Camp Wilson

Corporals Spencer G. Boyd, left, and Joshua S. Baczkowski, both machine gunners with Machine Gun Section, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, assault targets with an M240B machine gun More

Cpl. John W. Wood, grenadier, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, advances down range during a Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity assessment at Range 107, Marine Corps Air More

Maj. Gen. Michael A. Rocco, commanding general, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, talks to Lance Cpl. Kevin M. Whitlock, engineer equipment operator, Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, during Rocco’s visit to the Strate More

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Juan M. Garcia III observes Marines with Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force as they conduct a Marine Corps Operational Test and More

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, Jr., center, commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, is greeted by Col. Matthew G. St. Clair, commanding officer, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, an More

1st Lt. Robert S. Dyer, platoon commander with Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, talks with Jeanette James, staff member with the House Armed Services C More

Sgt. Emma Bringas, anti-tank missileman, Anti-Armor Section, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, conducts a team movement during a Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity More

From left to right, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green walks alongside 1st Sgt. John D. Dober, company first sergeant, Company A; Sgt. Maj. Robin C. Fortner, sergeant major; and 1st Sgt. Rena M. More

Cpl. Zachary Cruz, left, and Sgt. Elizabeth A. Dollinger, right, both mortar men with Mortars Section, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, step off for a team movement during a Marine More

Sgt. Gilbert Ibarra, tank crewman with Tank Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, embraces his son and wife after returning to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 26 More

Sgt. Travis J. Smith, combat engineer with Engineer Platoon, Headquarters and Support Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, embraces his daughter after returning to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeun More

Camp Wilson is the Combat Center's central hub for all ranges and the location for visiting units to regroup and plan for exercises. It is home to the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field, maintained by Marine More

150625-N-ZZ999-001 TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Jun. 25, 2015)- Builder 3rd Class Kelly Murphy, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, lays the second course of blocks for a 255-foot retaining w More

Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct a security patrol during an Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Tw More

Infantry Marines with 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, post security after landing at landing zone K Springs aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 17, as part of a tactical re More

Marines with Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct high explosive training with Mine Clearing Line Charges (MICLICs), Anti-personnel Obstacle Breaching System More

Pfc. David Scott, a mortorman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provides security while conducting fire team rushes during an Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground More

U.S. Marines with 2nd platoon, Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, conduct vehicle recovery lane training during an Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat C More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. James McCurdy with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, annotates grid coordinates and fire mission instructions in preparation for reinforcing ground combat element units in f More

U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, board a CH-53E Super Stallion to conduct a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel mission in response to a scenario-based incid More

Marines with 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, practice ground fighting techniques on an early morning at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Corps Ground Air Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 7, 2015. More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Case with Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fires a M27 infantry assault rifle as part of a Battalion Assault Course during an Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joseph McKee, a fire integration support team (FiST) leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment annotates grid coordinates during Large Scale Exercise (LSE) at Marine Co More

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Vincent Barggesgard with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provides security while conducting security force operations as a part of Large Scale Exercise (LSE) at Marine Corp More

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, prepare to load onto a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) from Strategic Expe More

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), make calculations on the exact position of notional enemy targets in order to call in air support, artillery fire and mortar f More

A U.S. Marine with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment confirms his zero of his M40A5 Sniper Rifle at 100 yards before a known and unknown distance range during Integrated Training Exercise More

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Benjamin Herbold, an infantry officer with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), talks about his unit and its role in a rock drill before t More

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), rush forward crossing a breach made by an anti-personnel obstacle breaching system in a mechanized assault du More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Phillip D. Jones, right, the executive officer of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), leads his Marines as they push through the objectiv More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Evan L. Bohlke, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), yells for everyone to fall back before setting off an anti-pe More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, currently attached to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), prepare their AAV-A1 assault amphibious vehicles before a mechanized as More

Cpl. Matthew Barnes, assaultman, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, observes the Mark 19 Grenade Launcher as Devin Castanon, 12, boy scout, Troop 72, prepares to fire at the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Train More

Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, Combat Center Commanding General, hands Senior Airman William Hyatt, civil engineer, 567th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer Squadron based out More

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment attached to 1st Battalion , 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division set up an M777A2 howitzer during I Marine Expeditionary Force Large Scale Exerci More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 lay the foundation for additional expeditionary steel structures, known as K-Spans, at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif More

United States Marine Corps Corporal Marlon Heskett and Private First Class Arturo Rios, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Kilo Company, approach a simulated building with hostile forces in Marine Corps Air Gr More

United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl Antonio Marin and Lance Cpl Henry Arviox, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, India Company, prepare to deploy an unmanned Dragonrider drone in Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center More

United States Marine Corps Sergeant Tyler Jelirek, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Kilo Company, puts together a LFAM Drone to support marines during their urban combat training in Marine Corps Air Ground C More

United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl Joseph Hernandez, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, India Company, fires a SMAW (Shoulder launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon) at simulated enemy vehicles in Marine Corps More

United States Marine Corps Sergeant Taylor Caughan, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Lima Company, holds an Instant-Eye unmanned aerial vehicle in midair before it takes off in Marine Corps ground combat cen More

United States Marines attached to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, India Company, relax in a trench during a training index in Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Calif. Nov 4, 2016. Marines of 3 More

United States Marines attached to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, India Company, hike in formation to their trench warfare training in Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Calif. Nov 4, 2016. Mar More

United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl Travis Lecleir, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, India Company, pilots an Instant-Eye unmanned aerial vehicle in Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Calif. No More

Petty Officer 2nd Class, Bronson Bond, builder, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, works on a displacement wall at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 2, More

Cpl. Scott Gedeon, food service specialist, 1st Marine Logistics Group, cheers on his favorite team during the Palm Springs Bob Hope USO hosted showing of Super Bowl LI at the dining facility at Camp Wilson abo More

MARINE CORPS AIRGROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – Marines guide Mine- Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion to their shooting positions at Range 106A ab More

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – A Terex-Demag MAC-50 vehicle retracts its crane at the vehicle recovery lane aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, More

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – Marines with Assault Breacher Vehicle Platoon, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, target simluated enemies during a live-fire exercise utilizing More

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – Cpl. Charles Moore, a squad leader for Weapons Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, passes orders off to machine gun e More

MARINE CORPS AIR-GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – Mortarmen with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fire a 81mm mortar during a reinforced company assault at Range 400 aboar More

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – An Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System explodes, clearing a path through obstacles during a reinforced company assault at Range 400 aboa More

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepares to fire a M240 Bravo Medium Machine Gun during an urban lane training exercise at More

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – Gen. Glenn M. Walters, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat More

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – Cpl. Austin Mkrowse, an electritian with Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, unloads cellulose insulation into a vacum to insulat More

Marines stage gear prior to their departure to Integrated Training Exercise 2-18 from Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2018. During ITX 2-18, the Marines with 3d Marine Regiment; 2d Battalion, 3d Marine Regim More

Colonel Michael S. Stskal, Commanding Officer, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participates in post and relief ceremony at Camp Wilson aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palm More

Marines with Marine Wing Communication Squadron 38 dig trenches for wires at Camp Wilson aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., January 22, 2018, as a part of Integrated Tra More

Marines and Sailors are greeted by Col. Michael Styskal and senior leadership upon their return to Marine Corps Base Hawaii from Integrated Training Exercise 2-18, Feb. 22, 2018. During the month long exercise, More

Marines receive a class on urban combat during urban lanes training on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 28, 2018. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, More

Private First Class Marc Saxton (left) and Lance Cpl. Cristo Arriaza, mortarmen with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Alpha Company, perform mock fire drills to prepare for the live-fire during Integrated Tr More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, fire a M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynin More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Yanica Gonzalez, a food service specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 252, Second Marine Division (2d MARDIV), prepares dessert for evening chow at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Ai More

George Hernandez, an instructor at the Battle Simulation Center checks up on Marines training on the Deployable Virtual Training Environment at the Center in Camp Wilson Feb. 8, 2011. (Marine photo/Lance Cpl. S More

Cpl. Steven McKinney, a mortarman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, shows his cleared weapon to a marksmanship instructor following a battle sight zero exercise at Range 101 on Marine Co More

Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided missiles lay ready for firing by anti-tank missilemen from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during the Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise a More

Lance Cpl. Josh Berryhill, a machine gunner with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, reloads his weapon while bounding toward an enemy position during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 1 on Marine Corps More

Lance Cpl. Phil Schiffman, a mortarman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, half-loads an 81 mm mortar round during a fire support coordination exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Ce More

Lance Cpl. Clinton Bilbrey, a squad leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, directs his Marines' movement from a trench during a platoon attack at Range 410A on Marine Corps Air Ground Com More

Pfc. Daniel Candelaria and Capt. Gareth Hughes, a rifleman and forward air controller with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, carry ammunition to a machine gun position during a company attack a More

Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, bound down the battlefield during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 2 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 16. The ba More

Lance Cpl. Justin Downing, a mortar man with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, scans his area while patrolling during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 3 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twent More

Mortarmen with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, patrol toward a village shortly after dawn during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 4 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Cal More

Marines assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 774, perform an inspection on a CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter during a refueling stop in Santa Fe, N.M., on June 13, 2013. HMM 774 will be participatin More

Marines from different units prepare to defend and mount a CH-53E Super Stallion during the Integrated Training Exercises aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 17. Many of More

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, perform a low level static line jump out of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-14 aboard Marine Corps Air More

U.S. Marines assigned to 5th Battalion, 14th Marines, conduct a fire mission with an M777 Lightweight Howitzer during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-14 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twenty More

Lance Cpl. Joshua Hensel, an aviation ordnance technician from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, performs a maintenance check on the M-197 Gatling Gun on the Cobra AH-1, June 11, 2014.

Lance Cpl. Sean Swarthout, intelligence specialist, Marine Aircraft Group 41, begins to analyze the map to get a head start on what points to plot, June 15, 2014. The brief, held during the Integrated Training More

Lance Cpl. Jacob Hogan, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, ejects his ammunition into his cover to keep count of rounds he is transferring during the guard duty change over at Camp Wilson on Marine Ai More

Marines set up the tents for the combat operations center for Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 after emplacing camouflage netting Jan. 16 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Putting up the net More

Lance Cpl. Christopher Hopgood, warehousemen, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., helps serve Marines and sailors popcorn throughout the beginning of a free screening of "Ame More

Marines face up-range as a safety precaution, prior to firing table three alpha (rifle course) Jan. 23 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. Safety is More

Gunnery Sgt. Kevin D. Pirtle stands against a fence talking to Marines on the other side Feb. 8 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. Pirtle is preparing More

A U.S. Navy Corpsman to Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 4th Marne Regiment, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., searches for the correct placement to start a tracheotomy on a simulated victim during an ind More

Cpl. Christopher J. Benavidez (Left) and Col. David L. Odom prepare to board a Bell UH-1Y Venom helicopter Feb. 17 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms to fly to Yuma, Arizona to command an aeria More

Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, disembark a bus upon their arrival to Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, More

Marines with Provisional Rifle Platoon, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, conduct magazine drills while combat gliding at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palm More

Sgt. Felipe Vasquez, left, tank gunner, and Lance Cpl. Christian Myers, right, tank crewman, both with Tank Platoon, Co. B, GCEITF, remove tools from an M1A1 Abrams tank at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground More

Marines with Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, fire the M4 Modular Weapon System during a zeroing exercise at Range 106, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, More

A Marine vehicle commander with Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, practices section-level formations at Training Area Acorn, Marine Corps Air Ground Com More

Lance Cpl. Louis A. Reich, left, machine gunner, and Sgt. Victoria R. Poland, machine gun team leader, with Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, move to their support by fire position d More

Lance Cpl. Daniel Villatoro, rifleman, with 1st Platoon, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, sends rounds downrange with the M4 Modular Weapon System during a target confirmation at Range 10 More

Staff Sgt. Jimmie Fernandez, left, section leader, and Cpl. Austin Bean, crew chief, both with Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, place the Co. B guidon More

Lance Cpl. Paula Valerio, right, Light Armored Vehicle Crewman, LAV Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, attaches a 25mm cannon to an LAV-25 at Range 500, Marine Corps Air Ground Com More

Sgt. Yesenia A. Nepita, crew chief, Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, carries a Mk-19 40mm grenade launcher atop an AAV at Range 500, Marine Corps Air G More

Marines with Tank Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, send rounds down range via lanyard fire at Range 500, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March More

Sgt. Brian E. Willett, anti-tank missileman (assistant gunner), left, and Sgt. Cameron A. Hanson, anti-tank missileman (gunner) with Anti-Armor Section, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Fo More

Sgt. Dominick J. Nappi, team leader/grenadier with 2nd Platoon, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, fires the M203 grenade launcher to engage targets during a pilot test at Range 107, Marine More

Cpl. Joshua J. Syverson, combat engineer with Engineer Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, snaps M1A2 Bangalores together for a hasty breach during a pilot te More