Ray Diaz, Staff Sgt. Christopher Diaz’s older brother, gives his remarks during the renaming ceremony of Calcite Road to Diaz Road, April 14, 2017, aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. The road was renamed in honor of Staff Sgt. Diaz who made the ultimate sacrifice to help a brother in arms while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo) - Ray Diaz, Staff Sgt. Christopher Diaz’s older brother, gives his remarks during the renaming ceremony of Calcite Road to Diaz Road, April 14, 2017, aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. The road was renamed in honor of Staff Sgt. Diaz who made the ultimate sacrifice to help a brother in arms while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo)
Participants for the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride cool off after arriving at Felix Field aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 13, 2017. Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs hosts the event annually to raise environmental awareness of Combat Center residents and the local community in the weeks leading up to Earth Day. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Natalia Cuevas) - Participants for the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride cool off after arriving at Felix Field aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 13, 2017. Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs hosts the event annually to raise environmental awareness of Combat Center residents and the local community in the weeks leading up to Earth Day. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Natalia Cuevas)
Master Gunnery Sgt. Fredrick Johnson, senior enlisted advisor, G-1 Manpower, has been in the Marine Corps for 27 years and plans on retiring when he hits 30. After retiring he plans on become a funeral home director. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd) - Master Gunnery Sgt. Fredrick Johnson, senior enlisted advisor, G-1 Manpower, has been in the Marine Corps for 27 years and plans on retiring when he hits 30. After retiring he plans on become a funeral home director. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd)
A biologist with Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs places desert tortoises into a carrying case on a helicopter during the Desert Tortoise translocation, April 10, 2017, which was facilitated by the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. The translocation, in accordance with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-signed Biological Opinion, serves as a negotiated mitigation to support a congressionally mandated land expansion which, will afford the Combat Center the ability to conduct Large Scale Exercise training of a Marine Expeditionary Brigade-level force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo) - A biologist with Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs places desert tortoises into a carrying case on a helicopter during the Desert Tortoise translocation, April 10, 2017, which was facilitated by the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. The translocation, in accordance with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-signed Biological Opinion, serves as a negotiated mitigation to support a congressionally mandated land expansion which, will afford the Combat Center the ability to conduct Large Scale Exercise training of a Marine Expeditionary Brigade-level force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo)
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. White, 82, holds a simulated 120mm tank round at the 4th Tank Battalion command post during a visit to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sunday. 4th Tanks invited White aboard the Combat Center because they wanted to honor his last wish as a former tanker. (U.S. Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Natalia Cuevas) - Retired U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. White, 82, holds a simulated 120mm tank round at the 4th Tank Battalion command post during a visit to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sunday. 4th Tanks invited White aboard the Combat Center because they wanted to honor his last wish as a former tanker. (U.S. Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Natalia Cuevas)