My second cousin and his family are based at 29 Palms.
He has had two tours to Iraq
He is still there?
A very long time ago, my Dad(now deceased since 1971)was stationed there! My parents lived out there for a couple of years while he was there. This was in early 50s during Korean War I believe. I was reading about Twenty-nine Palms on the web, and in the early 50s or so, Marine personnel came out from Camp Pendleton to start a Marine base there. It was an old Air-base at one time!
Apparently my Dad was there when the base was still forming. He went back to Camp Pendleton when I was 1 year old. I'd always hoped I could go back and see it one day. I've read that it is really big now!