Camp Horno is a camp at

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in San Diego County, California. It is the home of the

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, sometimes known as "

Inchon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

History

The camp was built in 1950 at the start of the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

and named for the Spanish word for clay oven or kiln. Camp Horno initially consisted of

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s that were typical housing for Marines until the 1970s. In 2008 four-story, 170-room barracks were built as part of a facilities renovation project. Parts of Katy Perry's "Part of Me" music video where shot at Camp Horno in 2012. Camp Horno is the frequent site of many Marine ceremonies due to the history of the 1st Marine Regiment and the unit's frequent deployments to combat zones. In January 2014, the regiment celebrated its 100th anniversary at the camp during a ceremony directed b
Col. Peter Baumgarten
the regiment's commanding officer and a Marine whose first tour of duty was at Camp Horno in 1988. USMC-050426-M-4358R-075

O'Neil Shooting

In February, 2004, Kimberley D. O'Neal was found shot to death in a park at Camp Horno. Gunnery Sgt. Archie O'Neil Jr. of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (based in Camp Horno) was arrested before deploying with his unit to Kuwait.

Horno Fire

A fire in October 2007 dubbed the "Horno Fire" burned over 20,000 acres in the area around Camp Horno. It was reported to be the worst fire ever at Camp Pendleton but there were no injuries.

References

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