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By Cpl. Jennifer Pirante | December 17, 2012
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Maj. Gen. Melvin G. Spiese, outgoing commanding general of 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, relinquished command to Brig. Gen. John J. Broadmeadow during a change-of-command ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Dec. 13.Spiese, who continues to serve as the deputy commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, passed the unit’s MORE
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By Staff Sgt. Heidi Agostini | October 09, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - During San Francisco’s busiest weekend of the year, TRX partnered with 24 Hour Fitness to host a service-wide competition on Marina Green during San Francisco Fleet Week 2012.Service members, including Marines from I Marine Expeditionary Force, Combat Logistics Regiment 1 and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit competed in the much MORE
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By Sgt. Michael Cifuentes | October 09, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Fleet Week 2012 opened the weekend with one of the week’s premier event, the Parade of Ships, Oct. 6. Nine sea vessels belonging to the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, San Francisco Fire Department and the Canadian Navy entered the San Francisco Bay underneath the Golden Gate Bridge in a prestigious and ceremonial event – MORE
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By Cpl. Jennifer Pirante | October 08, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - Top leaders from I Marine Expeditionary Force gathered with local and government organizations during the 2-day Senior Leadership Seminar aboard the USS Makin Island in San Francisco, Oct. 4-5.The seminar was part of San Francisco Fleet Week, an annual event that recently shifted focus on humanitarian assistance and disaster MORE
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By Lance Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | October 05, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - The day after San Francisco Fleet Week 2012 started, Marines serving with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit hit the ground running by cleaning up one of San Francisco’s gems, Alcatraz Island, Oct. 4.Fleet Week is dedicated to showcase the United States military’s capabilities of humanitarian assistance and disaster-response MORE
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By Sgt. Michael Cifuentes | October 05, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - Some of the Bay Area’s finest stepped up to the plate in San Francisco Fleet Week’s Interagency Softball Competition Oct. 4.Four teams faced off in single-elimination, tournament-style games beginning with the Navy Recruiting District San Francisco team taking on the TRX team, derived from the suspension training creators who’s MORE
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By Sgt. Michael Cifuentes | October 04, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Marine and Navy forces displayed their capabilities of landing and setting up an expeditionary medical aid station in San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Oct. 3. Sailors serving with Assault Craft Unit 5, a Navy unit out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., stormed the beach on a Landing Craft Air Cushion carrying heavy MORE
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By Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | October 04, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - The USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a ship built to carry troops, supplies and relief in response to crisis throughout the globe, arrived in San Francisco Oct. 3, 2012, with the Marines and Sailors of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. During the next several days, more than 700 Marines and Sailors will not only demonstrate their MORE
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By Courtesy Story | October 03, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - Marines from Camp Pendleton-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Combat Logistics Regiment 1 and the 1st Marine Division Band have landed in San Francisco for Fleet Week 2012, Oct 3-8.More than 2,500 Marines and sailors aboard the USS Makin Island are participating in the 31st annual Fleet Week. As MORE
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By 2nd Lt. Savannah Moyer | October 02, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO – Marines and sailors with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, will be demonstrating the capability sets of the Forward Resuscitative Surgical System and Shock Trauma Platoon in a medical exercise from 8 to 11 a.m. at Ocean Beach, Wednesday. The FRSS/STP system is a highly mobile, rapidly deployable trauma surgical unit MORE
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By Cpl. Joshua Young | July 12, 2012
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Radio operators with 9th Communication Battalion took the opportunity to train their junior Marines during Large Scale Exercise-1, Javelin Thrust 2012, July 10. The operators conducted retransmission training during the exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Javelin Thrust is a MORE
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By Courtesy Story | July 09, 2012
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Javelin Thrust 2012/Large Scale Exercise-1 is underway at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.More than 5,000 Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, part of I Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Forces Reserve are participating in the exercise.The large-scale exercise is the MORE
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By Cpl. Joshua Young | July 08, 2012
Marines with 9th Communication Battalion set up supporting communications and data transmission services for 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade during Javelin Thrust 2012/ Large Scale Exercise-1 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.The Marines arrived June 18 to set up the brigade’s communications network and MORE
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