Right Place, Right Time, Right Marine: The Story of the First Marine Corps Female Primary Marksmanship Instructor at Edson Range - Cpl. Barbara Cogburn, primary marksmanship instructor (PMI) with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, assists a Marine during a rifle qualification at Edson Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 1985. Cogburn, a food service specialist, became the first school-trained female PMI in 1984. PMIs act as an instructor to other Marines on how to precisely handle and fire weapon systems on small arms ranges.

San Onofre Elementary breaks ground for new campus aboard Camp Pendleton - San Onofre Elementary School students, Marine Corps Installations-West chief of staff, Colonel Joseph D. Williams, and Fallbrook School Board members, break ground at the new San Onofre Elementary School site aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 14, 2017. The new school will enroll 900 students, have computer labs with wireless internet, and an improved science, technology, engineering, mathematics program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Drake Nickels)

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U.S. Marines in garrison across the world will officially change over into green woodland utility uniforms, Nov. 7. Marines are required to wear the desert Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform with sleeves up during the warm months of the year and woodland MCCUU with sleeves down during the cold months that normally coincide with the changing to and from daylight-saving times. - U.S. Marines in garrison across the world will officially change over into green woodland utility uniforms, Nov. 7. Marines are required to wear the desert Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform with sleeves up during the warm months of the year and woodland MCCUU with sleeves down during the cold months that normally coincide with the changing to and from daylight-saving times.