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By ERIKA I. RITCHIE | The Orange County Register | Published: April 27, 2021 SANTA ANA (Tribune News Service) — With new global threats emerging, especially in the Indo-Pacific, the Marines top commander sees a new kind of fight on the horizon that will need more unmanned planes and remote weapons and smaller infantry units that can swiftly respond, packing their own arsenal of surveillance drones and anti-aircraft missiles. Commandant Gen. David Berger on Monday, April 26, released an upda...

FALLBROOK — A fire fueled by a broken gas line damaged a two-story home in Fallbrook on Wednesday afternoon before it was extinguished, officials said. The blaze was reported shortly before 12:30 p.m. at the home on Kirkcaldy Road near Inverlochy Drive. When fire crews arrived they found a broken gas main, with gas blowing out of it that was on fire, said North County Fire District spokesman John Choi. Flames spread to the structure and went into the home’s attic space, damaging the roof ...

By ERIKA I. RITCHIE | The Orange County Register | Published: April 27, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — With new global threats emerging, especially in the Indo-Pacific, the Marines top commander sees a new kind of fight on the horizon that will need more unmanned planes and remote weapons and smaller infantry units that can swiftly respond, packing their own arsenal of surveillance drones and anti-aircraft missiles. Commandant Gen. David Berger on Monday, April 26, released an update on how ...

By Syndicated Content By Daniel Trotta CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Reuters) – The U.S. Marine recruits, both women and men, patrolled through a mock village that suddenly was struck by simulated machine gun fire and explosions. When the dust cleared, women emerged carrying men across their shoulders, and vice versa, practicing how to extract casualties from the battlefield. Others lifted dummies on a litter as if they were wounded comrades, passing them over a wall, before moving o...

  >>  Reuters Published: 26 Apr 2021 06:02 PM BdST Updated: 26 Apr 2021 06:02 PM BdST A female recruit from US Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego participates in the gruelling crucible training as her platoon breaks a barrier becoming the first ever women Marines trained at Camp Pendleton, California, US, April 21, 2021. Reuters Recruits from US Marine Corps Recruit D...

Article content CAMP PENDLETON — The U.S. Marine recruits, both women and men, patrolled through a mock village that suddenly was struck by simulated machine gun fire and explosions. When the dust cleared, women emerged carrying men across their shoulders, and vice versa, practicing how to extract casualties from the battlefield. Others lifted dummies on a litter as if they were wounded comrades, passing them over a wall, before moving on to sparring in a cage with other recruits and an obsta...

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 26, 2021 April 26, 2021 11:09 AM USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 26, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Total U.S. Navy Battle Force: 296 In Japan Seaman Zhihao Luo, from San Francisco, assigned to t...

Oceanside —  Edwina Williams knows precisely the day in 2007 when her life took a sharp turn in the right direction. Then a 23-year-old single mom and high school dropout, the Oceanside native was struggling to read the homework instructions her son, Makhi, brought home from his kindergarten class. “It was eye-opening,” said Williams, now 34. “I mean, it was so remedial, and it was only going to get harder. I wanted to be his role model, but at some point I wouldn’t be able to help ...

Share This: One time at Band Camp a 70-year-old Hispanic lady put her hands down my Dress Blues pants while I was on the march… But more about that later. Quantico Marine Band at Super Bowl XLI (Gabe Santacreu Flikr) First, I’d like to say that SOFREP has some extremely knowledgeable staff writers and some guys who are still, or have been, Grade-A savages. Most of the stuff I did while in the Marine Corps involved marching, traveling, and tuning. But on a parade deck. I was in the Parris I...

The new integrated company is the first step toward fully integrating the Corps’ West Coast boot camp Boot camp in San Diego is different than the one on the East Coast. Training in San Diego is split between the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and Camp Pendleton. And, while both East and West Coast boot camps are considered the most arduous in the U.S. military, the humid swamplands of South Carolina lack the steep terrain that recruits find at Camp Pendleton. PFC Emily Sandoval was awarded her e...