US Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (Parris Island, SC)

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EPORTING HEN reporting to any of his Drill Instructors, or any other superiors in the Chain of Command, a recruit is taught the proper way to report. De- signed to teach correct Military Courtesy and the rendering of respect Where it is due, he learns this basic formality, making it easy for him to report to any superior officers in the future. While in training, if a recruit is summoned to appear before his Drill Instructor within the instructor's room, before he en- ters he knocks loudly three times on the Wall, when he is given permission to enter, he steps inside and comes to stiff attention, saying, Sir. Pvt. Jones reporting to the Drill In- structor as ordered. He learns by example the military courtesies Marines must know and the correct manner of rendering respect to his superior oilicers becomes second nature to him. 29 U 4

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MAIL CALL CC AIL CALL!! Recruits eagerly await this call that brings news from home, friends, and that special someone. After evening chow, mail is picked up from the Battalion Mail Room by the Drill Instructor and given out to the re- cruits in their barracks. Next to Chow, mail call is the most sought- after activity in the day of a recruit. A letter from home giving the Low Down on the family and friends can do much to inspire better performance the next day. Picture the gloom settling over one bunk that did not get some long-waited-for mail. Letters from home do much to ease the ten- sion built up by the Training program and the physical activities that the recruits undergo. By the same token, mail call gives the recruit time to Write letters home telling of his new experiences and boasting just a little bit of his new 'prowess found while Becoming a Marine. Most of the time the recruits find it best to answer a letter just after getting one, taking this opportunity to exchange news and views. Recruits are urged to write often to their parents and friends, but no encouragement is needed when mail call is sounded to get the recruits to answer promptly. FTER lights out comes the lonely but im- portant vigil of the fire watch. In his hands rests the safety of his sleeping buddies. Z r 5 5 K if . , Z.. Eg-, i 1 1 1 I

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