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Leadership

Commanding General, MCIWest - MCB Camp Pendleton

Brigadier General Nick I. Brown

Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton...

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MCIWEST-MCB Camp Pendleton

Sergeant Major Sherri N. Cook

Sherri Cook was born and raised in Washington D.C.  She completed recruit training at 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina in May 1997.  Following recruit training, Lance Corporal Cook attended Marine Combat Training at Camp Lejeune, North...

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Commanding Officer, Headquarters & Support Battalion

Colonel Kwabena K. Gyimah

Colonel Kwabena Gyimah assumed command as Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations-West on 14 June 2024. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in...

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Sergeant Major, Headquarters & Support Battalion

Sergeant Major Michael E. Cedeno

Sergeant Major Cedeno was born in Harlingen, Texas. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on 24 April 1995, and attended recruit training at MCRD San Diego, California. Upon completion, he received training at Marine Combat Training (MCT), at Camp Pendleton. Upon completion of MCT, he attended the Basic...

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Commanding Officer, MCAS Camp Pendleton

Col. Christine M. Houser

Colonel Houser is a native of Garden City, New York.  She graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2001 and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. After graduating from flight school in August 2003, she was designated a Naval Flight Officer from...

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Sergeant Major, MCAS Camp Pendleton

SgtMaj T. M. Smith-Leavy

Sergeant Major Smith-Leavy was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1996 and underwentrecruit training at Parris Island South Carolina....

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