Marines


School of Infantry - West
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Training Command
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California


MISSION

Provides the operational, administrative, logistical, and legal services necessary to support the School of Infantry's training units.


SOI-WEST COMMAND LEADERS

School of Infantry - West

Commanding Officer

Colonel Byrne assumed command of School of Infantry–West in March 2024.  ...

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School of Infantry - West

Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major Rodriguez assumed his current duties as the School of Infantry-West Sergeant Major in January 2024....

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COMMANDER'S CORNER

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 Marine Minute Series

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Marine Minute: 40-24

MARINES WITH MARINE AVIATION WEAPONS AND TACTICS SQUADRON ONE CONDUCT AERIAL GUNNERY AND REFUELING DRILLS TO TEST THEIR SKILLS WITH DIFFERENT...

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Marine Minute: 39-24

WELCOME, I'M LANCE CPL. DIANA SALGADO WITH YOUR MARINE MINUTE. U.S. MARINES WITH 3RD RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, 3RD MARINE DIVISION, CONDUCTED A...

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Marine Minute: 38-24

U.S. Marines with 2nd Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, conduct helicopter support team...

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Marine Minute: 37-24

WELCOME, I’M LCPL JOSEPH DEMARCUS WITH YOUR MARINE MINUTE. MARINE CORPS EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL TECHNICIANS WITH MARINE ROTATIONAL FORCE –...

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Marine Minute: 36-24

THE COMMANDANT AND SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS RECENTLY PUBLISHED UPDATED AND MODERNIZED VERSIONS OF MARINE CORPS TRAINING PUBLICATION...

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Marine Minute: 35-24

Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted shore to ship movements during Exercise SSang Yong 24 in Pohang, South Korea. (U.S....

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Marine Minute: 34-24

U.S. MARINES WITH THE 15TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA MARINES WITH 1ST ROK MARINE DIVISION, HONE THEIR MARKSMANSHIP SKILLS AT...



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 CorpsToon of the Month

Illustration refers to what Marines experience in boot camp when they are in the PIT; rolling around in the sand as the drill instructors keep saying faster, faster. Marines equate this experience as being made into a sugar cookie. (U.S. Marine Corps illustration by Charles Wolf)