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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Marines and Sailors from 1st Marine Logistics Group (MLG), I Marine Expeditionary Force, from

Marine Corps Rifle Qualification Is Getting Its First Major Overhaul in More Than 100 Years Marines with Weapons Training Battalion conduct the Annual Rifle Qualification train-the-trainer course on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Feb. 17, 2021. (Rachael A Treon/U.S. Marine Corps) 24 Feb 2021 Marine Corps marksmanship officials this week rolled out the final version of a new, more realistic rifle qualification course that will force Marines to put lethal hits on stationary and moving targets t...

Like all of the museums in Balboa Park, the San Diego Natural History Museum has been locked down for most of the past year. The perpetually swinging Foucault pendulum in the lobby hangs still. Glass cases holding rare and antique books are draped with heavy cloths to protect their sensitive pages from light. And the fourth-floor administrative offices have been empty since the pandemic’s arrival last March. Precious literature is covered by blankets to preserve the pages from damaging light ...

by Dana Melius Anh-Tuan is a first-generation Vietnamese American, the son of Vietnam War refugees. His father is a veteran of the South Vietnamese Air Force and a political refugee; his mother fled the communist regime, a boat refugee. His father, great uncle, and grandfather all served for the South Vietnamese military during the war, and their flight out of a turbulent Vietnam was a harrowing journey. “They fled the day before Saigon fell,” Anh-Tuan said. “And every one of those on my ...

Marine corporal saves civilian couple kayaking in treacherous waters off California coast February 24 Brig. Gen. Dan Conley, right, the commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West, poses with Cpl. Jordan Perez, a combat engineer with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, in the 21 Area of Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 19. (Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie/Marine Corps) In mid-February, a married couple, taking advantage of Southern California weather, went kayaki...

Updated: 5:29 PM PST February 22, 2021 SAN DIEGO — The crew of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter flying out of Camp Pendleton made a safe emergency landing at Torrey Pines State Reserve Monday afternoon, military authorities reported. The Bell UH-1Y troop-transport aircraft touched down in a field at the northern San Diego-area nature park about 3:30 p.m., according to the Miramar-based Third Marine Aircraft Wing. It was not immediately clear why the crew members decided they had...

runs essay contest The nonprofit Camp Pendleton Historical Society is running an essay contest focused on the base’s history open to undergraduate students enrolled at San Diego County colleges and universities. Essays should delve into the history of the land now known as Camp Pendleton. Essays can be up to 5,000 words and will be judged on historical accuracy, historical interest, organization and presentation. The first-place prize is $1,000; second place, $500. A letter of application for...

TORREY PINES —  A Marine Corps helicopter from Camp Pendleton made a “precautionary landing” Monday afternoon in the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, according to a military spokesman. None of the four people — two pilots and two crew chiefs — on board the UH-1Y helicopter were injured, according to Maj. Alex Lim, a spokesman with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The helicopter made its emergency landing around 3:30 p.m., Lim said, though it was not immediately clear what issue pr...

By ALEX RIGGINS | The San Diego Union-Tribune | Published: February 22, 2021 SAN DIEGO (Tribune News Service) — A Marine Corps helicopter from Camp Pendleton made a "precautionary landing" Monday afternoon in the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, according to a military spokesman. None of the four people — two pilots and two crew chiefs — on board the UH-1Y helicopter were injured, according to Maj. Alex Lim, a spokesman with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The helicopter made its emer...