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Marines

Stories

MCB Camp Pendleton Stories and News Articles

9th Comm. tests satellite system

Marines from Support Company, 9th Communications Battalion, deployed a new satellite communications system during the I Marine Expeditionary Force Command Center Capabilities Exercise Aug. 18-23 at Camp Del Mar. The exercise marked the first time the Secure Mobile Anti-jamming Reliable Tactical Terminal had been used during a command-level

4.1 percent pay hike assured

Annual military pay raises of 4.1 percent will take effect for all ranks Jan. 1 - despite wrangling in Congress over next year's defense budget. But larger increases for staff noncommissioned officers, some warrant officers and midlevel officers hang in the balance as Congress grapples. Mandated by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Walter A. Harris, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion maintenance officer, pays his respect to fallen Marines Friday. He served with Sgt. Lea R. Mills, who was honored during the memorial. - Chief Warrant Officer 3 Walter A. Harris, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion maintenance officer, pays his respect to fallen Marines Friday. He served with Sgt. Lea R. Mills, who was honored during the memorial.

3rd AA Bn honors fallen Marines

While some began their four-day weekend, many here paid their respects to Marines who died fighting. They assured the purpose of this holiday has not been lost. The sound of bagpipes blared loudly on a parade deck Friday as the friends and families of three fallen Marines from 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, Company C, honored the lives of the

2nd Platoon now 'on offensive' in Ramadi

A Camp Pendleton-based platoon drew fire from a drive-by shooter here April 14 - further evidence that enemy fighters are still lurking in a town that was once an insurgent hotbed. Marines with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, were fired upon while conducting a combat patrol in the southern part of the city. "We were

25 Marines recognized by Newport Beach

Exotic cars weren’t the only things people gawked over at the 2005 Corona Del Mar Coastline Car Classic. Jaws dropped when twenty-five troops from Camp Pendleton’s 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment marched their way into the car show. The show, which exhibited hundreds of cars, also honored the Marines and sailors in battalion with a ceremony for

28 fallen service members from 1st MLG honored at final farewell

Hundreds of Marines and sailors with 1st Marine Logistics Group gathered at the 22 area parade deck March 30 to honor 28 service members who died in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the unit. The event was a last farewell and thank you to those who perished during 1st MLG’s deployment to Iraq January 2006 through March 2007. Units honored

231 years of Marine Corps history and pride comes alive

As the work week came to an end, service members and their families came together to see the Marine Corps Battle Colors Ceremony, made up of the Marine Corps Color Guard, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and the Silent Drill Platoon. With pomp, circumstance and many years of history in the Corps, the Marines from Marine Barracks in Washington,

1st MLG returns home from 3rd deployment

Marines and Sailors unloaded buses and dashed with exuberance to greet awaiting family and friends. An overwhelming excitement and joyfulness showed on the usually stern faces of Marines as they met loved ones for the first time in months. Anticipation filled faces with eagerness when camouflage filled buses pulled into the 22 Area Parade Deck

Sgt. Maj. Wayne R. Bell, the outgoing 1st Marine Division sergeant major, addresses the crowd as incoming sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Frank E. Pulley, looks on during the 1st Marine Division sergeant major post and appointment ceremony at the 11 Area Parade Field here Feb. 2. - Sgt. Maj. Wayne R. Bell, the outgoing 1st Marine Division sergeant major, addresses the crowd as incoming sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Frank E. Pulley, looks on during the 1st Marine Division sergeant major post and appointment ceremony at the 11 Area Parade Field here Feb. 2.

1st Marine Division welcomes new sergeant major

The leathernecks of 1st Marine Division welcomed their new sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Frank E. Pulley, and parted ways with Sgt. Maj. Wayne R. Bell in a post and appointment ceremony held Feb. 2 at the 11 Area Parade Field here. Bell, who served as the division sergeant major since July 2003, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom throughout

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1st Recon Battalion retraces techniques before returning to Iraq

There are "100 different ways to skin a cat" -- or to get the jump on insurgents -- says Gunnery Sgt. Daniel J. Griego. So Company B, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, is refining various warfare approaches and techniques for an upcoming deployment to Iraq. Last time around in the embattled Al Anbar Province, the unit studied the

2 Marines and sailor awarded Bronze Star;

In December 2004, while people here were getting into the holiday spirit, the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment were clearing houses and ducking bullets in Fallujah, Iraq. Two of the battalion-s Marines and a sailor were recognized Friday when they were awarded Bronze Stars with Combat Distinguishing Devices in a ceremony at San Mateo.

1st Marines take a stab at cutting-edge warfare

He's lethal - and he's free. Marines at 1st Marine Regiment are taking complimentary training from a Native American master of bladed warfare. "None of this is theory," Shi Gong Robert Redfeather said at the beginning of his Apache Knife Fighting seminar. "Everything I teach, I have used. It's not fancy. It is direct and precise - for killing."

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