Camp Pendleton Marines do more training with drones as the technology advances

Cpl. Christopher Magana Pinawin remembers being in fourth grade when his father gave him a battery-powered drone to fly.
The 21-year-old Marine from Fullerton was intrigued by the challenge of keeping it airborne, but limited battery power cut any flight after 10 minutes.
Now, a decade later, Magana Pinawin, an intelligence specialist with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, isn’t struggling to keep a toy in the air, but is learning how to expertly fly attack and reconnaissance drones, wh