Staff Sgt. Steven L. Ramga, an instructor with the Unit Training Group aboard Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., begins to rappel down a cliff May 29 during the instructors’ annual, seasonal training. - Staff Sgt. Steven L. Ramga, an instructor with the Unit Training Group aboard Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., begins to rappel down a cliff May 29 during the instructors’ annual, seasonal training.
Cpl. Paul Tyler, a rifleman with Embedded Training Team 7–5, listens to commands from his squad May 31 during the team’s training at Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif. - Cpl. Paul Tyler, a rifleman with Embedded Training Team 7–5, listens to commands from his squad May 31 during the team’s training at Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif.
Ayaks, a military police working dog, is put under general anesthesia before getting preventative surgery on his stomach at the Veterinary Treatment Facility here Tuesday. The procedure is designed to keep his stomach from twisting and causing a fatal condition in dogs his size and body-type. - Ayaks, a military police working dog, is put under general anesthesia before getting preventative surgery on his stomach at the Veterinary Treatment Facility here Tuesday. The procedure is designed to keep his stomach from twisting and causing a fatal condition in dogs his size and body-type.
Cpl. Jeremiah Thalheimer, a volunteer umpire for the local Little League and umpire for the Morongo Basin high schools, stands tall ready to play ball at Luckie Park in Twentynine Palms, June 1. Thalheimer, the special intelligence communications noncommissioned officer in charge at the Combat Center’s Communications and Information Systems directorate, and a Tifton, Ga., native, spends many off-duty hours working as an umpire in several local leagues as part of the California Baseball Umpires Association. - Cpl. Jeremiah Thalheimer, a volunteer umpire for the local Little League and umpire for the Morongo Basin high schools, stands tall ready to play ball at Luckie Park in Twentynine Palms, June 1. Thalheimer, the special intelligence communications noncommissioned officer in charge at the Combat Center’s Communications and Information Systems directorate, and a Tifton, Ga., native, spends many off-duty hours working as an umpire in several local leagues as part of the California Baseball Umpires Association.
Petty Officer 2nd Class, a hospital corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, playing an enemy aggressor, sits waiting to ambush unsuspecting corpsmen on patrol. - Petty Officer 2nd Class, a hospital corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, playing an enemy aggressor, sits waiting to ambush unsuspecting corpsmen on patrol.
(Left to right) Norma Baz, Sarah Snow, Tyler Erickson, Zachery Palmer and Victoria Perez were five of the seven Officers’ Spouses Club Scholarship and Grant Committee recipients for 2009. Each received a portion of the $10,000 grant collected by the OSC through various hosted events hosted in 2008. - (Left to right) Norma Baz, Sarah Snow, Tyler Erickson, Zachery Palmer and Victoria Perez were five of the seven Officers’ Spouses Club Scholarship and Grant Committee recipients for 2009. Each received a portion of the $10,000 grant collected by the OSC through various hosted events hosted in 2008.