Marine Corps Installations West

Marine Corps Installations West

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MCI West Photo Gallery

The day the lights went out

MCAS Miramar conducts successful test on microgrid

Working together: San Diego and the Marine Corps form a greater understanding

MCRD San Diego receives energy award from SDG&E

Members of the California Public Utilities Commission tour MCAS Miramar’s energy operations center as well as the microgrid, and other current energy conservation projects on the flight line and at the Miramar Landfill on MCAS Miramar, Dec. 3, 2018. The Marine Corps Energy program on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is responsible for finding and enacting new, innovative ways to improve energy efficiency throughout the base.

Energy innovation is the road to resilience

Energy innovation is the road to resilience

The Patriots Jet Team performs aerial acrobatics as pyrotechnics provided by the Tora Bomb Squad of the Commemorative Air Force explode, forming a "Wall Of Fire" during the 2017 Yuma Airshow at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Saturday, March 18, 2017. The airshow served as an opportunity for MCAS Yuma to thank the local community for their continued support.

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Killea, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, center right, and Lt. Col. Rafael Candelario, executive officer, 5th Marine Regiment, I Marine Expeditionary Force, center left, pose for a photo with the contributors to the Staff Sgt. Reckless monument on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 26, 2016. War horse, Staff Sgt. Reckless, was known for her heroics at the Battle of Outpost Vegas during the Korean War and received many military decorations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brooke Woods)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kyle Randow (left), a Military Police Officer with Security and Emergency Services Battalion (SES Bn), Marine Corps Installations West (MCIWEST), Marine Corps Base (MCB), Camp Pendleton and 1st Lt. Bradley Worthan, a Military Police Officer, with SES Bn, MCIWEST-MCB, Camp Pendleton, participate in Exercise Vigilant Shield 2017 (VS-17) on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 18, 2016. Exercise VS-17 is a US Northern Command command level training event conducted as an Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Command Post Exercise, and supported by various Field Training Exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler S. Dietrich)

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet signs the graphic of the USS John Basilone after the ship naming ceremony for the USS John Basilone (DDG-122) on Camp Pendleton, Calif., August 16, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler S. Dietrich)

CAMP PENDELTON, Calif. -- Ray Mabus, the Secretary of the Navy, shakes hands with Marines at the ship naming ceremony for the new Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer, the USS Basilone (DDG-122), at the 1st Marine Division Headquarters, Aug. 16, 2016. The USS Basilone is scheduled to be commissioned in 2022. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Necoechea)

A U.S. Marine Corps mounted color guard presents the colors during a change of command ceremony for Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, at the Santa Margarita Ranch House National Historic Site on Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 15, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian D. Bekkala)

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – The Camp Pendleton fire Department conducted a hazard reduction burn here, May 21. The hazard reduction burn was conducted to improve firefighter and public safety, protect property and minimize smoke impacts in the 52 Area, San Clemente and the I-5 Freeway. The burn aims to protect base property and the natural habitat by decreasing the possibility of human caused ignitions and limiting the severity and size of potential wildfires.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Sgt. Maj. Scott R. Helms relinquishes his duties as acting sergeant major of Marine Corps Installations – West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to his successor Sgt. Maj. Julio E. Meza during a relief and appointment ceremony at the Paige Fieldhouse at Camp Pendleton, May 6, 2016. The relief and appointment ceremony was followed by the retirement ceremony for Sgt. Maj. Helms, who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985 and has served as Marine Corps Installations - West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton's Sergeant Major since June 2013. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Asia Soreson)

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 prepare the Bambi bucket for the 2016 Wildland Firefighting Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 5. The exercise was a multiaircraft operation with both ground and air units working together for maximum firefighting efforts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson/Released)

Camp Pendleton hosts the Wildland Firefighting Exercise 2016 at Las Pulgas Lake, May 5. The Wildland Firefighting Exercise 2016 combines elements of aviation and ground units from Camp Pendleton, 3rd Marine Air Wing, Navy Region Southwest, The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and the San Diego's Sheriff's Department. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Necoechea/RELEASED)

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, perform shooting drills with their M16A4 service rifles during a squadron field exercise at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground training facility in Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

Marines with Search and Rescue, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., wait as a casualty is rushed to their HH-1N “Huey” helicopter during simulated medical and casualty evacuations in support of the Special Operations Terminal Air Control Course at Yuma Proving Ground, Friday, March 4, 2016.

Amphibious Assault Vehicles assault the beach after launching from the USS Essex (LHD 2) during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation Feb. 25, 2016. The MCCRE evaluates the readiness of the Marines of Company A, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion prior to their deployment to Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Valero/ Released)