FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California ~ 04 FEB 2020

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the US. It is on the Southern California coast, in San Diego County, and bordered by Oceanside to the south, Cleveland National Forest, San Clemente, and Orange County to the north, Riverside County to the northeast, and Fallbrook to the east.

The base was established in 1942 to train U.S. Marines for service in World War II. By October 1944, Camp Pendleton was declared a "permanent installation" and by 1946, it became the home of the 1st Marine Division.

It was named after Major General Joseph Henry Pendleton (1860–1942), who had long advocated setting up a training base for the Marine Corps on the west coast. Today it is the home to myriad Operating Force units including the I Marine Expeditionary Force and various training commands.

Efforts today continue to preserve the rich heritage of Camp Pendleton's founders and the more than 230 years of Marine Corps history. The original ranch house is used for historical tours and has been declared a National Historic Site.

Some of the Base's streets and sites have been named in honor of military war heroes and battles. The geographic locations formally christened by Spanish explorers and missionaries continue that heritage. A ranch cattle brand, Pendleton's logo, can be seen throughout the Base.
 

Camp Pendleton's 125,547 acres host a self-sustaining water supply, sewage treatment plants, telephone and electrical systems. With a daytime population of more than 70,000 , Camp Pendleton must maintain its self-sustaining capabilities.

To help maintain the high demand on Pendleton's utilities, there are seven sewage treatment plants, 150 miles of sewer mainlines, 24 wells, 375 miles of water mainlines, 23 reservoirs, 145 miles of gas lines, 335 miles of electrical lines, 215 electric substations and two landfills.

Along with having its own utility distribution systems, Camp Pendleton also maintains 7,300 family housing units and is constructing additional units in conjunction with maintaining 18,000 permanent party billeting spaces. In addition, there are more than 2,600 buildings and structures. The largest structure on Base is the 6,000-foot runway at the Air Station.

Learn More About Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton HERE!!

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February 4

God-Sized Love

Bible in a Year:

• Exodus 34–35
• Matthew 22:23–46

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?

Matthew 5:46

I once visited an impoverished neighborhood of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Homes were made of corrugated iron, with electrical wires dangling live above them. There I had the privilege of interviewing families and hearing how churches were helping to combat unemployment, drug use, and crime.

In one alleyway I climbed a rickety ladder to a small room to interview a mother and her son. But just a moment later someone rushed up, saying, “We must leave now.” A machete-wielding gang leader was apparently gathering a mob to ambush us.

We visited a second neighborhood, but there we had no problem. Later I discovered why. As I visited each home, a gang leader stood outside guarding us. It turned out his daughter was being fed and educated by the church, and because believers were standing by her, he stood by us.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus presents a standard of love that’s beyond comparison. This kind of love embraces not just the “worthy” but the undeserving (Matthew 5:43–45), reaching beyond family and friends to touch those who can’t or won’t love us back (vv. 46–47). This is God-sized love (v. 48)—the kind that blesses everyone.

As believers in Santo Domingo live out this love, neighborhoods are starting to change. Tough hearts are warming to their cause. That’s what happens when God-sized love comes to town.

By: Sheridan Voysey

Reflect & Pray

How would you describe the difference between human love and godly love? Who can you bless today who can’t repay you?

Jesus, pour Your love into me so I may pour it out to others—even to those who can’t repay the favor.

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time, thanks Lauren!

[PROCON]

I wanted to go into the Marine Corps after high school, so I went down to the Armed Forces Examination Station and took the battery of tests there.

It turns out my IQ was too high to become a Marine so I went into the Army instead.

(Ducking and running 😁)

[SuperLuminal]

Brings back memories from almost 70-years ago...

[left that other site]

Hi everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Turbo Pig]

The last time I rolled through the main gate at Pendelton, seen in the first pic, was the night the Marines deployed for the Rodney King riots. We were coming off Edson Range and heading back to San Diego. Had to stop for security checks on the way out, and one of our former shipmates was sitting in a 6-by next to us waiting to head north to LA.

We spent the evening waiting to get recalled to base. What a wild night.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening and thank you Mayor!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

WOO HOO PROCON!

SECOND!!

[The Mayor]

Thank you

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy SuperLuminal!

THIRD!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you left that other site!

[tet68]

Climb Mount Sheepshit!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Turbo Pig!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA!

[left that other site]

Good Evening!

Just got in after a long day, and now I am ready for bed!

But I’ll read a bit before going to sleep.
:-)

[squirt]

62 for me

[luvie]

Thanks, lauren! (((hugs))) Great place for a 🚙 🚗 🏍 trip!

[radu]

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