Having served there at 29 Palms [loveingly refered to as the STUMPS] I can apperate what those guys of 2/7 are doing. I was at the stumps for 4 years. We in gun 2, 1st155mm, HowBtry (sp),4thBn,11th Mar[Rein], we refered to the Stumps as the worlds’s largest cat litter box!
I was in 1st Bn 11th Marines. We did so much time in 29 Palms I thought I WAS stationed there. I was comm/FDC though. We just referred to stumps as, “awwww man, not again”. As far as training went, I preferred going there over “backyard” firing at Pendleton.
I spent several training sessions at Ft. Irwin before it was the NTC, I believe it and 29 Palms are a lot alike. :)