A drill instructor, center, supervises the training of a new class of Marines.
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Emotions run high as recruits are officially declared Marines. The ceremony, which occurs directly after a feared multi-day hike that marks the pinnacle of their training, coincided with the Marine Corps' birthday.
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Keegan Ramirez, 6, and his mother, Emma Ramirez, 28, attend a Tim McGraw concert at the base. Emma's husband is away on deployment. She is pregnant and may deliver while he is overseas.
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Sgt. Ricardo Ramirez, 29, lost his hand in an accident in 2006 but lobbied successfully to keep his infantry job. Ramirez has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Recruits take part in a training exercise that calls for them to hold their rifles high overhead. In addition to recruits completing part of their basic training, more than 38,000 military family members live on the base.
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A mock battle in "Jafarani" -- an entire village built at Camp Pendleton to look like an Afghan town.
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A Marine "shot" during a mock battle is dragged into a ditch by a role player acting as an Afghan army member. The training exercise was supervised by commanders.
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Marines and family members of Marines pay their respects at the close of a ceremony held for 17 Marines killed in action.
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A drill instructor, left, shouts commands to recruits during a morning training exercise. The base, established in 1942, spans more than 125,000 acres.
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Marines welcome home members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment as they return from service in Iraq, much of it in Fallouja, where U.S. forces met great resistance from insurgents. Thousands have trained at Camp Pendleton and served in Iraq or Afghanistan, or both.
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