A drill instructor from Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, instructs a recruit to respond louder during pick up at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 11. Drill instructors teach the new recruits immediate and willing obedience to orders.
Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 3. Original public domain image from Flickr