A drill instructor from India Company, 3rd Recruit

A drill instructor from India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, explains his expectations of the recruits during pick up at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Oct. 27. During the first few hours the drill instructors are with their new recruits they will teach them the in-house procedures they must follow for the rest of recruit training. Drill instructors teach the new recruits to move quickly and with purpose while aboard the depot. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. India Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 19.