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

Text from Pages 1 - 136 of the 1986 volume:

f Recruit Honorman MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT San Diego, California Drill Instructor These are my recruits. I will train them to the best of my ability. I will develop them into smartly disciplined, physically trained Marines, thoroughly indoctrinated in love of Cod. Country, and Corps. I will demand of them and demonstrate by my own example, the highest standards of personal conduct. morality and professional skill. DF.POT PANORAMA. The Marine Corps Recruit Depot. San Diego. California, as seen from the air. The large structure in the foreground is the Administration Building; and H” shaped buildings on the right arc 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 Donald S. Fulham USMC Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Major General Donald J. Fulham is ihc Commanding General. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Commanding General. Western Recruiting Region. San Diego. California, lie was born on July 4. 1928. in McMinnville. Oregon and entitled in the Marine Corps on August 2. 1946 Upon completion of rccruii training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot. San Diego. Calif., he •� transferred to the Marine Corps Air Station. El Toro. Calif., where he scried with Headquarters Squadron. Following his discharge in August 1948. he attended I.infield College where he earned a BS. degree in Business Administration (1952). He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on November 26. 1952. lie also holds a master's degree in management from American University (1971). After completing The Basic School. Quantico. Va . in May I9SJ. he was ordered to Camp Pendleton. Calif., where he was assigned as a Platoon Commander, and later. Executive Officer of Company F. 2d Battalion. 3d Marines. 3d Marine Division In July 1953. the battalion deployed from Camp Pendleton to Camp Fuji. Japan. From February 1954 to October 1954. he served with the 1st Marine Division in Korea as Executive OfTiccr of Company H. 3d Battalion. 1st Marines. From November 1954 to September 1956. he served as the Executive Officer of the Marine Detachment aboard the USS INTREPID (CVA-I I). While serving in this capacity, he was promoted to captain in March 1956. During September 1956. he was ordered to Billings. Montana.as Inspector-Instructor, until Jacnuary I960. The following month, he was transferred to Camp l.cjuene. N.C.. where he initially served as an S-4 Officer of the 3d Battalion. 2d Marines, and later. Commanding Officer of Company I . In July 1962. he was assigned as the Assistant S-J. 2d Marines, and in April 1963. he was promoted to major. Leaving Camp Lejeunc in July 1963. he reported back to Quantico. and attended the Amphibious Warfare School Upon completion, he returned to El Toro, as the Assistant S-3 of Marine Aircraft Group-33. From November 1965 until December 1966. he served with the 3rd Marine Division asS-3.4th Marines.C-3. Task Force Delta:and G-3. 3d Marine Division, (Forward). In January, he was assigned as Executive Officer. 3rd Battalion. 26th Marines, and in March as Commanding Officer. 1st Battalion. 9th Marines. Returning to Quantico in August 1967. he was assigned as an instructor at the Amphibious Warfare School, until January 1970. During his tour at Quantico. he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in October 1967. He participated in the Special Education Program at the American University, graduating in I97| with a master's degree in Management. During July, he transferred to Vietnam, as Team Chief. Command Center. Military Assistance Command in Saigon On his return to the United States in April 1972. he was ordered to Headquarters Marine Corps. Washington. D.C.as Head. Management Engineering Branch, until June 1973. lie was promoted to colonel in July 1973 and reported to the Naval War College. New port. R .I.. where he was a student until the following July lie then returned to Headquarters Marine Corps, where he served as Deputy Director. Personnel Procurement Division In May 1978. he returned to Camp l.cjcunc as Chief of Staff. 2d Marine Div ision. While serving in this capacity , he was selected in February 1980 for promotion to brigadier general. He was advanced to that grade on April 18. 1980 and assigned duty as the Director. Personnel Procurement Division at Headquarters Marine Corps on April 30. 1980 General Fulham was assigned duty as the Commanding General. Marine Corps Base. Camp l.cjuene. N.C.. on July 8. 1982. lie was advanced to major general on April 8. 1983. In July 1984. he was assigned duty as the Assistant Chief of Staff. J-S C-5. U.S. Forces. Korea. He assumed his current assignment on June 24. 1986. His personal decorations include: the Legion of Merit with Combat V ; the Bron c Star Medal with Combat V : the Navy Commendation Medal; and numerous unit awards and foreign decorations from World War II. Korea and Vietnam. Colonel J. R. Davis Commanding Officer, Recruit Training Regiment Colonel J. R. Davis enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1960 and was commissioned a second Lieutenant in April, 1964, under the meritorious non-commissioned officer program. Colonel Davis’ past assignments have included: Executive Officer, Marine Detachment, USS Essex; Platoon and Company Commander, 2D Battalion, 2D Marines; Advisor. Vietnamese Army, Republic of Vietnam; Instructor, U.S. Army Special Warfare School, Ft. Bragg; S-4 Officer, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines; Marine Officer Instructor, NROTC, University of Florida. Gainesville; Head, Requirements Branch. Special Projects Directorate. Headquarters Marine Corps; Administrative Assistant Aide to the Chief of Staff. Headquarters Marine Corps: Commanding Officer, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division; Executive Officer, 7th Marine Regiment; and Officcr-in-Chargc, Marine Detachment, Pohang, Korea. Colonel Davis’ last assignment was Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. The many personal decorations awarded to Colonel Davis include the Silver Star Medal. Bronze Star Medal with V”, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon. Good Conduct Medal, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star and Silver Star, and the Vietnamese Honor Medal. Colonel Davis is a graduate of the Amphibious Warfare School, the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the Naval War College. Additionally, he holds a Bachelors Degree in Sociology, a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Florida, and a Masters Degree in Management from Salve Regina College. Married to the former Barbara McVickcr of Toledo, Ohio, Colonel Davis and his wife have two daughters. Cynthia and Christine. 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 are examples, both in war ami 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 Contintental Congress. In the Revolutionary War, tlx 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 ami Stri|x-s over the pirate stronghold of Dcrne. 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 l.akc Erie, 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 tin- 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. ami 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 tin- Philippines. Cuba. Mexico, Haiti, ami 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 tlx- famed Second Division of the A E F.—Bellcau Wood. Soissons. St Mihiel. Chapagne. and the Meuse-Argonne. Marine units were decorated six times by the French during these campaigns. Tlx interim between world wars found the Marines engaged in developing the technique of amphibious warfare and in their traditional pursuits around tlx? 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 Islam! and Bataan and then spearhead the 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 and world-famed for its battle record and esprit de corps, plays an important role as the nation’s forc«rin-readiness” to help keep tire peace throughout tlx-world today. SAN DIEGO RECRUIT DEPOT The 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 lx 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 practical construction was completed in 1924. Much of the land was reclaimed from Sxn Diego Bay. including that portion comprising Lindbergh Field and the adjacent shore area. Sr The Marine Corps Recruit Depot has. over the years, been the home of the famed ith 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 lx fore 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 General Pendleton envisioned the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Depot Headquarters RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT Although 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, anti 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 ot herwise. 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 fullfledged member of the Corps, can he claim the title of “United States Marine. Recruit Training Regiment Headquarters ARRIVAL IN c SAN DIEGO RECEIVING BARRACKS PROCESSING AND INDOCTR Packing And Storing Civvies STORAGE WAREHOUSE HOURS OF OPERATION 00-1100 • 1300 1600 • M0NDAY-FJRIMY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY TfiCT Rtr q-4 F� t Nn Sflfifl OR No 3563 RIFLE ISSUE Uniform Issue Medical Exam . RECRUIT EXCHANGE RECRUIT BILLETS Classes Shots • . WEAPONS MAINTENANCE BAYONET TRAINING RIFLE CLASSES BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF MARKSMANSHIP 1. SIGHT ALIGNMENT 2 SIGHT PICTURE 3. TRIGGLF CONTROL -h. BREATH CONTROL t,. POSITION'S BUILDING TARGETS HOLDING AND SQUEEZING LFT RANGE FIRING 45 CALIBRE PISTOL RECORD DAY ■li Aess and Maintenance Duty Field Training Field Training Series Commander Inspection GUARD DUTY PUGIL STICKS SMOKER CONFIDENCE COURSE DI TIME WEEKLY PARADE REPORTING HAND TO HAND COMBAT PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE RAPPELLING PAY ORDERS TICKETS GRADUATION muMkK A VlffWI am SHIPPING OUT FIRST BATTALION SERIES 1089 PLATOONS 1089 1090 1091 LtCol. J. W. Theisen Battalion Commander Commenced Training: 10 September 1986 + SgtMaj. G. E. Richter Sergeant Major Graduated: 21 November 1986 Capt. A. L. Vonada C. O. Co. C NOT PICTURED Maj. M. V. Kelly Executive Officer IstLt. M. L. Zimmerman Series Commander IstLt. B. J. Maepherson Assistant Scries Commander IstSgt. E. Gonzales Company First Sergeant GySgt. D. M. Thompson Series Chief Dl 1089 Pfc. D. R. Officld Platoon Honorman SERIES HONORMEN 1090 1091 Pfc. M. A. Hogue Platoon Honorman LCpI. B R. Cornell Platoon Honorman Series Honorman PLATOON 1089 Sgt. R. L. Taylor Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. R. L. Richmond Drill Instructor Sgt. C. C. Chandler Drill Instructor Sgt. M. R. Morrison Drill Instructor Alexander, Sergio A. Aluisi. Thomas Bach. Robbert A. Branch, Stephen P. Brown. Chad M. Cass. Brcntlcc J. Chavez. Marc P. Christenbury. Matthew T. Clcland. Dennis C. Collins. Walter B. Corner. Timothy L. Crespo. Adrian Crutcher. Lawrence G. Darland, Eric W. Doakes. Maurice E. Flores. Dcsidcrio A. Freeman, Sherman M. Garcia. Robert V. Gasper. Timothy R. Gonzales. Martin Gonzalez. Jose E. Gonzalez. Octavio Gonzalez. Ramon E. Guzman. Luis Hallctt, Raymond L. Jr. Hanafan. William S. Hinson. Timothy A. Jones. Kevin R. Jones. Mark C. King, James K. Klobcrdanz, Mark A. Kuty, Joseph L. Lambrccht, Paul C. Littlejohn. Londcll A. II Lopez. Marco A. Loya. Susa no Manriquez. Trinidad N. Martinez, Jason J. Me Carthy, Michael S. Mercer. William P. Moss. Primus Jr. Mostcller. John M. Niverson, Arthur C. Passehl, Michael K. Prebyl. Alan R. Richardson. Rico Ritter. Stephen J. Rodriguez. Daniel Sosa. John P. Syp. Brian S. Toal. Christopher P. Tomsick. John M. Trindlc. Kim Y. Ward. Daryl T. Warner. Kelly P. Wells. Robert K. PLATOON 1090 SSgt. L. L. Slishcr Senior Drill Instructor SSgt. J. A. Huston Drill Instructor SSgt. C. L. Royster Drill Instructor SSgt. V. c. Byrd Drill Instructor Ahrens. Phillip A. Ballard. Ernest V. Jr. Barnes. David L. Blomquist. Kelly G. Bourgeois. Chad L. Brunkalla. Robert R. Bunting, Jimmie D. Jr. Davis. Raymond C. Delaney, Scott W. Dimino. Giovanni Dyer, Samuel L. Edinburgh, Thomas D. Ely. Michael D. Ethridge. Thomas L. Gradin. Timothy J. Grant. Robert H. Jr. Greenberg. Mark II. Halley. Gregory N. Halvorson. Troy D. Hays. James E. Herrera. Ricardo J Houck. Bradley S. Hutchinson. Joe D. Jeremiah, Peter J. Kidd. Charles K. King, Paul S. Klockman. Kevin P. Knislcy, Michael J. Lenze. Charles E. Lindsey, Robert J. Lunsford. Gary S. Milton. Alvin E. Jr. Murphy, Gary B. Jr. Osbaugh. Scott O. Paslay, Shawn M. Perry, Justin R. Poole, Charles T. Raatz, Timothy C. Racus. David V. Jr. Ramey. Mark A. Ray. Gregory W. Richardson. Tommy E. Rippy, John P. Rogers. Donnie L. Rucker. Ronald E. Schrock, Melvin J. Scott. Daniel F. Sirianni, Warren S. Slider. Jack D. Smaglik. Paul R. Smith. Thomas F.. Sobotta. Dustin M. Taylor. Daniel G. Terrill. Anthony T. Thorpe. Charles R. II Vandcrslicc. Bruce W. Voorhccs. Christopher J. Vuriw. Anthony D. Waterson, Charles D. Ill Weesner, Rodney K. Williams, Stanley Winchel. James S. Winccoff, Steven D. PLATOON 1091 L. D. Benson Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. S. C. Barnard Drill Instructor Sgt. D. A. Lucbkc Drill Instructor Ardoin, Leonard J. Bergeron. William T. Bolcy. Donald W. Jr. Brewer. Shawn M. Cain. Richard P. Casemicr, James A. Cotton. Darryl C. Esqueda. Marcos M. Ferrier, Rodney G. Fitzgerald, Michael J. Folskc, Louis J. II Friedhaber. Todd C. Gchrkc. Shawn W. Hillman. Peter D. Hogue. Earlonzo D. Holcomb. Dale D. Izaguirre. Fernando Jacquc. Brian K. Jachnig. John M. Lanticr. Kirk J. Leach. Kenneth M. Jr. Lewis. Ernest R. McCarthy. Michael R. McDonald. Scan P. Merlin, Raymond A. Miller. Charles C. Jr. Ndavu, Kyalo T. Ordc. William M. Papen, James W. Pina. Salomon Przybyl, Michael J. Rom3k, Kenneth A Rostoni, Craig L. Sandlin. Perry K. Sitarz, Roman A. Smith, Kim A. Sorensen. Kraig S. St. Pierre, Mclcon J. Ill Stamps, Marnix F. Stinson. Todd N. Sutherland. James S. Jr. Sutton. David J. Talbott, Victor E. Trausch. Richard L. Vasquez. Scott C. Villcncuvc. Brian L. Voison. Peter J. Ward. Thomas P. Washington. Gregory C. Webber. Robert W. Weimer. Brett R. West. William E. Whitbey. Larry R. Whobrty, Jeffrey R. Williams. Ted D. Winslow. Paul C. Woods. James III Zink. Michael A. RIFLE CLASS CLOSE COMBAT DAILY SEVEN CIRCUIT COURSE RIFLE P.T SNAPPING IN RIFLE RANGE O”COURSE PUGIL STICKS CLOTHING ISSUE DRILL m INSPECTION GRADUATION PRACTICE — — —