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MCB Camp Pendleton

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Oceanside, California
Official U.S. Marine Corps Website

May 27, 2005

Col. John Richard Bates, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Training aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, and a veteran of three combat tours in Vietnam, parachuted into his retirement ceremony May 26 at the Area 11 Football Field. During the ceremony, he promoted his son, Capt. Joshua Rustin Bates, a student at the Amphibiuos Warfare School aboard MCB Quantico, Va., to his current rank. Col. Bates wife, Stephanie, was there to promote her son to his current rank as well.

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