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)
U.S. Marines with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 howitzer during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at 62 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations. - U.S. Marines with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 howitzer during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at 62 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations.
Fly on the wall: IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System - U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol through the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines patrolling were under camera surveillance as part of the IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System, a training reviewing system used by infantry Marines and their leadership to enhance after action reviews and increase the unit's ability to make corrections to their patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)
Brig. Gen. Daniel B. Conley assumes command of Marine Corps Installations West - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton - U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Daniel Conley, center, the new commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, signs a document for his assumption of command at the base headquarters building July 22, 2019. A native of Falmouth, Massachusetts, Conley was commissioned in 1988 as a logistics officer. Conley was previously deployed to Afghanistan as the commander of Bagram Air Field and the deputy commander for U.S. National Support Element – Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)
Camp Pendleton Fire Department saves First Sergeant's Hill - Combined military and civilian efforts consisting of various U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and CAL Fire aircraft provide aerial support to extinguish the Tomahawk Fire on Naval Weapons Station Fallbrook and Camp Pendleton, Calif., 16 May, 2014. The Tomahawk Fire has burned 6,500 acres and is one of several fires that spread aboard Camp Pendleton this week. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Lopez/MCIW-MCB CamPen COMCAM/Released)
Expedited Leadership: Postal Marine sets standard for leaders - U.S. Marine Sgt. Cameron Rios, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, poses for a photo at the Las Pulgas Postal Office on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 28, 2019. Rios joined the Marine Corps in 2011 as a postal clerk and currently serves as the Las Pulgas postal office noncomissioned officer-in-charge. He is also a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)
John Farritor’s historic life - WWII Marine celebrates 100th birthday - Retired U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. John Farritor gives a speech during his 100th birthday celebration at the Pacifica Senior Living Center in Vista, California, July 9, 2019. Farritor not only fought in the battles of Iwo Jima, Inchon Landing and Chosin Reservoir as an artillery Marine, he was also a part of the 55-mile march from Camp Elliott to Camp Pendleton when the installation opened in 1942. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)