No sooner have a company of recruits completed The Crucible Thursday morning (not the ones I witnessed being "welcomed" to the depot Monday night, Jan, 14, but another company) then they are on the parade deck at Camp Pendleton ready to become Marines.
The air is thick with emotion, as the exhausted young Marines, break down as they receive the rewards they worked so hard for: the right to call themselves Marines.
Marines receive their Eagle, Globe
and Anchor emblems
Marines sing Marines Hymn
After the ceremony the newly minted Marines take much needed showers and make their way to the mess hall for the traditional "Warrior' Breakfast," get ready for Marine Week, an eight day period of respite where Marines will purchase dress uniforms and prepare for their public graduation ceremony the following Friday.
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