Courtesy Video | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 01.06.2016
Overview Marine Corps Installations West (MCIWEST)is comprised of five Marine Corps installations throughout California and Arizona. Our bases and air stations are fundamental to the combat readiness of Marine operating forces and integral to the quality of life for our Marines, Sailors, and their families. With a primary goal of consistent level of support to installations, the region......
Courtesy Video | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 01.05.2016
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton was established in 1942, and has served as a training facility for hundreds of thousands of Marines from World War II through the War on Terror. Camp Pendleton serves as the Marine Corps' primary amphibious training base and the home to I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Logistics Group and many tenant units. The coastal and......
Courtesy Video | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 01.04.2016
Created in 1978, the Camp Pendleton's Air Facility was re-designated as Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton in 1985. MCAS Camp Pendleton operates a secure Class A airfield and maintains air station facilities, equipment and properties in support of the warfighting forces preparing for combat....
Courtesy Video | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 01.03.2016
In use by the military since 1917, Miramar served briefly as a Marine Corps air station from 1945 to 1947 before transitioning to the Navy. Following a Base Realignment and Closure Committee recommendation in 1993, the installation was transferred back to the Corps and on Oct. 1, 1997, became a Marine Corps air station once again. Today, MCAS Miramar is the West Coast home of Marine......
Courtesy Video | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 01.02.2016
The first air facility in Yuma was constructed in 1928 for military and civilian use. When the United States entered World War II, an air base was erected and by early 1943, Yuma Army Air Base began graduating classes of pilots. The base became one of the busiest flying schools in the nation. At the end of the war, all flight activity here ceased and the area was partially reclaimed by......
Courtesy Video | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 01.01.2016
In 1942, the Marine Corps planners chose Barstow as a secure inland site to protect critical supplies and equipment against possible Japanese attack. In November 1978, the Base was re-designated to its present title of Marine Corps Logistics Base to emphasize its broad logistics support mission. Barstow offers 3 million square feet of covered storage and approximately 30 million square......
