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The Making of a Marine: QC Teachers experience boot camp

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Teachers on board the white bus hadn’t gotten to finish their coffee that morning. The bus driver told them spills would make his floor sticky. The bus pulls up to a yellow building at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, and a loud voice gets on.

“Get off my bus!”

That voice belongs to a Marine Corps drill instructor. He skips over any pleasantries or greetings, demanding the teachers get off the bus and stand in lines on what are known as the yellow footprints.