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CVU breaks the resources down into six areas: fidelity, fighter, fitness, family, finances and future. Each area has a list of classes and resources, some even go a step further by providing childcare which allows Marines to attend during off-hour times and with their spouses. - CVU breaks the resources down into six areas: fidelity, fighter, fitness, family, finances and future. Each area has a list of classes and resources, some even go a step further by providing childcare which allows Marines to attend during off-hour times and with their spouses.

Students of Corporal's Course class 308-16 at Camp Pendleton practice drill as part of their curriculum. The students are scheduled to graduate Friday with the hopes using their new leadership skills to mold the future of the Marine Corps. - Students of Corporal's Course class 308-16 at Camp Pendleton practice drill as part of their curriculum. The students are scheduled to graduate Friday with the hopes using their new leadership skills to mold the future of the Marine Corps.

Completion of MCI courses, including the online courses being transferred, can earn Marines up to 100 additional self-education bonus points on their composite score. A composite score determines promotion from the rank of lance corporal to corporal and corporal to sergeant. MCI’s online courses also include the distance education program courses required for a Marine to be professional military education course complete and eligible for promotion across the ranks. - Completion of MCI courses, including the online courses being transferred, can earn Marines up to 100 additional self-education bonus points on their composite score. A composite score determines promotion from the rank of lance corporal to corporal and corporal to sergeant. MCI’s online courses also include the distance education program courses required for a Marine to be professional military education course complete and eligible for promotion across the ranks.

Camp Pendleton children attend the first day of the school year at Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School, August 17. Parents of kindergartners were invited to a Back to School morning to ease their children’s transition to the school environment and learn how they could help out at home. - Camp Pendleton children attend the first day of the school year at Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School, August 17. Parents of kindergartners were invited to a Back to School morning to ease their children’s transition to the school environment and learn how they could help out at home.

Jessica Pinon, a military spouse walks with her family after her graduation ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 5. Each year, Marines and their family are given the chance to pursue higher education with the post 9/11 G.I. Bill and tuition assistance program at the Joint Education Centers on base. Several colleges offere associate and bachelor degrees at the JEC where there is a combination of online and on-campus instruction and coursework.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez) - Jessica Pinon, a military spouse walks with her family after her graduation ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 5. Each year, Marines and their family are given the chance to pursue higher education with the post 9/11 G.I. Bill and tuition assistance program at the Joint Education Centers on base. Several colleges offere associate and bachelor degrees at the JEC where there is a combination of online and on-campus instruction and coursework. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez)

Sgt. Maj. Mark A. Byrd introduces himself before beginning the Manpower Management Support Branch Promotion and Performance brief at the base theater here Aug. 7. The brief covered information to assist Reporting Seniors and Reviewing Officers with completing fitness reports, as well as help Marines receiving reports better understand how they are evaluated. Byrd is the sergeant major for the Performance Evaluation Section at Headquarter Marine Corps. - Sgt. Maj. Mark A. Byrd introduces himself before beginning the Manpower Management Support Branch Promotion and Performance brief at the base theater here Aug. 7. The brief covered information to assist Reporting Seniors and Reviewing Officers with completing fitness reports, as well as help Marines receiving reports better understand how they are evaluated. Byrd is the sergeant major for the Performance Evaluation Section at Headquarter Marine Corps.

Eric Newbury, a California Highway Patrol officer, speaks at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton 101 Days of Summer safety stand down, May 11. Newbury is providing a list of things not to say to a highway patrol officer who has just pulled you over for speeding. - Eric Newbury, a California Highway Patrol officer, speaks at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton 101 Days of Summer safety stand down, May 11. Newbury is providing a list of things not to say to a highway patrol officer who has just pulled you over for speeding.

Marines listen intently to an Air Force Reserve recruiter during the annual Spring Career and Education Expo at Camp Pendleton's Pacific Views Event Center, March 22. The expo offered Marines and their family members information about different career opportunities available to them to assist them with an easy transition out of the Corps. - Marines listen intently to an Air Force Reserve recruiter during the annual Spring Career and Education Expo at Camp Pendleton's Pacific Views Event Center, March 22. The expo offered Marines and their family members information about different career opportunities available to them to assist them with an easy transition out of the Corps.