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Marine recruits completing the final grueling test at the end of boot camp\u00a0will now face an event named for a Silver Star recipient who died in Afghanistan while trying to save his teammate.\u00a0The legacy of a fallen Marine Silver Star recipient will now guide recruits undergoing the infamous Crucible final test at West Coast boot camp.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, officials from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego renamed the improvised explosive device course recruits face during the Crucible for\u00a0complete at a dedication ceremony <\/span>in honor of Cpl. Larry Harris\u00a0Jr.<\/a>\u00a0The mortar fire team leader\u00a0was\u00a0credited with repeatedly braving enemy fire as he\u00a0attempted to evacuate a wounded Marine during a 2010 deployment. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris’ His <\/span>story will be presented\u00a0passed on<\/span> to thousands of recruits who pass through training on the West Coast\u00a0MCRD-SD <\/span>every year, said Capt. public affairs director Cpt.<\/span> Matthew Finnerty, a spokesman for the depot. Those recruits complete the Crucible at Camp Pendleton, California.\u00a0said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Every Marine who goes through the Crucible on the West Coast will hear Cpl. Harris’ citation, his sacrifice and how he served the Marine Corps and the country to save his fellow Marines,” Finnerty said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris was posthumously awarded the Silver Star “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy,” according to his citation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 1, 2010, Harris and other members of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines were\u00a0on patrol in Helmand province\u00a0in Afghanistan’s Helmand province Province <\/span>when the enemy began taking potshots at their squad, according to his citation<\/a>.\u00a0As Harris maneuvered to outflank them, the team began taking about 40 fighters opened up on his men with <\/span>heavy small arms and machine gun fire from about 40 nearby fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris was able to help his squad withdraw by repeatedly braving incoming fire to suppress the enemy.\u00a0Repeatedly braving\u00a0Constantly exposing himself to the incoming fire, Harris he suppressed the enemy while withdrawing his squad.\u00a0<\/span>When his machine gunner was shot in the leg took a round in the leg<\/span>, Harris didn\u2019t miss a beat. He ran to fallen Marine, scooped him up and began moving him to safety to prepare a medical evacuation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As he moved through a vineyard while carrying the wounded Marine, Cpl. Harris struck an improvised explosive device, absorbing the majority of the explosion with his body,” his citation states. “Although his injuries would prove fatal, Cpl. Harris ultimately saved the life of the wounded Marine.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When one of the Marines who served with Harris on that deployment was later assigned to the recruit depot’s Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Finnerty said the Marine\u00a0When one of the 3\/1 Marines that served with Harris was later assigned to Weapon and Field Training Battalion at MCRD-SD, he <\/span>took it upon himself to try to have one of the Crucible\u2019s events renamed in honor of the corporal Harris, Finnerty said<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He put a package together for the command, and the command ultimately approved it,” Finnerty\u00a0said. “The timing of [the dedication] was based on when his family and\u00a0his widow could come out.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That Marine has since left the Corps and was not available for an interview. Finnerty said officials at the recruit depot\u00a0timed the dedication so Harris’ family and\u00a0Several <\/span>other 3\/1 Marines could attend. were also able to attend, Finnerty added.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The IED awareness course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.<\/span> is the first time recruits are exposed\u00a0to the types of blasts they could encounter\u00a0IEDs <\/span>in a combat environment. It was previously named the “John Quick Trail”\u00a0in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Maj. John Henry Quick\u2019s actions in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Dieog – Recruits of Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, walk in a combat patrol as a simulated improvised explosive device explodes inside an abandoned vehicle during the Crucible at Edson Range, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Aug. 25. Before starting the course, recruits received a brief on what to do if an IED was located. A recruit must use head and arm signals to relay to his patrol that one was found. If the simulated IED exploded on them, the recruits hit by it had to lie down to indicate injury while the rest of the recruits evacuated them from the area while providing security. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually and Alpha Company will graduate recruit training Sept. 4. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marine recruits patrol as a simulated improvised explosive device hits an abandoned vehicle during the Crucible at Camp Pendleton, Calif. That portion of the three-day test is now named for Silver Star recipient Cpl. Larry Harris Jr., who was killed in an IED blast in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credit: Cpl. Jericho Crutcher\/Marine Corps<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recruits learn how to identify IED and what to do if they encounter one,\u00a0Finnerty said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The layout for the event itself is a trail with a number of small structures built along the way with a number of practice IEDs,” he said. “There’s smoke, they have sounds to signify when one would go off.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IED lane is one of several trials recruits Marines-to-be <\/span>endure as part of the final three-day\u00a0Crucible, boot camp\u2019s <\/span>test of the <\/span>skills\u00a0and values\u00a0learned during boot camp. Along the way, they learn about combat heroes\u00a0like Harris in order to reinforce what it means to be a Marine.\u00a0are sustained by true stories of Corps\u2019 history – such as Cpl. Harris\u2019 story – to reinforce what it means to be a Marine.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once they complete the Crucible, the recruits earn\u00a0the coveted eagle, globe and anchor and the title of Marine.\u00a0previous 10 weeks of training before receiving the Eagle, Globe and Anchor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right of passage stretches recruits’ physical and mental endurance to the max, offering food and sleep deprivation, forced marches and intense combat simulations over a grueling 54 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the way they are sustained by true stories of Corps’ history – such as Cpl. Harris’ story – to reinforce what it means to be a Marine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew L. Schehl covers training and education, recruiting, West Coast Marines, MARSOC, and operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for Marine Corps Times. He can be reached at <\/em>mschehl@marinecorpstimes.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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