Burke kept moving, systematically quieting the hostile fire until his weapon malfunctioned. He then grabbed a rifle and some hand grenades off someone nearby and kept fighting, taking out two more enemy soldiers.
Frosted Windows, Shower Signs: What It Took to Get the Marines San Diego Boot Camp Ready for Female Recruits
New Marines in Platoon 3241 complete tasks in their squad bay before boot camp graduation in April 2021 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. (Hope Hodge Seck/Staff)
22 May 2021
MCRD San Diego When Marine leaders defend the Corps historic resistance to further gender integration of recruit training, they often bring up infrastructure as a major challenge. The two Marine Corps boot camps, built in the 1910s, are simply not built to accommodate companies integrated by gender.
Gen. David Berger, commandant of the Marine Corps, even suggested last year that the service would have to close down its existing training bases and build new ones to carry out a congressional integration mandate.
First Sergeant Kristopher L. Privitar
First Sergeant Privitar was born in McAllen and was raised in Universal City, Texas. He enlisted in Marine Corps in August 2002, and completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in November 2002. PFC Privitar was then assigned to Infantry Training Battalion, to receive his basic rifleman training and advanced training as an Anti-Tank Assaultman (0351). PFC Privitar graduated School of Infantry West, Infantry Training Battalion, in March 2003, and was given orders to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
PFC Privitar then met with 2/4 during a deployment to Okinawa, Japan and was assigned to Weapons Company, Anti-Armor Section as a Javelin Gunner. Shortly after returning the unit received orders to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) II. The unit deployed to Iraq, in February 2004, and was the primary unit involved in the “Battle of Rhamadi”. While on deployment Lance Corporal P
Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Pfc. Robert C. Burke
A Marine from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, cautiously approaches a damaged hut during Operation Allen Brook. The Viet Cong dominated the small villages on Go Noi Island in Vietnam.
MAY 17, 2021 | BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS
Marine Corps Pfc. Robert C. Burke took charge in 1968 when his unit was pinned down by intense enemy fire in Vietnam. Burke didn’t make it out alive, but his actions earned him the Medal of Honor.
Burke was born Nov. 7, 1949, in Monticello, Illinois, and lived with his parents, four sisters and two brothers. As a teen, he worked after school helping his dad build fences for area farmers. His mother told reporters later that he had dreamed of being a Marine since he was a young boy.