1st Marine Division

Marine Corps Identifies Lance Cpl. Who Died In Tuesday Shooting at Twentynine Palms

Twentynine Palms

The Marine Corps identified Lance Cpl. Casey Hayden as the Marine involved in a self-inflicted gunshot incident earlier this week that temporarily locked down Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in California.

“We can confirm the individual who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California on July 7, 2020, has passed away. We are saddened by this loss of one of our brothers, a Marine with 7th...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/09/marine-corps-identifies-lance-cpl-who-died-in-tuesday-shooting-at-twentynine-palms

Marines Put Next-Generation MUOS SATCOM to the Test in Expansive Exercise

U.S. Marines with the 7th Marine Regiment commanding officer’s jump prepare for the start of the day during Steel Knight 20 (SK20) at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California on Dec. 11, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – When a division of Marines deployed across a wide swath of the Southwest during a recent live-fire field exercise, the Navy’s new satellite communication system helped close a command and control gap that’s often-vexed commanders and...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/04/marines-put-next-generation-muos-satcom-to-the-test-in-expansive-exercise

13 Junior Marines Charged in Human Trafficking Scheme

The Marine Corps levied military criminal charges against 13 junior Marines arrested in July at Camp Pendleton, Calif., for allegedly participating in operations to smuggle undocumented immigrants into the United States.

Twelve members of 1st Battalion, 5th Marines – all in the rank of lance corporal – along with a Marine assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, “will face military court proceedings for UCMJ violations” for offenses that include failure to obey an order, drug offenses,...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/23/13-junior-marines-charged-in-human-trafficking-scheme

16 Marines Arrested for Alleged Human Smuggling, Drug-Related Offenses

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division, participate in a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California on June 13, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

During an infantry battalion’s morning formation on Thursday at Camp Pendleton, Calif., 16 Marines were arrested on allegations they took part in illegal human smuggling and illicit drug-related offenses, 1st Marine Division announced.

Another eight Marines with the battalion “were taken aside to be questioned on their...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/25/16-marines-arrested-for-alleged-human-smuggling-drug-related-offenses

Marine Dies After Light Armored Vehicle Rollover, 6 Injured

U.S. Marines with 1st, 3rd and 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalions participate in the Bushmaster Challenge at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., on March 23, 2019. US Marine Corps

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — The Marine Corps is looking into what caused the fatal rollover of a light armored vehicle on Wednesday at Camp Pendleton, Calif., that left one Marine dead and injured six others.

The Marines, who belong to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, were...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/10/marine-dies-after-light-armored-vehicle-rollover-6-injured