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MCB Camp Pendleton hosts a Spouse Town Hall - From left to right, Patrisha Smith, wife of the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. (ret.) Andrea M. Ruiz, wife of the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz, and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Sherri Cook, the command senior enlisted leader of Marine Corps Installations West, addresses the audience during a Spouse Town Hall at Blinder Memorial Chapel at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 20, 2025. The town hall was to inform Marines and their spouses to promote engagement with leadership, reinforcing the base's commitment to Marines' families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Adrian Estrada)

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)

(Left to right) Tara Yarte, Danni Maxwell and Sonnia Endora laugh together before the Live, Laugh and Learn event at the Del Mar Beach Resort here April 19. The tour features motivational presentations, book signing and author meet-and-greet events for military wives. - (Left to right) Tara Yarte, Danni Maxwell and Sonnia Endora laugh together before the Live, Laugh and Learn event at the Del Mar Beach Resort here April 19. The tour features motivational presentations, book signing and author meet-and-greet events for military wives.

Service members and spouses of Headquarters and Support Battalion and Security and Emergency Services Battalion take a group photo during a Spouse Readiness Seminar, where twenty-one spouses learned about a variety of topics related to military life, here March 28. - Service members and spouses of Headquarters and Support Battalion and Security and Emergency Services Battalion take a group photo during a Spouse Readiness Seminar, where twenty-one spouses learned about a variety of topics related to military life, here March 28.

Easter Christopher, a Camp Pendleton spouse, is fulfilling her commitment to the Military Spouse Fellowship by volunteering at the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society on base. The Military Spouse Fellowship is a program for military spouses to receive the training they need to earn the Accredited Financial Counselor designation, which will allow them assist military families with financial issues. - Easter Christopher, a Camp Pendleton spouse, is fulfilling her commitment to the Military Spouse Fellowship by volunteering at the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society on base. The Military Spouse Fellowship is a program for military spouses to receive the training they need to earn the Accredited Financial Counselor designation, which will allow them assist military families with financial issues.

To meet the eligibility requirements for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Federal Register, Camp Pendleton adopted a new hiring authority named “Noncompetive Appointment of Certain Military Spouses for spouses of active duty service members on Pendleton. - To meet the eligibility requirements for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Federal Register, Camp Pendleton adopted a new hiring authority named “Noncompetive Appointment of Certain Military Spouses for spouses of active duty service members on Pendleton.