Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 112 of the 1966 volume:

Drill Instructor MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA Recruit Guide DEPOT PANORAMA. The Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, as seen from the air. The large structure in the foreground is the Administration Building; the Quonset huts on the right are recruit barracks. Center is the gigantic parade ground. The Depot's 482 acres comprise one of the show places” of the Marine Corps. MAJOR GENERAL BRUNO A. HOCHMUTH COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT MAJOR GENERAL BRUNO A. HOCHMUTH, a combat veteran, with over 28 years’ service, became Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, on 15 November 1963. Born in Houston, Texas, he was graduated from Texas A M College, and was commissioned a Marine second lieutenant in July 1935. The general joined the Sixth Marines in San Diego, December 1936, and in August the following year sailed for Shanghai, China. He served briefly with the Sixth Marines, then joined the famed Fourth China” Marines for a period of over two years. Returning to the United States in September 1940, he was attached to the 7th Defense Battalion. The following February he embarked with the battalion for American and British Samoa. During World War II he saw action in the campaigns in Saipan and Tinian as Assistant Operations Officer with the 3rd Amphibious Corps. Later he served as Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, Fourth Marines, 6th Marine Division during some of the most bitter fighting in the Okinawa campaign. As Executive Officer of the Fourth Marines, General Hochmuth made the initial landing on Japan, August 29, 1945, following the end of World War II. In 1957 he served as Chief of Staff at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, and in 1959, while still serving there, was promoted to Brigadier General. Briefly thereafter the General served as Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and later as Commanding General of the Recruit Training Command. Prior to his assumption of the current command of the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Major General Hochmuth served as Deputy Chief of Staff (Research and Development) at Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D. C. COLONEL WILLIAM L. DICK COMMANDING OFFICER, RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT COLONEL WILLIAM L. DICK, a graduate of the University of Washington, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1942. He served with the 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, taking part in the Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima campaigns. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with two Gold Stars in lieu of second and third awards. In November 1945 the Colonel was assigned to Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia where he was a student and later an instructor in the Amphibious Warfare Junior Course. He then successively served as Assistant G-3, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lcjcunc. North Carolina, as Aidc-dc-Camp to the Commanding General of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, and as Head, Officers Plans and Policies, G-l Division, Headquarters Marine Corps. Following this he was assigned to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City as the Marine Officer Instructor of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Unit. Subsequently he joined the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California where he served as Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-l. He was transferred to Norfolk, Virginia where he attended the Armed Forces Staff College. Following graduation he served with the 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa as Commanding Officer 1st Battalion 9th Marines and Assistant G-4. His next assignment was a second tour of duty at Headquarters Marine Corps, initially in Strategic Planning Section, G-3 Division, then as Aidcde-Camp to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. He then served two years on the staff of the Commander in Chief, Pacific. He was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for service during this assignment. Colonel Dick reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego in August 1964, serving as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 until assuming command of the Recruit Training Regiment on 17 September 1965. Two-Blocked Headquarters, Recruit Training Regiment AMERICAN SPIRIT HONOR MEDAL The American Spirit Honor Medal is a medallion offered and provided by the Citizens Committee for the Army, Navy and Air Force, Inc., of New York, N.Y. The American Spirit Honor Medal has been accepted by the Department of Defense for use as an award to enlisted personnel who, while undergoing basic training, display outstanding qualities of leadership best expressing the American Spirit— Honor, Initiative, Loyalty, and High F.xamplc to Comrades in Arms. This medallion has •’.Iso been accepted by the Department of Defense for the promotion of closer ties between the Armed Services and the Civil Communities of the United States in which the Armed Services establishments are located. UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS THE MENTAL AND MORAL QUALITIES of the United States Marine have been tested constantly since the birth of the nation. All through the long history of the Marine Corps there arc examples, both in war and peace, of his versatility, trustworthiness, singleness and tenacity of purpose, courage, faithfulness and self-sacrifice. The rich tradition of the Corps dates back to November 10, 1775, when it was established by the Continental Congress. In the Revolutionary War, the Marines fought against the British Elect on the ships of John Paul Jones, and made their first amphibious landing on the beaches of the Bahamas in 1776. Marines ended their war with the Mediterranean pirates when the)’ planted the Stars and Stripes over the pirate stronghold of Dcrnc, in Tripoli, after a six-hundred-milc march across the desert of North Africa. In the War of 1812, the)' fought on Lake Champlain and Lake Eric, and were with General Jackson behind the barricades at New Orleans. They defeated the Seminole Indians in the dense swamps of Florida in 1836, and fought under General Scott in the Mexican War of 1846-48. Their first visit to Japan came in 1854 as guard detachments from the ships of Commodore Perry's fleet. Under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee, U.S.A., Marines captured John Brown at Harper's Ferry in 1859. Color Guard Honor Guard Parade Field They fought savages in Formosa in 1867, and stormed the barrier forts of Korea in 1871. During the Spanish-American War, a single battalion of Marines held the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, against 6,000 Spaniards, while other Leathernecks distinguished themselves at the Battle of Santiago and with Dewey at Manila. They helped quell the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, and from then on until World War I, men of the Corps campaigned in the Philippines, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, and Santo Domingo to protect American lives and property. On the battlefields of France, Marines were called Devil Dogs by the Germans because of their courage and tenacity of attack. In the first World War, the Fourth Brigade of Marines took part in live operations as part of the famed Second Division of the A.E.F.—Belleau Wood, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Champagne, and the Mcuse-Argonnc. Marine units were decorated six times by the French during these campaigns. The interim between world wars found the Marines engaged in developing the technique of amphibious warfare and in their traditional pursuits around the globe, from guarding the U. S. mails to fighting bandits in Nicaragua. World War II saw the men who wear the eagle, globe, and anchor valiantly defend Wake Island and Bataan and then spearhead the amphibious landings across the Pacific . . . in the Solomons, at Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, to name a few. Following the war, Marines found a new type of service—duty with United Nations Forces in Korea. The United States Marine Corps, rich in tradition and world-famed for its battle record and esprit de corps, plays an important role as the nation's forcc-in-readincss” to help keep the peace throughout the world today. Depot Headquarters SAN DIEGO RECRUIT DEPOT The establishment oi- the marine corps base at San Diego was initiated by the late Major General Joseph H. Pendleton, USMC, in July 1914. He recognized in the harbor and environs of San Diego a strategic point where Marines could be trained for expeditionary duty, and where they could be ready to go aboard ship with all of their stores and equipment for transport to areas in the Pacific where their services might be needed. The first troops moved into the partially completed barracks from a camp in Balboa Park in December 1921. The practical construction was completed in 1924. Much of the land was reclaimed from San Diego Bay, including that portion comprising Lindbergh Field and the adjacent shore area. The Marine Corps Recruit Depot has, over the years, been the home of the famed 4th and 6th Marine Regiments, the site of many specialized schools, and a recruit training center. During World War II it served as a Training Center, Supply Depot and Embarkation Point for thousands of Marines who conquered the Japanese in the Pacific. Approximately 222,300 Marines passed through the portals of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot during those years. The Depot's post-war mission encompasses both basic and advanced schools training. A Recruit Training Regiment has direct responsibility for the training of recruit Marines, the young men who volunteer for duty with the Corps. During the eleven-week schedule of recruit training, the new enlistees arc carefully indoctrinated in the manner of performance of duty of a Marine. To the recruit facing his initial weeks of training, the most important man is his Drill Instructor, a specially selected noncommissioned officer, chosen for exception leadership ability and military experience. It is through the DI that the raw recruit begins his transformation into a Marine. The Marine recruit training cycle is chronologically divided into three phases: initial training at the Depot, rifle range at Edson Range area of Camp Pendleton for thorough training in marksmanship and familiarization with basic weapons, and advanced recruit training at the Depot. Immediately following completion of recruit training at the Depot, the young Marines arc assigned to advanced infantry training at Camp Pendleton, California. Following four weeks of individual combat training at Pendleton, they arc transferred to shore stations, to Fleet Marine Force units for duty both overseas and within the continental United States, or to schools for specialized training. Some return to the Depot for further training with the Sea School, Communication-Electronics School Battalion, or Field Music School. The Depot also offers facilities in general education, courses of study leading to procurement of high school diplomas, and all of the correspondence courses from the Marine Corps Institute and United States Armed Forces Institute in vocational and professional training. These include university extension courses. Each year, thousands of new Leathernecks enter the Marine Corps. These men receive their initial training at one of two places. Those in the eastern part of the United States go to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina. Those who come from the Middle West and West are sent to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego, California. The modern Marine Corps is a team which operates on land, at sea, and in the air. It utilizes the latest developments in training and equipment. But it retains the esprit dc corps” that was tradition over a century before General Pendleton envisioned the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Edson Area Range of Camp Pendleton Graduation Day Proud Parents Titna TO BE A MARINE YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN I YOURSELF YOUR FELLOW MARINE YOUR CORPS-YOUR COUNTRY-YOUR GOD SEMPER FI DELIS , THE RECRUITS CREED • .• RECEIVING BARRACKS, PROCESSING AND INDOCTRINATION I RECRUIT HUTS I MOVING IN RIFLE AND FIELD EQUIPMENT ISSUE THE STRAIGHT DOPE 'SIP, PVT PERMMKW m DRILL THVWS TVJtS RIFLE INSTRUCTION CLASSES SWIMMING TEST row CHOW c0NE IrI°NlNG course C.M.C. PHYSICAL READINESS TEST 9NIXS3X SS3NXI3 IVDISAHd COMMANDERS TIME WASH DAY . • SIGHT PICTURE AND TRIANGULATION HOLDING AND SQUEEZING __! LIVE FIRING TRIANGULATION 900 INCH RECORD DAY ■■■■■■■■■■a RANGE BARRACKS BAYONET COURSE GUARD DUTY SHELTER HALVES HAND TO HAND COMBAT RECRUIT EXCHANGE SUNDAY ATHLETICS VISITORS '•M WEEKLY PARADE GRADUATION w GRADUATION S taftA6ofa FIRST BATTALION PLATOON 103 LtCol. D. H. Blanchard Battalion Commander Commenced Training: 9 January 1966 Graduated: 7 March 1966 SgtMaj. M. A. Ledbetter Capt. E. L. Cody Sergeant Major C. O. Co. C NOT PICTURED Maj. L. A. Campbell, 111 Executive Officer IstLt. J. M. Favor Scries Commander G Sgt. F. Melvin S Sgt. H. D. Headrick Sgt. R. P. Mathis Series Gunnery Sgt. Platoon Commander Drill Instructor Pfc. M. R. Mooko Platoon Honorman Series Honorman and Blues Award Sgt. R. F. Brown, Jr. Drill Instructor Ahumada-Cruz, Victor M. Allen, Billy W. Apodaca, Jesse C. Aranda, Jess A. Aranda, Victor L. Armstead, Cary A Avila, John M. Banks, Nathan Jr. Barnes, John C. Barnes, Kyle D. Barraza, Arnold A. Bettis, Kenneth A. Brown, David Butcher, Howard A. Canada, Ronnie D. Carranza, Mike A. Chavez, Alejandro Chccscborough, Giancarlo Chectham, James Conaway, Johnnie R. Contreras, Jesus H. Cook, Douglas C. Coronado, John L. Davies, Roger S. Davis, Andrew Davis, Joseph Jr. Dolan, John H. Engledow, Clinton W. Jr. Esnault, Anthony W. Finley, Gola K. Fox, James L. Fuentes, Jose H. Gammel, Wayne J. Gonzalez, Thomas G. Gordon, Johnny L. Gregory', Ronald D. Grijalva, Frank D. Hamilton, Charles C. Hammond, Clyde J. Harris, George E. Harris, Lloyd W. Hauser, Alfonso Heboian, Stephen Hernandez, Hector Hernandez, Miguel Herrera, Michael W. Itcn, Howard F. Jackson, John E. Keating, John R. Kleckncr, Donald J. Knox, Jerry Lane, John H. Lee, Robert E. Lockhart, Lawrence L. Mason, Thomas J. McCorvey, Calvin Mendez, Manuel S. Mitilian, Zarcl A. Nielsen, Cai J. O'Brien, K. E. O'Connor, Richard L. Perez, David N. Rach, Steven H. Ramos, Agustin B. Rcctcr, Dale R. Salcido, Joseph E. Sandoval, Manuel A. Snavely, Harold W. Stonier, John C. Tate, Fennell Templeton, Rathen E. Teysko, William E. Thomas, Tcddic C. Jr. Trotter, Michael E. Turner, James E. Urquhart, William L. Williams, Merle R. Williams, Philip G. Worobey, Daniel Wydermyer, Billy R. York, Richard M. Zubal, Milton H. Jr. RIFLE ISSUE COMMANDERS TIME SNAPPING IN CLOTHING ISSUE BAYONET TRAINING C. M. C. PHYSICAL READINESS TEST FINAL INSPECTION GRADUATION ------------------------------------------------------------- — — A ...Field Editor Photographer Photographer Donald Smith Wilson l . Bonsack Ross Alexander