Marine Corps Installations West

U.S. Marines with Lance Corporal Seminar Class 4-19 conduct a physical fitness session at Engineer’s Hill in the 14 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 11, 2019. The class, hosted by Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, conducted a memorial physical training session in honor of the 2,977 lives lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Class 4-19 is scheduled to graduate Sept. 13, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Support (H&S) Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West (MCI-W), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, run in a battalion physical training session at Del Mar Beach, MCB Camp Pendleton, California, April 12, 2019. U.S. Marines Corps Col. Philip G. Antekeier, commanding officer, H&S Battalion, MCI-W, MCB, hosted this training session to increase unit morale and esprit de corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Noah Rudash)

Marines from across the Marine Corps, including 1st Lt. Leah Pollard and Sgt. Joshua Boozer representing Camp Pendleton, compete for the High Intensity Tactical Training (HITT) Championship at Paige Field House on August 28, 2017, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The main purpose of the HITT Championship is preparing and supporting the warfighter and takes place on Camp Pendleton from August 28th to August 31st.

Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response Central Command is welcomed back home by the Marines' families. Dayna Christie, the mother of U.S. Marine, Joshua McAlpine, anxiously awaits her son's return into her arms. (U.S. Marine Corps video by LCpl Francisco J. Diaz Jr/Released)

School of Infantry - West students conduct live fire squad and fire team movements on Camp Pendleton, Calif. These exercises are designed to simulate real life operations that the students may experience in the line of duty. (Department of Defense video by Kaleigh Schoen, Intern)

The School of Infantry-West honored infantry Medal of Honor recipients during a dedication ceremony at the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, July 14. The ceremony was held to dedicate a classroom, now called the Hall of Heroes, to the Medal of Honor recipients of the past and present. Colonel Robert J. Modrzejewski, a Medal of Honor recipient who retired from the Marine Corps in 1986, was the ceremony’s guest of honor. (U. S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl Francisco J. Diaz)