Story by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb | 1st Marine Division | 05.23.2019
No nation can confront today’s challenges alone. Over the past several decades, the trans-Atlantic strategic relationship between the U.S. and Europe has been forged and strengthened by working hand-in-hand with one another. For approximately a month, the KJK and U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and Marines with 1st Platoon, Force......
Story by Lance Cpl. Brennan Beauton | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 04.25.2019
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Camp Foster hosted the Western Pacific Civilian Career Development Information Forum for Marine Corps Installations Pacific's civilian employees to recieve essential professional development information at Community Center April 25....
Story by Cpl. Anabel Abreu Rodriguez and Sgt. Hector De Jesus | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 06.11.2018
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.—Camp Pendleton’s Fire Department responded to what would eventually become a 42-acre fire today in the Mike training area on the Southern side of base. Twenty-two Pendleton firefighters arrived on the scene of the fire about 2 kilometers south of Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton with five engines at 11:30 a.m. The crews managed to establish a line around......
Story by Sgt. Antonio Rubio | 4th Marine Corps District | 06.08.2018
More than 800 applications were submitted to earned a spot at the Marine Corps Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy (SLCDA) held at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Through his dedication to giving back to his fellow students and his community, Lance Cagle, a Concord, N. C. native, is one of 202 students nationwide selected to attend....
Story by Cpl. Anabel Abreu Rodriguez | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 05.11.2018
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.—Camp Pendleton’s Fire Department and CAL FIRE San Diego responded to an 18-acre burn, Jacques fire, on May 9 in the Hotel training area on the East side of base, near Fallbrook, Calif....
Story by Cpl. Anabel Abreu Rodriguez | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 05.09.2018
Camp Pendleton's average rainfall in dry season is approximately .91 inches, between the dry months of June through October. In extreme cases, the base can go 150 days without rain, making the land vulnerable to wildland fires....
Story by Lance Cpl. Megan Roses | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 04.12.2018
Marine Corps Installations West (MCI-West), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton’s Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea has signed a new policy for residents living in Camp Pendleton’s Public Private Venture housing (PPV)....
Story by Pfc. Drake Nickels | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 04.11.2018
Kimberly Lightley stood at the front of the meeting hall, chatting with Camp Pendleton Fire Department personnel as they waited for her presentation to begin. Behind her, a photo of 20 firefighters, smiling for the camera. But it wasn’t just any group photo. The photo contained the ‘Prineville Hotshots’ who battled the South Canyon, Colorado wildfire on July 6, 1994. Shortly after that......
