HISTORY
MARINE
BARRACKS ~ CAMP ELLIOTT
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On June 14, 1940 the camp was formally designated Camp Elliott in honor of Major General George F. Elliott, the Marine Corps tenth Commandant 1903-1910.
While construction was underway the Marines had to live in tents. Early construction progressed quite well and by October 1940 twelve barracks and a mess hall was completed. Additional land acquisition for Camp Elliott was accomplished through a Declaration of Taking on April 8, 1941- Including the main camp area of 19,298.25 acres which came under federal ownership. This was further expanded to 26,034 acres.
In September 1942, Camp Elliott became the home of the Fleet Marine Force Training Center, West Coast with the mission of training individual replacements for combat duty. In January 1942, with over 10,000 Marines in the San Diego area, the 2nd Marine Division, under the command of Major-General C. F. B. Price, assembled at Camp Elliott and assumed the responsibility for the conduct of the training there. Although thousands of Marines passed through Camp Elliott enroute to Pacific duty, even this area could not meet the expansion needs for the training of the overseas replacements.
Camp Elliott, on 1 July 1946, became War Assets Administration Property for disposal and decommissioning. Portions of this training area came under Navy control and, in 1944, the Navy took over Camp Elliott from the Marines, who were later transferred to Camp Pendleton. Camp Elliott continued to function through the Korean War. The Navy maintain control of Camp Elliott and let the U.S. Air Force use it for the Orion Project testing in 1960.
In 1961 Camp Elliot was given to the City Of San Diego.
In addition to the main Camp area there were other training camps established on the Camp Elliott reservation –Camp Linda Vista, Green Farm Camp and Jacques Farm Camp, as well as a Parachute School.