Camp Pendleton has over 65,000 Marines, WE have Marine Corp Rec. Depot, also the largest Marine Air Base.
Also the largest number of Navy. WE will always have tens of thousands of military here.
I know. I’m ex-AF and my cousin is soon to be ex-Navy because he can retire and not move to China Lake from Mugu next year as a GS-15. He doesn’t want a job at Edwards either. 33 years is enough to do something else.