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

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1972 volume:

Drill Iastructor 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 and H” shaped buildings 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 JOHN N. McLAUGHLIN, USMC COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT MAJOR GENERAL JOHN N. McLAUGHLIN. a veteran of World War II. the Korean Conflict, and action in the Republic of Vietnam, assumed command of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, on September 30. 1969. Following his graduation from Emory University in 1941, he attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a second lieutenant. As a captain on Peleliu. he was awarded the Silver Star Metal for gallantry. Following the outbreak of the Korean Conflict, he was assigned as advisor to the 5th Cavalry Regiment (U S. Army) and later as Assistant C-3. X Corps Headquarters, in Korea. While serving in this capacity, he was captured bv the Chinese communists and remained a prisoner for almost three years. Liberated in September 1953. he was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct. In 1959. following assignments as Marine Corps Schools. Quantico. Va., and Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion. 5th Marines, he was promoted to colonel. Later, he was assigned as the Marine Corps Aide to the Under Secretary of the Navy, and then was named Marine Corps Liaison Officer to the Chief of Naval Operations. In 1965. lie graduated from the National War College. Washington. D C., obtained a Master's Degree in International Affairs at George Washington I niver-sitv. Next' he became Commanding Officer of the 6th Marines. 2nd Marine Division, and subsequently Chief of Staff of that division Promoted to brigadier general in 1967. he was assigned to the United States Strike Command. He earned a Gold Star in bcu of a second Legion of Merit for service in this capacity. lie became Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam in February 1968. then transferred to the staff of the Military Assistance Command. Vietnam, in Saigon, where he served as Director. Combat Operations Center. For his service in Vietnam, the general earned the Distinguished Service Medal and three other decorations. He was promoted to major general in September 1969. and later designated Commanding General. Marine Recruit Depot. San Diego. COLONEL EDMUND G. DERM NC COMMANDING OFFICER, RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT COLONEL EDMUND G. DERNING. a native of Chicago, Illinois, enlisted in tlu Marine Corps in 1942 following graduation from North Park Junior College. He served three years as a member of the 4th Marine Raider Battalion before he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at Quantico, Virginia in 1945. After initial assignments as a platoon commander and rifle company commander in such places as Peiping and Shanghai, China, on the island of Guam, and at Camp Lcjeune. North Carolina. Colonel Doming served as Officer-in-Charge of the Marine Detachment in Ixmdon, England, from 1951 to 1953. Following a tour in Japan with the Fourth Marines, and a year in Korea with the Fifth Marines, lie next served with Marine artillery units at Twenty-Nine Palms, California. From 1958 to 1961 Colonel Deming was the Inspector-Inst motor, 54th Rifle Company, Marine Corps Reserve, at New Castle, New Hampshire. Returning to Camp Pendleton, he served with the First Marines and deployed with that unit to the Caribbean during the Cuban Crisis in 1962. fie was transferred to the Western Pacific in 1964 where he commanded the Second Battalion. Ninth Marines in amphibious operations on the coast of Vietnam. Following a tour at Headquarters Marine Corps, he served on the Staff of Commander Amphibious Group Two. Upon a second deployment to Southeast Asia in 1969. he was initially assigned to the staff of the Third Marine Amphibious Force Headquarters and later to the First Marine Division. Colonel Deming has attended several major military schools, including the Field Artillery Transition Course at Fort Sill. Oklahoma, as well as the Special Warfare Staff Officers Course and Counterinsurgency Course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He also is a graduate of the Marine Corps Staff and Command College in Quantico. Virginia and the Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island Colonel Deming was promoted to his present rank in May of 1969 and commanded the Seventh Marine Regiment in combat in the Republic of Vietnam from March 1970 until his transfer to the Recruit Depot and assumption of command of the Recruit Training Regiment on September 18, 1970. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit with combat distinguishing device for his exceptionally meritorious service in the Republic of Vietnam. Two-Blocked Morning Colors Ceremony Folding the Flag UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS THE MENTAL AND MORAL QUALITIES «4 the United Stales Marine have been tested constantly since the birth of the nation All through the long history of the Marino Corps there are 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 Novcmlier 10. 1775. when it was established by the Contintental Congress In the Revolutionary War. the Marines fought against the British Elect on tin- shi|� s of John Paul Jones, and made their first amphibious landing on tin-beaches of tin- Bahamas in 1776. Marines ended their war with the Mediterranean pirates when they planted tin- Stars ami StrijH-s over the pirate stronghold of Dcrnc. in Tripoli, after a six-hundred-mile march across tin- desert of North Africa In tin- War of 1812. they fought on l-ake Champlain ami l-akc Eric, ami were with Cem-ral Jackson behind the barricades at New Orleans They defeated the Seminole Indians hi tin- dense swamps of Elurida in 1836. and fought under Ccm-ral Scott in the Mexican War of 18-16-48. Their first visit to Japan came in 1854 as guard detachments from tin- %hi|«s of Commodore Perry’s fleet Under the command of Colonel Robert E. l-ee. U S A.. Marines captured John Brown at Harper's Ferry in 1859. They fought savages in Formosa in 1867. ami stormed tin- furrier forts of Korea in 1871 During tin- Spanish-Arncrican War. a single battalion of Marines held the naval base at Guantanamo Bay. Cuha. 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. ami from then on until Wurld War I. men of tin- Corps campaigned in the Philippines. Cuba. Mexico. Haiti, arid Santo Domingo to protect American lives and property. On the battlefields of France, Marines were called Devil Dogs by the Ormans because of their courage ami tenacity of attack In the first World War. the- Fourth Brigade of Marines took part in five operations as part of the farm-d Second Division of the A F. F.—Bcllraii Wood. Sotssons. St Mihirl. Chapagnc. and the Mcusc-Argonnc Marine units were decorated six times by the French during these campaigns Tlu- interim between world wars found the Marines engaged in developing the technique of amphibious warfare and in their traditional pursuits around the glo! c. from guarding the I S mails to fighting Isandits in Nicaragua World War II saw the men who wear the eagle, globe, and ami anchor valiantly defend Wake Island and Bataan and then sjH-arhead tltc amphibious landings across the Pacific. . in the Solomons, at Tarawa. Saipan. Guam. Iwo Jima. ami 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 ami world-famed for its lultlc record ami esprit de corps, plays an important role as tlunation's force-in-read incss” to help keep the peace throughout tin-world today SAN DIEGO RECRUIT DEPOT HE ESTABLISHMENT OF 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 lx- 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 lx needed. The first troops moved into the partially completed barracks from a camp in Balboa Park in Decemlxrr 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 ten week schedule of recruit training, the new enlistees are 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 Dl 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. Immediatcl) following completion of recruit training at the Depot, the young Marines are assigned to advanced infantry training at Camp Pendleton. Californa. Following four weeks of individual combat training at Pendleton. they are 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 futher 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 de corps” that was tradition over a century before General Pendleton envisioned the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Depot Headquarters RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT l rtiOUCH TRAINING MARINE RECRUITS HAS l)ecn oiic of the major functions of this installation almost from its inception, it was not until I January 1948 that it was designated Marine Corps Recruit Depot. First established at Mare Island Navy Yard. San Francisco. in 1913. the Marine Corps’ West Coast recruit training facilities moved to San Diego in August 192-3. In March 1957. the Recruit Training Command became a separate command, headed by a general officer. In December 1959. it became the Recruit Training Regiment, a unit of the parent Depot command To the thousands of young men who arrive here each year for training, boot camp separates the men from the boys, for this is truly where the Marine Corps builds men. Regardless of the time of day or night he arrives at Receiving Barracks, the Marine recruit virtually undergoes a transformation within the first 55 minutes he is here. Not only does he begin to take on the appearance of a Marine with a boot haircut and his initial issue of clothing, but he begins to think and act like a member of the team. From early morning to late afternoon he. ami the other 75 men of his platoon, are under the constant supervision of a drill instructor who measures every hour for its maximum effectiveness in training. If there is one rule of thumb that can Ik- applied to recruit training, it is that nothingis routine totherecruit himself. The hours are crowded with classes, drills and subjects that were of little concern to him a few short weeks before. He becomes acutely aware of himself as a member of a team with a mission to perform. He becomes keenly conscious of his obligation to his corps, his country, and to himself. In short, his training develops for him a sense of responsibility and pride ho might never have known ot herwise. For many, excess pounds seem to disapi car while others develop needed dimensions and weight. Mind and body become alert and well coordinated in response to the snap and precision demanded of each individual in hand-to-hand combat, drill or marksmanship training. Although every Marine is basically a rifleman, constant effort is made to determine each recruit's potential at an early stage in his training Through a battery of tests, his past experience and education are evaluated and his potential and aptitude measured in an effort to place him in the job or training program best suited to his particular ability. The personnel of Recruit Training Regiment are specialists in equipping young men with a basic Marine education. The title Marine is reserved for only those who can meet the high standards by which a Marine is measured. Not until graduation day. that proud moment when a recruit becomes a fullfledged member of the Corps, can he claim the title of United States Marine. Recruit Training Regiment Headquarters 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 berm 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 Example to Comrades in Arms. This medallion has also 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. ARRIVAL IN SAN DIEGO RECEIVING BARRACKS PROCESSING AND INDOCTRINATION SENDING CIVVIES HOME RIFLE AND FIELD EQUIPMENT ISSUE MOVING IN min SHOTS CLASSES RECRUIT EXCHANGE RIFLE PT MORNING RIFLE INSPECTION — : —r • • w' CIRCUIT COURSE “O” COURSE FLAG PAGENT SERIES COMMANDER’S INSPECTION €L F HOLDING AND SQUEEZING MAKING AND MARKING TARGETS RECORD DAY P5 • A i . mk RECRUIT ATHLETICS 1 CLOSE ORDER DRILL INSTRUCTION FIELD MEET TmTT WEEKLY PARADE KSI FINAL INSPECTION PAY ORDERS TICKETS r� GRADUATION 'W mo ONIddIHS LtCol. R. S. Sutter Battalion Commander NOT PICTURED IstLt. R. L. Hayes Scries Commander Pfc. Gary D. Allen Platoon Honorman and Blues Award FIRST BATTALION PLATOON 1035 Commenced Training: 11 April 1972 Graduated: 14 June 1972 NOT PICTURED Capt. R. S. Everhart C. O. Co. A NOT PICTURED Maj. P. J. Kieselbach Executive Officer SgtMaj. J. M. Wise Sergeant Major GySgt. F. Acosta Series Gunnery Sgt. SSgt. R. Kennedy Platoon Commander Sgt. H. F. Haskins Drill Instructor Sgt. W. E. Cott GySgt. C. E. White Drill Instructor Drill Instructor Brisco, D. D. Butler, H. P. Clark, E. A. Cox, D. A. Crainc, W, Damron, P. H. DcPowski, S. Jr. Disbrow, R. ). Doll, D. J. Duffey, R. E. Elliott, J. R. Flynn, M. R. Francis, A. L. Garcia, J. D. Gcaron, R. D. Gibson, R. L. Bergner, K. C. Jr. Boykin, K. J. Brandon, M. A. Brault, D. R. Gleason, D. R. Green, J. R. Grisham, R. D. Jr. Guerra, S. Jr. Gustafson, K. K. Gutierrez, R. Jr. Hamman, K. L. Harris, B. R. Hunter, L. Jr. Jones, D. E. Jones, W. B. Krepcl, L. L. Lavery, R. A. Littleton, N. A. II Locra, J. P. Lucas, M. K. Manriquez, A. Markham, D. W. McClina, W. Moore, H. L. Moro, C. Jr. Nemmers, C. S. Palmer, D. A. Jr. Raines, D. G. Reinhardt, G. A. Richardson, D. R, Richardson, J. L. Robertson, J. T. Rozycki, D. J. Ryan, J. A. Salazar, M. Jr. Scherer, M. G. Schneider, R. L. Settles, D. L. Sligh, K. O. Smith, D. A. Smith, L. D. Smith, T. W. Smith, D. T. Jr. Stogdill, L. G. Stovall, J. R. Thomas, J. S. Valdez, H. Wheeler, E. E. Willis, E. Jr. Young, R. L. Robinson, C. A. Bolin, T. R. D. RIFLE CLASS DRILL COMBAT CLOSE RECORD DAY INFANTRY TRAINING test C.M-C. physical readiness VAi w FINAL INSPECTION ______L. I i ;