Combat Center News

Marines and sailors with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, check out a few of the old, rusted cars which dot the landscape of Keys Ranch in Joshua Tree National park Jan. 28. Fourteen Marines and sailors from the battalion volunteered their day to help restore a cabin which had succumbed to the harsh climate of the Mojave Desert and remove unwanted vegetation from the ranch. - Marines and sailors with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, check out a few of the old, rusted cars which dot the landscape of Keys Ranch in Joshua Tree National park Jan. 28. Fourteen Marines and sailors from the battalion volunteered their day to help restore a cabin which had succumbed to the harsh climate of the Mojave Desert and remove unwanted vegetation from the ranch.

Webelo Scouts with Troop 78, located aboard the Combat Center, watch the cars they built zoom down the track during their annual Pinewood Derby Jan. 30 at their Scout Hut. The scouts and their families built the cars from blocks of wood to race in the event. - Webelo Scouts with Troop 78, located aboard the Combat Center, watch the cars they built zoom down the track during their annual Pinewood Derby Jan. 30 at their Scout Hut. The scouts and their families built the cars from blocks of wood to race in the event.

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, scan Combat Center Range 200 during the observation portion of the Combat Hunter Course here Jan. 22. The course's curriculum is broken up into three key elements; combat tracking, combat patrolling and observation. - Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, scan Combat Center Range 200 during the observation portion of the Combat Hunter Course here Jan. 22. The course's curriculum is broken up into three key elements; combat tracking, combat patrolling and observation.

Cpl. Cody Leifheit (left) shoves Sgt. Alex Kessell, trying to throw him off balance during a pugil stick sparring match Jan. 20 behind the Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 headquarters building during the Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course. - Cpl. Cody Leifheit (left) shoves Sgt. Alex Kessell, trying to throw him off balance during a pugil stick sparring match Jan. 20 behind the Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 headquarters building during the Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course.