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Camp Pendleton hosts 2020 Battle Color Ceremony - U.S Marine Corps Master Sgt. Randy Rivera, a bugler with the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, known as “The Commandant’s Own,” plays the last note of their performance at the 52 Area parade deck at the School of Infantry –West on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 3, 2020. Each year, the Battle Color Detachment, composed of the Silent Drill Platoon, the Marine Corps Color Guard, and the Commandant’s Own, performs in hundreds of ceremonies across the country and around the world. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Female Marine makes history in corrections MOS - U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 4 Karen Dymora, left, the commanding officer of the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Brig, poses next to Chief Warrant Officer 4 Denise Barnes, the corrections policy officer with Headquarters Marine Corps, after being promoted to chief warrant officer four on Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 10, 2020. Dymora made history by becoming the first female commanding officer of the Camp Pendleton Brig. Her new rank insignia was pinned on her uniform by Barnes, her mentor and friend of nearly 23 years, and the only other female chief warrant officer four in the corrections military occupational specialty. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Angela E. Wilcox)

FMTB sailors conduct casualty assessment drills in the field - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Leonard, a student with Field Medical Training Battalion - West, log rolls a simulated casualty during casualty assessment drills at the FMTB training site on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 19, 2020. This training gives students practice in handling casualties in the field. The staff and instructors at FMTB-West are responsible for training the corpsmen and officers who provide medical support to the Fleet Marine Force. Leonard is a native of Middletown, New Jersey. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Jones, a sentry with the Provost Marshal’s Office, Security and Emergency Services Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, practices cardiopulmonary resuscitation as part of a pre-service training course at the Military Police Training Facility on Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 18. - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Jones, a sentry with the Provost Marshal’s Office, Security and Emergency Services Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, practices cardiopulmonary resuscitation as part of a pre-service training course at the Military Police Training Facility on Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 18.

Immerse Yourself - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Juan Infante Jr., an anti-tank missileman with 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, demonstrates clearing an alleyway for student roleplayers during the basic engagement course at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 19, 2020. The IIT is an urban training area with various complexes that provide realistic and situational training to the various infantry units housed on Camp Pendleton. The IIT has the capability, through roleplayers and terrain options, to replicate scenarios Marines may encounter while deployed to both the Middle East or the Asia-Pacific region. Infante is a native of Lindsay, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Four MCTSSA Marines set example for MCI-West - U.S. Marine Sgt. Chandele Lloyd, a ground electronics telecommunications and information technology systems maintainer, Sgt. Anna Szyplik, a ground electronics transmission systems maintainer, Sgt. Tania Gutierrez, an air support operations operator, who are all with Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, Marine Corps Systems Command, and Sgt. Megan Birge, a data systems administrator with Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, Training Command, pose in front of the MCTSSA headquarters building on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 14, 2020. In 2019, each of these Marines from MCTSSA were selected as noncommissioned officer of the quarter for Marine Corps Installations West back to back, and Szyplik went on to win NCO of the year for MCI-West. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Iwo Jima Veterans Visit Camp Pendleton - Al Nelson, Jr, a veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima, displays a challenge coin to U.S. Marine Col. Jeffery Holt, the deputy commander of Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, during the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima Commemoration tour on Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 13, 2020. The veterans who toured were part of the Iwo Jima Commemorative Committee. The veterans were given a tour of the base, a static display of modern Marine Corps technology and equipment, and a concert performed by the 1st Marine Division Band. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

LAR Marine Course take LAVs for a swim - U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, operate a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marines lay a white rose wreath on a gravesite during a wreath laying ceremony for the 109th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s birthday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Feb. 6. - U.S. Marines lay a white rose wreath on a gravesite during a wreath laying ceremony for the 109th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s birthday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Feb. 6.