Marines meet at March: This time they dressed up Published Nov. 8, 2008 By Will Alexander 452 AMW Public Affairs MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIF. -- It's true. They're the "World's Finest," the "Few and the Proud," "Devil Dogs," and one of the most "elite fighting forces in the history of the planet." But a day before Halloween, the Marines let their hair down a bit. Well ... a lot. At a meeting at the Cultural Resources Center, Nov. 30, about 150 Marines of Recruiting Station San Diego dressed up as police, prophets, and politicians, to have a little fun while tackling the brutal business of wartime recruiting. They also dressed up the Cultural Center: skeleton bones and hacked-off human hands dangled from cobwebbed doorways; police tape and cobwebs lined the railings and hung from auditorium seats; creepy music, layered with screams, shrieking cats and crashing glass poured from the sound system. "Recruiting is known as the toughest duty in the Marine Corps short of combat, so we try to make it as fun as we can, "said Maj. Kate Germano, commanding officer, RS San Diego, who was costumed as Penelope the Cat. "The Marines have worked very hard and they've sacrificed a lot to be successful out here and they deserve to have a good time once and a while." Marines from RS San Diego meet at March every two months to conduct sales and annual training, according to Maj. Germano. RS San Diego is one of eight recruiting stations within the 12th Marine Corps District, headquartered at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. RS San Diego has 15 substations and 12 permanent contact stations throughout Southern California, Nevada and Utah, where Marines recruit from 168 high schools.