Educators from across the 9th Marine Corps District discuss their experience with participating in Educator's Workshop (EWS) at Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot, San Diego, Calif., Feb. 15, 2022. EWS provided high school educators, coaches and administrators the opportunity to gain first-hand experience on how the Marine Corps transforms young men and women into U.S. Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ethan M. LeBlanc)
Each year as school begins, the race to get into classrooms and lunchrooms starts. Marine recruiters face a diverse set of challenges such as schools that are not military friendly, schedule conflicts and competition with the sister services. Marines always face those challenges head-on and accomplish the mission. This year is different though, one of the most difficult challenges presented itself to Marine recruiters across the nation. How...
During the month of April most of the RSS’s stopped area canvasing to look for new prospects to ensure the safety of the recruiters and public. This led them to rely more heavily on phone calls and social media to search for new prospects.