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SAN DIEGO - High school administrators, teachers and counselors from Recruiting Stations Chicago and Twin Cities participated in a week-long synopsis of Marine Corps recruit training during the Educators Workshop Jan. 17 through today.
The educators started off their first day of the workshop aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, greeted by the legendary Marine Corps drill instructors.
When the buses came to a stop in front of the famous yellow footprints, the drill instructors boarded the buses in a fury and making their presence known by yelling orders at the educators.
After giving the educators orders to get off the buses, the drill instructors lined them up on the yellow footprints, and paced up and down the rows, barking orders and ensuring the educators snapped to the proper position of attention.
Following several minutes of controlled chaos, the drill instructors stopped yelling and took the time to congratulate the educators for surviving the first few minutes of Marine Corps recruit training.
The educators were then taken on a tour of the rest of the receiving area by their drill instructor guides.
“This is a very good thing, because teachers have a big influence on our youth,” said Staff Sgt. Edward Beebe, martial arts instructor, Instructional Training Company, Support Battalion. “If they accept that we aren’t making monsters or war machines, they will be more willing to answer the generation’s questions without bias.”
The educators also attended classroom briefs describing the entire enlistment process, including recruiting, joining the Marine Corps, boot camp graduation, the Fleet Marine Force and Marines’ lifestyles.
They also visited various training sites around the depot. They watched demonstrations of Marines taking on the confidence course, and even reviewed a class on the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.
Educators were also invited at the end of the first day to take part in the Bayonet Assault Course on the depot.
Through this course, the educators maneuvered through obstacles, crawled through tunnels, and navigated a rope bridge. The whole time they wore flak jackets and Kevlar helmets, while carrying rubber M-16A2 service rifles with rubber bayonets attached to engage training targets when they reached the end of the course.
“The Bayonet Assault Course was amazing,” said Michele Taylor, college advisor, King College Prep, Chicago. “It was very realistic, and we weren’t allowed to stop. I loved it, I couldn’t believe I made it across the rope bridge.”
The educators also visited Weapons Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., to witness firing and field training, and to watch Company E participate in the Emblem Ceremony.
Educators also visited Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., where they talked to a panel of Marines and viewed an aircraft static display.
Educators leaving the depot today said that they now have a better understanding of the Marine Corps and its young men and women.
| Date Taken: | 01.17.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 01.28.2011 12:13 |
| Story ID: | 64392 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CA, US |
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