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Camp Pendleton

Welcome

Located 42 miles north of the San Diego International Airport (Lindbergh Field) and 88 miles south of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Camp Pendleton is home to Marine Corps Installations West, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 1st ...

Arrival

From San Diego International Airport
The United Service Organization (USO) is located in Terminal #2 of the airport and is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., 365 days a year. The facility offers active-duty, their family members and retirees ...

Services

Health Care Services at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton
The Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital overlooks Lake O'Neill and is located approximately 12 miles from the main gate.

The Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton's health services phone line is (760) 725-HELP (4357) and ...

Marine Corps Community Services

Marine Corps Community Service
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) is comprised of Retail (shopping), Business Operations (food services, contracted services, temporary lodging facilities and commercial recreation), Marine & Family Programs (active duty, family and retiree programs and services), ...

Recreation

Bulldog Box Office Theater
Movies are shown Wednesday through Saturday at the Base Theater for service members, DoD employees, and their guests. Free 'retro' movies are shown on Sunday. The theater is located inside the Base Training Center, Building 1330. ...

Family Programs

Marine & Family Programs
This division of MCCS consists of more than 400 professionals, certified counselors, administrators and technicians whose goal is to make every Marine and Sailor, and their family members highly successful in life. The Information and Referral ...

Major Commands at Camp Pendleton

I Marine Expeditionary Force
I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) was activated in Okinawa, Nov. 8, 1969, and was reassigned to Camp Pendleton April 14, 1971.

I MEF is composed of I Marine Expeditionary Force, Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary ...

Tenant Organizations

Marine Corps Tactical
Support Systems Activity
The Marine Corps Tactical Support Systems Activity (MCTSSA), located in the 31 Area, provides technical support to the Operating Forces by operating the Operating Forces Tactical Systems Support Center and by deploying on-site technical teams ...

Formal Schools

Assault Amphibian
School Battalion
The Assault Amphibian School Battalion (Building 210568) is located by the Del Mar Boat Basin, facing the Del Mar Beach in the 21 Area. The battalion is composed of two companies, Support Company and Schools Company. The ...

History

Spanish explorer Don Gasper de Portola first scouted the area where Camp Pendleton is located in 1769. He named the Santa Margarita Valley in honor of St. Margaret of Antioch, after sighting it July 20, St. Margaret's Day.

The Spanish ...

Local Areas

MCB Camp Pendleton and its surrounding communities, which are all located in San Diego County, date back to the nomadic Indian tribes that once inhabited the area. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator hired by Spain, explored the coast of ...