A U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, gives his platoon a command during a final drill evaluation at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Dec. 22, 2018.
Recruits are taught a series of command and movements by their drill instructors that increase progressively throughout recruit training. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Feb. 1, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jesula Jeanlouis). Original public domain image from Flickr