DOCENT PROGRAMS

Guided Recruit Education Programs - Our docents teach Marine Corps history to recruits visiting the exhibits in the museum on
"T-20 Day."

On the 20th day of recruit training recruits are introduced to the Museum and provided docent-led history tours. Our docents are combat veterans and Marine Corps history experts the combine academic instruction with real-life experiences to bring Marine Corps history alive for the recruits. The recruits mastery and retention of the history presented to them is quite impressive. One can observe the obvious pride in each Marine’s face when he subsequently escorts his family through the Museum upon his graduation, as this new Marine proudly relates, saga by saga, many of the great epics that define the Corps’s glorious history.

Our docents are knowledgeable about the numerous battles that have defined Marine Corps history, as well as the men and women who have led the Corps through the years.

Guided Public Tour Program - In addition to T-20 training for recruits, docent-guided tours are also available for school groups, reunions and community organizations. Tours of the museum are free, and can be requested through the MCRD G-3 Operations Office at (619) 524-8753 / 8754.

       SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS PROGRAM

Col. Nate Smith Scholarship Program - Three educational scholarships are presented at the Society's July Quarterly Breakfast with the CG, MCRD/WRR in memory of Col. Nate Smith. Applicants are enlisted Marines or their dependents that have enrolled in college in an accredited graduate or undergraduate program.

D. I. Salute Award Program - This award is a $500 U. S. Savings Bond presented by the Society to one drill instuctor from each of the four Recruit Training Regiment Battalions (4 awards in total) on an annual basis. Recipients are honored at the Society's annual Globe and Anchor Salute event. In addition to the monetary award, recipients also receives a dinner-for-two package at the Globe and Anchor dinner and a one-year membership to the Society.

MCRD Professional Military Education Program- This award, sponsored by the Society, is a $300 cash award presented annually to each of three Marines - one enlisted, on staff non-commissed officer, and one commissioned officer, for writing the best history for their respective category. This is a MCRD-wide competition; the recipients of the awards are evaluated and selected by the Depot Command. Names of recipients are engraved on a perpetual plaque.