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Last up dated on November 1, 2000

PROMOTIONS & AWARDS
July 4, 2000
Family Day at Chino Hills, see Event

July 5, 2000
SgtMaj. Corniel and Sgts. Herrera and Yoshihara were retired from the unit and will be reverting to Pvt.'s this summer as they have joined the Marine Corps and will be leaving for Boot Camp soon after graduation.  So will former Chosan Young Marine Sgt. DeLaCruz. L/Cpl Gomez was retired also and will be going on to collage.  See Event.

July 8, 2000
Our Color Guard performed at the Long Beach Sprint Boat races and did an outstanding job.  The man in charge even called the Regimental CO with complements.  Well done Color Guard. 
See Event.

July 8, 2000
Recruit Platoon 1-00 graduated with 30 new Young Marines.
The Honor Recruit was PFC Jasper, J.
Also promoted to PFC was Prieto, J. and Viesca, V.
Pvt. Jacobs, B. earned the Outstanding Salesmanship Award
Meritorious Mast were given to;
PFC Viesca, V. = Highest Academic Score
PFC Jasper, J. = Highest PFT Score
Pvt. Garcia, J. = Most Improved
See Photo Page 4.

July 9, 2000
30 Young Marines, 5 Staff members and 1 parent went on a short hike up Bear Creek, off the West Fork of the San Gabriel River.  It was a fun event for most of the Young Marines who got a touch of the wilderness for the first time.
See Photo Page 5.
 

Former Chosan Young Marine S/Sgt. Lee will be graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis this summer.  He is going for the Marine Corps option.  Let us all hope he makes it and comes back to visit us as a Marine 2nd Lieutenant.

SEPTEMBER PROMOTIONS
GySgt Lemus Meritoriously promoted to 
1st Sgt. at Regimental Encampment.
LCpl's Casillas, Rios, Berber and Bernal promoted to Cpl's.

OCTOBER PROMOTIONS
Sgt. Contreras to S/Sgt.
Cpl.s Casillas and Rios to Sgt.
PFC's Perez and Schwartz to L/Cpl.s
Pvt. Cruz to PFC

NOVEMBER PROMOTIONS
Cpl. Bernal to Sgt.
L/Cpl. Bovi to Cpl.

FORMER YOUNG MARINES
All four of our former Young Marines were accepted as PFC's due to thier Y.M. experience.
PFC Corniel will be graduating on 
Friday, Nov. 10 at MCRD
PFC De La Cruz will be graduating on
Wednesday, Nov. 22 at MCRD
PFC Herrera will be graduating on 
Friday Dec 1 from Paris Island
All say they have benifited a lot from the training and experience they got in the Young Marine program.
PFC ERIC YOSHIHARA GRADUATED
MCRD ON OCTOBER 27, 2000
AND RETURNED TO VISIT THE UNIT 
ON NOVEMBER 1, 2000
Graduation photo

THE CHOSAN UNIT
is now in the 6th Battalion, 
California Regiment of Young Marines
along with the Commerce and
Ventura County Young Marine units.

Mr. Sal De La Cruz, Bn. C.O.
Mr. Steve Neal, Bn. X.O.
Mrs. Grace De La Cruz,
Bn. Adj/Paymaster