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Marine Corps Installations West
Serving West Coast Installations

Commanding General, MCIWest - MCB Camp Pendleton

Brigadier General Nick I. Brown

Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton...

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MCIWEST-MCB Camp Pendleton

Sergeant Major Fausto Cabrera

Sergeant Major Fausto H. Cabrera enlisted in the Marine Corps in October 1995 and completed Recruit Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, California (CA).  Upon completion of basic training, Private Cabrera reported to Assault Amphibian School where he earned the military...

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Assistant Chief of Staff, Security and Emergency Services Battalion

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. Burton

Lieutenant Colonel Burton was born in Kansas City, Missouri.  He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2001 and served as a radio operator with 24th Marine Regiment and a Financial Management Technician with Marine Corps Mobilization Command.  Through the Enlisted Commissioning Program, Lieutenant Colonel...

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Sergeant Major, SES Battalion

Sergeant Major Andre L. Cuthbertson

Sergeant Major Cuthbertson assumes his current role as the Camp Pendleton Security and Emergency Services Battalion Sergeant Major....

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Commanding Officer, Headquarters & Support Battalion

Colonel Kwabena K. Gyimah

Colonel Kwabena Gyimah assumed command as Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations-West on 14 June 2024. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in...

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Sergeant Major, Headquarters & Support Battalion

Sergeant Major Michael E. Cedeno

Sergeant Major Cedeno was born in Harlingen, Texas. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on 24 April 1995, and attended recruit training at MCRD San Diego, California. Upon completion, he received training at Marine Combat Training (MCT), at Camp Pendleton. Upon completion of MCT, he attended the Basic...

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Commanding Officer, MCAS Camp Pendleton

Col. Christine M. Houser

Colonel Houser is a native of Garden City, New York.  She graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2001 and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. After graduating from flight school in August 2003, she was designated a Naval Flight Officer from...

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Sergeant Major, MCAS Camp Pendleton

Sergeant Major Curtis A. Rice

Sergeant Major Rice is a native of Worcester, Massachusetts. He reported to MCRD Parris Island, 3rd Battalion, Mike Company, Platoon 3070, for recruit training on 5 January 1995. Private Rice graduated from recruit training on 24 March 1995.  Upon graduation of recruit training, Private Rice...

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Commanding Officer, MCAS YUMA

Colonel Jared K. Stone

In 2021 Col Stone was promoted to his current rank and executed orders to the Marine Corps WarCollege, followed by orders to Headquarters Marine Corps to serve as the Current Operations Officer atCapabilities Development Directorate, DC CD&I. While in this position he was selected to command MCAS...

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Sergeant Major, MCAS Yuma

Sergeant Major Jason A. Davey

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Sergeant Major ...

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COMMANDING OFFICER, MCAS MIRAMAR

Colonel Thomas M. Bedell

Colonel Thomas M. Bedell graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1993 with degrees in English Literature and Sociology, and from the University of Manchester, UK in 1994 with a Master’s in Economic and Social Studies. He then spent two years fighting forest...

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Sergeant Major, MCAS Miramar

Sergeant Major Marquis L. Young

Sergeant Major Young is a native of Memphis, TN. He enlisted in the Marine Corps and attended Recruit Training on July 13, 1998,at MCRD San Diego, CA. Upon completion of recruit training, he attended the School of Infantry for Marine Combat Training wherehe was promoted meritoriously to Private...

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Commanding Officer, MCLB Barstow

Colonel Gregory B. Pace

Colonel Gregory B. Pace is the Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow California....

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Base Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major Miller Daceus

 Sergeant Major Miller DaceusSergeant Major Miller Daceus is a native of Delay Beach, Florida. He enlisted in the Delayed Entry Program in August 1999. He went to Recruit Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina from July - October 2000.Following completion of Marine...

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Marine Corps Installations West