Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The Crucible

Tyler recently finished his last crucible with his recruits at Camp Pendleton. The crucible is the last big event for recruit training that consists of a 54-hour field exercise, with about thirty obstacles and about 40-50 miles hiking, all on 2.5 MRE's and a total of eight hours sleep. Below are a few pictures of the crucible and Charlie company staff and drill instructors. (They are not allowed to take photos of recruits.)

Live fire range
Bivouac site (recruit tents)
Obstacle on the Crucible
DIs: Sgt McNulty, GySgt Caldas, Sgt Bishop, SSgt McBride
GySgt Molnar, Capt Hart, SSgt Reyes
Charlie Company Staff
Sgt Cortez, Capt Hart, SSgt Mott (watching the body sparring)
1stLt Ankrah, Capt Hart, Capt Flores (trying to stay warm on "the hill")

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