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WEBVTT AND FRIENDS TO SEE WHAT THEIR LOVED ONES GO THROUGH. >> EYEBALLS. ALAN: THE FEW, THE PROUD -- >> ARE YOU SITTING DOWN RIGHT% NOW? ALAN: GETTING PREPARED FOR WHAT’S AHEAD. >> RECRUIT TRAINING IS A VERY INTENSE EXPERIENCE. ALAN: IT WAS A BOOT CAMP KINDA NIGHT IN BELTON, AS ALL THESE NEWLY-ENLISTED POOLEES, OR MARINES IN TRAINING -- >> STAND UP RIGHT NOW. SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW. ALAN: GOT A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT WHAT THEY’LL BE GETTING SOON. >> TRAINING FOR INSTANT AND WILLING OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS. >> DID I SAY WHISPER TO ME? >> STAND UPRIGHT NOW. ALAN: DUBBED "FAMILY NIGHT," TWO OF THE MARINES’ BEST DRILL INSTRUCTORS, IN TOWN TO GIVE A DEMONSTRATION AS TO WHAT IT’S LIKE GOING THROUGH A MARINE BOOT CAMP. >> TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY TRIP WHEN THEY GO. WE ARE HERE TO MAKE MARINES. THAT IS OUR JOB. >> EYEBALLS! EYEBALLS! ALAN: IT WAS A NIGHT SOME OF THESE POOLIES SAY WAS KINDA WHAT THEY NEEDED TO PREPARE THEMSELVES. >> THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF FEAR GOING ON HERE. >> THIS IS INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE WILL EXPERIENCE FOR THREE MONTHS AND WE GET A TASTE OF WHAT THE DRILL INSTRUCTORS FEEL LIKE. ALAN: IT’S THE NATION’S BEST, TRAINING THE FUTURE PROTECTORS OF OUR COUNTRY. >> STRAIGHT ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT RIGHT