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none - U.S. Marines with Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, close in on an objective during a combat readiness evaluation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 14, 2025. The purpose of the evaluation was to certify 1st Bn., 5th Marines as the ground combat element for their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle Chan)
photo - U.S. Marines from across the Western Region Fleet Marine Force pose for a picture during a Western Reginal Infantry Operations Chiefs Symposium at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 15, 2026. The symposium brought together infantry operations chiefs and infantry unit leaders from across the West Coast to discuss Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations and develop recommendations for the Marine Corps Ground Combat Element Operations Chief Symposium. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Anamile Arce)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christian Nava, a joint terminal attack controller instructor with Fire Support Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observes downrange during a Tactical Air Control Party exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 13, 2026. The exercise was the culminating event for the TACP School, which trains forward air controllers and joint terminal attack controllers to better coordinate air support assets and calls for fire. Nava is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stella Tedesco) - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christian Nava, a joint terminal attack controller instructor with Fire Support Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observes downrange during a Tactical Air Control Party exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 13, 2026. The exercise was the culminating event for the TACP School, which trains forward air controllers and joint terminal attack controllers to better coordinate air support assets and calls for fire. Nava is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stella Tedesco)
Ten battlefield crosses stand in honor of fallen Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during a memorial ceremony at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 12, 2021. The ceremony was held to honor the 10 Marines with 2nd Bn., 1st Marines, who were killed in a suicide attack on Aug. 26, 2021, during the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. - Ten battlefield crosses stand in honor of fallen Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during a memorial ceremony at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 12, 2021. The ceremony was held to honor the 10 Marines with 2nd Bn., 1st Marines, who were killed in a suicide attack on Aug. 26, 2021, during the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.