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Marine Corps Base Breakdown
In Marines’ next online survey, respondents will be asked to pick which they feel has the toughest boot camp and why, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., or Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Marines has done a little research, visiting Web sites and making phone calls to learn more about each depot. So, here are the two depots at a glance. Be on the look out for the “Toughest Depot” online survey at www.marines.mil.
- Location: Near Savannah, Ga./coast of the Atlantic Ocean
- Recruiting Region: Eastern (the 22 states East of the Mississippi River, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)
- Date Training Commenced: Nov. 1915 (males), Feb. 1949 (females)
- Recruits Trained: WW I: 41,000; WW II: 205,000 Korean War: 138,000; Vietnam War: 250,000
- Active Duty Marines: 1,883
- Square Acreage: 8,095 (3,262 Habitable)
- Geography: 64 large and 2,000-plus small islands, salt marshes and tidal creeks
- Climate: Subtropical
- Ave. Summer Temp.: 92°
- Ave. Winter Temp: 55°
- Ave. Summer Humid.: 96%
- Ave. Winter Humid.: 71%
- Ave. Annual Rainfall: 50 "
- Commanding General: Brig. Gen. Richard D. Tryon
- Sergeant Major: Sgt. Maj. Robert C. Hollings
- Commanding Officer, Recruit Training Regiment: Col. Kevin Lee Kelly
- Sergeant Major, Recruit Training Regiment: Sgt. Maj. Ernest J. Wylie
- Regimental Drill Master: Gunnery Sgt. William Larson
- Training Battalions: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th (females)
- Drill Instructors: 575-600
- Annual Graduates: 16,831
- Ave. Recruit Age: 19.6, 19.7 (females)
- High School Graduates: 99.9 percent
- Attrition Rate: 6.82
- Ave. Training Cost per Recruit: $14,320
- Ave. Final PFT Score: 236.36 (males), 256.7 (females)
- Final Drill Depot Record: 81.05 on April 27, 2005 (with current upgraded drill cards and scoring)
- Location: Downtown San Diego/coast of the Pacific Ocean
- Recruiting Region: Western (the states West of the Mississippi River includ. Alaska and Hawaii as well as Japan, Korea & Guam)
- Date Training Commenced: Aug. 1923
- Recruits Trained: WWI: N/A; WWII: 223,000; Korean War: 204,000; Vietnam War: 366,000
- Active Duty Marines: 6,000
- Square Acreage: 388 (388 Habitable)
- Geography: Beaches, tidal marshlands; Recruits also train at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton – coastal, wetlands, inland valleys, desert, coastal mountains
- Climate: Coastal
- Ave. Summer Temp.: 73°
- Ave.Winter Temp: 55°
- Ave. Summer Humid.: 72 %
- Ave. Winter Humid.: 47 %
- Ave. Annual Rainfall: 10 "
- Commanding General: Brig. Gen. John M. Paxton Jr.
- Sergeant Major: Sgt. Maj. Frank E. Pulley
- Commanding Officer, Recruit Training Regiment: Col. Mark Callihan
- Sergeant Major, Recruit Training Regiment: Sgt. Maj. Melvin L. Shepard
- Regimental Drill Master: Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Walker
- Training Battalions: 1st, 2nd and 3rd
- Drill Instructors: 500
- Ave. Graduates: 20,000 plus
- Ave. Recruit Age: 19
- High School Graduates: 99.9 percent
- Attrition Rate: 9.81
- Ave. Training Cost per Recruit: $14, 320
- Ave. Final PFT Score: 239.5
- Final Drill Depot Record: 91.75 on Oct. 18, 2004 (with current upgraded drill cards and scoring)
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