Training For Marine Corps Training

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Marine Corps training is the most intense training out of all the military branches, it takes the ability to achieve the highest standards of moral, mental and physical strength. There is no room in the Marine Corps ranks for those who fall behind. The reason being the training takes recruits to the brink of exhaustion, where commitment is truly tested. Showing the capable from the unable, building extraordinary strength, endurance and confidence in those who carry themselves to continue. This training prepares recruits, mentally and physically, to meet the fitness standards the Marine Corps is known for. There is no other training to achieve the Marine fitness. Once you get to MCRD in San Diego or Paris Island you will be with your drill instructor where you will start the beginning of your transformation. Training is 12 weeks long, each week focuses on something different. During Receiving, which is the first week, you will go through a physical, bucket issued, Basic Squadbay Procedures, Rifle Issue, Physical Training Procedures, and Core Values Training. The physical you will be taking will involve a physical, a dental physical, where your mouth will be examined and determine if you will need work done during your training. You will also be getting a "peanut butter shot" which tightens your muscles where the shot will be placed. Your bucket issue is when your receive all of your gear that is going to set you up to be a basic Marine, Running Shoes, PT Gear, Green Shirts and Cammies, Green Monster (Knowledge/History Book), and other materiel such as a hygiene kit. Basic Squadbay Procedures is knowing what everything is called in your squadbay (living area). You will learn that the bathroom is now called the head, and how ... ... middle of paper ... ...,you will learn to have control over your rifle and your body at all times. You will also learn safety and marksmanship principles as you practice firing blank rounds, loading your rifle within seconds, and learn to shoot from every firing position: sitting, kneeling, standing and in the prone. Firing week, (week 7) once they teach you the basics you will be shooting live rounds. The Drill Instructors will make sure you're concentrating and making clean shots from all positions. You will begin with fifty rounds of slow fire and move up to rapid fire which will be ten shots in a row. “At the end of the week, you will undergo qualification and strive for their highest score out of 250 points on the Field Fire portion and the Known Distance course. They will earn the Rifle Marksman badge, the Rifle Sharpshooter badge or the coveted Rifle Expert badge.” (Marines.com)

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