2 Camp Pendleton Marines rescue four people clinging to tree limb above Kern River

CAMP PENDLETON — Two Marines — accustomed to staying calm in chaos — this week used their military training to save four people clinging to a tree limb while dangling over the rushing Kern River.
Pfc. Dustin Reed and Lance Cpl. Andrew Lucas, mechanics with the 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1st Maintenance Battalion at Camp Pendleton, were relaxing at Hart Memorial Park, a county park along the Kern River near Bakersfield on Tuesday, May 29, when they heard people screaming from t