Community Counseling Center available for service members and their families
January 24, 2015 — Camp Pendleton’s Community Counseling Center is a Marine & Family Programs behavioral health program created to take care of service members and their families. The CCC provides service members and their families free counseling such as: individual, couples, family, child and teen, and care management. “Counseling increases coping skills, MORE
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Educational opportunities available on Camp Pendleton
September 8, 2014 — The crowd erupted in loud applause as Gunnery Sgt. Gina Pompeyo walked down the stage with a diploma in hand and a smile on her face. One of her twin daughters took pictures using her smart phone while the other jumped up and down joyfully. Education was a major reason she enlisted, said Pompeyo, an honor graduate of Camp Pendleton’s Combined MORE
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Special needs children spend Best Day surfing Del Mar Beach
August 8, 2013 — The Exceptional Family Member Program partnered with the Best Day Foundation of Orange County to host an activity filled event at Del Mar Beach here Aug. 3 and 4.“EFMP assists active-duty personnel in providing for the special needs of family members before, during and after relocation required by a change of duty assignment,” said Winona Britt, MORE
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Sparks light night at Fourth of July Beach Bash
July 6, 2013 — A sea of patriots wearing red, white and blue spent hours setting up tents and games on Del Mar Beach here for the Fourth of July Beach Bash.As live entertainment played and food-trucks served pizza slices and french fries the beach goers barbequed, played in the ocean and shared in the patriotic celebration.HP, USAA and Ken Grody Ford sponsored MORE
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NFL players coach youth football and cheer camp on Pendleton
July 20, 2012 — It is a common childhood dream to want to become a professional athlete; running onto the field for the first time, hearing a cheering crowd of 80,000 people, or signing autographs for adoring fans. For more than 150 young participants who attended the 2nd Annual Eric Dickerson Youth Football and Cheer Camp, the burning desire of that dream MORE
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Camp Pendleton Eagle Scout awarded prestigious medal
April 25, 2012 — During a cold evening outing with a church group, one Camp Pendleton Eagle Scout encountered a rare situation that required him to call upon his Boy Scouts of America training.Connor F. Stotts was awarded the ‘Honor Medal with crossed palms’ at the Blinder Memorial Chapel, April 24, in recognition for single-handedly saving the lives of three MORE
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Arts and Crafts Hobby Shop helps families create memories
November 4, 2011 — There is a unique, hidden gem located on Camp Pendleton that offers creative opportunities for base residents to explore their artistic talents.The Arts and Crafts Hobby Shop, located on Mainside, Bldg. 13113, is an inexpensive place for patrons to enjoy artistic hobbies such as woodworking, cake decorating, ceramics, sewing, pottery, guitar MORE
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Harvest Festival offers families fun, safe environment
October 28, 2011 — Hundreds gathered at Camp Pendleton’s Stuart Mesa Community Center to embrace the fall season during the annual Harvest Festival, Oct. 26. The event, sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services, offers a fun and safe alternative for Marines and their families to celebrate the holidays without ghosts, goblins and vampires.“During this time of year MORE
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Art 4 Healing helps service members paint their feelings
October 18, 2011 — The Marines entered the room reluctantly when they decided to attend an art class to help “express their emotions with color,” but after an hour and a half with Laurie Zagon, the 13 students left the room confident and full of radiant smiles.“Color gives me a way to say the things that I just don’t have the words for,” said Lane Cpl. J. Contreras, MORE
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Hope and Care center opens for wounded warriors
October 12, 2011 — A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in celebration of the opening of Camp Pendleton’s Warrior Hope and Care Center, Oct. 6, marking the end of a nearly three-year-long construction. The new facility located in the Wounded Warrior Battalion West will house offices for counseling and transition services that cater to wounded, ill and injured Marines, MORE
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