A recruit with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training

A recruit with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, executes a hook strike during an MCMAP session at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Nov. 25. Recruits also learned the lead and rear hand punch as well as the upper cut. Throughout training, recruits will add on to these techniques and become more efficient when it comes to executing them. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate Feb. 12.