The 1st Marine Division is the oldest, largest and most decorated Marine division. Headquartered at Camp Pendleton, California, the Division is a force of 20,000 men and women organized to conduct combat operations. The 1st Marine Division is an adaptable expeditionary force in readiness; generating, deploying and returning forces in support of global force management. The Division stands ready to conduct contingency response requirements and is prepared to deploy as a scalable ground combat element to defeat peer, near-peer and hybrid threats across the range of military operations.
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U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, receive a safety brief before a live-fire range during a service level...
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, grapple during Two-Five Day at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton,...
A U.S. Marine with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat...
U.S. Marines with Fury Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike during Mountain Training Exercise 1-26 at Marine Corps...
A Saint Barbara trophy is presented during a Saint Barbara’s Day celebration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 8, 2026. Artillery...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Charles Asher, an assistant patrol leader with Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division,...
A new live-fire range is giving Marine infantry units the unique ability to train entire companies with reinforcements using the full arsenal of weapons available to the infantry battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
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