U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. John Reitan, a combat engineer operates a demolition jack hammer to conduct spall repair during an airfield damage repair exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-25.
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jake Sisk, a Tallahassee, Florida native and logistics officer assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, extinguishes a notional fire during a demonstration.
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 prepare a helicopter for recovery during an Aircraft Salvage and Recovery exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-25.
1st Lt. Nicholas Wimer gives his Marines an order during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Maneuver Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 5-24.
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, set up a one rope bridge as a part of Mountain Exercise 5-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine division, prepare ammunition during SLTE 5-24 at Range 220, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jack Spackman, a Clermont, helicopter crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, overlooks Range 220 during a close air support exercise
U.S. Marines exit an amphibious combat vehicle during an Adversary Force Exercise as a part of SLTE 5-24 at Range 220 at the Combat Center.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adrian Rodriguez provides suppressive fire during an Adversary Force Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 5-24 at Range 220.
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. John Kelly, infantry officer with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, throws a smoke grenade during SLTE 5-24 at Range 220.
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.