WEBVTT 00:00.505 --> 00:02.121 - After you have turned in your seat packs 00:02.121 --> 00:03.728 about working for the Marines, 00:03.728 --> 00:05.608 you're going to come back, you're gonna back the rest 00:05.608 --> 00:06.952 of your trash and gear, 00:06.952 --> 00:08.616 you're gonna load up on that bus, 00:08.616 --> 00:11.183 you will go to the back, you will fill in every single seat. 00:11.183 --> 00:13.463 I do not care about you sitting by your friends, 00:13.463 --> 00:14.528 do you understand? 00:14.528 --> 00:15.760 - [Group] Yes, sir. 00:15.760 --> 00:17.093 - [Leader] Move. 00:17.847 --> 00:20.514 (intense music) 00:33.179 --> 00:34.980 - These are the students coming from MCRD, 00:34.980 --> 00:37.102 ^whether it be straight off of boot-leave 00:37.102 --> 00:38.803 ^or coming off of recruiter's assistance 00:38.803 --> 00:41.014 ^to get them processed up to SOI for training. 00:41.014 --> 00:43.253 Once they go to training, they're either gonna 00:43.253 --> 00:44.702 to Infantry Training Battalion 00:44.702 --> 00:45.753 or Marine Combat Training Battalion. 00:45.753 --> 00:48.473 The first part of the process is down here at the USO. 00:48.473 --> 00:49.807 I come down here on a weekly basis 00:49.807 --> 00:51.161 whenever we have a pick-up, 00:51.161 --> 00:53.030 and what we do is we distinguish the Marines 00:53.030 --> 00:54.397 from MCT and ITB. 00:54.397 --> 00:56.408 0300s going to ITB, anyone else going 00:56.408 --> 00:59.408 to Marine Combat Training Battalion. 01:00.292 --> 01:02.959 (intense music) 01:10.510 --> 01:12.288 ^- So, the Marines are currently at supply, 01:12.288 --> 01:14.250 ^getting issued everything they're gonna need 01:14.250 --> 01:17.737 ^and required for the training of the 29-day training cycle. 01:17.737 --> 01:19.556 It's very important that they receive it. 01:19.556 --> 01:21.271 First off they're gonna be conducting live fire training, 01:21.271 --> 01:23.840 so some of the PP is required for live fire ranges 01:23.840 --> 01:25.673 aboard Camp Pendleton. 01:25.792 --> 01:27.785 The rest of the gear is cold-weather gear 01:27.785 --> 01:29.964 or currently, we are in warm-weather gear, 01:29.964 --> 01:32.343 so we're receiving hydration systems as well, 01:32.343 --> 01:34.019 keeping the Marines hydrated 01:34.019 --> 01:36.769 throughout the physical training. 01:38.536 --> 01:41.286 (dramatic music) 01:58.985 --> 02:01.253 - So currently, Marines are conducting their land navigation 02:01.253 --> 02:04.809 ^formal examination, so what they'll be doing today 02:04.809 --> 02:07.729 ^is they have their points, which are just grid points 02:07.729 --> 02:10.146 that you would find on a map. 02:10.175 --> 02:12.143 From there, they plotted their points, 02:12.143 --> 02:14.292 they found azimuths, which is the data 02:14.292 --> 02:17.060 that they're gonna be using in order to put in their compass 02:17.060 --> 02:19.346 in order to go from point A to point B, 02:19.346 --> 02:22.852 as well as they have found their distance from point A 02:22.852 --> 02:25.284 to point B, being able to find those five points, 02:25.284 --> 02:28.355 they need to achieve four out of five in order to pass. 02:28.355 --> 02:31.010 So, we butter them up, they go out there, 02:31.010 --> 02:34.551 they have a scorecard, and then they execute that scorecard 02:34.551 --> 02:36.384 which has their grids, 02:36.799 --> 02:38.955 has their azimuths that they've already found, 02:38.955 --> 02:41.121 as well as their map, and they'll go out there a 02:41.121 --> 02:43.490 and they'll actually conduct the land nav portion 02:43.490 --> 02:45.183 of their performance examination, 02:45.183 --> 02:47.252 where they test their skills to be able to 02:47.252 --> 02:49.644 mitigate going through the terrain 02:49.644 --> 02:51.926 as well as being able to find a point 02:51.926 --> 02:53.592 that's out there on terrain 02:53.592 --> 02:56.759 that they're not really familiar with. 02:57.693 --> 03:00.443 (dramatic music) 03:08.399 --> 03:10.649 (shouting) 03:22.324 --> 03:23.780 - We build upon that foundation, 03:23.780 --> 03:25.934 and further their knowledge and skills 03:25.934 --> 03:27.717 toward tactical field care. 03:27.717 --> 03:29.917 ^So, we start off with a classroom environment, 03:29.917 --> 03:32.497 ^from there, we have the practical application, 03:32.497 --> 03:34.299 ^which goes into carrying, 03:34.299 --> 03:36.644 ^the new and regular TFC tourniquet drill, 03:36.644 --> 03:39.049 and a couple other things to enhance their skill 03:39.049 --> 03:41.292 from what they haven't learned from boot camp. 03:41.292 --> 03:43.626 It's important because it's definitely gonna help them out 03:43.626 --> 03:46.480 once they leave the country, being deployed, 03:46.480 --> 03:48.055 or going anywhere in the world. 03:48.055 --> 03:50.051 And it also helps on the civilian side 03:50.051 --> 03:52.218 just in case they need it. 03:54.613 --> 03:56.700 As far as comm here at MCT, 03:56.700 --> 03:59.382 it's their first time being introduced to comm, 03:59.382 --> 04:01.485 so we start off with the same thing, 04:01.485 --> 04:04.187 with the classes, platform instructing. 04:04.187 --> 04:06.519 They're gonna get about an hour and a half 04:06.519 --> 04:09.373 to the classroom, introducing them to the radio system, 04:09.373 --> 04:11.653 and then once that's finished, 04:11.653 --> 04:14.132 we have a practical application, it's about three hours. 04:14.132 --> 04:17.064 They first get to touch with comm gear. 04:17.064 --> 04:21.231 After that, they'll call up using a certain type of format 04:21.970 --> 04:25.006 that they were taught in bootcamp, like the salute report. 04:25.006 --> 04:26.820 And then we introduce them to the pause rep, 04:26.820 --> 04:28.987 sit rep, spot rep, and all these reports 04:28.987 --> 04:32.320 that's pertaining and used in the fleet. 04:32.469 --> 04:35.219 (dramatic music) 04:40.670 --> 04:43.828 - We don't just kick right off into 15K evaluated hike. 04:43.828 --> 04:47.401 We have stepping stones, you gotta crawl, walk, run. 04:47.401 --> 04:50.783 So we prep them, teach them how to adjust their pack, 04:50.783 --> 04:53.891 how to pack their pack, and we do the 5K 04:53.891 --> 04:58.058 so they understand how much that weight feels on their back 04:58.691 --> 05:00.015 and they get used to it 05:00.015 --> 05:01.434 and they get conditioned to that weight. 05:01.434 --> 05:04.888 And then we up it to the 10K, and then finishing 05:04.888 --> 05:06.055 with that 15K.