A recruit with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training

A recruit with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, holds up a log at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, July 22. If one recruit failed to put the amount of effort needed, the rest of the group had to pick up the slack. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 13. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grace J. Kindred)