By Karen Robbins In April Members of Team Darkhorse met with the Command Team of our city’s adopted3rdBattalion,5thMarines (commonly known as 3/5 or “Darkhorse”).The meeting opened with a surprise visit
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Sports Equipment Drive
Our hardworking Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines are in need of some sportsequipment to improve their barracks facilities. Team Darkhorse would like toencourage the over 800 single Marines who
MEET THIS YEAR’S GRAND MARSHAL , USMC COMBAT VETERAN RAYMOND OROZCO
We asked Raymond Orozco what he hopes people take time to do on the long Memorial Day weekend and he replied “ This is not an easy question. But what I would
Octoberfest!
During the entire month of October, Pumpkin City will serving up pumpkins, rides, and this year…beer for Oktoberfest! All beer proceeds will go to benefit the 3/5 Marines of Camp
ROUND UP IN JUNE
In April and early May, Team Darkhorse provided support for both current Marines at events on base, as well as for future Marines when we supported a project to improve
TEAM DARKHORSE WELCOMES THE NEWBORNS!
Covid didn’t stop our fantastic “Baby Brigade” team — Rose Busta and Laura Dickson — from delivering 24 Baby Baskets for the newborns of 3/5. Each of the 24 gifts
NELLIE GAIL’S CHRISTMAS SPIRIT SHINES ON DARKHORSE MARINES!
With Covid restrictions limiting travel and social gatherings for everyone, community interactions here in the city or on base at Camp Pendleton were either severely restricted or curtailed last year. For
REFLECTIONS ON COMMUNITY — By Joe Patterson
On a hot August day last summer, as I zipped up the road to a meeting, I was listening to talk radio. The commentators were heatedly debating a great number
MEMORIAL DAY 2020
Nellie Gail Ranch’s Gallup Park was the setting for 25 Tribute Banners honoring United States Marines who were killed in action, and honored each year at the City’s Half Marathon,
LT COLONEL GEOFF HOLLOPETER
Strength, courage, resilience, resolve and absolute discipline of self are requisite qualities for success in the Marine Corps. Lt Col Hollopeter embodied those traits in his professional role, and that