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By Tony Perry and Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
July 28, 2012, 8:52 p.m.
Educators visit Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego to watch exercises, gain a more nuanced view of the military and maybe recommend it to students.
Staff Sgt. James McFalin gets some laughs as he tells educators from L.A. and Sacramento about Marine recruits’ training. The teachers were participating in a four-day workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, designed to counterbalance opposition to recruitment of high school students. (Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times / July 24, 2012)
SAN DIEGO — The bellowing from the drill instructors began as soon as the newcomers arrived. "GET OFF THE BUS!" barked one D.I.
It's a ritual reenacted countless times since 1923, when young men first began coming to boot camp to see if they were tough enough to be Marines.
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