Combat Center News

Gregory McAlexander takes a break from shopping to play a round of Guitar Hero at the arcade located inside the Marine Corps Exchange April 13. The arcade features 16 games of various types and play. - Gregory McAlexander takes a break from shopping to play a round of Guitar Hero at the arcade located inside the Marine Corps Exchange April 13. The arcade features 16 games of various types and play.

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - A light-emitting diode projector sits on display during a technology exposition at the Officer's Club April 13. The brand new projector is the smallest of it's kind and capable of projecting a five-foot image onto a surface. - MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - A light-emitting diode projector sits on display during a technology exposition at the Officer's Club April 13. The brand new projector is the smallest of it's kind and capable of projecting a five-foot image onto a surface.

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Sgt. Teresa Diaz, a wireman with the data element of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, helps her 1-year-old daughter, Giselle, walk before departing for a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan April 13. - MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Sgt. Teresa Diaz, a wireman with the data element of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, helps her 1-year-old daughter, Giselle, walk before departing for a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan April 13.

Army Capt. Amy Clark [right], the officer in charge of the Combat Center’s veterinary clinic, operates on a dog April 12 as Spc. Roxana Gatch, a veterinary technician, observes. The clinic is open to both military working dogs and privately owned pets. - Army Capt. Amy Clark [right], the officer in charge of the Combat Center’s veterinary clinic, operates on a dog April 12 as Spc. Roxana Gatch, a veterinary technician, observes. The clinic is open to both military working dogs and privately owned pets.

Tanya Cooper, the wife of Lance Cpl. Jacob Cooper, fires off rounds from the M4 service carbine April 9 during 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion’s Jane Wayne Day at Combat Center Range 500. The spouses had the opportunity to use the weapons systems their husbands use in both training and combat. - Tanya Cooper, the wife of Lance Cpl. Jacob Cooper, fires off rounds from the M4 service carbine April 9 during 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion’s Jane Wayne Day at Combat Center Range 500. The spouses had the opportunity to use the weapons systems their husbands use in both training and combat.

Marines and sailors with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provide simulated medical attention to a pilot at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s K2 Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel exercise March 25. TRAP teams are trained to provide medical care, and simultaneously search for sensitive equipment and materials in a variety of scenarios. - Marines and sailors with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provide simulated medical attention to a pilot at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s K2 Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel exercise March 25. TRAP teams are trained to provide medical care, and simultaneously search for sensitive equipment and materials in a variety of scenarios.