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  • Oceanside-Camp Pendleton, CA

Email: daniel.woolfolk@patch.com

From Nogales, AZ

I'm the local editor for Camp Pendleton Patch. 

   Before coming to Patch, I covered Fort Drum, N.Y. and the Army's 10th Mountain Division for the Watertown Daily Times, where I wrote a series on how the unit and the community changed after a decade of war. In 2010, I graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where I was a Pulitzer-Moore fellow while interning at Lens, the photojournalism blog of The New York Times.

   My interest in military reporting comes from my own time in the Army. In 2000, I joined as a cavalry scout and deployed as a gunner to both Kosovo and Iraq. I studied German and Arabic at Arizona State University and spent summers in Germany and Egypt. 

   I'm a native of Nogales, Arizona y hablo Español. 

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MARSOC Marine Awarded Bronze Star

Staff Sgt. Maurice Scott with 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, was awarded the Bronze Star with a “V” device, for valor Monday.

MARSOC Marine Awarded Bronze Star
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Camp Pendleton Losing 2,300 Marines by 2016

In the next four years, the number of Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton will be reduced from 36,800 to 34,500, the North County Times reports.

Camp Pendleton Losing 2,300 Marines by 2016
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General Takes Afghan Command in Wake of Shooting, Drawdown

Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general of Camp Pendleton's 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, took command Monday of Regional Command Southwest in Afghanistan.

General Takes Afghan Command in Wake of Shooting, Drawdown
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Pendleton-based General Heads to Pentagon

Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser will become senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

Pendleton-based General Heads to Pentagon
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Oceanside's Crown Heights Hit with Recent Shootings [Video]

Crown Heights is dealing with two shootings this month. Intimidation by gang members and the fear of being reported to immigration authorities has added to the problem, the North County Times reports.

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Local Career Program for Veterans Launches [Video]

The Veteran Association of North County’s new Career Transition Assistance Program launched Monday. Its initial class has some seven members and the organizations plans to have it grow.

Local Career Program for Veterans Launches [Video]
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Panel Aims to Boost Support to Special-needs Families

Military families with special-needs members would benefit from better communication and education, members of an exceptional family member panel concluded yesterday.

Panel Aims to Boost Support to Special-needs Families
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Servicemembers Focus On Financial Literacy For Children

First Command Financial Behaviors Index reveals that nine out of ten middle-class military families believe in importance of teaching financial information to children at school and home

Servicemembers Focus On Financial Literacy For Children
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POLL: Marine in Trouble for Opposing President

Camp Pendleton Marine and Tea Party advocate, Sgt. Gary Stein, wrote on his personal Facebook page that he would defy orders from President Barack Obama.

POLL: Marine in Trouble for Opposing President
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Oceanside Teen Charged With Murder

The boy is charged with murder in connection with Saturday's fatal stabbing of Samuel Zamudio.

Oceanside Teen Charged With Murder