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Long Distance Communications - Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct a high frequency long shot radio call to Okinawa Japan from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. This exercise is conducted to demonstrate long range communications capabilities from mobile radio systems.

Iron and manganese filters installed at Camp Pendleton’s 24 Area water treatment plant to lower the levels of excess minerals allowing the water to meet secondary drinking water standards. These standards ensure the content of certain chemicals in the water do not exceed levels that might pose a risk to human health. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Maritza Vela) - Iron and manganese filters installed at Camp Pendleton’s 24 Area water treatment plant to lower the levels of excess minerals allowing the water to meet secondary drinking water standards. These standards ensure the content of certain chemicals in the water do not exceed levels that might pose a risk to human health. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Maritza Vela)

Inside protecting Camp Pendleton’s natural resources - A red diamond rattlesnake is placed in a tube before being implanted with a transmitter at the Game Wardens Section (GWS) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 31, 2018. The GWS conducted research by implanting rattlesnakes with a transmitter and documenting their locations to ensure that they do not return to the area they were caught. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

First SNCO graduates Expeditionary Warfare School’s Blended Seminar Program - U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Best, the Marine Security Guard detachment commander for the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, plots points on a map during the Expeditionary Warfare School Blended Seminar Program on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 11, 2019. Best was the first staff noncommissioned officer to attend the program and graduated Dec. 13. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

U.S. Marine veteran John Campbell, a World War II pilot and Pearl Harbor survivor awaits his lunch during a Veterans Day Luncheon at La Vida Del Mar in Solana Beach, California, Dec. 6. - U.S. Marine veteran John Campbell, a World War II pilot and Pearl Harbor survivor awaits his lunch during a Veterans Day Luncheon at La Vida Del Mar in Solana Beach, California, Dec. 6.

Pendleton Marines launch RQ-20 Puma in support of Operation Buck Rogers - U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael Misbach, an intelligence specialist with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, launches an RQ-20 Puma unmanned aircraft system during Operation Buck Rogers on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 3, 2019. Operation Buck Rogers is used to count the mule deer population on Camp Pendleton and the use of Pumas is a cheaper and more effective alternative to complete the task. The survey of Camp Pendleton’s deer population is done once a year. Misbach is a native of East Haven, Connecticut. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Camp Pendleton hosts 2019 Tree Lighting Celebration - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton hosts the 2019 Tree Lighting Celebration at the Pacific Views Marine Corps Exchange on Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 23, 2019. The 50 foot holiday tree has over 30,000 twinkling lights and has been used for the past five years. The event also consists of a children’s carnival with games and rides, various sweepstakes, Santa and Mrs. Clause. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Angela Wilcox)

2019 Western Regional Partnership Principals’ meeting held on Camp Pendleton - U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Dan Conley, the commanding general for Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, introduces himself during the 2019 Western Regional Partnership Principals’ meeting at the Pacific Views Center on Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 19, 2019. The WRP provides a proactive and collaborative framework for senior-policy level Federal, State and Tribal leadership to identify common goals and emerging issues in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, and to develop solutions that support WRP Partners and protect natural and cultural resources, while promoting sustainability, homeland security and military readiness. This was the first time the WRP has been hosted on a military installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Military spouse creates product to give individuals independence - U.S. Marine Maj. Jimmy Lindemann, the operations officer with Wounded Warrior Battalion - West, poses with April Mitchell, the creator of the Right Height door hook, at the battalion headquarters on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 15, 2019. Mitchell, a military spouse, created Right Height in hopes of giving individuals with less mobility more independence. Lindemann is a native of Needville, Texas, and Mitchell is a native of Lake Mills, Wisconsin. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Welcome to Camp Pendleton: Provost Marshal’s Office - Officer Samuel Reynoso, with the Provost Marshal’s Office, Security and Emergency Services Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, fills out a safety vehicle checklist prior to starting his shift at the SES Bn. building on Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 22, 2019. Marines and civilian officers have been working together since 2005 on Camp Pendleton. The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Program was put into place so civilian police officers could protect the base while Marines were deployed. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)