Week in Review: Camp Pendleton Marine Casualties; 11th MEU Trains for Deployment; Marines React to President's Afghanistan Speech

Humane Society Launches Oceanside Facility

The San Diego Humane Society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the organizations' new Oceanside facilities. The Humane Society recently purchased two large buildings at 571 Airport Rd., which will operate as the organization's central location in North County for animal services.

11th MEU Raids Mock Enemy Stronghold in Two-week Training

Set to deploy in the fall, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit at a Camp Pendleton Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) town.

Party With a Purpose: Birthdays That Promote Giving Instead of Getting

There's a new trend, and it's all about helping to feed others and giving hugs. Camp Pendleton Patch Military Moms Talk columnist Laura Crawford that don't involve overt consumerism.

Camp Pendleton Marines Weigh In on President Obama's Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Speech

Camp Pendleton Patch visited downtown Oceanside to and civilians about the President Barack Obama's  lspeech Wesdnesday night. The president laid out a plan for withdrawing more than 30,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 2012.

Padres Host U.S. Marine Corps Appreciation Day

Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves was the third in a series of days .

Camp Pendleton Marine Casualties

Camp Pendleton Marines , 22, of Visalia, CA, and , 21, of Antelope, CA, were killed this week while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Photo gallery: On June 11, locals gathered along Poway Road to .

Photo Gallery/Video: Native American Marine Participates in Powwow

Native American and Camp Pendleton Marine on Saturday.

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