Camp Pendleton team wins Armed Forces Championship Fight Series

The nation’s warriors from all different branches of service met to battle in an octagon ring at Camp Pendleton’s Paige Fieldhouse for the Armed Forces Championship Fight Series, March 6. Like most conflicts since 1775, the Marines were the last ones standing.

“You could see the excitement in the Marines’ eyes,” said Paul Higgins, the AFCFS emcee. “The Marines reflect what they do in real life to what they do here. The other services were great, but the Marines just wanted it more.”

After a full day of demolishing teams from the Army, Air Force and Navy, two Marine teams, one from Twentynine P...