MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - September 9, 2015 -- The sun has yet to peak its head above the tall hillsides surrounding Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., but the students of the Field Medical Service Technician Course are poised and ready. In a few moments, the class will kick off its 6-mile hike around the winding hills. Their packs weigh 60 pounds and … [Read more...]

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - September 8, 2015 -- Marines with the Mexican Naval Infantry Forces and the Royal New Zealand Navy conducted an amphibious landing in conjunction with Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 near San Onofre beach at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Sept. 5. Amphibious operations conducted during Dawn Blitz, a bi-annual, multinational training … [Read more...]

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - September 8, 2015 -- United States Marines and sailors, along with service members from Japan, Mexico and New Zealand, executed an amphibious landing on the beaches of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton as part of Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015, Sept. 5, 2015. Dawn Blitz is a multinational, amphibious training exercise intended to refine the … [Read more...]

ARLINGTON, Va. -- September 4, 2015 - In America’s history, there have been times when heroes were forged from all walks of life and brought together to accomplish a task larger than themselves. Surviving members of Company “H”, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines from all over the country gathered for a remembrance ceremony, held at the Marine Corps War Memorial in … [Read more...]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- September 4, 2015 - Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (ret.) was honored at a memorial service at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Sept. 3, 2015. Lt. Gen. Petersen died at his home in Maryland Aug. 25, 2015, after succumbing to lung cancer. Petersen was the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps general … [Read more...]