It's been eight long months, but today the families of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit will get to see their loved ones again, as the Marines return home to Camp Pendleton.

Roughly 2,400 Marines and Sailors make up the the 15th MEU.

The 15th MEU was deployed with the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group. The ships from the Peleliu ARG are slated to return to San Diego on Tuesday ...

A military working dog named Cpl. Tick was killed on May 14, 2012 in an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan. Cpl Tick's handler, Lance Cpl. Bryan Utrilla, will honor her on the one-year anniversary of her death by placing her dog tags on the Camp Pendleton cross memorial.

Utrilla wrote an email to the blog Battle Rattle, calling Cpl. Tick, a two-year-old black lab, a beloved friend who ...

For the first time in the more than 600 days that Camp Pendleton Marine veteran Amir Hekmati has been held captive in Iran, he was able to send letters to his family in the United States.

Sarah Hekmati, Amir's sister, shared the letters with The Associated Press, saying:

"It's the first time ... we have had any kind of written communication. The letters speak volumes."

Hekmati wrote to his ...

A Camp Pendleton Marine was savagely beaten at a Santa Monica nightclub, and police are hoping the public will help them find the man responsible.

The Marine is still recovering from the February assault that disfigured his face and knocked him unconscious. "Ryan" told KCBS-TV he doesn't remember the attack:

“The last thing I remember is being on the dance floor and then I have a flash of waking ...

A Camp Pendleton Navy Corpsman will be awarded the Silver Star medal at a special ceremony on base Friday.

Petty Officer 1st Class Benny Flores helped save the lives of wounded Marines during an enemy attack in Afghanistan last year, despite the fact he was injured himself.

Flores was serving as a field service medical technician when the attack took place in Nimruz province's Zaranj district on April 28 ...

A group of Camp Pendleton Marines showed up at Oceanside High School on Saturday to learn the "ins and outs" of being a Major League Baseball umpire from the umps themselves.

According to MLB.com, more than 550 U.S. service members have taken part in umpire training over the last four years. Two Marines showed such promise that they actually made it to MLB's umpire school.

Saturday's ...

A Camp Pendleton Marine who was convicted of attempted adultery, despite her claim of rape, has been sentenced to a loss of $3,000 in pay and a letter of reprimand, according to the Associated Press.

Military judge Lt. Col. Leon Francis, who presided over the court-martial, convicted the Marine of attempted adultery and obstruction of justice this week. She had faced a year in the brig and a dishonorable ...

Military judge Lt. Col. Leon Francis convicted a Camp Pendleton Marine on Wednesday of attempted adultery and obstruction of justice, even though the woman says she was raped by the Marine with whom she supposedly attempted adultery.

The Associated Press reports Francis did not give an explanation as to why he convicted the Marine, a staff sergeant with 17 years in the Corps, of the charges. Because of the conviction ...

A Camp Pendleton Marine staff sergeant who says she was raped pleaded not guilty to charges of adultery at her court-martial Monday.

U-T San Diego reports the staff sergeant was charged with adultery after her husband of 17 years reported to her superiors that she had sex with another Marine in a hotel room.

However, the accused Marine claims she was too intoxicated to give consent to the sexual encounter ...

The Orange County Board of Supervisors has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Manuel Loggins, according to the San Clemente Times.

Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Sandberg shot Loggins to death on February 7, 2012 in the parking lot of San Clemente High School. Loggins, 31, was standing near his vehicle when he was fatally shot, while his two young daughters ...

Members of the Camp Pendleton-based 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit spent time last week with special needs children at the Lok Hing Child Care Centre in Hong Kong.

Jacinta Chan Yin Ching, a teacher at Lok Hing Child Care Centre, told 15th MEU Public Affairs that the centre provides therapy and education for children, as well as support for parents:

“We help children with special needs reach their full potential through ...

Army Capt. Karla Frey never forgot the young Camp Pendleton Marine she met while volunteering Brooke Army Medical Center's burn unit in 2005.

Sgt. Merlin German, 22, was horrifically injured in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq - and suffered burns to more than 97 percent of his body. But German never entertained a thought of self-pity, Frey told the 121st Public Affairs Detachment:

“He was one of the strongest ...

Carlos Arredondo was at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday to support the National Guard member who was running in honor of his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Alexander Scott Arredondo, who was killed in the Iraq War.

When two explosions created carnage around him, Carlos Arredondo sprang into action. Photos of him helping an injured bystander who lost both of his legs in the blasts have appeared in newspapers and ...

The father of a Camp Pendleton Marine whose road rage was caught on video has talked to "Inside Edition."

Dr. Peter Brightman said in an interview that his son, Sgt. Joshua Brightman, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder triggered by two deployments to Afghanistan.

Dr. Brightman said the road rage incident prompted Sgt. Brightman to seek counseling for his issues.

Brightman said of his son's behavior on the video...

“I ...