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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Joe R. Vaineharrison received a Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his exemplary service, March 23. Vaineharrison, a range control officer with the range operations division, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations West, received the award from the School of Infantry-West for his service throughout the year of 2015. - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Joe R. Vaineharrison received a Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his exemplary service, March 23. Vaineharrison, a range control officer with the range operations division, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations West, received the award from the School of Infantry-West for his service throughout the year of 2015.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Camp Pendleton hosts the Leader in Me Symposium at Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School here, March 24, 2016. The Leader in Me Symposium was an event designed to showcase the leadership qualities of students to teachers from all across the nation and to parents of Mary Fay Pendleton students. (Marine Corps Photos by Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Necoechea/Released) - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Camp Pendleton hosts the Leader in Me Symposium at Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School here, March 24, 2016. The Leader in Me Symposium was an event designed to showcase the leadership qualities of students to teachers from all across the nation and to parents of Mary Fay Pendleton students. (Marine Corps Photos by Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Necoechea/Released)

Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) will host a casting call at the Marine Corps Exchange in the 13 area and the Pacific Views Marine Corps Exchange on Camp Pendleton for future recruiting media, April 5-6. MCRC is looking for quality Marines of all ranks, occupational specialty and backgrounds to be considered in future MCRC advertising projects. - Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) will host a casting call at the Marine Corps Exchange in the 13 area and the Pacific Views Marine Corps Exchange on Camp Pendleton for future recruiting media, April 5-6. MCRC is looking for quality Marines of all ranks, occupational specialty and backgrounds to be considered in future MCRC advertising projects.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- The Camp Pendleton Armed Services Young Men’s Christian Association provides Camp Pendleton Marines, Sailors and their families with recreational and welfare services through the help of donors and volunteers. Their next event is the ASYMCA Poker Run “Ride for Kids” on April 16. For more information on this and other events, please visit www.camppendletonasymca.org or contact 760-385-4921. - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- The Camp Pendleton Armed Services Young Men’s Christian Association provides Camp Pendleton Marines, Sailors and their families with recreational and welfare services through the help of donors and volunteers. Their next event is the ASYMCA Poker Run “Ride for Kids” on April 16. For more information on this and other events, please visit www.camppendletonasymca.org or contact 760-385-4921.

AT SEA - Lance Cpl. Aric Gall, an interpreter attached to the 11th Marine Expeditonary Unit, speaks to a soldier with Western Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, aboard the USS Somerset (LPD 25), Feb. 21, 2016, prior to their debarkation to San Clemente Island in preparation for the supported arms coordination center exercise(SACCEX) portion of Exercise Iron Fist 2016. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise designed to improve USMC and JGSDF’s ability to plan, communicate and conduct combined amphibious operations at the platoon, company and battalion levels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans) - AT SEA - Lance Cpl. Aric Gall, an interpreter attached to the 11th Marine Expeditonary Unit, speaks to a soldier with Western Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, aboard the USS Somerset (LPD 25), Feb. 21, 2016, prior to their debarkation to San Clemente Island in preparation for the supported arms coordination center exercise(SACCEX) portion of Exercise Iron Fist 2016. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise designed to improve USMC and JGSDF’s ability to plan, communicate and conduct combined amphibious operations at the platoon, company and battalion levels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael G. Dana, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, gives opening remarks at the Installations and Logistics board brief at the Pacific Views Event Center on Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 2, 2016. The Installations and Logistics Board provides a service level to address installations and logistics matters that affect the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler S. Dietrich, MCIWEST-MCB CamPen Combat Camera/Released) - U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael G. Dana, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, gives opening remarks at the Installations and Logistics board brief at the Pacific Views Event Center on Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 2, 2016. The Installations and Logistics Board provides a service level to address installations and logistics matters that affect the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler S. Dietrich, MCIWEST-MCB CamPen Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson, Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, gives opening remarks for the Senior Leaders Seminar at the Pacific Views Event Center on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb 29, 2016. The Senior Leaders Seminar is a forum between the commander of Marine Corps Installations Command and his installation commanding generals (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler S. Dietrich, MCIWEST-MCB CamPen Combat Camera/Released). - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson, Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, gives opening remarks for the Senior Leaders Seminar at the Pacific Views Event Center on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb 29, 2016. The Senior Leaders Seminar is a forum between the commander of Marine Corps Installations Command and his installation commanding generals (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler S. Dietrich, MCIWEST-MCB CamPen Combat Camera/Released).