Mike Company squad leader finds a place in the Corps

Private First Class Jakob S. Kurle, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, stands next to his squad bay at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, April 11. Following recruit training, Kurle will report to the School of Infantry at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., and then to his military occupational specialty school to become a combat engineer. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego.