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| Did Your Marine Graduate? |
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Graduation Dates
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Visit the Recruit Parents pages on our OPSEC-compliant Marine Family Network. Click your Recruit's graduation date:
April 5, 2013
April 12, 2013
April 26, 2013
May 3, 2013
May 10, 2013
May 24, 2013
May 31, 2013
June 7, 2013
June 14, 2013
June 28, 2013
July 3, 2013
July 19, 2013
August 2, 2013
August 16, 2013
August 23, 2013
August 30, 2013
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San Diego
Graduation Dates
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Visit the Recruit Parents pages on our OPSEC-compliant Marine Family Network. Click your Recruit's graduation date:
April 5, 2013
April 12, 2013
April 19, 2013April 26, 2013 May 3, 2013 May 10, 2013 May 24, 2013 May 31, 2013 June 7, 2013 June 14, 2013 June 28, 2013 July 3, 2013 July 19, 2013 August 2, 2013 August 16, 2013 August 23, 2013 August 30, 2013
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Greetings!
Congratulations to our newest Marines who will be graduating Friday, April 5: 2nd Battalion Fox Company of MCRD San Diego and 2nd Battalion Fox Company and 4th Battalion Oscar Company of MCRD Parris Island. A big Ooh Rah to all of our newly-minted Marines!
For those of you who are just beginning your journey through boot camp as a recruit parent, we would like to welcome you to MarineParents.com and extend our congratulations! We've added a coupon to the bottom of this email to save $5 on your order at the EGA Shop. Gear up to show pride in your soon-to-be-Marine! www.EGAshop.com 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. We are here to help you find the answers you've been looking for... |
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Providing You a Place to Connect & Share�
Marine Family Network, an outreach program of MarineParents.com, is a social networking site exclusively for Marine and recruit families and friends who are looking for place to connect and share with other Marine families. Our privacy and OPSEC guidlines are implemented throughout the interface.
The networking features on MFN are limitless. Connect with families who are experiencing the very same emotions you are within the hundreds of groups and sub-groups dedicated to each stage of your Marine's career.
To get started, visit www.MarineFamilyNetwork.com and sign up with a username and password. Create your personal profile and join the groups that interest you. Upload photos and videos and discover everything else MFN has to offer.
Marine Parents is a Place to Connect & Share�!
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| Recruit Respect: Protecting Privacy | | |
Becoming a Marine Parent
 Your recruit is on his or her way to becoming a Marine and learning a vast amount of new knowledge. As parents and family members of a recruit, you've got a lot to learn about the Marine Corps lifestyle as well. But one of the most important things you'll learn is respect for the privacy and safety of your soon-to-be-Marine.
The internet is a vast array of informational websites, chat rooms, message boards, social networking and online communities for folks with similar interests to share news and stories. Certainly hooking up with other families with recruits going through bootcamp at the same time gives a sense of belonging and adds to the experience. But be careful what you share.
Personal information about Marines or recruits should not be shared in any online environment, including but not limited to identifying information such as last name, email address, phone number, birthdates and addresses. You should use discretion when providing any personal information.
Identity theft is rampant, and something as simple as a graduation date with a comment about his or her birthday being in two days is enough information for potential thieves to be successful. Keep your recruit safe; share your feelings and emotions, but do not share your recruit's personal information.
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| Recommended Reading | |
"This Recruit: A Firsthand Account of Marine Corps Boot Camp, Written While Knee-Deep in the Mayhem of Parris Island" by Kieran Michael Lalor
This book is a great read for the parents of new Recruits, as well as for recruits themselves, who wish to gain a better understanding of one of America's most storied and revered traditions--earning the title of United States Marine.
In early 2000, Kieran Michael Lalor left his job as a 24 year old high school socials studies teacher to fulfill a life-long dream: following in the footsteps of his father and older brother and enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. "This Recruit: A Firsthand Account of Marine Corps Boot Camp, Written While Knee-Deep in the Mayhem of Parris Island" is Lalor's personal journal, written secretly at night by flashlight under a blanket, and follows his journey from the initial meeting with recruiters, to the beginning of Recruit Training, and culminates with his graduation from MCRD Parris Island 13 weeks later.
"This Recruit" provides a firsthand account of the physical, mental, and emotional roller coaster that is U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Training. Lalor's insight as a Recruit in training, as opposed to as a Marine looking back, "...through the haze of retrospect" provides a rare, honest look at Recruit Training through the eyes of someone experiencing it firsthand and will surely be of interest to anyone wishing to further their understanding and knowledge of boot camp.
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| Marine Corps Uniforms |
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Learning More About the Corps
 Marines are not known just for their battlefield prowess, but for their unparalleled standards of professionalism and uncompromising personal conduct and appearance.
It is a Marine's duty and personal obligation to maintain a professional and neat appearance. Furthermore, wearing the uniform should be a matter of personal pride to all Marines.
Marines have various uniform combinations which are worn for various occasions. To help you gain a better understanding of Marine Corps uniforms, we've placed a uniform chart on RecruitParents.com.
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| Understanding Battalion Structure |
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Information for Recruit Parents
 There are two facilities for recruit training. They are called Marine Corps Recruit Depots (MCRD). They are located in San Diego, California and Parris Island, South Carolina. The acronyms for each are MCRD SD and MCRD PI.
Though there are some exceptions, for the most part, the Mississippi River is the dividing point for which MCRD your son or daughter will attend. Recruits west of the Mississippi River attend MCRD SD. Recruits east of the Mississippi River attend MCRD PI. All female recruits attend MCRD PI (no exceptions).
Each MCRD includes Recruit Training Battalions, or RTB. Each RTB has a color and crest associated with it. RTBs are divided into companies, and each company is divided further into platoons.
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| The Recruiters |
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| Marine Corps Recruit Receiving
 Every Marine, in every Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), plays a crucial role in the overall mission of the United States Marine Corps.
Marine Corps Recruiters, MOS 8411, must be thoroughly familiar with the enlistment process from applicant prospecting to preparation for recruit training.
Their duties include, among others: screening applicants to determine eligibility relative to physical defects, moral character, criminal involvement, age, drug abuse, education, etc.; scheduling working applicants to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test at the MEPS...
| | In the Classroom | | | Training Phase I - Getting Started
 Did you know that, in addition to physical training during boot camp, recruits are spending time taking academic classes? New recruits have much to learn, and therefore must spend a great deal of time in the classroom during recruit training.
Recruits in Marine Corps boot camp take classes covering subjects like: Customs and Courtesies, First Aid, Marine Corps History, USMC Mission and Organization, Terrorism Awareness, USMC Leadership, Official Policies and Organizational Values, and Operational Risk Management.
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| Firing Week & Qualification Day | | | Training Phase II - In the Midst
 Qualification (Qual) Day is the last day of Firing Week during recruit training.
During Firing Week, or the second week of marksmanship training, recruits start before sunrise preparing their rifle, the range and themselves to shoot the known-distance course of fire.
As recruits practice shooting they are assisted and evaluated by their Combat Marksmanship Instructor, their coach and their drill instructors. All are working to assist the recruit to ensure that the fundamentals have been learned and that each recruit shoots as well as he or she can.
On Qual Day all recruits are trying to shoot their best and are striving for the coveted "Crossed Rifles" of the Rifle Expert badge.
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| Recruits Earn 10-Day Leave | | | Training Phase III - The Final Stretch
 During training phase III your recruit is in the final stretch of boot camp and thinking about what happens after graduation.
The next phase of training is SOI, or School of Infantry, but new Marines are entitled to one day of travel and ten days leave before reporting to SOI. Your new Marine may report to SOI early in order to save leave, if desired.
Your Marine should listen, read, pay attention and ask questions about his/her orders before departing the Recruit Depot. Your Marine will have a copy of his/her orders with them when they leave the Recruit Depot.
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| Travel Planning | | | About Boot Camp Graduation
 Making your travel plans to San Diego or Parris Island is easy enough, but what about your soon-to-be Marine? Will s/he travel back home with you for 10-day leave? How do you know what time to arrange flights?
If you didn't discuss this with your recruit prior to leaving for boot camp - and most of us did not - and the letters you're getting from your recruit aren't giving you the answers you need, where do you turn?
When should you buy your ticket? Will your recruit graduate on time? The projected graduation date is NOT set in stone for each recruit. Most recruits graduate with the company and platoon after 13 weeks of training. However, if your recruit becomes ill or injured the graduation could be delayed.
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