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Creek Fire Evacuation Map for Camp Pendleton, Fallbrook As Blaze Burns 3,000 Acres On 12/24/20 at 11:39 AM EST Residents in Fallbrook in California and the Camp Pendleton military base were ordered to evacuate their homes after a wildfire that erupted late Wednesday night rapidly burned around 3,000 acres in a matter of hours. The Marine Corps base said a mandatory evacuation order was issued for the DeLuz Family Housing, Wounded Warrior Battalion, and Lake ONeill Campground areas. An interacti...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Semper Fi & America’s Fund Reports Unprecedented Spike in Grant Giving Semper Fi & Americas FundDecember 23, 2020 GMT Camp Pendleton, CA, Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Semper Fi & America’s Fund reported a significant one-year spike in the number of grants given to assist service members and their families, as well as the amount associated with those grants and the number of service mem...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today.Donate As the U.S. averages more than 200,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, we speak with Dr. Cleavon Gilman, an emergency physician who has been treating patients since the beginning of the U.S. outbreak, first in New York City and now in Yuma, Arizona. Dr. Gilman is also an Iraq War veteran who served as a Marine combat medic, and has kept a public diary of his experiences treating COVID-19 patients. He was fired after tweeting that Arizo...

California Marine saves 18-month-old child from burning car December 22, 2020 Then-Staff Sgt. Kyle Wetter, platoon sergeant with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, walks toward the improvised bangalore impact zone during a Deployment for Training exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia., Jan 28, 2016. ( Lance Cpl. Samuel Guerra/Marine Corps) Marine Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter was driving home from work at Camp Pendleton, California, on the evening of December 7 when he saw the car ...

9 SAN DIEGO – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest Energy Team was selected Dec. 8 for the 2020 Federal Energy and Water Management Award by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). “I am pleased to announce that your team has been selected to receive a 2020 Federal Energy and Water Management Award by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP),” said Leslie Nicholls, ...

We Are The Mighty | By Ruddy Cano We’ve all at one point or another had to pull duty on a holiday and the news is demoralizing. Pulling duty on a holiday is generally terrible if you had plans with family. However, there are several benefits to having duty on Christmas, specifically. All I want for Christmas is no duty, no duty…All I want for Christmas is no duty…Oh no here come Gunny; to ruin Christmas. 1. You can ch...

(Photo : Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) Sargent Sheena Adams, 25, US Marine with the FET (Female Engagement Team) 1st Battalion 8th Marines, Regimental Combat team II works late into the night on her laptop on her reports on November 12, 2010 in Musa Qala, Afghanistan. There are 48 women presently working along the volatile front lines of the war in Afghanistan deployed as the second Female Engagement team participating in a more active role, gaining access where men cant. The women, ma...

Marine helps save toddler’s life in California car fire A vehicle burns after Marine Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter rescued an 18-month-old child from it in Fallbrook, Calif., Dec. 7, 2020. STEPHEN BEARD/U.S. MARINE CORPS By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 23, 2020 Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter was driving home from base earlier this month when fire burst out under the car in front of him, after it ran over a gas can that had fallen off a truck. The Marine’s quick actions as fla...

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 23, 2020 An 18-month-old baby from California is safe and sound thanks to the courage of Marine Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter. The hero was recently driving near Camp Pendleton when a family’s car burst into flames. He rushed into action without hesitation. “All I could think at first was ‘what the heck happened?’ “Immediately, I was like, ‘I need to hel...

USNI News Top Stories 2020: Marine Corps Operations December 23, 2020 11:14 AM Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin McBain, a fire support specialist with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Information Group, monitors a radio during exercise Summer Fury 20 in Yuma, Ariz., on July 14, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020. 2020 was a turning-point year for the Marine Corps. After previewi...