An Ignoble Experiment: Recruit Parents: September 21, 2011 Newsletter

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RecruitParents.com Newsletter
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In This Issue

What's After Boot
Support RecruitParents.com
Operational Security... Now?
History of the Marine Corps
Guidance Through Every Phase of Your Marine's Career
Resources for New Marine Parents
Legendary Yellow Footprints
Initial Drill Evaluation
Rifle Range Safety Rules
The Crucible
Base Access and more...
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Recruit Parents
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September 21, 2011
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Greetings Recruit Families!

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Congratulations to our newest Marines graduating Friday,
September 23rd! For those of you who are just beginning your journey, we would
like to WELCOME you and extend our CONGRATULATIONS!
You're on a new journey to becoming a Marine Parent. The pride is indescribable,
but you may feel you are in an unfamiliar world with a whirlwind of emotions and
never-ending questions.
If you've been looking for answers to your questions, we can help you.
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Operational Security... Now?

Becoming a Marine Parent

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In this series of articles, we've talked a little bit about privacy and respect,
noting that both are important concepts to learn as the parent of a recruit. As
your recruit nears graduation, the concept of Operational Security becomes just
as important to understand.

As a family member of the military community, you are a vital player in their success.
You may not know it, but you also play a crucial role in ensuring your loved ones'
safety just by what you know of the military's day-to-day operations. You can protect
your loved ones by protecting the information that you know. This is known in the
military as, "Operational Security", or OpSEC.

OpSEC is important to us as family members during recruit training because we need
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History of the Marine Corps

Learning More About the Corps

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Marine Corps started as the "Continental Marines" during the American Revolutionary
War, formed by a resolution of the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775, and
first recruited at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

They served as landing troops for the recently created Continental Navy. The Continental
Marines were disbanded at the end of the war in April 1783 but re-formed on July
11 1798. Despite the gap, Marines celebrate November 10 as the Marine Corps Birthday.

Historically, the United States Marine Corps has achieved fame in several campaigns,
as referenced in the first line of the Marine Corps Hymn: "From the halls of Montezuma
to the shores of Tripoli".

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Supporting You Through It All...

Guidance Through Each Stage of Your Marine's Career

It is Marine Parents' mission to help support you and your Marine throughout his
or her entire career in the Corps.
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veterans.

Our Marine Corps megastore has everything: Graduation apparel, "Proud Marine Mom/Dad"
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Thank you for supporting the organization that supports you!
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Becoming Familiar With the Corps

Resources For New Marine Parents

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best resource for all things bootcamp and recruit training are the official USMC
websites--you'll find links to official USMC websites in the Recruit Parents website
provided to you as a service of MarineParents.com.

The website was begun as a complement to information available on official Marine
Corps websites. We provide well-researched and accurate information about bootcamp,
as well as later phases of your Marine's career.

Did you know the USMC has a website dedicated specifically to new Marine parents
and mentors? It's a great resource for families trying to familiarize themselves
with the Marine Corps as well as for what to expect now that your son or daughter
has made the decision to become a Marine.

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Legendary Yellow Footprints

Marine Corps Recruit Receiving

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following is an excerpt from an April, 2009 Marine Corps article.

Parris Island through the eyes of new recruits

As the air brakes hiss, hearts beat faster, palms sweat, breaths become shorter
and a bus of hopeful recruits are unified by the fear of the unknown.

These are the experiences of so many recruits who have passed through Parris Island's
main gate.

Upon arriving, recruits are greeted by a drill instructor and ordered to get off
the bus and onto Parris Island's legendary yellow footprints.

These are the words all recruits hear once they are on the yellow footprints:

"You are now aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina, and
you have just taken the first step toward becoming a member of the world's finest
fighting force, the United States Marine Corps."
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Initial Drill Evaluation

Training Phase I - Getting Started

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Initial Drill Evaluation tests each platoon's ability to listen to the orders of
its Drill Instructor at this point in training, and is a demonstration of the unit's
degree of discipline and esprit de corps.

Drill is used as one of the first methods of transforming these recruits from civilians
into Marines, and plays a large part on their development of teamwork and unit cohesion.

One Marine Mom says, "On Family Day and Graduation you will be amazed when you see
the new Marines marching out onto the Parade Deck. They will be marching in perfect
rows... perfectly in step... pivot perfectly in time with each other... and will
be a sight to behold!"

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Rifle Range Safety Rules

Training Phase II - In the Midst

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Combat Marksmanship Instructor, or CMI, teaches recruits the fundamentals of weapons
safety with their M-16A2 service rifle.
During Firing Week, which is the second week of marksmanship training, recruits
hear the four rifle range safety rules several times each day. Recruits will hear
these safety rules frequently for the rest of their time in the Marine Corps and
many Marines remember them for the rest of their life.
The first rifle range safety rule is:
Treat every weapon as if it were loaded.
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The Crucible

Training Phase III - The Final Stretch

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Crucible is a test every recruit must go through to become a Marine. It tests every
recruit physically, mentally and morally and is the defining moment in recruit training.

The Crucible takes place over 54-hours and includes food and sleep deprivation and
over 45 miles of marching. The entire Crucible event pits teams of recruits against
a barrage of day and night events requiring every recruit to work together to solve
problems, overcome obstacles and help each other along the way.

The obstacles they face range from long marches, combat assault courses, the leadership
reaction course, and the team-building warrior stations.

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