OoRah!

Josh and I are having a blast here in California! We came on a school trip for Josh's school to the Marine Recruiting Center in San Diego. The point is to teach educators about the Marines so that they can help direct the students who aren't sure what they are going to do with their lives. So, we arrived here yesterday and this morning, the loaded us up on a bus and when the bus stopped, a guy got on the bus and SCREAMED at us! He was a drill instructor and we got to experience what the first two minutes are like for a new Marine Recruit. We had to run off the bus, fall into formation, learn how to stand at attention, and fall in line, while being yelled and screamed at by scary drill instructors. It was so amazing. Then, they led us into this room where they said that that was the real first two minutes of Marine Boot Camp.

This is a picture of our drill instructor.

Then...

They brought us to this field where we learned some very basic marial arts, just some basic punches and we practiced in pairs with these big pad things and this drill instructor got right in my face and kept yelling, "PUNCH THROUGH HER! HARDER!!!! HARDER!!!!"

Then...

We went over they told us to put on some Marine pants, a shirt, vest, helmet and handed us a rubber rifle. We watched as four Marines worked through this obstacle course. Then, we had the option to try it and it turned out to be a lot of fun. I even made one of the drill instructors laugh when I accidently ran past a dummy without stabbing him with my rifle and the drill instructor yelled "GO BACK!! GO BACK!! YOU MISSED ONE!" and I was too tired, so I said, "Aww, just let that one live!!" Here are a few pictures. I'm sure I'll have more tomorrow.