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A U.S. Marine observes aircraft coming onto the flight line with a precision approach radar system on MCAS Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 11. - A U.S. Marine observes aircraft coming onto the flight line with a precision approach radar system on MCAS Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 11.

Marines set up, execute expeditionary ATC operations on MCAS Camp Pendleton

For the month of August, U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, will be putting their air traffic control skills to the test in an expeditionary environment. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 1, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, worked with Marines from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Camp Pendleton, to set up an Air Traffic Navigation, Integration and Coordination System over the last few days and conducted their first flight check August 11...

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Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, walk through a heavily-wooded area during a land navigation training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2015. Collectively working as a team, camaraderie is maintained throughout the exercise when overcoming obstacles, said Sgt. Michael J. Hall, a platoon sergeant with Golf Company, 2/2. - Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, walk through a heavily-wooded area during a land navigation training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2015. Collectively working as a team, camaraderie is maintained throughout the exercise when overcoming obstacles, said Sgt. Michael J. Hall, a platoon sergeant with Golf Company, 2/2.