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29 Palms base commander outlines training priorities, economic impact and local challenges
Summary
Brig. Gen. Mark H. Klingen told the Twentynine Palms City Council that the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center depends on community partnerships, contributes roughly $1.1 billion annually to the regional economy and faces local challenges including childcare, spouse employment, transportation and health-care access.
Brig. Gen. Mark H. Klingen, commanding general of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, told the Twentynine Palms City Council at a city meeting that the base’s large-scale training mission depends on close cooperation with the surrounding community and highlighted local needs including childcare, spouse employment, transportation and health-care access.
Klingen said the combat center provides unique combined-arms live-fire and virtual training that draws units from across the United States and from allied nations, and he described the base as a major regional economic force. “We can’t do what we do on the base, without the support that we get from you and the community,” he said.
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