Combat Center News

The Lt. Dan Band performs during a show at the Combat Center's Sunset Cinema March 8. This was the band's 7th show at the Combat Center in eight years. - The Lt. Dan Band performs during a show at the Combat Center's Sunset Cinema March 8. This was the band's 7th show at the Combat Center in eight years.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Randy Hernandez, company commander, Combat Logistics Company 13, salutes Lt. Col. Steven Delazaro, commanding officer, CLB-7 during CLC-13’s activation ceremony March 7. - Chief Warrant Officer 2 Randy Hernandez, company commander, Combat Logistics Company 13, salutes Lt. Col. Steven Delazaro, commanding officer, CLB-7 during CLC-13’s activation ceremony March 7.

Maj. Jessica Acosta is from the small town of Tehachapi, Calif., and had high hopes of one day working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While working toward her degree in criminal justice at California State University, she learned the FBI would require her to have experience in the field before even applying. Her answer to this was to join the military and then find her way to the FBI. What she found instead was a life changing decision and an unexpected journey. - Maj. Jessica Acosta is from the small town of Tehachapi, Calif., and had high hopes of one day working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While working toward her degree in criminal justice at California State University, she learned the FBI would require her to have experience in the field before even applying. Her answer to this was to join the military and then find her way to the FBI. What she found instead was a life changing decision and an unexpected journey.

Lance Cpl. Abisai Ochoa, unmanned aerial vehicle operator, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, reads a book to 1st graders at Joshua Tree Elementary March 1, 2013. Marines with VMU-3 read to the students during National Read Across America Day, an observance in the United States held on the school day close to Dr. Seuss' birthday. - Lance Cpl. Abisai Ochoa, unmanned aerial vehicle operator, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, reads a book to 1st graders at Joshua Tree Elementary March 1, 2013. Marines with VMU-3 read to the students during National Read Across America Day, an observance in the United States held on the school day close to Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Trackers rarely need anything extra. They can live with the bare essentials: combat vehicle crewman uniforms, steel toe boots, gloves, eye protection, flak, Kevlar, rifle, sling, 9/16ths wrench, 15/16ths wrench and a sleeping system. Everything necessary is already inside the AAV. Outside of the gear that trackers are supposed to have, there isn’t anything that they would need. But Williams has his essentials. He packs Monsters, Ramen noodles and a portable camp stove — necessities as he calls them. - Trackers rarely need anything extra. They can live with the bare essentials: combat vehicle crewman uniforms, steel toe boots, gloves, eye protection, flak, Kevlar, rifle, sling, 9/16ths wrench, 15/16ths wrench and a sleeping system. Everything necessary is already inside the AAV. Outside of the gear that trackers are supposed to have, there isn’t anything that they would need. But Williams has his essentials. He packs Monsters, Ramen noodles and a portable camp stove — necessities as he calls them.