[From left] Lt. Col. James McArthur, the assistant chief of staff for G-3, and Combat Center fire chief Randy Leaser, present a check of $3,435.82 to Allen Hyde, the center’s Combined Federal Campaign coordinator, Oct. 26, 2010 at the base flag pole. The money was raised at the fire department’s annual chili lunch and G-3’s chili cook-off.::r::::n:: - [From left] Lt. Col. James McArthur, the assistant chief of staff for G-3, and Combat Center fire chief Randy Leaser, present a check of $3,435.82 to Allen Hyde, the center’s Combined Federal Campaign coordinator, Oct. 26, 2010 at the base flag pole. The money was raised at the fire department’s annual chili lunch and G-3’s chili cook-off.::r::::n::
Marines with 3rd Marine Regiment talk to role players as an aggressive crowd masses outside their Forward Operating Base during a mass casualty exercise at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 7, 2010. ::r::::n:: - Marines with 3rd Marine Regiment talk to role players as an aggressive crowd masses outside their Forward Operating Base during a mass casualty exercise at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 7, 2010. ::r::::n::
Marines, sailors and airmen patrol across a mountainside at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 6, 2010, in route to a simulated Afghan village at just over 8,000 feet, where the joint force would conduct a Cordon and Search exercise. ::r::::n:: - Marines, sailors and airmen patrol across a mountainside at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 6, 2010, in route to a simulated Afghan village at just over 8,000 feet, where the joint force would conduct a Cordon and Search exercise. ::r::::n::
Denver native 2nd Lt. Jeremy Dittmer, commander of 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, keeps up radio communications with his platoon during a security patrolling exercise Oct. 5, 2010, while training at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. - Denver native 2nd Lt. Jeremy Dittmer, commander of 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, keeps up radio communications with his platoon during a security patrolling exercise Oct. 5, 2010, while training at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Corporal Carmelo Sierra, a field radio operator with Regimental Combat Team 7, hugs his wife, Obdulia, and daughter, Juliana, during the homecoming of RCT-7’s main body Monday at Del Valle Field Oct. 4, 2010. - Corporal Carmelo Sierra, a field radio operator with Regimental Combat Team 7, hugs his wife, Obdulia, and daughter, Juliana, during the homecoming of RCT-7’s main body Monday at Del Valle Field Oct. 4, 2010.
Staff Sgt. Robert Hofmann, an instructor with the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, also serves as an assistant deputy commander with the Palm Springs, Calif., Civil Air Patrol’s Composite Squadron 11, and was awarded the Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager Aerospace Education Achievement Award after completing CAP’s Aerospace Education Program for Senior Members Sept. 26. Hofmann, who joined CAP in 2008, said the best part about receiving the award is now he can use what he has learned to contribute to CAP’s mentoring program for children and young adults ages 12-20. - Staff Sgt. Robert Hofmann, an instructor with the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, also serves as an assistant deputy commander with the Palm Springs, Calif., Civil Air Patrol’s Composite Squadron 11, and was awarded the Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager Aerospace Education Achievement Award after completing CAP’s Aerospace Education Program for Senior Members Sept. 26. Hofmann, who joined CAP in 2008, said the best part about receiving the award is now he can use what he has learned to contribute to CAP’s mentoring program for children and young adults ages 12-20.