What is a pool function for Marines?

Marine Corps Recruiting Command The annual regional pool functions consist of an Initial Strength Test, or IST, a tug-of-war challenge and a chance for poolees to meet drill instructors before they arrive and either recruit depots.

How many Marines get out each year?

Retirement-eligible combat/combat support Marines In every year but FY07—the year in which the Marine Corps began to increase endstrength—the separation rate for these Marines was 2 to 5 percentage points above the separation rate for all retirement-eligible enlisted Marines.

What are Marines doing in 2020?

And money saved from those cuts and a redesigned Marine Corps will focus on: Low cost, lethal air and ground unmanned platforms, unmanned long range surface and subsurface vehicles, mobile, rapidly deployable rocket systems, long range precision fires, loitering munitions across the echelons, mobile air defense and …

What’s the mission of the USMC recruit station?

Click above to listen to feedback from one of our USMC recruiters. The missions of Marine and Recruit Parents are two-prong—to provide support, information, and services to poolees, recruits, and Marines and their family members, as well as providing opportunities for the public to support our troops through the organization’s outreach programs.

Where is the Marine Corps recruit station family night?

Marine Corps Recruit Station Annual Field Meet, or “Poolee Family Night”. A poolee is an individual who has already signed up to become a Marine but has not yet left for the 13 weeks of recruit training at boot camp in San Diego or Parris Island.

Are there any publications in use by the Marine Corps?

Not all publications in use by the Marine Corps have been digitized, but this is the official source for those that have. Report problems with the links to HQMC ARDE, at (703) 614-1712 or Send Email: [email protected]. Subject:”Help with Publications Webpage”

Where is the Marine Corps recruiting station in Indianapolis?

Marines from Recruiting Station Indianapolis hosted their annual statewide pool function in Indianapolis, Indiana May 16, 2015. The young men and woman train to become the next generation of America’s tough, smart and elite warriors by preparing their minds and bodies for the rigors of Marine Corps recruit training.Photo by Sgt. Tyler S. Mitchell