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SAN DIEGO -- The annual Boot Camp Challenge returns to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Saturday morning, with hundreds participating in the obstacle course that recruits must go through before they become Marines.During the event, drill instructors will be encouraging and giving participants a taste of what it's like to go through boot camp.
They're the next generation that's going to replace the Marines that we currently have here,' he said.Data from the Department of Defense shows that while most branches of the military didn't meet their recruitment goals last fiscal year, the Marine Corps did.This past fiscal year, the Marine Corps said it did it again, even exceeding its goal by 14 percent.It was also able to retain thousands of marines, which is its new focus.'It is a full-circle moment.
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