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r i - .......,..,. RECEIVING W The initial period of Marine Corps Recruit Training is caiied the Receiving Phase, which begins as the new recruits are on the bus en route to Parris Isiand. They are greeted by a drill instructor, who acquaints them with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to which they are now subject. Disembarking from the bus, they line up on the famous yellow footprints , which is their first formation and learn how to stand at attention. The recruits are given the opportunity to phone their next of kin and inform them of the recruit's safe arrival, then are searched for contraband. The males receive their first military haircut, where they are left essentially bald. Females are instructed in the authorized hairstyling, which allows hair to be short enough to not touch the collar or in a bun. They are issued their Marine Corps clothing and toiletries. 4; The remainder of receiving involves completing paperwork, issuing an M16A4 service rifle, receiving vaccines .;- and medical tests, and storing civilian belongings under the eye of the receiving drill instructors. This takes j approximately three days and ends with the Initial Strength Test tiSTi. The IST is a shortened form of the Physical Fitness Test all Marines must pass every year. The IST is to assess if a recruit is physically fit enough to begin training. To pass, a male recruit must complete at least 2 puIl-ups, 44 crunches in two minutes, and run 1.5 miles in 13 minutes and 30 seconds or less. The female recruits must hold a flexed arm hang thanging on a bar with their arms benti for at least 12 seconds, complete 44 crunches in two minutes, and run 1.5 miles in 15:00 minutes or less. On Friday the recruits meet their permanent Drill Instructors. They also meet their Company Commander, usually a Captain, who orders their Drill Instructors to train them to become Marines and has them recite the Drill Instructor's Creed. At this point recruit training truly begins. Recruits are familiarized with incentive training 3 as one of the consequences of disobedience or failure to perform to a Drill Instructor's expectations. The ir- Drill Instructors physically, psychologically, and mentally challenge the recruits, including yelling at maximum 3 volume and intimidation, to simulate stress of the battlefield and elicit immediate compliance to instructions. The remainder of receiving is made as confusing and disorienting for the recruits as possible, to help distance the recruits from civilian habits and to prepare them for Marine Corps discipline. It is at this point that a recruit must come to terms with the decision he or she has made and develop the true determination needed to make it through the process of becoming a United States Marine. The final moment of truth is offered to those who have been dishonest about their eligibility, such as drug use, judicial y convictions, or other disqualifying conditions. I j E: I i i If s 3 L , i f l x a , L xx 11- gist r: I it i I i F a g; g. W E I $3 I a .24.: j i a a mu t E g4 f s 5? write i r a Q. E d? 'x
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DRILL INSTRUCTORlS CREED These recruits are entrusted to my care. I will train them to the best of my ability. I will develop them into smartly disciplined, physically fit, basically trained Marines, thoroughly indoctrinated in love of the Corps and country. I will demand of them and demonstrate by my own example, the highest standards of personal conduct, morality and professional skill.
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