Check out what’s been happening in this week’s edition of Around the MEF. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, compete in the unit’s Warrior Games. Veterans from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, commemorate those who served during the Battle of Fallujah in Iraq. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks to service members at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. For more information: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/488184/marines-compete-mag-39-warrior-games https://www.dvidshub.net/video/487700/commemoration-marines-thundering-third https://www.dvidshub.net/video/488389/secretary-navys-address-marines-sailors-and-civilians-camp-pendleton

Marines offer a helpful reminder to take the time to care for fellow service members.

Marines offer a helpful reminder to take the time to look out for fellow service members.

Check out what's been happening in this week’s edition of Around the MEF. The first Los Angeles Fleet Week ends. People honor Joe Hosteen Kellwood, a Navajo code talker during World War II, who passed away at age 95. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company practice their urban combat skills at the Infantry Immersion Trainer at Camp Pendleton. San Diego Fleet Week begins. More information is available at the links below: https://www.facebook.com/1stMEF/ https://www.dvidshub.net/video/481805/los-angeles-fleet-week-2016 https://www.dvidshub.net/video/482227/uss-san-diego-arrives-fleet-week-san-diego-2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx0Z9gwiGlU

Includes coverage from throughout Marine Corps Installations - West during the month of July 2016.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Lance Cpl. Shellie Hall learns from Sgt. Alejandro Uriburri on what it takes to be a helicopter rope suspension training master. Hall is a mass communication specialist with I Marine Expeditionary Force. Uriburri is a HRST master with 1st Radio Battalion, I MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Shellie Hall/Released)

A weekly overview highlighting news throughout I Marine Expeditionary Force. Marine Attack Squadron 211 receives first two F-35B Lighting II aircraft. Combat engineers with 7th Engineer Support Battalion conduct live-fire maneuver range. Pure Praxis presents interactive sexual assault prevention and response training. Installations will no longer issue vehicle decals.

U.S. Marines, DoD employees, and civilians participate in a PSA to highlight the Volunteer Initiative driven by the Family Readiness Office, Mar 16, 2016. The Family Readiness Office is using this PSA to show during Volunteer Application Events.

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit participated in the Enabler Water Survival Course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 26-28, 2016. The course served as a pre-screening for the 11th MEU Marines to participate in the upcoming Expeditionary Operations Training Group water survival qualification, which will enable Marines to be attached to the 11th MEU's Maritime Raid Force. During the course, Marines conducted deep-water gear sheds after jumping from 20, 30 and 40 feet high diving platforms to simulate abandoning a naval ship. The Marines also conducted 250m and 500m distance swims, along with fast roping into the water and caving ladder climbing techniques to equip them with a knowledge of how to operate more efficiently in an amphibious environment.

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion built simulated trenches and fortified enemy positions in preparation for the coalition exercise Platinum Lynx 16-3 aboard the Babadag Training Area, Romania March 18-20, 2016.

Col. Yori Escalante, Marine Corps Installations East – Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune deputy commander, addresses local leaders and members of the community during the 21st annual State of the Community Breakfast at the Officer’s Club on Marine Corps Air Station New River Feb. 9. The event allowed leaders around the community to share information about the state of their respective organizations and their potential impact on the local area.

Marine Brig. Gen. Russell A. Sanborn, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general and U.S. Coast Guard Capt. James Jenkins, District 14 chief of staff, announce the suspension of the search and rescue for 12 Marines during a press conference at the Pacific War Memorial aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 19, 2016. The search for two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, which were involved in an incident off the coast of North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, Jan. 14, ended after five days. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jonathan E. LopezCruet)

Marine Brig. Gen. Russell A. Sanborn, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and Coast Guard Capt. James D. Jenkins, District 14 chief of staff, provide remarks, as well as question and answer, Jan. 17, 2016, on the ongoing search and rescue for 12 Marines that went missing after two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters were involved in an incident off of the North Shore on Oahu, Hawaii, Jan. 14. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Matthew J. Bragg)

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton was established in 1942, and has served as a training facility for hundreds of thousands of Marines from World War II through the War on Terror. Camp Pendleton serves as the Marine Corps' primary amphibious training base and the home to I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Logistics Group and many tenant units. The coastal and mountain terrain support a variety of military training. Fleet Marine Force units use Camp Pendleton's coastline, ranges and training areas to enhance and maintain combat readiness. The Base also provides specialized schools and training as directed by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Several schools are located on Camp Pendleton including Assault Amphibian School Battalion, School of Infantry-West, Field Medical Service School and Marine Corps University academies. Following recruit graduation, enlisted Marines receive basic infantry training here before assignment to other specialized units throughout the Corps. More than 40,000 military family members occupy base housing complexes. However, with a daytime population of 70,000 military and civilian personnel, the Marines, Sailors and their families rely on the surrounding communities for retail goods and services not available on Base. Camp Pendleton's mission is to provide exceptional support services to our tenant organizations and external units so that they may be better prepared to successfully accomplish their missions.

In 1942, the Marine Corps planners chose Barstow as a secure inland site to protect critical supplies and equipment against possible Japanese attack. In November 1978, the Base was re-designated to its present title of Marine Corps Logistics Base to emphasize its broad logistics support mission. Barstow offers 3 million square feet of covered storage and approximately 30 million square feet of open lot storage. These facilities house half of the Marine Corps' capability for ground maintenance and supply. At Barstow, military and civilian personnel support Marine Corps forces west of the Mississippi, the Far East and Asia with logistics, maintenance and transportation. The installation ensures that equipment is stored, tested, distributed and maintained to best support the operating forces. The desert climate, with its low humidity and lack of precipitation, helps preserves facilities and equipment. Cost savings are achieved from the lack of climate control. Barstow is located close to ground, air and rail transportation nodes to allow for faster delivery to southwestern military installations.