Sergeant Major M. S. Ryan
Sergeant Major Ryan graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, CA, in April 1993. Following recruit training; Private First Class Ryan attended Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton, CA and Supply Administration School at Camp Johnson, NC.
Private First Class Ryan reported to his first command, Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Regiment, in July 1993 and performed duties as a property clerk. In November 1995, Lance Corporal Ryan received orders to Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan. Upon his arrival to Okinawa, he was promoted to Corporal and was assigned the billets of Fiscal Chief and Platoon Sergeant.
SAN DIEGO (CNN) It takes 13 weeks to complete boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, where young recruits become hardened U.S. Marines. The three-month course is considered one of the most difficult in any branch of the US military.
But before this year, male and female recruits never trained side by side.
This week, after grinding through three months of training and team building, the San Diego depot s first gender-integrated class of Marines graduated after completing boot camp together. The historic first was motivated by the National Defense Authorization Act, signed in 2020, which required the Marines to begin training male and female recruits together before 2028.
9 SAN DIEGO – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) signed a lease with Bright Canyon Energy (BCE) on April 15 to provide a full-base energy resilience solution for Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego.
“The project will leverage the private sector to provide full-base resilience to meet our energy security objectives,” said Brig. Gen. Ryan Heritage, MCRD San Diego commanding general. “The installation is an essential training facility on the West Coast where the next generation of Marines is made each day. This is another example of our enduring and long-standing relationship with the San Diego community that has developed over the last 100 years.”
A platoon of female Marines made history by graduating from this San Diego boot camp
It takes 13 weeks to complete boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, where young recruits become hardened US Marines. The three-month course is considered one of the most difficult in any branch of the US military.
But before this year, male and female recruits never trained side-by-side.
This week, after grinding through three months of training and team building, the San Diego depot’s first gender-integrated class of Marines graduated after completing boot camp together. The historic first was motivated by the National Defense Authorization Act, signed in 2020, which required the Marines to begin training male and female recruits together before 2028.