Twentynine Palms (disambiguation)

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Twentynine Palms, California is a town in San Bernardino County, California.

Twentynine Palms, California City in California, United States

Twentynine Palms is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It was previously called Twenty-Nine Palms.

Twentynine Palms may also refer to:

<i>Twentynine Palms</i> (film) 2003 film by Bruno Dumont

Twentynine Palms is a 2003 film directed by Bruno Dumont.

<i>29 Palms</i> (film) 2002 film

29 Palms is a 2002 film directed by Leonardo Ricagni and starring Jeremy Davies, Michael Lerner, Litefoot, Russell Means, Chris O'Donnell, Keith David, Michael Rapaport and Jon Polito. The film is about a bag of money that affects the characters who possess it, and its varied contents, as it passes from one to another.

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms United States Marine Corps base

The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), also known as 29 Palms, is the largest United States Marine Corps base. It was a census-designated place (CDP) officially known as Twentynine Palms Base located adjacent to the city of Twentynine Palms in southern San Bernardino County, California. As of the 2000 census, the base had a total population of 8,413. The zip code of the base is 92278; base housing's zip code is 92277. The base covers a total area of 596,288 acres.

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Bullion Mountains geographical object

The Bullion Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of California southeast of the city of Barstow. The mountain range stretches for approximately 50 miles in a northwest-southeasterly direction north of Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms.

Morongo Basin region of the inland empire in Mojave Desert, San Bernardino

The Morongo Basin is an endorheic basin and valley region located in eastern San Bernardino County, in Southern California.

Harold G. Overstreet 12th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

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Marine Wing Support Squadron 374

Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 is an aviation ground support unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are based out of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. The squadron is part of Marine Aircraft Group 16 and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

1st Dental Battalion

1st Dental Battalion is unit of the United States Navy that supports United States Marine Corps forces. The battalion includes fifteen dental clinics spread throughout California and Arizona. The unit is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Logistics Group and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow is a United States Marine Corps supply and maintenance installation located in the Mojave Desert east of Barstow, in San Bernardino County, Southern California.

Morongo Unified School District school district in California, United States

The Morongo Unified School District (MUSD) is a public education governing body in the Mojave high desert of Southern California. MUSD has more than 1,100 employees who provide educational services to 9,301 students.

United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command

The Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) is the primary training command of the United States Marine Corps

Morongo Basin Transit Authority

Morongo Basin Transit Authority is the transit agency that serves the Morongo Basin in San Bernardino County, California. It is a joint powers authority between Yucca Valley, Twentynine Palms, and San Bernardino County

Leslie M. Palm United States Marine Corps general, CEO/Publisher Marine Corps Association

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9th Communication Battalion

9th Communication Battalion is a communications battalion in the United States Marine Corps. It is part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field

Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field or Twentynine Palms SELF is a military use airfield located nine nautical miles (17 km) northwest of the central business district of Twentynine Palms, a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The SELF is the largest expeditionary airfield (EAF) operated by the United States Marine Corps. It is also known as the Twentynine Palms EAF and is located at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms.

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Mission Indians with two reservations, one located near the cities of Indio and Coachella in Riverside County, and the other in the city of Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County, California. While many scholars regard the tribe as being Luiseño, the tribe itself identifies as being Chemehuevi.

William F. Mullen III US Marine Corps officer

Major General William F. Mullen III is an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He currently serves as the commanding general for Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. He was deployed in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2007 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has co-written a book with Daniel Green called Fallujah Redux: The Anbar Awakening and the Struggle with Al-Qaeda.

2d Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion was a United States Marine Corps air defense unit equipped with the medium range surface-to-air MIM-23 HAWK Missile System. 2nd LAAM was based at Chu Lai during the Vietnam War and was responsible for providing air defense for the Marine Corps in the northern part of the I Corps sector. After Vietnam, the battalion was based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and fell under the command of Marine Air Control Group 38 (MACG-38) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. 2d LAAM Battalion's last combat tour saw it providing air defense for the Marine Corps area of operations during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. 2d LAAM Battalion was deactivated on 1 September 1994 as part of the post-Cold War draw down of forces and because the Marine Corps had made the decision to divest itself of its medium-range air defense. The battalions personnel and equipment were transferred to 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion.