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Combat Center cleans up

Combat Center patrons work diligently to ensure the installation continues to serve as a good steward of the environment. This was especially so during the week-long, base-wide observance of Earth Day, April 20-24, 2015, and the promotion of an installation-wide cleanup effort.

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Keck has been working in the Combat Center’s Archaeology and Paleontology Curation Center since Jan. 26 and finds interest in the Combat Center’s history. - Keck has been working in the Combat Center’s Archaeology and Paleontology Curation Center since Jan. 26 and finds interest in the Combat Center’s history.

What I’ve Learned: Charlene Keck

Keck has been working in the Combat Center’s Archaeology and Paleontology Curation Center since Jan. 26 and finds interest in the Combat Center’s history.When I applied for this job, I did not think that I would get it. I met all the requirements and wanted to give it a shot, so I went for it.I was able to work at Fort Stanwix [Rome, N.Y.], a

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Palani Paahana, internal administrator supervisor, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, explains the different types of projectiles and other ordnance that are recycled aboard the Combat Center during the Yucca Valley Earth Day celebration at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum, Yucca Valley, Calif., April 18, 2015. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/ Released) - Palani Paahana, internal administrator supervisor, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, explains the different types of projectiles and other ordnance that are recycled aboard the Combat Center during the Yucca Valley Earth Day celebration at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum, Yucca Valley, Calif., April 18, 2015. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/ Released)

Combat Center promotes Earth Day

Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs and Public Works Department reached out to the community with education and awareness, during the Yucca Valley Earth Day Celebration at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum, April 18, 2015.

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NREA teaches service members why to conserve water

The Combat Center created a Water Conservation Task Force, Oct. 2014, as a result of the implementation of the base Water Conservation Policy, which was developed as a measure to increase water conservation on the installation. California is currently experiencing a drought and Combat Center patrons can play their part in preserving this

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A Red-tailed Hawk is held at the Natural Resources Environmental Affairs office a few hours before it is released back in the wild July 30 behind the Combat Center’s Desert Winds Golf Course. The Red-tailed Hawk was captured June 13 after being hit by at the Combat Center’s golf course after it was hit by a golf ball and was injured by the impact. To heal the hawk, NREA took it to the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center, where it was brought back to health and its strength restored before being returned to NREA. - A Red-tailed Hawk is held at the Natural Resources Environmental Affairs office a few hours before it is released back in the wild July 30 behind the Combat Center’s Desert Winds Golf Course. The Red-tailed Hawk was captured June 13 after being hit by at the Combat Center’s golf course after it was hit by a golf ball and was injured by the impact. To heal the hawk, NREA took it to the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center, where it was brought back to health and its strength restored before being returned to NREA.