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One of Three Hundred

On average, there are 60 recruits in each platoon at Marine Corps basic tanning, multiply that by six platoons for a company and you have over 360 recruits per cycle.

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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joshua Knauber, a recruiter with Recruiting Sub-Station Lake Forest, Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo after conducting an interview at RSS Lake Forest, California on June 16, 2022. The Recruiters of Orange County come from many different backgrounds and situations, but they all enjoy helping young men and women answer their call to serve. - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joshua Knauber, a recruiter with Recruiting Sub-Station Lake Forest, Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo after conducting an interview at RSS Lake Forest, California on June 16, 2022. The Recruiters of Orange County come from many different backgrounds and situations, but they all enjoy helping young men and women answer their call to serve.

You’re Not Your Situation

On June 30th, 1992, Joshua D. Knauber was born right outside Buffalo, New York. Knauber was not given the tools for success at the beginning of his childhood.

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U.S. Marine Pfc. Ana DominguezValazquez, with Recruiting Sub-Station Fullerton, Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo in Obrea, California on Feb. 15, 2022. DominguezValazguez broke and fractured her hips in recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. She spent a total of eleven months at Parris Island before being able to graduate as a United States Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph) - U.S. Marine Pfc. Ana DominguezValazquez, with Recruiting Sub-Station Fullerton, Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo in Obrea, California on Feb. 15, 2022. DominguezValazguez broke and fractured her hips in recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. She spent a total of eleven months at Parris Island before being able to graduate as a United States Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph)

QUITTING WAS NEVER AN OPTION: FEMALE MARINE GRADUATES AFTER 11 MONTHS AT PARRIS ISLAND

Pfc. Ana DominguezValazquez, a Marine from Recruiting Sub-Station Fullerton, Recruiting Station Orange County, shipped to recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on Mar. 15, 2021. She entered recruit training prepared and resilient at the beginning of June 2021, but after obtaining a serious injury, had to quickly adapt her plan. One month into recruit training, DominguezValazquez started having pain in her hips. The Navy doctors informed her she had broken her hip during training.

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