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Camp Calvin B. Matthews or Marine Corps Rifle Range Camp Matthews or Marine Corps Rifle Range, La Jolla (prior to World War II) [1] or more simply Camp Matthews was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1917 until 1964, when the base was decommissioned and transferred to the University of California to be part of the new University of California, San Diego campus. [2]
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States. It is on the Southern California coast in San Diego County and is bordered by Oceanside to the south, San Clemente in Orange County to the north, Riverside County to the northeast, and Fallbrook to the east.
Edson Range is a firing range complex at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California. It is named for Marine Major General "Red Mike" Edson, "a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and a distinguished small arms marksman proponent." [1] This rifle-qualification complex is home to four of the largest firing ranges on the base. [2]
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (MCRD San Diego) is a United States Marine Corps military installation in San Diego, California.It lies between San Diego Bay and Interstate 5, adjacent to San Diego International Airport and the former Naval Training Center San Diego. [3]
Camp Dunlap was a United States Marine Corps base in Imperial County, California. [1] The camp was named for Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap. [2] The 250,000 acre camp was used to train artillery and anti-aircraft units of the Fleet Marine Force. [2] [3] The base was located at the present-day location of Slab City.
Camp Wessels: Camp at Nome Cult Indian Agency Fort Wright Camp Wright: Round Valley Reservation: Mendocino: 1858 1862 1875: 1861 1866 1875: United States Army Union Army United States Army Fort Winfield Scott: San Francisco: San Francisco: 1852: 1995: United States Army Fort Yuma: across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona: Imperial: November ...
The Navy commissioned Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Camp Kearny in February 1943, specifically to train crews for the Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, [8] which was built less than 10 miles (16 km) away in San Diego. A month later, the Marines established Marine Corps Air Depot Camp Kearny, later renamed Marine Corps Air Depot Miramar, to ...
Map of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. The range is a 459,000 acres (1,860 km 2) [1] open-area, approximately 20 miles wide, east to west, and 50 miles long, northwest to southeast, with a special-use airspace of 700 square miles (1,800 km 2) [1] which is used for aerial bombing and live fire aerial gunnery practice.