Marine Corps Pfc. Adam A. Rodriguez recently...

Marine Corps Pfc. Adam A. Rodriguez recently completed 12 weeks of

recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.

Rodriguez and his fellow recruits began their days at 5 a.m. by

running three miles. He also studied water survival, marksmanship,

hand-to-hand combat and combat weapons training. Rodriguez completed

boot camp by passing “The Crucible,” a 54-hour team exercise that

ends with a ceremony in which he and other recruits were presented

the Marine Corps emblem and addressed as “Marines” for the first

time. Rodriguez is a 2004 graduate of Estancia High School and is the

son of Aurora and Jerry Huffman of Costa Mesa.

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