The 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion remain behind element waits in formation before Lance Cpl. Tiofilo Corona Jr. receives his Purple Heart Sept. 1. Corona sustained a broken foot after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. - The 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion remain behind element waits in formation before Lance Cpl. Tiofilo Corona Jr. receives his Purple Heart Sept. 1. Corona sustained a broken foot after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.
Cpl. Sage Koch, an armorer with the Combat Center’s Sergeants Course, has been running for 11 years and currently runs for the All-Marine Running Team. - Cpl. Sage Koch, an armorer with the Combat Center’s Sergeants Course, has been running for 11 years and currently runs for the All-Marine Running Team.
A member of the Combat Center community spends the afternoon walking her dog at Ocotillo Heights, Wednesday. “A big thing owners worry about is traveling with their pets,” said Ernest Robinson, transportation assistant for TMO. Air Mobility Command limited so planning ahead of time can save an owner the hassle. - A member of the Combat Center community spends the afternoon walking her dog at Ocotillo Heights, Wednesday. “A big thing owners worry about is traveling with their pets,” said Ernest Robinson, transportation assistant for TMO. Air Mobility Command limited so planning ahead of time can save an owner the hassle.
Corporal Andrew Gerlach, bass player for the Combat Center Band, performs for approximately 1,500 Idyllwild, Calif., residents as a part of the town’s 11th annual Summer Concert series, at the Idyllwild Community Center, Aug. 19. - Corporal Andrew Gerlach, bass player for the Combat Center Band, performs for approximately 1,500 Idyllwild, Calif., residents as a part of the town’s 11th annual Summer Concert series, at the Idyllwild Community Center, Aug. 19.
A 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Tank Battalion, M1A1 Main Battle Tank fires its main cannon during the platoon’s first gunnery qualification exercise at Combat Center range 500 Aug. 10. “It’s the equivalent of the rifle range for tanks,” said 2nd Lt. Mathew Baldwin, the first platoon commander, Co. D., 1st Tanks. “We spend the week running the tanks around getting used to them, and then on the last day we qual.” - A 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Tank Battalion, M1A1 Main Battle Tank fires its main cannon during the platoon’s first gunnery qualification exercise at Combat Center range 500 Aug. 10. “It’s the equivalent of the rifle range for tanks,” said 2nd Lt. Mathew Baldwin, the first platoon commander, Co. D., 1st Tanks. “We spend the week running the tanks around getting used to them, and then on the last day we qual.”