Edson Range is a firing range complex at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California. It is named for Marine Major General "Red Mike" Edson, "a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and a distinguished small arms marksman proponent."[1] This rifle-qualification complex is home to four of the largest firing ranges on the base.[2] The range became operational on August 21, 1964, the same day that Camp Calvin B. Matthews, in La Jolla, California, was closed and turned over to the University of California. Camp Matthews had previously been used for rifle training.[3][4][5]
While located at Camp Pendleton, Edson Range is organized as an annex of the MCRD (Marine Corps Recruit Depot), in San Diego and serves as the rifle qualification range where Marine recruits receive field and rifle training during boot camp. Two weeks of marksmanship training followed by one week of infantry field skills take place at Edson Range,[6] which is known as "up north" by recruits and drill instructors alike (the Recruit Depot in San Diego being "down south"). The Crucible, a three to four day combat simulation with little food or sleep, also takes place here.[7]
Edson Range is also home to the "Swift Intruders", the U.S. Navy's Assault Craft Unit 5 who operate the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), and train on the Edson Range beaches and the adjacent Pacific Ocean.
Bravo range is famous for being the range Lee Harvey Oswald shot on when he was a Marine.[8][9]
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^Levens, Lance Cpl. Jess N. (May 12, 2003). "Through the Early Years at the Depot". Marine Corps News.
^Droze, Rachel. "Transformation from civilian to Marine: Rifle Qualification". Retrieved 2017-03-29.
^Kovach, Gretel C. "Crucible - journey from civilian to Marine". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
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