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A Marine from the 3d Battallion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Photos from Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms. Twentynine Palms Marines and sailors started receiving vaccinations for COVID-19 last week. In a joint-unit vaccine inoculation exercise outside the Combat Center’s West Gym, medical personnel from the Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms started administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Marines from various units on the base, including 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines and 1st Tanks Battalion. Corp. Zackary Blok, assigned to the 1st Tanks, said he...

An investigation is ongoing after a Marine was found deceased aboard the Twentynine palms Marine Base yesterday (January 7). Captain Zachary Colvin told Z107.7 News, “At 8:22 a.m. a Marine was found deceased at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. The incident is currently under investigation. Information on the deceased will not be released until 24 hours after Next of Kin Notification.” MCAGCC Commanding General, Maj Gen. William M. Journey said, “We would like to express our deepest condolences to the friends and family of the Marine. The entire Combat Center is s...

Firefighters were called to a blaze in Twentynine Palms early this morning. Crews from Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, and the Combat Center were called just after 3 a.m. to the 72900 block of Manana Avenue where they found smoke and flames in an attached garage that had been converted to living quarters. Firefighters confined the flames to the converted garage area and had the fire knocked down in about 20 minutes, but the rest of the home suffered smoke damage. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Share this:

The U.S. Marine Corps recently completed an exercise aboard the Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms. More than 600 Marines with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and 1st Marine Division came to the Combat Center to train in Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz December 4-9. Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz 21 are annual exercises that provide intense training to ensure 1st Marine Division remains lethal, combat-ready, interoperable, and deployable on short notice. Marines from 3rd MAW —helicopters, refuelers, and Ospreys—trained with ground and infantry troops in exercises that were similar to missions per...

The U.S. Marine Corps recently completed an exercise aboard the Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms. More than 600 Marines with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and 1st Marine Division came to the Combat Center to train in Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz December 4-9. Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz 21 are annual exercises that provide intense training to ensure 1st Marine Division remains lethal, combat-ready, interoperable, and deployable on short notice. Marines from 3rd MAW —helicopters, refuelers, and Ospreys—trained with ground and infantry troops in exercises that were similar to missions per...