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The U.S. Marine Corps says its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle has completed testing and will begin the process to replace the decades-old Amphibious Assault Vehicle ahead of schedule beginning next week.

Two U.S. Marines have been arrested on a federal grand jury indictment alleging the lance corporals were involved in drug sales, including to a fellow Marine who died of an overdose in May.

A vegetation fire that broke out Saturday at the Camp Pendleton Marine Base has since been extinguished, officials announced Sunday. Camp Pendleton Fire Department crews said the forward rate of spread had been stopped Saturday night, according to a tweet from Camp Pendleton. By 11 p.m. Saturday, Camp Pendleton officials said the fire had grown to 1,115 acres within containment…

A memorial service was planned Friday at Camp Pendleton for eight U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy Sailor killed last month in a “training mishap” off the coast of Southern California.

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.