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All Marines who attended MCRD Parris Island for boot camp will report to SOI (School of Infantry) East at Camp Geiger in North Carolin. That is where Blake is heading now. SOI is where basically trained Marines become Marine warriors. “Every Marine is a Rifleman” is the mantra of the Marine Corps. While strictly true, Marine’s must also select and train for a position in which they will serve most of their time in the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps wants each Marine to be the most successful and will, therefore, assign a MOS that they believe you will be highly successful at. After another nine weeks of training, Blake is sent for more training. Blake attends Infantry Training Battalion(ITB) will go through nine weeks of training. He spends two weeks in class and then seven weeks i