Kodwa yilokho kuphela amahemuhemu. Nakuba lesi sikole sinzima, akusilo ukubuyela ekuqeqeshweni ukuqeqeshwa, ngokusho kwesigungu esisha sokuqala esikoleni.
"Ubuchwepheshe buqala lapha," kusho uSgt 1st.
URobert A. Ledferd, isitifiketi sokuqala se-DI School lapha. "Ukugxila lapha kubuholi. Sigxila ezimisweni zobuholi kanye nezikhulu, futhi lokho kudala isimo somsebenzi."
U-Ledferd wabelwa ku-DI School ngo-Agasti odlule ngemuva kokukhonza njenge-sergeant yokuqala yeNkampani L, iBattonali YokuQasha YokuQala 3. Njengabadoti abaphezulu ababhalisiwe esikoleni, uLedferd isiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abaqeqeshi besikhathi esizayo sebekulungele ukuqeqesha abafundi baseMarine Corps.
Amanqamu afika enkundleni yokudoba aqala uhambo lwabo esikoleni eside esikoleni samasonto angu-12. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abafundi bazochitha izinsuku ezingu-55 zokuqeqesha ngokufunda izifundo ezihlukahlukene, kuhlanganise namakilasi amaningi okusiza, i-CPR, izifundo ezivamile zezempi, iziqu zokudoba nokuqeqeshwa komzimba. Bazohlanganyela futhi baqhube ukuhlolwa okufanayo futhi babe nobuholi babo bahlolwe ngabafundisi kanye nabafundi abakanye nabo. Abafundi nabo baqala ukwelula imilenze yabo ngesikhathi sokunyuka kwamayela angu-5 no-8 eMarine Corps Air Station eMiramar, Calif.
Ukuhamba ngezinyawo kuyingxenye yokulungiselela i-Crucible, okuyinto abafundi abaya kuyo ekupheleni kwenkambo.
"Abafundi baphuthuma yonke into abayitholayo ngesikhathi beqeqeshwa," kusho uLedferd, oneminyaka engu-41 ubudala waseSpanish, eFil.
Kodwa ingxenye enkulu yekharikhyulamu yezemfundo igxile ekugxilweni nasekufundeni i-standard Standard Operations manual - ibible for training training.
Zonke lezi zigaba zilungiselela amaMarines ukuba athathe umthwalo wokuqeqesha ikusasa leCorps. Ngenkathi abaningi bevolontiya baseMarines emkhakheni wokugaya, abazi ukuthi isikole siyoba njani.
"Uzwa izindaba ezivela kule mikhumbi mayelana nesikole se-DI," kusho uLedferd. "Mhlawumbe uzwa ukuthi kufana nekampu ye-mini-boot kodwa isikole siyizinga eliphezulu. Siphatha abafundi njengama-sergeants kanye nabasebenzi abangasebenzi.
"Sifuna abafundi babe umholi wokuqala kanye ne-DI yesibili. Ngesinye isikhathi kuphuma ngaphandle kwefasitela uma lokho (I-DI) kuqhubeka. Kudingeka baphathe abaqeqeshi babo abaqeqeshi abanekhono lobuchwepheshe, futhi. abafundi ukuba baziphathe njenge-DIs, nokuthi kufanele baphathe kanjani amanye amaMarines lapho bewela ngaphesheya komgwaqo (ngemva kokuphothula iziqu), ikakhulukazi labo abancane kubo. "
Enye indlela uLedferd eshintsha ngayo umoya wesikole unokululekwa.
U-Ledferd, owaqala ukufundisa njengomqeqeshi we-MCRD Parris Island, SC, ngo-1994, uthi: "Akukhona okuningi ukukhamuluka nokuklabalasa," kusho uLedferd. "Kubeka phambili ekubukeleni okuhle ubuholi obubi."
U-Ledferd, owayengumqhubi wezikhali, wathi iSikole se-DI kufanele sibe njengesikole esikoleni semfundo yezempi njengoSergeant, Career, kanye ne-Courses Advanced.
"Nginomuzwa wokuthi isimo kufanele sibe phezu kobudlelwane bezifundiswa kanye nabafundi, ukuphikisa i-DI nokuqasha ubuhlobo."
Ngaphambi kokuba uMarines athole imiyalo ku-DI School, kumele abe nesilinganiso sokuqala sokuhlolwa kwePhysical Fitness Test, wonke ukuqeqeshwa konyaka kufanele kugcwaliswe, futhi kufanele babe nokuzinza komndeni nokuzinza ngokwezezimali.
"Sivame ukuba namakilasi amane ngonyaka," kusho uLedferd. "Futhi siqala nabafundi abangaba ngu-60, kodwa kunesilinganiso sokulinganiselwa kwamaphesenti angu-15 kuya kwangu-20. Lokhu kuvame ukuba ngenxa yezindaba zezokwelapha ezazikhona ngaphambili komfundi noma ngenxa yokulimala okwenzeka esikoleni."
I-DI School isinselele, ngokusho kukaLedferd, kodwa uhambo aluyeki lapho abafundi behola ikhava yomkhankaso we-DI efunayo. Ukuvakasha emkhakheni wokudoba nakho kuyinselele kakhulu, kepha isikole se-DI sihlomisa ama-Marines ngalokho okudingayo ukuze baphumelele.
"Qinisekisa, kodwa uhlelekile futhi ufune ukuthola," kusho uLedferd.
"Sebenzisa izici nezimiso zobuholi, futhi lokho kuzokusiza ukuba ube yi-DI ephumelelayo."
yi-Master Sgt. UJanice M. Hagar