Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego's main mission is the initial training of USMC enlisted recruits living west of the Mississippi River. Over 21,000 recruits are trained at MCRD each year.

Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego was no longer a men-only institution. In 2019, Congress ordered the San Diego boot camp to integrate women into its training battalions by 2028.

SAN DIEGO — When Marine Brig. Gen. William Pendleton raised the first American flag 100 years ago at what would eventually become the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, the city was still ...

Trevino, originally from Texas, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2004 and conducted deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He assumed his position at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in June 2023 ...

In a historic first, female recruits will begin training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in California starting early next year. “Beginning Feb. 12, 2021, an integrated company of male ...

Pvt. Bruno, a 5-month-old English bulldog, on Friday assumed the role of official mascot to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, taking over from Cpl. Manny, 4, also an English bulldog.

California's two senators and Rep. Scott Peters, D- San Diego, Wednesday introduced legislation to prohibit the closure of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego as the USMC reviews its two recruit ...

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Celebrates Century in Downtown San Diego by Elizabeth Ireland • Times of San Diego Nov. 30, 2021, 10:55 p.m. Dec. 1, 2021, 3:54 a.m. Share this: ...

Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego’s color guard stands in formation during a drill instructor graduation ceremony at MCRD, Dec. 16, 2020. During drill instructor school, ...

The San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot has served as the recruit training center for the western United States since 1923, training nearly 18,000 Marines every year.

He assumed his position at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in June 2023, according to his official Marine Corps biography, which has since been removed.