<Tr> <Th> Current commander </Th> <Td> BG William M. Jurney </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Garrison </Th> <Td> Recruit training Drill instructor training Recruiter training </Td> </Tr> <P> Marine Corps Recruit Depot (commonly referred to as MCRD) San Diego is a United States Marine Corps military installation in San Diego, California . It lies between San Diego Bay and Interstate 5, adjacent to San Diego International Airport and the former Naval Training Center San Diego . MCRD San Diego's main mission is the initial training of enlisted male recruits living west of the Mississippi River . Over 21,000 recruits are trained each year . The Depot also is the home to the Marine Corps' Recruiter School and Western Recruiting Region's Drill Instructors School . </P> <P> Marines made an amphibious landing in San Diego in 1846 from USS Savannah and USS Congress during the Mexican--American War . Marines made a presence in San Diego again in July 1914, but ground was not broken for a permanent base until March 2, 1919 . The initial proposal for the base came from Congressman William Kettner, who also proposed construction of Naval Training Center San Diego . The Marine base only became a reality due to the perseverance of its first commanding officer, Colonel Joseph Henry Pendleton (later a general and the namesake of Camp Pendleton). Before the commissioning of the base on Dutch Flats, the Marines were based in Balboa Park . The structures were designed by architect Bertram Goodhue in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, and they echo the style used for the buildings of the 1915 Panama--California Exposition (also inspired by Goodhue). The base and its original buildings are now on the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Diego County, California . By 1921, the base was formally commissioned, and in 1923 it became the Marine Corps' recruit training center for the western United States . During World War II, the flow of recruits into the base surged, with 18,000 recruits arriving in one month . In 1948, the base was formally named Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego . </P>

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