Marine Corps Installations West

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, hold a deactivation ceremony in 41 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 18, 2020. Alpha Co., along with the rest of 4th Tank Bn., was activated in 1943 during World War II. Since then, the battalion has participated in every war the Marine Corps has fought in. Alpha Co. is the first of 4th Tanks’ six companies to deactivate. The Marine Corps is divesting its tank battalions following the commandant’s guidance in Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon and Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez) 0:00-2:42 Buster Riggs (retired Marine officer) 2:43-5:02 Capt. Mark Rothrock (company commander, Alpha Co., 4th Tank Battalion) 5:03-7:17 First Sergeant Adam Casas (company first sergeant, Alpha Co., 4th Tank Battalion) 7:18-10:15 Lt. Colonel Michael O'Quin (commanding officer, 4th Tank Battalion)

U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Installations-West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 1st Marine Division and airmen from the 196th California Air National Guard conducted Operation Wild Buck, to test the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to monitor Camp Pendleton wildlife populations and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures for using UAS during emergency operations on Camp Pendleton California, Dec. 18,2018.There were two different UAS flown during the exercise, RQ-20B Puma which was controlled on the ground at Camp Pendleton, and the second was a high-flying, RQ-9 Reaper, launched from Las Vegas and controlled via satellite link from March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, CA. Both UAS sent back video feeds to Camp Pendleton’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), where installation leadership observed and coordinated the operation. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Megan Roses)

Active duty service members and veterans graduate from the Microsoft Software and Systems Academy on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 18, 2018. The program is specifically designed to provide service members the skills, information and knowledge needed to be successful in today’s undermanned information technology industry. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Stephen Beard)