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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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 U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System assigned to Tango Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division,...
U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division prepare for ship-to-shore operations during Exercise Steel Knight...
Steel Knight strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain MAGTF readiness.
Marines Commence Wargames for the Future Fight
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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