Crucible Events - starting at 2 AM Tuesday - turn on your porch lights and/or pray for Jon Berg and his Lima Co. brothers who will soon be Marines:) Day 1 Reveille (2 am) Night movement (3 am) Recruits conduct a 6-mile hike to the Crucible site. Events 1-3 (5: 30 am - 6:30 pm) Event 1 – Battle of Hue City A one-hour event in which the teams resupply water, ammunition and MREs through a course which consists of trenches, wire fences and walls. After the resupply course, teams negotiate the warrior stations below: Pfc Jenkins Pinnacle Teams cross two horizontal cable-supported logs. Pfc Garcias Engagement Individuals demonstrate their knowledge of hand-to-hand combat skills, and then participate in a warrior case study of Pfc. Garcia. Lehews Challenge Teams of two climb over an eight-foot high horizontal log. Corbins Convoy Teams react to a simulated IED while on patrol. Event 2 – Battle of Belleau Wood Pugil Sticks/Body Sparring Leadership Reaction Course A three-hour event in which the teams perform six reaction course problems which test their ability to work as a team to solve problems. Event 3 – Core Event and Warrior Stations A one-hour event which can hold a maximum of six teams working concurrently. Noonans Casualty Evacuation The team will recover a downed pilot and another recruit “shot” by a sniper and transport them over a mile of wooded terrain. Enhanced Obstacle Course The recruits carry a dummy casualty on a stretcher and ammunition cans from one end of a standard Marine Corps obstacle course to the other, going over all obstacles. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) Strikes Station - Recruits are required to demonstrate and conduct five-minute MCMAP strikes. Core Values Station Recruits sit inside a hut and receive information on a particular core value from their drill instructor. Night Event (8 pm - 11 pm) – Five-mile night hike with a time limit of three hours. Sleep (midnight - 4 am)
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