Combat Water Survival at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Conor Gawlik is a native of Houston, Texas discusses his participation in combat water survival training during recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. The basic swim qualification consists of a 25-meter swim, a tower jump into the water, a four-minute tread, a 25-meter pack swim, and an underwater gear shed. (DoD video by Nicholas Groesch) | Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego

Marine Corps Recruit Holiday Greetings U.S. Marine Corps Recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, give their family holiday greetings at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Dec. 19, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Francisco Angel) Check Out our official Instagram for more shoutouts. Merry Christmas to all from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, and the Western Recruiting Region. | Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego

Boot Camp Challenge Shoutout U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen James A. Ryans II, commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, highlights activities that occur during the MCRD San Diego Boot Camp Challenge at MCRD San Diego, California, Oct. 19, 2024. For the past 21 years the Boot Camp Challenge has offered the public a unique opportunity to step into the shoes of a future Marine. Guided by drill instructors, they tackled a three-mile obstacle course simil

“This will be the hardest three months of my life.” Every Marine remembers the first day they met their drill instructors. (Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego video production) | U.S. Marine Corps