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The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 21, 2018
Cpl. Douglas Pender, a mechanic at 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, has been charged with shoving his wife into a wall, biting her wrist, punching her and kicking her face during a July 23 incident at Camp Pendleton, according to charge sheets released to The San Diego Union-TribuneÃâà...
The Augusta Chronicle
April 21, 2018
The plan calls for nine acres of what's known as “Camp Pendleton” in King's last will and testament to be developed into 25 residential lots a minimum of .23 or .14 acres in size surrounding the existing homes on the property. The tax-exempt 15-acre parcel, located off Johns Road Extension betweenÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 18, 2018
Daly reported to Camp Pendleton on March 5, 1943. The first contingent of 95 female Marines arrived at Camp Pendleton on Oct. 26, 1943, a little over a year after the base was dedicated in 1942. The group was welcomed by Maj. Gen. Joseph C. Fegan, the base's first commanding general and other highÃâà...
WAVY-TV
April 5, 2018
This Google Maps image shows the location of the Croatan Municipal Parking Lot in Virginia Beach. City officials said the lot would be closed for much of the day on April 5, 2018 due to small arms training at Camp Pendleton. (Google Maps via VB). Parking closed Thursday for training at Camp PendletonÃâà...
10News
April 4, 2018
CAMP PENDLETON (KGTV) - Camp Pendleton marines preparing to deploy are leaving behind a piece of themselves for their children. Thanks to the American Red Cross Hug-a-Hero program the kids will have a doll of their parents to provide comfort during the long months. The dolls have a specialÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 4, 2018
A woman with Aghdam's name is identified in an August 2009 article in The San Diego Union-Tribune that reported on a group of about two dozen protesters who showed up outside Camp Pendleton to denounce the use of pigs in military-trauma training. The woman is described as a San Diego animalÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 4, 2018
Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested Tuesday at the main gate of Camp Pendleton. Nasim Aghdam demonstrated ... More than two dozen protesters gathered outside Camp Pendleton's main gate Tuesday to denounce the use of pigs in military-trauma training. Advertisement.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 2, 2018
After hashing out a settlement with federal investigators, an Atlanta-based company will repay 14 workers $354,978 in back wages for Navy information technology projects involving Camp Pendleton and other locations. A probe by the U.S. Department of Labor found that clerical errors by Insight GlobalÃâà...
NBC Southern California
March 30, 2018
Transported by veterans via three flatbed trucks -- and accompanied at times by Patriot Guard Riders and fellow Marines -- the memorial traveled through 12 states, including New York, Arkansas, Texas and Arizona, on its journey to Camp Pendleton. The memorial left Vermont on March 15.
OCRegister
March 30, 2018
CAMP PENDLETON — Cpl. Orlando Pena stood at attention, saluting as three flatbed trucks entered the base on their way to the 5th Marine Regiment Memorial Garden at Camp San Mateo. The trucks, carrying a monument to Marines and sailors from the “Fighting Fifth” regiment who died in Vietnam, left aÃâà...
fox5sandiego.com
March 29, 2018
SAN DIEGO -- Retired Marine Stephen Colwell has been waiting for this moment for more than 50 years: a new memorial at Camp Pendleton to honor a special group of heroes very near to his heart. The year was 1967 and Colwell was a 2nd Lieutenant in Vietnam when a landmine detonated nearby,Ãâà...
OCRegister
March 27, 2018
CAMP PENDLETON – Matt Hughes served as an infantryman in the Marine Corps for a decade. He wanted to continue his service to the community and hoped to find a job as a police officer. After applying to multiple law enforcement agencies in Orange and Los Angeles counties and being told budgetÃâà...
NBC 7 San Diego
March 22, 2018
Attorneys for a Camp Pendleton Marine say their client accidentally stabbed a fellow recruit, and never meant to kill him. Pfc. Raymond Begay appeared in a military court Thursday morning at the Marine Corps base, where prosecutors argued that Begay should be charged with second-degree murder andÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 15, 2018
A group of history buffs at Camp Pendleton rebuilt an antique wagon from the late 1800s that stands at the entrance to the nearly 200-year-old Rancho Santa Margarita Ranch House, a National Historic Site on the Marine Corps base. The 19th-century wagon goes back to Camp Pendleton's pre-base daysÃâà...
Coast News
March 8, 2018
REGION — An indictment unsealed March 2 accuses an alleged drug dealer from San Marcos with selling fentanyl to a Camp Pendleton-based Marine, leading to the serviceman's overdose death and the resulting filing of a criminal charge that could send the defendant to prison for life. Kyle AnthonyÃâà...
10News
March 7, 2018
Male-only Marine Corps training opened to women at Camp Pendleton. Lolita C. Baldor. 4:50 PM, Mar 6, 2018 ... Joshua Pena said 40 female Marine students checked-in Tuesday to the Marine Combat Training Battalion at Camp Pendleton. The move comes at least seven months after senior Marine leaders said they wereÃâà...
Task & Purpose
March 7, 2018
The first wave of female students landed Tuesday at Camp Pendleton's Marine Combat Training course, an influx expected to grow to 1,700 annually. The recent graduates of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will be the first enlisted female students to learn basic battlefield skills at what's calledÃâà...
OCRegister
March 5, 2018
A 25-year-old San Marcos man will appear in U.S. District Court Tuesday, March 6, on federal charges of distribution of drugs resulting in the death of a Camp Pendleton Marine, officials from the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday. Kyle Anthony Shephard, on Friday, was formally charged with oneÃâà...
ABC15 Arizona
March 5, 2018
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - The U.S. Attorney's Office of Southern California announced charges Friday against a man in the death of a Camp Pendleton Marine who had an overdose in his barracks. The unidentified Corporal was found unresponsive on the floor near his computer chair on January 29, 2017.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 3, 2018
The center will offer the latest medical technology and will be staffed by personnel from the nearby Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. Clint Pearman, a brain injury specialist at Camp Pendleton, will give an update on the estimated $12.5 million center, which is the seventh of nine such facilities at militaryÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 3, 2018
A 25-year-old Marine corporal found dead on the floor of his barracks at Camp Pendleton last year — headphones still on from playing on the computer — died of a fentanyl overdose, and federal prosecutors are now seeking to hold responsible the man they say sold him the drugs. Kyle Anthony ShephardÃâà...
CBS News
February 24, 2018
SAN DIEGO -- A sailor has died after he was struck by a helicopter blade at the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base, north of San Diego. The Marine Corps says the sailor was hit by the spinning tail rotor of a Venom helicopter Wednesday evening and died at a hospital shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday.
Los Angeles Times
February 17, 2018
Camp Pendleton Lance Cpl. M.F. Currington also was found guilty of abusing anabolic steroids and sexually abusing a child. He was sentenced to three years behind bars. Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Currington's charges stemmed from a late 2016 probe into steroid and drug paraphernaliaÃâà...
CNBC
February 16, 2018
The automaker is partnering with for-profit vocational school Universal Technical Institute to open a training workshop at Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base near San Diego. It is the first time a premium automotive brand has opened an institute like this on a military base in the U.S., BMW said Friday.
Times of San Diego
December 31, 1999
Veterans, along with Marines and Sailors of the 5th Marine Regiment, celebrated the arrival Thursday of a new Vietnam War Memorial at Camp San Mateo Memorial Garden on Camp Pendleton. The memorial holds the names of 2,705 Marines and Sailors who fought and lost their lives serving under theÃâà...
Times of San Diego
December 31, 1999
For the first time, female Marines awoke Wednesday to begin their first full day of training at Camp Pendleton's Marine Combat Training course. The female Marines, who recently graduated boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, in South Carolina, arrived at Camp Pendleton on Tuesday.
WMTV
December 31, 1999
This comes after Ethan Barclay Weberpal was found stabbed to death on base in California in January. Since the incident an unidentified marine has been held in confinement at Camp Pendleton. His identity will only be released after the hearing in March. Barclay-Weberpal's body was returned home toÃâà...
OCRegister
December 31, 1999
The program, held in a newly christened auto workshop at Camp Pendleton, is the first of its kind nationwide, set up to train active-duty Marines for civilian career opportunities with U.S. dealers. It is the first time a premium automotive brand has opened a training program for military service members on aÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
CAMP PENDLETON, CA – Residents in North San Diego County may hear loud booming noises this week due to Camp Pendleton training exercises, according to a noise advisory. Camp Pendleton officials announced they would be firing high explosive munitions into the Whiskey and Zulu impact areasÃâà...
