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Marine Corps' Live-Fire Celebration to Temporarily Close Calif. Interstate
The Marine Corps event featured a live-fire demonstration attended by top officials and prompted a 17-mile closure of Interstate 5 due to safety concerns, officials said.
- On Oct. 18, Camp Pendleton hosted the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary event with Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attending, while California closed a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for live ammunition discharge.
- Earlier this year the semiquincentennial marked the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary, and I Marine Expeditionary Force said on Oct. 15 that America's Marines 250: From Sea to Shore will use Red Beach with rehearsed, scripted movements.
- State officials observed live munitions fired near the freeway Friday, and the artillery exercise with M777 Howitzers was scheduled for 1:30 p.m., video provided by California officials showed.
- California warned that the closure affects a key economic corridor carrying over 80,000 travelers and $94 million in freight daily, with an estimated $8.2 million lost in visitor spending.
- Amid the 18-day federal government shutdown, Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized safety lapses as the Marines' 250th anniversary coincided with 'No Kings' protests in San Diego County and nationwide.
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