FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip ~ Camp Pendleton, California ~ 1APR 2008

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Camp Pendleton, California

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and serves as its prime amphibious training base. It is located in Southern California between the cities of Oceanside and San Clemente. The base was established in 1942 to train U.S. Marines for service in World War II. By October 1944, Camp Pendleton was declared as a "permanent installation" and by 1946, it became the home of the 1st Marine Division.

This is the main road for traffic into the base. This gate has been open and manned by Marines 24 hours a day since 1942.

Major General Joseph Henry Pendleton (June 2, 1860 - February 4, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps general for whom Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is named. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1878. He graduated from the Naval Academy and was appointed a second lieutenant on 1 July 1884.

On 1 January 1908, Major Pendleton was promoted to the grade of lieutenant colonel. Lieutenant Colonel Pendleton joined the First Brigade of Marines in the Philippines for his second tour of duty there, on 4 November 1902. He performed duty as the Commanding Officer of the First Brigade and the Post Commander, and Commanding Officer of the First Brigade and the Post Commander, and Commanding Officer of the First Regiment, at Olongapo. On 23 May 1911, Lieutenant Colonel Pendleton was promoted to the grade of colonel.

From 1 October to 7 November 1921, General Pendleton was in command of the Department of the Pacific at San Francisco. Upon the establishment of the Fifth Brigade of Marines in 4 October 1921, General Pendleton was assigned to that organization as the commanding officer. In addition to these duties he was assigned the additional duty as Commanding General Department of the Pacific in the absence of General Barnett, from 13 May 1922 to 2 September 1922. Pendleton was promoted to Major General on December 10, 1923.

The base's diverse geography, spanning over 125,000 acres, plays host to year round training for Marines in addition to all other branches of the U.S. military. Amphibious and sea-to-shore training takes place at several key points along the base's 17 miles of coastline. The main base is in the Mainside Complex, at the southeastern end of the base, and the remote northern interior is an impact area.

Daytime population is around 100,000. Recruits from nearby Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego spend a month on Pendleton's Edson Range receiving field training, and after graduating from boot camp return to the base's School of Infantry for further training. Camp Pendleton remains the last major undeveloped portion of the Southern California coastline, save for a few small state parks.

The base is the home of I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Logistics Group and many tenant units, including elements of Marine Aircraft Group 39 and Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA).

Read More About Camp Pendleton Here!

In San Diego, California, you can visit the USS Midway Museum.

USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm, as of 2004 she is a museum ship in San Diego, California. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that is not an Essex-class ship.

Midway was laid down 27 October 1943 by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia. Her revolutionary hull design was based on what would have been the Montana class battleships and gave her superior maneuverability over all previous carriers.

Visit The USS Midway Museum Here!

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[PROCON]

Woo-Hoo!

[The Mayor]

April 1, 2008

In The Driver's Seat

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READ: Matthew 5:13-16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. —Matthew 5:16

I love the story of the stressed-out woman who was tailgating a man as they drove on a busy boulevard. When he slowed to a stop at a yellow light, the woman hit the horn, cussing and screaming in frustration and gesturing angrily. As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a police officer who ordered her to exit the car with her hands up. He took her to the police station and placed her in a holding cell.

An hour later, the officer returned and said, "I'm sorry, Ma'am. This has been a big mistake. When I pulled up behind you, I noticed your 'What Would Jesus Do?' license plate holder and your 'Follow Me to Sunday School' bumper sticker. I assumed the car was stolen!"

Satan doesn't care so much if you're a Christian as long as you don't act like one. If he can get you to live by his signals, he can damage and disarm you every time and dishonor the name of Christ in the process.

Instead, Jesus calls believers to be "salt" and to "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matt. 5:16).

With Jesus in the driver's seat of our lives, we can show off the love and glory of God.

Called to be salt and light in this world,
Called to preserve and to shine,
Called to reflect the glory of God—
Oh, what a calling is mine! —Fitzhugh

Don't let Satan manage the details of your life.

Bible in One Year: Joshua 4–6; Proverbs 1:1-7

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[SandRat]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kylie Rose !!

[PROCON]

Evening Lauren and thanks for tonight’s thread!!

[laurenmarlowe]

U.S. Marines and Iraqi police officers walk down a road edged with date palms as they patrol on foot outside of Jebadin, Iraq, on March 17, 2008. The Marines are attached to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Stuart C. Wegenka, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion, more commonly known as an LCAC, kicks up spray as it carries U.S. Marine Corps equipment from the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) to White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan, on March 27, 2008. Harpers Ferry sailors and the embarked Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are returning from bilateral training exercises and humanitarian civic action projects throughout the Western Pacific. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl, U.S. Navy. (Released)

[Inspectorette]

Lauren, thank you for this thread. Mr. Inspectorette and I have many fond memories of visiting my daughter and her family when they were stationed at Camp P. From there they went to DC, where our son-in-law was at the Pentagon on 9/11, then to Okinawa for three years. Now they’re back in Southern California, SIL is stationed at MCRD.

[laurenmarlowe]

WOO HOO PROCON!

FIRST!!

[SandRat]

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Mayor, and Thank You!

SECOND!!

[SevenofNine]

YEAH BABY Rackkkkkk my mom’s former hood

Rack Procoro for coming home from Nam 37 years ago

[Soaring Feather]

HI.

[Radix]

Has Procon posted yet?

[SevenofNine]

BTW USS Ronald Reagan was stationed there for while so rack Ronnie for insisting it it known fact in SO CAL he want there or the family did

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you Sand!!

THIRD!!

[SandRat]

Evenin’ lauren.

[PROCON]

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you Inspectorette, thank you for stopping in, and sharing your fond memories.

And Thank You for your family’s service to our Country!