VA -- Quantico -- Natl Museum of the Marine Corps -- Gallery: Making Marines:
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- MCMMAK_130210_04.JPG: Making Marines:
"First to fight for right and freedom..."
-- The Marines' Hymn
For Marines, "First to Fight" is both a promise and a point of pride. Readiness for rapid deployment and sudden violence demands strict discipline and tough training. Being first on the ground in a hostile situation requires the ability to fight outnumbered and endure great chaos. To maintain this distinctive capability, the Marines have always sought a special breed of recruits, young men and women looking for a personal challenge and a commitment to something greater than themselves. Their careful transformation into Marines occurs under the leadership of handpicked noncommissioned officers trained as drill instructors.
- MCMMAK_130210_06.JPG: "A Few Good Men"
"No man is wanted who does not come voluntarily to the flag of his country."
-- Regulations for the Recruiting Service of the US Marine Corps, 1847
"A Few Good Men" has been a Marine recruiting theme for more than 200 years. As the smallest of the armed services, the Corps can usually afford to be selective in its recruiting efforts, promising adventure and a personal challenge, but not disguising the reality of taut discipline, rugged training, frequent deployments, and hard fighting. Today, each service uses sophisticated television advertising to target its desired population of potential recruits. Marine recruiting programs traditionally attempt to attract motivated, self-reliant young men and women seeking to qualify for service with "The Few.. The Proud... the Marines."
- MCMMAK_130210_12.JPG: The Arrival:
"What have I done?"
-- Recruit Charles Lees to himself as bus arrived at recruit depot
The first Marine sergeant appears the moment the bus filled with anxious new recruits reaches the depot. He presents an imposing appearance -- ramrod straight, impeccably dressed, his broad-brimmed campaign that squarely centered on his close-cropped head. Everything in his demeanor commands attention. For some recruits, he will be the first male authority figure in their lives. He wastes few words: "Get off my bus and stand on the yellow footprints on the pavement -- now!"
- MCMMAK_130210_41.JPG: I'm thinking this chunky lady didn't have much of a chance of making it in the Marines.
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- Description of Subject Matter: Making Marines:
All Marines remember their drill instructor (DI). In “Making Marines,” visitors step inside the process used by drill instructors to transform young men and women into Marines. “Making Marines” immerses visitors in the memorable experiences that forge recruits and officer candidates into privates and lieutenants.
Listen to the thoughts of wary recruits during that first bus ride to the training depot. Stand on the famous yellow footprints and visit the barbershop where “it all gets taken away.” Visitors can get up close and personal with their own “DI” and will experience how the most important lesson of boot camp is learning how to solve problems as cohesive unit, rather than as an individual. Before graduation, try your marksmanship skills at the M-16 laser rifle range. Remember: “Every Marine is a rifleman.”
The above was from http://www.usmcmuseum.org/Exhibits_MakingMarines.asp
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