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Battle Color Detachment to perform at Pendleton March 15th

By Public Affairs | | March 14, 2013

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The Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon performs during Battle Color Detachment ceremony at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Yuma, Ariz., March 2, 2012. The Battle Color Detachment, composed by the Silent Drill Platoon, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Marine Corps Color Guard, is currently on its national installations tour.
Battle Color Detachment kicks off tour
The Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon performs during Battle Color Detachment ceremony at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Yuma, Ariz., March 2, 2012. The Battle Color Detachment, composed by the Silent Drill Platoon, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Marine Corps Color Guard, is currently on its national installations tour.
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The U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps and Maj. Brian J. Dix, the D&B director, stand on stage after a performance during the Semper Fidelis Society of Boston's 237th Marine Corps Birthday celebration at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Nov.9.
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The U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps and Maj. Brian J. Dix, the D&B director, stand on stage after a performance during the Semper Fidelis Society of Boston's 237th Marine Corps Birthday celebration at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Nov.9.
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The Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon executes its "bursting bomb" formation during a Battle Color Detachment ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 1, 2012. The Battle Color Detachment, composed by silent drill platoon, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Marine Corps Color Guard, is currently on its national installation tour.
Battle Color Detachment kicks off tour
The Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon executes its "bursting bomb" formation during a Battle Color Detachment ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 1, 2012. The Battle Color Detachment, composed by silent drill platoon, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Marine Corps Color Guard, is currently on its national installation tour.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. --

The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, The Silent Drill Platoon and The Color Guard of the Marine Corps, collectively known as The Battle Color Detachment, are scheduled to hold two performances here March 15. 

The first performance will be at 10:30 a.m. on the 11 Area football field.  For those from the northern area, a ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m. on the 52 Area Upper Parade Deck. 

 The Marines featured in the Battle Color Ceremony are all assigned to the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. and appear in hundreds of ceremonies annually in Washington, D.C., across the country and abroad.

 The events are free and open to the public.  Those civilian guests desiring to attend should have proper personal identification and vehicle information available for presentation upon entering respective entry points. For more information on base access, please call (760) 763-7604 or visit http://www.pendleton.marines.mil/About/BaseInformation/BaseAccess.aspx

 For more information regarding the Marines of 8th & I, visit their website.

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