They lined up, five at time, to enter the barber chair. It took the two civilian barbers on duty a liitle more than 20 seconds to shave a head. Staff Sgt. Jeff Janowiec, from the depot's public affairs office, proudly said that a former barber set a record with a six-second haircut. Getting outfitted with uniforms followed.

There would be no sleep the first night for the 400-plus recruits who arrived to begin life as a Marine. Tuesday morning Soehagen was asked if he got any sleep the night before. "About a half hour," he said.

Coming up this week: How the educators group responded when the DIs ran them through close order drill. Also, the many phases of recruit training, an interview with an Anderson Marine and how terrorism has become a new facet of training.

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