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.
Three-year-old Vanessa Duarte passed away Dec. 6, 1996 after falling ill from her second bilateral lung transplant. She was diagnosed with acute pulmonary hypertension. Her mother, then 23-year-old Sgt. Lawanda Hall, was grieving her child’s death while being swarmed with bills from the hospitals, transplant coordinating team, critical care units, funeral costs and travel costs. Greatly in debt, Hall looked for aid from the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society, a nonprofit charitable organization sponsored by the Department of the Navy. The NMCRS helped Hall create a budget for her family to pay off the debt that they had accumulated. They were later given a grant. - Three-year-old Vanessa Duarte passed away Dec. 6, 1996 after falling ill from her second bilateral lung transplant. She was diagnosed with acute pulmonary hypertension. Her mother, then 23-year-old Sgt. Lawanda Hall, was grieving her child’s death while being swarmed with bills from the hospitals, transplant coordinating team, critical care units, funeral costs and travel costs. Greatly in debt, Hall looked for aid from the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society, a nonprofit charitable organization sponsored by the Department of the Navy. The NMCRS helped Hall create a budget for her family to pay off the debt that they had accumulated. They were later given a grant.
Jeanne Shaw has had a passion for automotives throughout her life. She has used this to follow a career and break the stigma of a normally male dominant profession. Shaw first learned about cars when she was just a child. Most little girls her age were interested in makeup. Automotive repair was a curiosity and passion sparked in her at a young age. - Jeanne Shaw has had a passion for automotives throughout her life. She has used this to follow a career and break the stigma of a normally male dominant profession. Shaw first learned about cars when she was just a child. Most little girls her age were interested in makeup. Automotive repair was a curiosity and passion sparked in her at a young age.