Marine Corps Installations West

U.S. Navy Lt. Aaron Bell, the chaplain for WWBn - West, records his first online devotional at the Wounded Warrior Battalion complex on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 27, 2020. Religious services have been cancelled on Camp Pendleton in response to the coronavirus outbreak and the need for social distancing. To continue their work in promoting service members’ spiritual fitness, many chaplains on base have started digital teleministries as a replacement for their normal services or congregations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)

Families wave and cheer with signs during the Mary Fay Teacher Parade in the San Luis Rey Housing on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 27, 2020. The teachers of Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School came together to have a vehicle parade for their students that live in the surrounding areas of the school. The school has been closed in response to the coronavirus outbreak. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Stephen Beard)

U.S. Marines and San Onofre Elementary School staff members provide families with bagged lunches at the San Onofre III Military Housing Community Center on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 20, 2020. The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District and Oceanside School District are providing military students on base with bagged meals while schools are closed in response to the coronavirus outbreak. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Stephen Beard)

U.S. Marines, sailors and their family members participate in the 5th annual Polar Bear Plunge at Del Mar Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 1, 2020. More than 300 service members and their families enjoyed food, music, raffles and the ocean plunge organized by Marine Corps Community Services Camp Pendleton Aquatics to welcome the new year. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl Megan Roses)