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A U.S. Marine briefs Brig. Gen. Dan Conley at the medial isolation and observation center being set up near the 13 Area on Camp Pendleton, California, March 15. - A U.S. Marine briefs Brig. Gen. Dan Conley at the medial isolation and observation center being set up near the 13 Area on Camp Pendleton, California, March 15.

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.

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)

Marines test new ACV’s ability to integrate with naval shipping - An Amphibious Combat Vehicle with the Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, prepares to enter the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) as part of the vehicle’s developmental testing off the shore of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29, 2020. The Marines of AVTB are currently testing the Marine Corps’ newest amphibious vehicle, which will replace the current Amphibious Assault Vehicle. The testing consisted of embarking and disembarking a naval vessel to assess and verify how well the ACV can integrate with naval shipping. This was the first time Marines have operated the new vehicle while boarding and departing a ship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Basic Reconnaissance Course 2-20 conducts helicopter rope suspension techniques training - U.S. Marines with Basic Reconnaissance Course 2-20, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, rappel down a rope during helicopter rope suspension techniques training at the 13 Area rappel tower on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 22, 2020. HRST training includes classes and practical application of fast-roping, rappelling, belaying and special patrol insertion/extraction rigging from various aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Rifleman students buddy rush live-fire range - A U.S. Marine with Charlie Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, buddy rushes during the last live-fire range of the Rifleman Course at Range 208C on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 22, 2020. ITB trains, develops and certifies Marines as riflemen, as well as their primary military occupational specialty within the infantry field, before sending them to join the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Angela E. Wilcox)

U.S. Marines brace themselves during urban mobility breaching training as part of the Infantry Assault Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 16. - U.S. Marines brace themselves during urban mobility breaching training as part of the Infantry Assault Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 16.