THIS WEEK...
This week is the toughest week of bootcamp. Monday is the Gas Chamber (confidence chamber) and Tuesday - Thursday is the Crucible.
The Crucible The Crucible is the rite of passage for Marine recruits
The Crucible is the defining moment of recruit training. The Crucible is designed to evaluate a recruit’s mental, moral, and physical development in order to validate the transformation into a United States Marine. For most, the Crucible will be the first time they reach the limits of their mental, physical, and emotional endurance. They will know that they are capable of much more than they previously believed. They will know that they can exceed their own personal limitations through teamwork, perseverance, and courage. The Crucible, once experienced, will be a personal touchstone and will demonstrate for each and every recruit the limitless nature of what they can achieve individually and, more importantly, what they can accomplish when they work as a team.
The Crucible consists of 54 hours of intense, physically demanding training, under conditions of sleep and food deprivation. During this time, recruits will be forged in the furnace of shared hardship and tough training that is the time-tried and battle-proven trademark of Marine recruit training. There will be night forced marches, a tough night infiltration movement, a combat resupply event, a casualty evacuation drill, and combat field firing. Any recruit who quits will not bear the title Marine.
Recruits will encounter unique obstacles, each bearing the name of a heroic Marine from our illustrious history, which can only be negotiated with teamwork. Once each obstacle is overcome, the drill instructor mentors the
recruits, critiques their efforts, and retells the story of the Marine for
whom the obstacle was named, bringing to light how that individual exemplified our core values. . . . . . . Honor, Courage, Commitment.
The Crucible is the culminating event in recruit training, and in order to become a Marine, all recruits must complete and pass the entire evaluation. Capping the already tough challenges of the previous two days is a 9 mile march with full packs and all of their personal equipment. It is the final event designed to see who has what it takes, and all recruits must complete the march to pass, and those that do not pass are sent home. At the end of the march the recruits participate in the Emblem Ceremony. This is the moment when the legacy is handed down, they earn the title “Marine,” and the newest Marines are presented with the Corps’ emblem, the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, by their drill instructors.
Tuesday October 7
* 3:00 - 4:00 (am)
* 4:00 - 5:00 - Judith Maratea
* 5:00 - 6:00 - Karen Irace - Nancy DeYoung
* 6:00 - 7:00 - Kayla Wories
* 7:00 - 8:00 - Cynthia North
* 8:00 - 9:00 - Mark Morris - Ken DeYoung
* 9:00 - 10:00 - Jared Van Noord
* 10:00 - 11:00 - Cindy Smit & Polly Weiss
* 11:00 - 12:00 (pm)
* 12:00 - 1:00 - Debbie Liccar
* 1:00 - 2:00
* 2:00 - 3:00 - Shari Clark
* 3:00 - 4:00 - Brenda DeVries & Penny DeYoung
* 4:00 - 5:00 - Sharon Harbeck
* 5:00 - 6:00
* 6:00 - 7:00
* 7:00 - 8:00 - Danielle DeVries
* 8:00 - 9:00 - Lisa Evenhouse
* 9:00 - 10:00 - Aunt Paula
* 10:00 - 11:00 - Julie Ipema
* 11:00 - 12:00 - Linda Prestridge
Wednesday October 8
* 12:00 - 1:00 (am) - Jean Reinsma
* 1:00 - 2:00
* 2:00 - 3:00
* 3:00 - 4:00 - Rick Kuipers
* 4:00 - 5:00 - Ken DeVries
* 5:00 - 6:00 - Brenda DeVries
* 6:00 - 7:00 - Liz Ipema
* 7:00 - 8:00 - Tami Kuipers
* 8:00 - 9:00 - Kathryn Frederick
* 9:00 - 10:00 - Jared Van Noord
* 10:00 - 11:00 - Sandra Prince
* 11:00 - 12:00 (pm)
* 12:00 - 1:00 - Debbie Liccar
* 1:00 - 2:00 - Barb Gustavson
* 2:00 - 3:00
* 3:00 - 4:00 - Aunt Paula
* 4:00 - 5:00 - Becky Newhuis
* 5:00 - 6:00 - Bill Frederick
* 6:00 - 7:00 - Gordy Gustavson
* 7:00 - 8:00 - Danielle DeVries
* 8:00 - 9:00 - Lisa Evenhouse
* 9:00 - 10:00 - Mark Prestridge
* 10:00 - 11:00 - Julie Ipema
* 11:00 - 12:00 - Linda Prestridge
Thursday October 9
* 12:00 - 1:00 (am) - Danielle DeVries
* 1:00 - 2:00
* 2:00 - 3:00
* 3:00 - 4:00
* 4:00 - 5:00 - Judith Maratea
* 5:00 - 6:00 - Brenda DeVries
* 6:00 - 7:00 - Kayla Wories
* 7:00 - 8:00 - Kathryn Frederick
* 8:00 - 9:00 - Jared Van Noord
* 9:00 - 10:00 -Faith Ritsema
OooRah The Crucible is finished and Justin is now a Marine! He gets to go to Warrior Breakfast!
(Those of you who know how much Justin eats can imagine what he'll be like at this warrior breakfast!)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6
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