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25 Area, 26 Area and 27 Area all under evacuation, base officials said

The sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle last summer killed eight Marines and a sailor.

The investigation found Maj. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi “bears some responsibility;" it said the accident off San Clemente Island, 70 miles (113 kilometers) from San Diego, was caused by inadequate training, shabby maintenance of the amphibious assault vehicles and poor judgment by commanders. At the time, Castellvi served as commanding general of the 1st Marine Division of Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego, and oversaw the preparation of the troops. A second probe launched in May to examine...

Maj. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi is the latest in a string of officers relieved of their duties after the deaths of nine service members off the coast of Southern California.

Print After another window-rattling boom in San Diego County, the third since February, a pattern may be emerging, if not a definitive answer. On all three days, U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton were training with “high explosive munitions,” lobbing artillery and mortar shells downrange. “Depending on atmospheric conditions, the sound of the explosions may be amplified and heard up to 50 miles away,” Marine Capt. David Mancilla said Wednesday. “Although we cannot account for every loud ...

The blaze prompted evacuations of some facilities on the northern San Diego County military installation

North County residents may see smoke rising from the north, as firefighters battled a 1,000-acre fire on Camp Pendleton on Wednesday.

There are thousands of available acres to train firefighters from across the state on the base.

High winds and other atmospheric conditions can cause sound to travel unusually far, and that may be in play at Camp Pendleton, which covers some 125,000 acres of terrain and is the Marines largest training facility on the West Coast.

/PRNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) announced the winners of the 2021 Military Foodservice Awards virtually...