Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Essays

  • Navajo Code Talkers In WWII

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    the concept of using an unused secret military code based on the Navajo language came to mind. In February 1942 after Johnson came up with his idea about the Navajo code he went to Camp Elliott near San Diego, California where he met with and tried to convince Lt. Colonel James E. Jones, the Marines Communication Officer, that a code using the Navajo language couldn’t be broken by the Japanese code breakers. Lt. Col. Jones listened to Johnson’s idea and responded “in all the history of warfare, that

  • Marine Corps Accomplishments

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    The United States Marine Corps is a very important branch in our armed forces. Very few ladies and gentlemen decide to take the challenge of become a Marine. No one would argue when asked if the Marine Corps is tough and challenging. A young man decided to take the challenge to become a United States Marine. It was a turning point in his life and he was ready. The history of the Marine Corps is much respected. On November 10, 1775 the continental congress accepted the purpose to

  • Eugene B. Sledge Biography

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    fall he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in December 1942. He then attended boot camp at the recruit depot in San Diego, California. Boot camp for Marines is the longest and the toughest military branch out of the five branches if you consider the Coast guard a military branch. Marine Corps boot camp will test you both mentally and physically through 13 weeks of strenuous obstacle courses and many sleepless nights in order to mentally prepare Marines for future assignments that they may

  • Graduation Speech: Eulogy For Father

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    didn’t send them an invite. Besides the loneliness and missing my family which is a given. Marines are not solitary creatures. We need other Marines so the worst situation you can put a Marine in is to isolate him from other Marines. You can be stirring shit barrels in 120 degree weather and somehow have fun, or standing firewatch in the rain or freezing snow. No matter where you are and if you there are Marines you are safe and everyone takes care of each other. What I came up with is something I can