Welcome to Camp Pendleton: Field Medical Training Battalion - West - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Idelia Brandflu, left, and Seaman Sam Applin, right, both students with Field Medical Training Battalion - West, assess a simulated casualty as part of the Field Medical Service Technician Course final exercise at the FMTB training site on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 16, 2019. The final exercise is the last task the sailors must complete before earning the title of Fleet Marine Force corpsman. The staff and instructors at FMTB-West are responsible for training the corpsman and officers who provide medical support to Marine Corps units. Brandflu is a native of Murrieta, California. Applin is a native of Hanford, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)
Camp Pendleton opens new beach cottages with dedication ceremony - U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Daniel B. Conley, right, the commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and with representatives from Marine Corps Community Services and the San Diego Nice Guys charity, cut a ribbon during a dedication ceremony for beach cottages at San Onofre Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 15, 2019. The ceremony marked the completion of renovations for the last two of 13 cottages to be rebuilt at San Onofre. The updated cottages are designed to be more accessible to wounded service members or those with disabilities. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)
Welcome to Pendleton: MCB Camp Pendleton Fire Department - Robert Fleisher, a lieutenant paramedic with the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Fire Department, performs a function check on a fire engine's air brakes during the duty change over at MCB Camp Pendleton Fire Department Station Five on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 1, 2019. The MCB Camp Pendleton firefighters operate on 48-hour shifts, and spend the first morning of their shift assessing and cleaning vehicles and equipment to ensure mission readiness. The fire department has 11 stations on the installation and over 100 firefighters to act as first responders in the event of a fire or emergency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)
Sharing skills: MARSOC canine handlers host subject matter expert exchange - U.S. Marine military working dog Argo, with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rides into the ocean on a combat rubber raiding craft at Red Beach as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 25, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)
Camp Pendleton offers critical terrain for confined area landing training - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Cobzaru, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, observes the flight path from the gunner’s seat of a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during flight operations at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 31, 2018. Marines with HMLAT-303 routinely conduct day and night training flights in order to maintain readiness among pilots and crew members. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)