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Every year or so, the Commanding General
of Camp Pendleton in San Diego County issues a general order that lists
“outlaw motorcycle gangs” the command staff believes pose “a criminal
and security threat; inhibits the mission” of the base; “interfere with
the loyalty, morale, good order, and discipline of” Camp Pendleton; “and
discredit the reputation of the installation and the United States
Marine Corps.”
The order “applies to all persons aboard
MCB CamPen to include: military personnel, Department of Defense (DoD)
civilian personnel, contractors, vendors, community pass holders, and
any other customers, guests, or visitors.” The order forbids the display
of insignia or other indicators of membership or support for the
blacklisted clubs. The order doesn’t mention whether membership or
support for the clubs might jeopardize civilian employment at Camp
Pendleton.
The general order was distributed on
June 30. The current list was assembled on May 16 by Charles Warmuth,
the Special Agent in Charge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Marine Corps West Field Office.
The List
According to Warmuth, the motorcycle
clubs on the list are “criminal organizations or MCs that are closely
aligned with criminal organizations such that they pose an immediate
risk to the safety and integrity of the USMC and USN. MCs closely
aligned with known criminal organizations are referred to as support
clubs. Support clubs also participate in criminal activities as members
are typically required to financially support MC criminal organizations
by carrying out tasks, usually in the form of criminal acts, on behalf
of that criminal organization.”
Warmuth explains, “The information
supporting listing the below MCs is the product of coordination with the
San Diego Sheriffs Department, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE), and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s (FBI) Gang Threat Assessment.”
The clubs on the list, in alphabetical
order are the: “Bandidos, Boozefighters, Chosen Few, Devils Diciples,
Diablos, Dirty Dawgs, Green Machine, Hells Angels, Iron Order,
Legacy/Vietnam Vets, Mongols, Outcast, Peckerwoods, POBOB, Royal Aces,
Sons of Hell, Thunderguards, Vagos, Violators” and the “Wheels of Soul.”
The general order is officially designated as “MCIWEST-MCB CAMPEN ORDER 5530.2.”
