MCB Camp Pendleton hosts a Spouse Town Hall - From left to right, Patrisha Smith, wife of the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. (ret.) Andrea M. Ruiz, wife of the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz, and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Sherri Cook, the command senior enlisted leader of Marine Corps Installations West, addresses the audience during a Spouse Town Hall at Blinder Memorial Chapel at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 20, 2025. The town hall was to inform Marines and their spouses to promote engagement with leadership, reinforcing the base's commitment to Marines' families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Adrian Estrada)