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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Colonel Willard ‘Willy’ Buhl (left) and Dwight Trafton (right), a retired colonel, stand at attention for the conclusion of Col. Buhl’s retirement ceremony on Feb. 12, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The ceremony was to commemorate Buhl’s 34 years of dedicated service to the United States Marine Corps. Buhl was formerly the director of Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force and is from Los Gatos, Calif. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Colonel Willard ‘Willy’ Buhl (left) and Dwight Trafton (right), a retired colonel, stand at attention for the conclusion of Col. Buhl’s retirement ceremony on Feb. 12, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The ceremony was to commemorate Buhl’s 34 years of dedicated service to the United States Marine Corps. Buhl was formerly the director of Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force and is from Los Gatos, Calif. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)

After setting up several tents and cots for homeless veterans to have a safe place to spend the weekend, Marines and Sailors with I Marine Expeditionary Force interacted with homeless and volunteer veterans alike during the 2015 Orange County Veteran’s Day Stand Down, Oct. 23 to 25 in Tustin, Calif. The mission of the Orange County Stand Down is to help military veterans with a continuum of opportunities, most of them basic social services including medical, dental and vision exams and care; mental health and substance abuse counseling; employment and housing assistance; legal assistance; children’s services and daycare; chiropractor appointments and massages; and veteran’s and social security benefits identification and assistance. - After setting up several tents and cots for homeless veterans to have a safe place to spend the weekend, Marines and Sailors with I Marine Expeditionary Force interacted with homeless and volunteer veterans alike during the 2015 Orange County Veteran’s Day Stand Down, Oct. 23 to 25 in Tustin, Calif. The mission of the Orange County Stand Down is to help military veterans with a continuum of opportunities, most of them basic social services including medical, dental and vision exams and care; mental health and substance abuse counseling; employment and housing assistance; legal assistance; children’s services and daycare; chiropractor appointments and massages; and veteran’s and social security benefits identification and assistance.