff Sgt. Robert Surozenski, a drill instructor from Marine Corps Recruiting Depot San Diego motivates a poolee at Recruiting Station Kansas City's Drill instructor night March 11. The drill instructors were there to give poolees preparing to ship to boot camp a glimpse at what recruit training will be like.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier

Sgt. Britni Garcia-Green, a drill instructor with 4th Recruit Training Battalion in Parris
Island, S.C., instructs a poolee to mount the pull up bar at RS Kansas
City's family night March 11. Garcia-Green is one of the first Marines the
female poolees will meet when they arrive for training at the Marine Corps'
only recruiting depot for females, at Parris Island.

Sgt. Britni Garcia-Green, a drill instructor with 4th Recruit Training Battalion in Parris Island, S.C., instructs a poolee to mount the pull up bar at RS Kansas City's family night March 11. Garcia-Green is one of the first Marines the female poolees will meet when they arrive for training at the Marine Corps' only recruiting depot for females, at Parris Island.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, teaches poolees the basics of marching and drilling during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, teaches poolees the basics of marching and drilling during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, shouts the command "eyeballs" during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The command of eyeballs is used by drill instructors to instruct recruits to look at them as they are about to give instruction. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, shouts the command "eyeballs" during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The command of eyeballs is used by drill instructors to instruct recruits to look at them as they are about to give instruction. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, leads female poolees during warm-up stretches during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, leads female poolees during warm-up stretches during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Eric C. McDowell, a Lafayette High School football and basketball coach, carries ammo cans during a portion of the Combat Fitness Test during the Educators' Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego April 8, 2014.

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Educators from Recruiting Stations Kansas City and Lansing receive their first taste of recruit training during the 2014 Educators' Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego April 8, 2014. Forty educators took part in the workshop where they were showcased many of the aspects recruits experience during the 13-week evolution of recruit training.

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Sgt. Christapher M. Bess, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Sgt. Christopher A. Thompson, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, stares down a poolee during Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Carrel, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation Green Bay’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 3. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, instructs a poolee to mount the pull-up bar during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Poolees from Recruiting Substation Wausau perform pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test at RSS Wausau’s Family Night pool function, Apr. 1. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Morgan Daly, a poolee from Recruiting Substation Green Bay, performs pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test at RSS Green Bay’s Family Night pool function, Apr. 3. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Carrel, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation Wausau’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 1. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Substation La Crosse’s Family Night pool function, Mar. 31. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Staff Sgt. Robert M. Surozenski, a Drill Instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivates a poolee during a partial Initial Strength Test at Recruiting Station Milwaukee’s Family Nights pool function, Apr. 5. Family Nights give poolees their first glimpse into Marine Corps recruit training and allow family members to voice any questions or concerns they may have about recruit training.

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Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, pins a Ben Davis High School JROTC student with her next rank, April, 1.
(courtesy photo)

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Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, pins a Ben Davis High School JROTC student with his next rank, April, 1.
(courtesy photo)

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Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, presents Sgt. Matthew Kitsch, MEPS liaison, Recruiting Station Lansing, with a Meritorious Mast in Lansing, Mich. March, 25. Kitsch was recognized for his performance as a new liaison, in the absence of his supervisor, during five ship weeks in the months of January and February 2014.

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Capt. Chad Luebke, Officer Selection Officer at Recruiting Station Milwaukee, speaks with law students about a possible career as a Marine Corps Judge Advocate during the 46th annual National Black Law Students Association Convention, Mar. 14, 2014.

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Staff Sgt. Robert Surozenski, a drill instructor from Marine Corps
Recruiting Depot San Diego motivates a poolee at Recruiting Station Kansas
City's Drill instructor night March 11. The drill instructors were there to
give poolees preparing to ship to boot camp a glimpse at what recruit
training will be like.

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Sgt. Britni Garcia-Green, a drill instructor with 4th Recruit Training Battalion in Parris
Island, S.C., instructs a poolee to mount the pull up bar at RS Kansas
City's family night March 11. Garcia-Green is one of the first Marines the
female poolees will meet when they arrive for training at the Marine Corps'
only recruiting depot for females, at Parris Island.

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Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, teaches poolees the basics of marching and drilling during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

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Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, shouts the command "eyeballs" during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The command of eyeballs is used by drill instructors to instruct recruits to look at them as they are about to give instruction. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

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Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, leads female poolees during warm-up stretches during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

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