Recruits from Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, bring their seabags on line before emptying them for an initial gear inspection at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 18. The inspection ensures the recruits have all the gear they will need for the duration of training.
Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 9. Original public domain image from Flickr