Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp gently sets No. 2-4, a desert tortoise hatched nine years ago at the installation's Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site, next to a burrow that biologists dug for her in the desert near her old home Sept. 30, 2015. She is one of first 35 tortoises released into the wild this year. (Official USMC photo by Kelly O'Sullivan/Released) - Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp gently sets No. 2-4, a desert tortoise hatched nine years ago at the installation's Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site, next to a burrow that biologists dug for her in the desert near her old home Sept. 30, 2015. She is one of first 35 tortoises released into the wild this year. (Official USMC photo by Kelly O'Sullivan/Released)