The 5 Freeway will close for four hours today, Oct. 18, from Harbor Drive to Basilone Road, during a Camp Pendleton event that expects Vice President J.D. Vance to be in attendence .

The closure starts at 11 a.m., “due to safety concerns,” according to a CHP advisory sent out this morning. It will prevent travel between Orange and San Diego counties using the freeway. Metrolink service between the two counties had previously been canceled for the afternoon.

Camp Pendleton is hosting a training exhibition at its oceanfront range, Red Beach, along the 5 Freeway, which is scheduled to include Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Navy Secretary John C. Phelan and Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, giving remarks.

The mock assault is being called America’s Marines 25

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