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Lance Cpl. Peter A. Booth, block NCO at Wilcox Range, demonstraits marksmanship qualification shooting, using a M16A4 Service Rifle and some of the newsest authorized optics and modular attachments for qualification. - Lance Cpl. Peter A. Booth, block NCO at Wilcox Range, demonstraits marksmanship qualification shooting, using a M16A4 Service Rifle and some of the newsest authorized optics and modular attachments for qualification.

Camp Pendleton's Semper Fit specialists have a few tips and clues to help Marines and sailors stick with their new routines and resolutions beyond the peak season of getting into shape. Various conditioning classes and personal trainers are available free of cost to all service members at the different fitness centers on base. - Camp Pendleton's Semper Fit specialists have a few tips and clues to help Marines and sailors stick with their new routines and resolutions beyond the peak season of getting into shape. Various conditioning classes and personal trainers are available free of cost to all service members at the different fitness centers on base.

Camp Pendleton's base Explosive Ordnance Disposal building houses four rooms of wall-to-wall weapons, bombs, mines, mortars, and rounds all ranging from World War I for visitors to view and learn about. The "hands-on library" also serves as a training location for the unit to practice dasarming explosives and learn about other military ordnance. - Camp Pendleton's base Explosive Ordnance Disposal building houses four rooms of wall-to-wall weapons, bombs, mines, mortars, and rounds all ranging from World War I for visitors to view and learn about. The "hands-on library" also serves as a training location for the unit to practice dasarming explosives and learn about other military ordnance.

An Amphibious Assault Vehicle splashes into the shoreline of Camp Pendleton’s Red Beach as part of a training exercise, July 26. More than 550 Marines from 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion reserve unit came to base as part of their annual training exercises to practice amphibious assault tactics. - An Amphibious Assault Vehicle splashes into the shoreline of Camp Pendleton’s Red Beach as part of a training exercise, July 26. More than 550 Marines from 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion reserve unit came to base as part of their annual training exercises to practice amphibious assault tactics.

Firefighters from Camp Pendleton Fire Department and North County Area Fire Departments demonstrate their duties by blazing their way through several simulated fire scenarios in the old base housing units at Naval Weapons Station Fallbrook, Jan. 6. Since the old structures were scheduled for demolition, the U.S. Navy donated them to the fire departments to use for advanced training. - Firefighters from Camp Pendleton Fire Department and North County Area Fire Departments demonstrate their duties by blazing their way through several simulated fire scenarios in the old base housing units at Naval Weapons Station Fallbrook, Jan. 6. Since the old structures were scheduled for demolition, the U.S. Navy donated them to the fire departments to use for advanced training.

Cpl. Tyler Kim (left), and Cpl. Matthew H. Kim, riflemen, with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, are training for the Combat Fitness Test by conducting a combat conditioning course at Camp Pendleton’s Paige Fieldhouse, Aug. 16. The Physical Fitness Test and the CFT are the two tests used by the Marine Corps to evaluate Marines’ physical readiness. - Cpl. Tyler Kim (left), and Cpl. Matthew H. Kim, riflemen, with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, are training for the Combat Fitness Test by conducting a combat conditioning course at Camp Pendleton’s Paige Fieldhouse, Aug. 16. The Physical Fitness Test and the CFT are the two tests used by the Marine Corps to evaluate Marines’ physical readiness.

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from 3rd Marine Air Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, fills its 320-gallon bucket with water from Las Pulgas Lake during the third annual aerial firefighting effort at Camp Pendleton, May 13. Approximately 34 emergency service personnel and several aircraft from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Naval Air Station North Island and California’s Department of Fire and Forestry Protection (CAL FIRE) extinguished simulated fires on base by coordinating helicopter water drops. - A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from 3rd Marine Air Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, fills its 320-gallon bucket with water from Las Pulgas Lake during the third annual aerial firefighting effort at Camp Pendleton, May 13. Approximately 34 emergency service personnel and several aircraft from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Naval Air Station North Island and California’s Department of Fire and Forestry Protection (CAL FIRE) extinguished simulated fires on base by coordinating helicopter water drops.

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct medical evacuation techniques inside the Camp Pendleton Infantry Immersion Trainer, April 7. The 32,000-square-foot military urban training facility was recently changed from a simulated Iraqi village to a replica of the Afghan village, Now Zad, after the Headquarters Marine Corps officials made the decision March 15, to modify the training environment. - Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct medical evacuation techniques inside the Camp Pendleton Infantry Immersion Trainer, April 7. The 32,000-square-foot military urban training facility was recently changed from a simulated Iraqi village to a replica of the Afghan village, Now Zad, after the Headquarters Marine Corps officials made the decision March 15, to modify the training environment.

(From left to right) 2nd Lt. Jeffery Newman, Lance Cpl. Robert Roach, Lance Cpl. Zachary Galauskas, and Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Trimble, all members of Combat Logistic Battalion 13’s rifle team, were presented with the Wharton Trophy for their firing excellence during the 2010 Western Division Matches marksmanship competition, hosted at Camp Pendleton, March 8 – 19. The Wharton Trophy is awarded to the best Western Division rifle team representing a Marine Corps unit west of the Mississippi River, whose unit strength is less than 600 personnel. - (From left to right) 2nd Lt. Jeffery Newman, Lance Cpl. Robert Roach, Lance Cpl. Zachary Galauskas, and Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Trimble, all members of Combat Logistic Battalion 13’s rifle team, were presented with the Wharton Trophy for their firing excellence during the 2010 Western Division Matches marksmanship competition, hosted at Camp Pendleton, March 8 – 19. The Wharton Trophy is awarded to the best Western Division rifle team representing a Marine Corps unit west of the Mississippi River, whose unit strength is less than 600 personnel.

Tim Credeur, mixed martial arts instructor and fighter, explains the proper procedures for handling a down opponent during a special MMA clinic for Camp Pendleton Marines at Paige Fieldhouse, Oct. 26. - Tim Credeur, mixed martial arts instructor and fighter, explains the proper procedures for handling a down opponent during a special MMA clinic for Camp Pendleton Marines at Paige Fieldhouse, Oct. 26.