Marine Corps Installations West

As of January 1st, 2020, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton will allow qualifying former military personnel and their caregivers access to the installation. To obtain base access veterans and caregivers must go to the Visitor’s Center located next to the MCB Camp Pendleton Main Gate with a Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC), for caretakers present an official caretaker authorization letter from veteran affairs. Once all neccessary registration has been completed said personnel will be able to shop at the on base Commissary and Exchanges. For more information and a detailed list of all requirments please visit https://www.pendleton.marines.mil/Base-Access/Select-Veterans-Access/ (U.S. video by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

Mike Fila, a Brewster, New York native, speaks about his experiences as an emergency dispatcher for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 30, 2019. Fila joined the Marine Corps in 2011 as a military policeman, and was medically discharged in 2014 after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)