Marine Boot Camp

The process of transforming raw civilians into an enlisted United Stars Marine starts at one of the dozens of Marine Corp Recruit Training facilities.

The size of these facilities range from the to historical (Pre Astro Marine) Marine Corp Recruit Depots (MCRD) located at San Diego, California and Paris Island, South Carolina both located on the North American continent of Terra, to the training facilities covering the entire planets such as Jarhead, Leatherneck, and Teufelshunde.

The United Stars Marine Corp Recruit Training, also known as Boot Camp, is a fifteen week program of initial training that each recruit must successfully complete in order to join the United Stars Marine Corps.

With exception of the two historical locations, the location from which the recruit enlists determines the location of the training facility he will attend. Exceptions can be made in cases where there is a family tradition of serving in the Marine Corp. The two historical MCRDs get a random selection of recruits from all over the Union.