Category: Camp Pendleton

Marine Pleads Guilty for Fatally Punching Man in Dana Point

NEWPORT BEACH—A 21-year-old San Diego former Marine reached a plea deal agreement with prosecutors on July 14 in connection with a St. Patrick’s Day fight that killed a man in a Dana Point restaurant. Jack Griffin Isaacson—who was facing a felony count of involuntary manslaughter—pleaded guilty to a felony count of battery with serious bodily…


Marine Pleads Guilty for Fatally Punching Man at Dana Point Restaurant

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—A 21-year-old San Diego former Marine reached a plea deal agreement with prosecutors on July 14 in connection with a St. Patrick’s Day fight that killed a man in a Dana Point restaurant. Jack Griffin Isaacson—who was facing a felony count of involuntary manslaughter—pleaded guilty to a felony count of battery with serious…


Missing 14-Year-Old Girl Found by US Military Police at Camp Pendleton

A marine was reportedly detained and questioned after a 14-year-old girl—who was reported missing from her Spring Valley home last month—is back home after she was found at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, authorities said on July 8. Casaundra Perez, the aunt of the 14-year-old girl reported missing and found at Camp Pendleton, claims that the…


3 Camp Pendleton Marines Among 4 Killed in Downey Crash

SAN DIEGO—Three U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton were among four people who died in a single-vehicle crash on the southbound Santa Ana 5 Freeway in Downey, authorities said on June 27. All four were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred about 2:30 a.m. on June 24. The name of the fourth…


200 Camp Pendleton Marines Deployed to US-Mexico Border

Two hundred Marines from San Diego’s Camp Pendleton have been temporarily deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to media outlets, to support the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Border Patrol as they expect a rush of migrants after Title 42—which was put in place limiting asylum seekers from entering the U.S. during the…


San Clemente Welcomes Back the 2/4 Association of Marines Reunion

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—As a crowd gathered at Park Semper Fi next to San Clemente Pier, the First Marine Division Band played “God Bless America” to mark the start of the annual reunion of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, which returned to San Clemente for the first time in 10 years. “What…