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Emma Fitch, 5, daughter of Tyler Fitch, military spouse,

Emma Fitch, 5, daughter of Tyler Fitch, military spouse,

Emma Fitch, 5, daughter of Tyler Fitch, military spouse, places food coloring into milk at the exploding milk station during Condor Elementary School’s annual Science Night, Feb. 9, 2016. The night is held annu... More

Sgt. Felicia Tanksley-Anderson, imagery analysis specialist,

Sgt. Felicia Tanksley-Anderson, imagery analysis specialist,

Sgt. Felicia Tanksley-Anderson, imagery analysis specialist, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, helps her daughter, Jazmine, 5, put on working gloves during the Earth Day clean-up at the Gateway Parcel ... More

Brian Henen, ecologist, Natural Resources and Environmental

Brian Henen, ecologist, Natural Resources and Environmental

Brian Henen, ecologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division, teaches kids about the Combat Centers delicate ecosystem during the Paws to Read event at the Lifelong Learning Library July 25.

Kevin Chang, representative of Senator Feinstein’s

Kevin Chang, representative of Senator Feinstein’s

Kevin Chang, representative of Senator Feinstein’s office, explains the key parts in the Land Acquisition bill currently in legislation at the Officers’ Club, Feb. 18, 2015. Chang explained where the training a... More

What I’ve Learned: Nora Hotch. Marine Corps air ground combat center

What I’ve Learned: Nora Hotch. Marine Corps air ground combat center

Hotch moved to several areas as a child due to her father being active duty in the Air Force. She lived in locations such as: Cheyenne, Wyo.; Kaiserslautern, Germany; Spokane, Wash.; Boulder, Colo.; and Temecul... More

What I’ve Learned: Charlene Keck

What I’ve Learned: Charlene Keck

Keck has been working in the Combat Center’s Archaeology and Paleontology Curation Center since Jan. 26 and finds interest in the Combat Center’s history.

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs and Public Works Department finish setting up their displays for the Yucca Valley Earth Day Celebration at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum, April 18, 2015. (Of... More

Master Sgt. David Mansfield, operations chief, Marine

Master Sgt. David Mansfield, operations chief, Marine

Master Sgt. David Mansfield, operations chief, Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group, recycles aluminum cans before the seven-mile Earth Day Mountain Bike Ride, which began at the obstacle course April 22, ... More

Combat Center patrons participate in the five-kilometer

Combat Center patrons participate in the five-kilometer

Combat Center patrons participate in the five-kilometer Earth Day Fun Run at Desert Winds Golf Course aboard the Combat Center, April 24, 2015. Other Earth Day activities held aboard the Combat Center included ... More

Mike Schmitt, volunteer, Sky’s the Limit, shows Marines

Mike Schmitt, volunteer, Sky’s the Limit, shows Marines

Mike Schmitt, volunteer, Sky’s the Limit, shows Marines the sun through a Lunt Solar Systems telescope during the Earth Day Extravaganza, at Lincoln Military Housing Athletic Field, April 24, 2015. Special filt... More

Kate Bobadilla, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine

Kate Bobadilla, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine

Kate Bobadilla, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine Palms Elementary Why is Earth Day important to you? There are a lot of people in the world who litter and I don’t like it. If they picked up their trash, th... More

Chris Elliott, water resource manager, Natural Resources

Chris Elliott, water resource manager, Natural Resources

Chris Elliott, water resource manager, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, educates local water authority officials and community members during a water conservation symposium at the Coachella Valley W... More

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affair’s

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affair’s

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affair’s Hazardous Waste Management branch, proudly display their 2015 Sustainability, Non-Industrial Installation Awards from the Secretary of the Navy and Secret... More

Surprise Springs is an archaeological site protected

Surprise Springs is an archaeological site protected

Surprise Springs is an archaeological site protected by the Conservation Law Enforcement Officers located aboard the Combat Center. CLEO works to enforce laws that protect the base’s cultural and archaeological... More

A 3-year-old desert tortoise rests in a visitor's gloved

A 3-year-old desert tortoise rests in a visitor's gloved

A 3-year-old desert tortoise rests in a visitor's gloved hands Sept. 30, 2015, at the Combat Center's Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. The young tortoise, which is about the size of a deck of cards, ... More

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors,

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors,

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors, makes an appearance at the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center’s Desert Tort... More

Lt. Cmdr. James Stewart, public works officer, Public

Lt. Cmdr. James Stewart, public works officer, Public

Lt. Cmdr. James Stewart, public works officer, Public Works Department, explains the Combat Center’s progress in renewable energy to Department of Defense leaders during a video teleconference at the Combat Cen... More

Sgt. Nathan Yriarte, explosive ordnance disposal technician,

Sgt. Nathan Yriarte, explosive ordnance disposal technician,

Sgt. Nathan Yriarte, explosive ordnance disposal technician, EOD, primes into an M2A4 shaped charge with sensitized detonating cord at Rainbow Canyon Training Area, Oct. 8, 2015. (Official Marine Corps photo by... More

The City of Twentynine Palms displayed the American

The City of Twentynine Palms displayed the American

The City of Twentynine Palms displayed the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Wall at the Twentynine Palms Junior High School’s Tom Nicoll Memorial Stadium for the city’s Salute to Those Who Serve celebration,... More

Matti Hart, 11, niece of Maj. Will Cerrigan, operations

Matti Hart, 11, niece of Maj. Will Cerrigan, operations

Matti Hart, 11, niece of Maj. Will Cerrigan, operations officer, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, decorates pumpkins with Rea, wife of Cerrigan, and Austin, 2, Cerrigan’s son, during the Marine Corps Communi... More

What I’ve Learned: Brian Henen. Marine Corps air ground combat center

What I’ve Learned: Brian Henen. Marine Corps air ground combat center

Brian Henen, ecologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, has been involved in conservation his entire life and studied various tortoise species for more than 20 years. Throughout his career, he has ... More

Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, Combat Center Commanding

Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, Combat Center Commanding

Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, Combat Center Commanding General, explains the mission of the Combat Center to Congressman Raul Ruiz during his visit to the Combat Center, March 18, 2016. Ruiz serves as the cong... More

Combat Center patrons run through the Desert Winds

Combat Center patrons run through the Desert Winds

Combat Center patrons run through the Desert Winds Golf Course during the annual Earth Day 5K Fun Run April 15, 2016. The Combat Center strives to serve as a good steward of the environment and Natural Resource... More

Chris Elliott, water resources manager, Natural Resources

Chris Elliott, water resources manager, Natural Resources

Chris Elliott, water resources manager, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, gives Damien Lawrence, first grader, prizes for being the second runner-up in the 2016 Earth Day Poster Contest at Twentynine... More

NREA civilians recognized for environment efforts

NREA civilians recognized for environment efforts

Brig. Gen. William F. Mullen III, Combat Center Commanding General, presents Brian Henen, ecologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, with the 2016 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Award for Natu... More

Chuck Hill, compliance support supervisor, Natural

Chuck Hill, compliance support supervisor, Natural

Chuck Hill, compliance support supervisor, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, gets on his bike to ride for “Get on Your Bike and Ride” month aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Pa... More

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resources and

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resources and

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, tracks released desert tortoises using directional antennas and receivers at Sand Hill training area aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat ... More

Participants navigate the Combat Center Bike Trail

Participants navigate the Combat Center Bike Trail

Participants navigate the Combat Center Bike Trail during the annual Earth Day Bike ride held aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 8, 2017. The 11-mile ride started at R... More

Participants of the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride

Participants of the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride

Participants of the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride take off from Felix Field aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 13, 2017. Natural Resources and Environmental hosts the ... More

Charles Hill, compliance support supervisor, Natural

Charles Hill, compliance support supervisor, Natural

Charles Hill, compliance support supervisor, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, tees off during the Earth Day Golf Tournament at Desert Winds Golf Course, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twenty... More

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resource and Environmental

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resource and Environmental

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resource and Environmental Affairs, shows a Combat Center child the different parts of a desert tortoise using Thelma and Louise, desert tortoise ambassadors, as a reference d... More

Combat Center patrons participate in an Earth Day 5K

Combat Center patrons participate in an Earth Day 5K

Combat Center patrons participate in an Earth Day 5K Fun Run hosted by Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs and Semper Fit at the Desert Winds Golf Course aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center... More

Joshua Tree National Park - Cyclists from the Combat Center and local community

Joshua Tree National Park - Cyclists from the Combat Center and local ...

Cyclists from the Combat Center and local community begin the annual Park to Park Ride at Knott’s Sky Park in Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 29, 2017. The event, hosted by Natural Resources and Environmental A... More

Chris Elliott, water resources manager, Natural Resources

Chris Elliott, water resources manager, Natural Resources

Chris Elliott, water resources manager, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, recognizes NREA Earth Day poster contest winners at Condor Elementary aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twent... More

Col. Jay Wylie, directorate, Natural Resources and

Col. Jay Wylie, directorate, Natural Resources and

Col. Jay Wylie, directorate, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, places a tortoises under a bush back in the wild as a part of the Headstart Program aboard the Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., ... More

Lejeune Hall joins recycling pilot program Employees embrace, reduce, reuse, recycle sentiment

Lejeune Hall joins recycling pilot program Employees embrace, reduce, ...

Marilsa Porter, environmental protection specialist aboard Quantico, Cpl. Spencer Patterson, Cpl. Andrew Sayeg and Major John Crutchfield, NREA branch deputy, drop off new recycle bins to each office space with... More

This is what remains of the 157-year-old Wisdom Tree

This is what remains of the 157-year-old Wisdom Tree

This is what remains of the 157-year-old Wisdom Tree located on the campus of Marine Corps University. The iconic tree, which was old, frail and had root fungus, could not withstand the winds of the "bomb cycl... More

Pfc. Brandon McAdams, student, Marine Corps

Pfc. Brandon McAdams, student, Marine Corps

Pfc. Brandon McAdams, student, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, helps clean up trash during the Earth Day event at Section 33 in Joshua Tree, Calif., April 19. The event was a partnership between ... More

Kids constructed masks during the arts and crafts portion

Kids constructed masks during the arts and crafts portion

Kids constructed masks during the arts and crafts portion of the Paws to Read event at the Lifelong Learning Library July 25. The event featured a presentation from Brian Henen, ecologist, Natural Resources and... More

Dr. Marie Cottrell, private consultant on archaeology,

Dr. Marie Cottrell, private consultant on archaeology,

Dr. Marie Cottrell, private consultant on archaeology, Archaeology and Paleontology Curation Center, points out petroglyphs etched on rocks to some of the representatives of the Desert Managers Group located on... More

Gary Morrissett, utilities and energy management supervisor,

Gary Morrissett, utilities and energy management supervisor,

Gary Morrissett, utilities and energy management supervisor, Public Works Department, informs Christine Bannortrick and Mary Koval of Yucca Valley about how the base utilizes solar energy aboard the Combat Cent... More

Participants prepare for the seven-mile Earth Day Mountain

Participants prepare for the seven-mile Earth Day Mountain

Participants prepare for the seven-mile Earth Day Mountain Bike Ride, which began at the obstacle course April 22, 2015. Approximately 100 people participated in the race in celebration of Earth Day. (Official ... More

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, pushes his children, Arya Pochop, 2, and 8-month old J. T. Pochop, in a stroller while participating in the five-kilometer Earth D... More

Combat Center families line up to slide down the Super

Combat Center families line up to slide down the Super

Combat Center families line up to slide down the Super Slide during the Earth Day Extravaganza at Lincoln Military Housing Athletic Field, April 24, 2015. The circular layout of the event drew service members a... More

Hailey Beck, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine

Hailey Beck, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine

Hailey Beck, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine Palms Elementary Where did you get the idea for your poster? When I heard Earth Day, I thought of recycling, so I made my border with water drops in the shape ... More

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs,

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs,

Members of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, proudly display the 2015 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Award for Natural Resource Conservation, outside of the NREA building, Aug. 18, 2015. NREA wa... More

Richard Frausto, conservation law enforcement officer,

Richard Frausto, conservation law enforcement officer,

Richard Frausto, conservation law enforcement officer, Natural and Cultural Resources, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, performs a patrol to ensure the protection of natural and cultural resources o... More

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors,

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors,

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors, makes an appearance at the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center’s Desert Tort... More

Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp welcomes

Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp welcomes

Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp welcomes guests to the installation's Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site on Sept. 30, 2015. With him is Lt. Col. Tim Pochop, director of the Natural Resou... More

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resource

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resource

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resource and Environmental Affairs, explains the Combat Center’s water conservation approach to Department of Defense leaders during a video teleconference at the Comb... More

Combat Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal uses three

Combat Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal uses three

Combat Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal uses three M2A4 shaped charges to create holes for continued excavation during a demolition operation at Rainbow Canyon Training Area, Oct. 8, 2015. Each shaped charge ... More

Skip Best, Vietnam War veteran, scans the American

Skip Best, Vietnam War veteran, scans the American

Skip Best, Vietnam War veteran, scans the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Wall for the name of a friend during the City of Twentynine Palms’ Salute to Those Who Serve celebration at the Twentynine Palms Jun... More

Mossen Green, 7, son of Lt. j.g. David Green, dentist,

Mossen Green, 7, son of Lt. j.g. David Green, dentist,

Mossen Green, 7, son of Lt. j.g. David Green, dentist, 23rd Dental Company, plays a carnival game during the Marine Corps Community Services’ Family Fall Festival at Del Valle Field, Oct. 23, 2015. MCCS hosted ... More

Lucas Regan, 1, son of Sydney Regan, military spouse,

Lucas Regan, 1, son of Sydney Regan, military spouse,

Lucas Regan, 1, son of Sydney Regan, military spouse, plays the Xylophone during Condor Elementary School’s annual Science Night, Feb. 9, 2016. Students from kindergarten up to sixth grade were permitted to sub... More

Congressman Raul Ruiz speaks to Marines at Phelps Mess

Congressman Raul Ruiz speaks to Marines at Phelps Mess

Congressman Raul Ruiz speaks to Marines at Phelps Mess Hall during his visit to the Combat Center, March 18, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released)

Pfc. Samuel Sly, assaultman, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines,

Pfc. Samuel Sly, assaultman, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines,

Pfc. Samuel Sly, assaultman, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 7th Marine Regiment, and Cpl. Adam Leymeister, rifleman, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, race toward the finish line at the Desert Winds Golf Course... More

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, congratulates Nicole Doten, fifth Grader, for being one of the finalists of the 2016 Earth Day Poster Contest at Twentynine Palms ... More

The Wisdom Tree during the fall added colorful leaves

The Wisdom Tree during the fall added colorful leaves

The Wisdom Tree during the fall added colorful leaves and a visual centerpiece to the surrounding trees. (File Photo)

The top riders with Natural Resources and Environmental

The top riders with Natural Resources and Environmental

The top riders with Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs stand with a trophy for “Get on Your Bike and Ride” month aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 17, 2016. N... More

Thelma and Louise, a pair of captive female desert

Thelma and Louise, a pair of captive female desert

Thelma and Louise, a pair of captive female desert tortoises who live at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site and serve as ambassadors for educational programs conducted by Natural Resources and Envir... More

A participant motives a fellow cyclist the annual Earth

A participant motives a fellow cyclist the annual Earth

A participant motives a fellow cyclist the annual Earth Day Bike ride held aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 8, 2017. The 11-mile ride started at Range. (U.S. Marine ... More

Participants of the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride

Participants of the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride

Participants of the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride arrive back at Felix Field aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 13, 2017. Natural Resources and Environmental hosts th... More

Evan Morrison, son of Staff Sgt. Joshua Morrison, mortarman,

Evan Morrison, son of Staff Sgt. Joshua Morrison, mortarman,

Evan Morrison, son of Staff Sgt. Joshua Morrison, mortarman, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 7th Regiment rides a pony during the Earth Day Extravaganza at Lincoln Military Housing Athletic Field at Marine Corps Ai... More

Sgt. Stephen Cooper, instructor, Marine Corps

Sgt. Stephen Cooper, instructor, Marine Corps

Sgt. Stephen Cooper, instructor, Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School, puts during the Earth Day Golf Tournament at Desert Winds Golf Course, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, C... More

Combat Center patrons participate in an Earth Day 5K

Combat Center patrons participate in an Earth Day 5K

Combat Center patrons participate in an Earth Day 5K Fun Run hosted by Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs and Semper Fit at the Desert Winds Golf Course aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center... More

Joshua Tree National Park - A Park to Park Ride participant cycles through Joshua

Joshua Tree National Park - A Park to Park Ride participant cycles thr...

A Park to Park Ride participant cycles through Joshua Tree National Park, April 29, 2017. The event, hosted by Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, Joshua Tree National Park and the city of Twentynine P... More

Chris Elliott, water resource manager, displays the

Chris Elliott, water resource manager, displays the

Chris Elliott, water resource manager, displays the poster contest entry by Isabella Zendejas, 8, daughter of Petty Officer 1st Class Ismael Zendejas, personnel specialist, Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, in the... More

Maj. David Tran, executive director, Natural Resources

Maj. David Tran, executive director, Natural Resources

Maj. David Tran, executive director, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, prepares to release one of five tortoises back into the wild as a part of the Headstart Program aboard the Combat Center, Twenty... More

Cpl. Spencer Patterson mans a fork lift to load hazardous

Cpl. Spencer Patterson mans a fork lift to load hazardous

Cpl. Spencer Patterson mans a fork lift to load hazardous material into a cargo truck to be dispossed of at an off-base facility. Environmental engineers also log and label the different types of hazardous mate... More

Service members and their families enjoy the rides,

Service members and their families enjoy the rides,

Service members and their families enjoy the rides, games and food during the Earth Day Spectacular at the Lincoln Military Housing football field April 25.

Dr. Marie Cottrell, private consultant on archaeology,

Dr. Marie Cottrell, private consultant on archaeology,

Dr. Marie Cottrell, private consultant on archaeology, Archaeology and Paleontology Curation Center, presents different etchings to the representatives of the Desert Managers Group located on Range F, Lava Trai... More

Patrick Mills, quality recycling program manager, Natural

Patrick Mills, quality recycling program manager, Natural

Patrick Mills, quality recycling program manager, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, explains how hazardous waste management recycles materials, such as anti-freeze, to Christine Bannortrick and Mary ... More

Bike riders begin the seven-mile Earth Day Mountain

Bike riders begin the seven-mile Earth Day Mountain

Bike riders begin the seven-mile Earth Day Mountain Bike Ride, which began at the obstacle course April 22, 2015. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/ Released)

Pfc. Morgan Atwell and Pfc. Brandy Stover, administration

Pfc. Morgan Atwell and Pfc. Brandy Stover, administration

Pfc. Morgan Atwell and Pfc. Brandy Stover, administration specialists, Installation Personnel Administration Center, Headquarters Battalion, participate in the five-kilometer Earth Day Fun Run at Desert Winds G... More

Combat Center families enjoy a ride on a miniature

Combat Center families enjoy a ride on a miniature

Combat Center families enjoy a ride on a miniature train through Lincoln Military Housing Athletic Field parking lot during the Earth Day Extravaganza, April 24, 2015. The event also provided a live performance... More

Sara Willis, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine

Sara Willis, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine

Sara Willis, Earth Day poster finalist, Twentynine Palms Elementary What would you do if you saw someone littering or being wasteful? I would ask them to pick it up and tell them it is bad to do that to the Earth.

Richard Frausto, conservation law enforcement officer,

Richard Frausto, conservation law enforcement officer,

Richard Frausto, conservation law enforcement officer, Natural and Cultural Resources, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, checks his computer during a patrol of the Combat Center’s ranges, Sept. 25, 2... More

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors,

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors,

Thelma, one of the Combat Center's two ambassadors, makes an appearance at the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center’s Desert Tort... More

Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp; Beth

Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp; Beth

Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp; Beth Bogue, field representative for Assemblyman Chad Mayes, and Michelle Blair of the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division watch as CM-4, a wild... More

The Combat Center’s 2015 Secretary of Defense Environmental

The Combat Center’s 2015 Secretary of Defense Environmental

The Combat Center’s 2015 Secretary of Defense Environmental Award winners stand together at the Combat Center Commanding General’s Conference Room, Oct. 1, 2015. The team received the award for sustainability i... More

Sgt. Brendan Campbell, on-the-job trainee, Explosive

Sgt. Brendan Campbell, on-the-job trainee, Explosive

Sgt. Brendan Campbell, on-the-job trainee, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, digs out loose dirt from a hole created from an M2A4 shaped charge at Rainbow Canyon Training Area, Oct. 8, 2015. The first day of the exc... More

Tyler Ammerman, 17, student, Twentnine Palms High School,

Tyler Ammerman, 17, student, Twentnine Palms High School,

Tyler Ammerman, 17, student, Twentnine Palms High School, dons the Explosive Ordnance Displosal 8 Bomb Suit during the City of Twentynine Palms’ Salute to Those Who Serve celebration at the Twentynine Palms Jun... More

Combat Center families enjoy a train ride during the

Combat Center families enjoy a train ride during the

Combat Center families enjoy a train ride during the Marine Corps Community Services’ Family Fall Festival at Del Valle Field, Oct. 23, 2015. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released)

Staff Sgt. Abraham Libby, maintenance technician, Marine

Staff Sgt. Abraham Libby, maintenance technician, Marine

Staff Sgt. Abraham Libby, maintenance technician, Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, and his son Zachary Libby, 7, assemble snap circuits during Condor Elementary School’s annual Science Night, Feb. 9, 2016. The... More

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, points out the different parts of the Archeology and Paleontology Curation Center to Congressman Raul Ruiz during his visit to the... More

Combat Center Marines and sailors run through the Desert

Combat Center Marines and sailors run through the Desert

Combat Center Marines and sailors run through the Desert Winds Golf Course during the annual Earth Day 5K Fun Run April 15, 2016. The Combat Center strives to serve as a good steward of the environment and Natu... More

Audrey Roberts and Kecel Sabio, third Grader, and Shaylin

Audrey Roberts and Kecel Sabio, third Grader, and Shaylin

Audrey Roberts and Kecel Sabio, third Grader, and Shaylin Metcalfe, fourth grader, present their posters from the 2016 Earth Day Poster Contest at Condor Elementary School June 6, 2016. (Official Marine Corps p... More

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resources and

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resources and

Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, feeds the juvenile tortoises too young to be released at the enclosures at the Headstart facility at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rear... More

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs division, finishes the annual Earth Day Bike ride held aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Apri... More

Participants for the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride

Participants for the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride

Participants for the annual Earth Day Fun Bike Ride cool off after arriving at Felix Field aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 13, 2017. Natural Resources and Environme... More

Sgt. Stephen Lake, new troop handler, Marine Corps

Sgt. Stephen Lake, new troop handler, Marine Corps

Sgt. Stephen Lake, new troop handler, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, drives a golf ball during the Earth Day Golf Tournament at Desert Winds Golf Course, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, T... More

Combat Center patrons finish an Earth Day 5K Fun Run

Combat Center patrons finish an Earth Day 5K Fun Run

Combat Center patrons finish an Earth Day 5K Fun Run hosted by Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs and Semper Fit at the Desert Winds Golf Course aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twenty... More

Annie Smack, wife of Gunnery Sgt. Eric Smack, battery

Annie Smack, wife of Gunnery Sgt. Eric Smack, battery

Annie Smack, wife of Gunnery Sgt. Eric Smack, battery gunnery sergeant, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, slides down a giant slide with her son, Carter, 1, during the Earth Day Extravaganza at Lincoln Milit... More

Joshua Tree National Park - Stroller Warriors, a free running club for military

Joshua Tree National Park - Stroller Warriors, a free running club for...

Stroller Warriors, a free running club for military spouses and their families, cheer on bike riders during the Park to Park Ride at the top of Keys View in Joshua Tree National Park, April 29, 2017. The event,... More

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources

Lt. Col. Timothy Pochop, director, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, speaks to children at Twentynine Palms Elementary before recognizing the winners of the NREA Earth Day poster contest in Twentynin... More

Gunnery Sgt. Eric Still and Ron Moyer, NREA forester,

Gunnery Sgt. Eric Still and Ron Moyer, NREA forester,

Gunnery Sgt. Eric Still and Ron Moyer, NREA forester, stand in front of what is left of the Wisdom Tree to illustrate just how big it was. Still actually witnessed the tree falling.

Children gather around the Desert Tortoise display

Children gather around the Desert Tortoise display

Children gather around the Desert Tortoise display during the Earth Day Spectacular at the Lincoln Military Housing football field April 25. The event was sponsored by the Natural Resources and Environmental Co... More

Nora Hotch, biological science technician, Natural

Nora Hotch, biological science technician, Natural

Nora Hotch, biological science technician, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, hands out informational posters to a local family during the Yucca Valley Earth Day celebration at the Hi-Desert Nature Mu... More

Colton Charles, son of Ken Charles and T.J. Charles,

Colton Charles, son of Ken Charles and T.J. Charles,

Colton Charles, son of Ken Charles and T.J. Charles, Retired Petty Officer 1st Class, crosses the finish line during the Earth Day Mountain Bike Ride, which began at the obstacle course April 22, 2015. Charles ... More

Racers compete in the Earth Day Bike Criterium, aboard

Racers compete in the Earth Day Bike Criterium, aboard

Racers compete in the Earth Day Bike Criterium, aboard the Combat Center, April 23, 2015. The criterium was hosted by Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs and Semper Fit. (Official Marine Corps Photo by ... More

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