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

Text from Pages 1 - 122 of the 1974 volume:

f53_« Vw2. Drill Instructor MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA ■■MU1 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 Quonsct 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 JOSEPH C. FEGAN, JR., USMC COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH C. FEGAN. JR., twice winner of the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action, was commissioned a Marine Second Lieutenant in July 1942. He has commanded the Marine Corps Recruit Depot since February 1973. During World War II, he saw combat as an artillery battery commander with the 4th Marine Division in the Marshall Islands. Marianas, Iwo Jima and earned his first Silver Star Medal during the capture of Saipan. After the war, he served at Camp Pendleton. California, completed artillery courses in Washington. D.C.. and at Quantico, Va., was an instructor at the Naval Gunfire School, Coronado, Calif., and served on Guam for over a year. Captain Fegan joined the 5th Marine Regiment at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in 1950. and deployed with that unit to Korea. He was wounded in action in August 1950. Following hospitalization, he returned to his unit until March 1951. During his service in Korea, he won his second Silver Star Medal. He returned to the United States and served as executive officer of 1st Recruit Training Battalion, here. Later, Major Fegan served nearly two vears with the NROTC Unit at Yale University before becoming an instructor at the Officer Basic School. Quantico. Va. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in May 1957. and to colonel in September 1964. he served in a variety of staff and command capacities both in the United States and overseas before returning to Washington, D.C. where he completed the National War College in June 1966. Colonel Fegan s next assignment was in the Republic of Vietnam where he served as the Deputy, Combat Operations Center. U.S. Military Assistance Command. In July 1967, he became Marine Corps Liaison Officer. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington. D.C. Later that year, he was reassigned as Commanding Officer. Marine Barracks. Washington. D.C. He was advanced to Brigadier General in September 1968, and was assigned as Assistant Division Commander. 2nd Marine Division, and then as Commanding General. Force Troops. Fleet Marine Force. Atlantic. He was promoted to his present rank in December 1971. and commanded the 3rd Marine Division until January 1972. COLONEL DAVID M. TWOMEY COMMANDING OFFICER, RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT COLONEL DAVID M. TWOMEY. Ilu son of a career naval officer, is now serving as Commanding Officer. Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. California. Me assumed Ins present duties on August 30. 1971. The Colonel reported to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot from the 3rd Marine Division where he served as Commanding Officer, 31st Marine Amphibious Unit and as Chief of Staff. 3rd Marine Division. Colonel Twomev joined the Marine Corps in 1948 while a student at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant upon graduation in 1950 and after completing officers training at Quantico. Virginia was assigned as a rifle platoon leader in the 2nd Marine Division. During his career, he has commanded every size infantry unit from a rifle platoon to a regimental landing team. Me has also served as Commanding Officer. Marine Barracks. Washington. D.C. as well as in various staff assignments at Headquarters. Marine Corps. Mis combat service includes duty during the Korean War and in the Republic of Vietnam. Colonel Twomev holds the Legion of Merit, two awards of the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V”. the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy Conunandation Medal. Morning Colors Ceremony Folding the Flag Two-Blocked mini i . i ■ 11111111111: UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS THE MENTAL AND MORAL QUALITIES of the United State 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 Contintcntal Congress. In the Revolutionary War. the Marines fought against the British Fleet 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 they planted the Stars and Stripes over the pirate stronghold of Dcrnc. in Tripoli, after a six-hundred-mile march across the desert of North Africa. In the War of 1812. they fought on Lake Champlain and Lake Erie, and were with Ccncral Jackson behind the barricades at New Orleans. They defeated the Seminole Indians in the dense swamps of Florida in 1836. and fought under Cencral 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. 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 Cuantanamo 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 five operations as part of the famed Second Division of the A.E.F.—Bclleau Wood. Soissons. St. Mihiel. Chapagne, and the Mcusc-Argonne. 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 and anchor valiantly defend Wake Island and Bataan and then spearhead the amphibious landings across the Pacific.. .in the Solomons, at Tarawa, Saipan. Cuam. 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 dc corps, plays an important role as the nation's forcc-in-rcadincss'’ to help keep the peace throughout the world today. SAN DIEGO RECRUIT DEPOT The establishment of the marine CORPS base at San Diego was initiated by the late Major Ceneral 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 lx? needed. The first troops moved into the partially completed barracks from a camp in Balboa Park in December 1921. The f ractical construction was completed in 1924. Much of the and 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 are carefully indoctrinated in the matter 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 exceptional 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 marksmanship and basic infantry training at Camp Pendleton for familiarization with basic weapons, and advance recruit training at the Depot. Immediately following completion of recruit training at the Depot, the majority of the young Marines are allowed to go on leave before reporting to their next duty station. These assignments include advanced infantry training, schools for specialized skills, shore stations, the Fleet Marine Force Units, both overseas and within the continental United States. 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 the 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 traditional over a century before Ceneral Pendleton envisioned the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Depot Headquarters V.V RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT LTHOUCH TRAINING MARINE RECRUITS HAS been one of the major functions of this installation almost from its inception, it was not until 1 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 1923. 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, and 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 be applied to recruit training, it is that nothing is routine” to the recruit 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 he might never have known otherwise. For many, excess pounds seem to disappear 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 fullflcdged 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 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 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. • y iy r •' y+'iM 'l' ry I tr, ■ r rt L.j—t- .r- ARRIVAL IN SAN DIEGO RECEIVING BARRACKS PROCESSING AND INDOCTRINATION 3HSSI 333I I wnm - r � wmmm, , nmm fe Mmm mm m CLASSIFICATION MOVING IN SHOTS ■T-' Sit9 . CLASSES RIFLE CLASS RECRUIT EXCHANGE • tin, 4 MORNING RIFLE INSPECTION AVd HSVAV CLOSE COMBAT “O” COURSE AERIAL VIEW OF EDSON RANGE AREA — SIGHT P 'S'Jt HOLDING AND SQUEEZING SIGHT PICTURE FIRING 45 CALIBRE PISTOL — - INFANTRY TRAINING I v RECRUIT ATHLETICS I CLOSE ORDER DRILL INSTRUCTION COMMANDERS TIME HAND TO HAND COMBAT -j Mk 7 m BAYONET PAY ORDERS TICKETS GRADUATION -TvT SHIPPING OUT Maj. A. V. Latorre Battalion Commander THIRD BATTALION PLATOON 3121 Graduated: 24 January 1975 NOT PICTURED Capt. L. H. Livingston C. O. Co. K SgtMaj. L. K. T. Loo Sergeant Major Commenced Training: 7 November 1974 NOT PICTURED Maj. R. C. Kinkcad Executive Officer NOT PICTURED Capt. T. L. Paul Scries Commander GySgt. J. F. Baudino Series Gunnery Sergeant Sgt. K. L. Schcmersahl Platoon Commander Sgt. G. R. Hopwood Drill Instructor Pfc. Paul G. Davis, Jr. Sgt. J. L. Hughes Sgt. P. R. Sutherland Platoon Honorman and Blues Award Drill Instructor Drill Instructor Adamson, L. L. App, J. S. Ballesteros, M. E. Bedard, G. A. Blair, R. L. Booher, W. A. Boshey, R. A. Bravm, A. J. Breiz, G. M. Brown, R. L. Byrom, T. L. Jr. Cano, A. C. Cash, J. L. Childs, W. A. Jr. Clark, R. D. Crastes, A. H. Cutler, D. C. Ducklow, J. L. Ebling, R. L. Felice, M. E. Felix, A. F. Flores, J. Fort, J. V. Jr. Fox, K. A. Gardner, R. L. Garrison, J. R. Hansen, G. D. Hartranft, W. E. Jr. Henningsen, P. J. Herron, D. Hindsley, G. R. Hjort, P. T. Jones, B. O. Jones, R. N. Kcyton, M. J. Roller, G. C. Larkins, H. Lopez, S. Malone, D. G. Meyer, J. S. ■PT Milligan, P. F. Morejohn, J. P. Murphy, M. D. Partain, C. R. Pearson, B. J. Richardson, T. Ripley, S. H. Robinson, B. P, Rodda, E. J. Roddy, R. Jr. Salaiz, P. D. Salazar, J. R. Shafer, D. E. Silva, R. M. Soto, B. M. Tapia, F. Thycn, M. S. Tidwell, R. E. Tulio, L. C. VanDuyne, D. P. RIFLE CLASS Wilson, W. R. Young, R. B. Vassar, A. Wheeler, T. G. Whittle, T. L. Willits, J. B. DRILL CLOSE COMBAT vj -viT RECORD DAY m. INFANTRY TRAINING C.M.C. PHYSICAL READINESS TEST FINAL INSPECTION