You are welcomed to recruit training the same way recruits are; you ride in on an old school bus, are greeted by a Drill Instructor and proceed off the bus onto our famous yellow footprints. For about 5 minutes, you are immersed into the very first stage of boot camp - receiving. After this immersion, we walk you through the receiving area and explain all the moving parts. You will then receive a welcome aboard brief which is usually given by the depot's commanding general.
Today's activities revolve solely around recruit training, and you'll see them negotiating our confidence course. We will step into the hot and humid swim tank where our water survival instructors will explain the techniques taught to recruits to help them survive in the water.
Some of our martial arts instructors will give you a demonstration showcasing some of the techniques every Marine will learn, and then they will lead you through practical application of some of the easier techniques. One of the last activies of the day gives you the chance to grab a rubber rifle, don a flak jacket and kevlar helmet, and attack a modified version of our bayonet assault course. You will only go through about half of the course, but in so doing, you will get an idea for the fitness level required to undergo this training day in and day out.
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