Posted on 10/18/2025 1:06:44 PM PDT by DFG
The U.S. Marine Corps is set to celebrate its 250th anniversary at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, led by Vice President JD Vance.
Vance is set to lead the festivities as the first former Marine to hold his office on Saturday. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan and Marine Corps Commandant General Eric M. Smith will be joining the vice president for the event.
More than 15,000 attendees are expected, including Marines, Navy sailors, veterans and families are expected at the Red Beach demonstration. The show will integrate Navy and Marine Corps operations across land, air and sea.
Another Beach Bash at Del Mar Beach will offer food, live music and family activities after the military showcase.
Guests are welcome to attend as long as they comply with base access rules, meaning they must have valid government ID and submit to vehicle checks.
California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned carrying out the military demonstration without closing the freeway in an X post on Friday, calling it dangerous, even though military training routinely takes place at the Pendleton base.
“This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm’s way,” the Democrat governor said. “Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn’t just wrong — it’s dangerous.”
He continued his rant in a comment on the initial post that read, “Using our military to intimidate people you disagree with politically doesn’t make you look strong.”
“It makes you look weak,” he added. “It’s reckless, it’s disrespectful, and yet another action beneath the office of the presidency.”
Newsom’s office announced on Saturday morning that, though “the White House denied the freeway near Camp Pendleton,” and despite its “lack of transparency, California traffic and public safety experts have recommended temporarily closing the freeway to best protect the public.”
Earlier this week, Newsom argued against the idea of White House closing the freeway, however.
“Donald Trump and JD Vance think that shutting down the I-5 to shoot out missiles from ships is how you respect the military,” Newsom’s X post said on Wednesday. “PUT ASIDE YOUR VANITY PARADE AND PAY OUR TROOPS INSTEAD.”
Newsom’s urging of the president to pay the troops refers to the government shutdown, which has entered its 18th day, and initially meant that the military would miss out on paychecks. However, that same day, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum allowing the use of War Department funds to pay the military during the federal funding lapse.
According to officials, a practice round of fire activity was observed on Friday near the freeway, which remained open at the time.
The Interstate 5 will be closed from Harbor Drive in Oceanside to Basilone Road from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
They make up a lie that Trump is closing the freeway which the DOD / DOW outright denied publicly so gov dillhole closes the freeway to pretend the lie was real. Is that what we are seeing here?
“Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn’t just wrong — it’s dangerous.” Gavin, always remember: ready, fire, aim!
“”I have driven by penatdion i dont know homw many time in the last 50 years””
Must be a different location than the one featured today!!!!
HEHE I have fat finger misspelled pendleton again
Real America’s Voice covered today’s events.
You can watch the military demo with a beach assault and amphibious landing, and later, JDVance and others doing speaches here
https://rumble.com/v70g6cm-marine-250-from-sea-to-shore-rav-special-coverage.html
The military demo starts about 3 hrs 50 minutes in.
Speaches start about 5hr 40 minutes in.
newsome claimed the white house was going to close Interstate 5, when the Marine 250 event was announced, and there would be a military demonstration and live fire exercise as part of the event.
The Marines denied that there were any hazards, and I5 did not need to be closed.
newsom STILL instructed cal-trans and chp to close the I5, and blamed Trump for it....
Per a notice on fox5sandiego...
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A section of Interstate 5 will be temporarily closed Saturday afternoon due to a controversial live-fire military demonstration at Camp Pendleton, prompting some concerns from state officials over public safety.
Governor Gavin Newsom issued a sharp statement Saturday morning, blasting the federal government’s decision to move forward with the event, which involves live artillery fire in close proximity to the heavily trafficked I-5 freeway.
Early Saturday morning, the federal government confirmed that live fire activity is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the governor.
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/i5-closure-camp-pendleton/
When I use to drive along i5, I use to see them doing exercises and they use to do live fire exercises without closing down I5, so all this was, was an attempt by newsom to smear Trump and the Marines for holding the Marine 250 event.
Newsom sucks huge sacks of donkey cocks...and that’s each morning, before he’s even had his first coffee...
I was stationed at Pendleton for 3 years as a Marine... there are countless live-fire training exercises per year there, and the I-5 doesn’t get shut down. At Pendleton, it is considered to be an ABNORMAL day to not have such a training exercise. Newscum is just lambasting and trying to draw attention to himself. Saturday was just a ‘dog-and-pony show’ to honor the upcoming 250th Marine Corps birthday. There have been many more complex fields of fire aboard Pendleton during training/field ops than that, with no need to close the I-5 or having any concern for public safety. Gavin the jerk shows his true colors once again... dumb and outlandish on his part, and displaying his contempt and hatred for the military.
We are not fooled,Governor!
Considering there’s an entire island (San Clemente Island) there for shore bombardment (or was when I was in the Navy), I don’t know why any navy ship would be firing anything at mainland USA.
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