Camp Pendleton security exercise prepares base, region for threats

For weeks, Maj. James Carley strategized how he and a group of Marines could create chaos and break down security at Camp Pendleton and other Southern California and Arizona bases that belong to the Marine Corps Installations West command. This week their efforts put their fellow Marines to the test for an annual base security exercise, a sort of wargame between good and bad teams to ensure the protection of the bases, critical infrastructure and the residents living on the other side of the military gates and that even if...