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YEAR-END GIVING CAMPAIGN
We are incredibly grateful for your generous donation on Year-End Giving Drive! Your support means the world to us and will directly impact our mission. Thanks to people like you, we are able to help more active-duty Marines, their families, veterans, and local youth! 
This year marks 250 Years of U.S. Marine Corps History. Your contribution furthers our mission to promote the legacy of the Marine Corps through historic preservation, free education programs, and community outreach initiatives in order to positively impact Marines, Sailors, veterans, their respective families, and the Nation.
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MARINE GRADUATIONS OPEN TO PUBLIC
MCRD San Diego graduations are open to the public!
Click to visit the Depot's website to learn more
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GRAD PHOTOS & GRAD BOOKS
The MCRD Museum Foundation maintains a collection of platoon photos, composite photos, and platoon books.
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Click the image to learn more about our mission to provide an educational setting for Marines & recruits, support the Command, and serve as a bridge to the local community.
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OUR PROGRAMS
The MCRD Command Museum provides free programming to school groups and scouting groups which teach Core Values in a historic setting. We also serve active duty, veterans, and families through outreach programs that strengthen our local community.
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SHOW YOUR PRIDE & GET INVOLVED
Shop for your USMC gear here! All proceeds directly support the Museum and its programs for Marines and veterans.
Help preserve and perpetuate Marine Corps history. Become a member, volunteer, or donate today. If you enjoy Marine Corps history, you will be forever moved by this experience!
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6th Annual Sgt Lucas T. Pyeatt Memorial Golf Tournament

The MCRD Museum Foundation is proud to announce that the 6th Annual Sgt Lucas T. Pyeatt Memorial Golf Tourament will be held on Saturday, 4 May 2024 at the Oaks North Golf Course, located at 12602 Oaks N Dr. San Diego, CA 92128.

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MARINE GRADUATIONS OPEN TO PUBLIC

MCRD San Diego graduations are open to the public!
Click below to visit the Depot's website to learn more

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Grad Photos and Grad Books

The MCRD Museum Foundation maintains a collection of platoon photos, composite photos, and platoon books.

Order
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Our Mission

Learn more about our mission to provide an educational setting for Marines & recruits, support the Command, and serve as a bridge to the local community.

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Our Programs

The MCRD Command Museum provides free programming to school groups and scouting groups which teach Core Values in a historic setting. We also serve active duty, veterans, and families through outreach programs that strengthen our local community.

Learn More
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Get Involved

Help preserve and perpetuate Marine Corps history. Become a member, volunteer, or donate today. If you enjoy Marine Corps history, you will be forever moved by this experience!

Learn More
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Show Your Pride

Shop for your USMC gear here! All proceeds directly support the Museum and its programs for Marines and veterans.

Learn More

List of Photo Topics

Below is a list of topics and themes of photos in the MCRD Museum Reference Center Photographic Collection.  The MCRD Museum Reference Center does not have individual boot camp photos of recruits who trained at MCRDSD, group platoon photos, or any other group photos of recruit training, or schools, such as infantry training regiment, or DI School.  

Accessing Photos

LOCAL PATRONS

If you live in the San Diego area, we strongly recommend that you visit the MCRD Museum Reference Center in person to view the digitized collections and select the images you want.  The reason for this is because some collections have several hundred images.  It is to your benefit to look at the images yourself so you can select exactly the photo or photos you want.  Otherwise, the Museum Historian will have to guess at  which image or images she thinks you would like.  You must provide your own storage media such as a disc or flash drive to copy images onto.  Appointments to visit the MCRD Museum Reference Center are strongly recommended to save you time.

OUT OF AREA PATRONS

If you live outside the San Diego area or are unable to visit the MCRD Museum Reference Center in person, contact the Museum Historian to request that a digitized photograph be transferred to you, free of cost, via an online file transfer service. Please make your digitized photo requests as specific as possible. This helps you get the best photo to fit your request.

HISTORIAN CONTACT INFORMATION
Email
(619) 524-6720

Photo Collections

  • African-American Marines
  • Animals
  •     Mascots
  •     Military Working Dogs
  •     Sgt Reckless
  • Bands
  • Boxer Rebellion
  • Cemeteries, U.S.M.C.
  • Chaplains, USN
  • Chesty Puller
  • China Marines
  • Commandants, U.S.M.C.
  • Commanding Generals, MCRD, SD
  • Corpsmen, USN
  • Female Marines
  • Gulf War
  • Hollywood Actors & Movies
  • John Philip Sousa
  • Korean War, U.S.M.C. Participation In
  • Latin America
  • Lebanon, 1958 & 1982-1984
  • Marine Barracks
  • Marine Corps Bases
  • Marine Corps Camps
  • Marine Corps Detachments
  • Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego
  • Marksmen, U.S.M.C.
  • Medal of Honor Recipients
  • Military Operations Other Than War
  • Motorcycle Marines
  • Mounted Marines
  • Navajo Code Talkers
  • Operation Enduring Freedom
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
  • Operation Urgent Fury
  • Panama-California Exposition 1915
  • Para Marines
  • Posts & Stations, Misc U.S.M.C.
  • Raiders, U.S.M.C.
  • Reconnaissance Marines
  • Recruit Training
  • Recruiters & Recruiting
  • Recruiting Posters
  • Rifle Ranges
  • Scout/Snipers, U.S.M.C.
  • Sergeants Major U.S.M.C.
  • Spanish-American War
  • Sports
  • United States Army
  • Vietnam War, U.S.M.C. Participation In
  • World War I, U.S.M.C. Participation In
  • World War II, U.S.M.C. Parcitipation In