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A search for eight Marines was underway Friday morning following a “training mishap” involving an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) near San Clemente Island in Los Angeles County, according to the United States Marine Corps.

According to the Marine Corp, both military and Coast Guard crews are searching off San Clemente Island where the AAV sank, in their words, “to the bottom.” Vikki Vargas reports for NBC LA Friday July 31, 2020.

Until officials can determine what went wrong, all AAV water operations are suspended. Hetty Chang reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Friday July 31, 2020.

One U.S. Marine burned in a training exercise on Camp Pendleton is up and walking and has been weaned off the ventilator, according to one published report.

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A 36-year-old man was arrested Monday morning at a rest stop north of Camp Pendleton on suspicion of kidnapping a woman he had taken on a date in Orange County, authorities said.

Marines at Camp Pendleton have been ordered to follow California’s “shelter in place” guidelines and face severe penalties if they don’t, according to the military base’s commanding general. Brigadier General Daniel Conley on Saturday issued the instructions to Marine Corps Installations West, which includes Camp Pendleton. “As of March 19, the state of California instituted a `shelter in place’ order,’”...

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A Camp Pendleton Marine whose disappearance prompted a nationwide search has been court martialed after investigators discovered he purchased a cache of weapons and ammunitions to allegedly hunt human traffickers along the U.S. and Mexico border.

Some local U.S. Marines could soon get their 15 seconds of fame. The Marine Corps is holding casting calls at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Thursday and Friday for a new recruiting campaign. The goal is to inspire the next generation of Marines. “We want people to join the Marine Corps, people of the highest caliber,” said 2nd Lt. Charlotte…

Agents with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) have arrested a suspect who allegedly recruited Camp Pendleton-based Marines to smuggle undocumented immigrants from the border.

A complaint filed last week alleges the wife of a Camp Pendleton Marine had nonconsensual sex with a teenage foreign exchange student who was living at her home.

Six of the nearly two dozen Marines accused of participating in human and drug trafficking rings have pleaded guilty, the government confirmed Tuesday.

More than a dozen Camp Pendleton-based Marines arrested during a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigation into allegations of human smuggling have been charged, the U.S. Marines said Friday.

This Veterans day California Live honors Veteran Dorian Gardner who lost his eye sight after a bomb exploded near his face. His inspirational story of recovery, depression and involvement with adaptive sports, on California Live Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.

Mikhail Schmidt, 33, was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing and killing 37-year-old construction worker Jacob Bravo in Oceanside because he “craved the taste of blood,” Schmidt told law enforcement in a video confession.

Chemicals used for carpets and anti-stain products have been found in water sources for 7.5 million people in California, detailing the extent of the problem as state regulators work to develop safety levels for the contaminants that have been linked to cancer.

A U.S. Marine who was reported missing has been found safe in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the family said in a statement sent to NBC 7.

Mikhail Schmidt told jurors “Agent Orange,” a counter-terrorist government agency, hired him in the hours before the killing and directed him to select Bravo as a target.