Marine Corps Installations West

U.S. Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, a reserve unit stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, conduct confined area landing drills and fly to Camarillo, Oct. 15 and 17, 2021. The reservists of HMLA-775, along with the other squadrons on the air station, provide aviation support that enables I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton tenant commands and visiting units to maintain and enhance their mission capabilities and combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by LCpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, participate in land navigation training as part of Week 4 of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 15-19th, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jeremy Laboy, Sgt. Juan Soto-Delgado, Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez and Lance Cpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines with the Basic Reconnaissance Course conduct a land navigation exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 15, 2020. Land navigation is one of the many training evolutions the students undergo, and is a crucial component of their route to becoming a successful reconnaissance Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

Camp Pendleton serves as a crucial component in Marine Corps training, providing over 100,000 acres of land exclusively for training, 84 live fire ranges, and four amphibious landing beaches. Assets like these are what make possible large scale training operations like Operation Dawn Blitz, strengthening our chemistry with allied nations and enabling the Marine Corps to be ready to answer our nation’s call in its time of need. (U.S. Marine Corps video by LCpl. Dylan Chagnon)

The landing force operations center is maintained by Marine Corps Tactical System Support Activity on Camp Pendleton, Calif., and replicates sea-based systems normally seen on U. S. Navy ships, allowing Marines to improve their understanding, command and control mediums by testing them in a simulated environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael LaFontaine)