U.S. Marines with 2/11 fire a M777 Howitzer during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise as part of SLTE 0-25 at Training Area Quackenbush.
U.S. Navy Sailors stand at the position of attention during a command dress blue inspection at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Eduariel RodriguezToro, field artillery cannoneer with 2/11, loads an M795 high explosive round into an M777 Howitzer during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise in support of Service Level Training Exercise 0-25.
U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Mark H. Clingan , commanding general of MAGTFTC, MCAGCC, left, gives a welcome speech to service members and their families during the annual MCCS Twentynine Palms Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at MCAGCC.
U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division drive a light armored vehicle in the Holiday Light Parade during the Holiday Festival at Freedom Plaza.
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Savage, outgoing commanding general of Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, right, passes on the command colors to Brig. Gen. Mark Clingan, incoming commanding...
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dorothee Irwin, World War II veteran, poses for a photo with senior leaders of the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center during the 27th Annual Palm Springs Veterans Day Parade.
U.S. Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group observe training of 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, during Service Level Training Exercise 0-25 at Range 205.
A Marine Corps birthday cake is staged during the 249th Marine Corps’ Birthday Pageant. The annual tradition includes a uniform pageant and a traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the Marine Corps’ birthday.
U.S. Marines with Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, reenact the flag raising in Iwo Jima during the 249th Marine Corps’ Birthday Pageant at MCAGCC.
The Combat Center unveiled a new capability, that may change the way Marines communicate and train for future conflicts during Service Level Training Exercise 5-24, July 13- Sept. 11, 2024.
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It was the 1950s. Tensions were rising overseas and the U.S. Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton, California, was running out of room to provide the necessary training to be mission ready. The Marine Corps began looking for other locations to conduct training and exercises on a large scale, to accommodate live-fire training with artillery and rockets. A dormant training area 130 miles inland, previously used by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Air Corps, was selected to be used for a new Marine Corps Installation, then known as Camp Detachment Marine Corps Training Center, Twentynine Palms.
MARINE CORPS AIR-GROUND COMBAT CENTER, Calif. – Marine Corps Hospitality Services, formerly part of Marine Corps Community Services, is now an independent organization dedicated to providing exceptional lodging services for service members and their families, not only at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, but across the Marine Corps as well.
Joint military exercises involving multiple U.S. military branches play an important role in strengthening our national security and maintaining readiness. Such was the case for the collaboration between the U.S. Air Force’s 53rd Combat Airfield Operations Squadron from Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and U.S. Marine Corps’ Marine Air Control Squadron 2 unit from Cherry Point, North Carolina, for an exercise at the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 5 - Feb. 24, 2024.