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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

San Diego, California

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This plaque, found in the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites for the USS Arizona Memorial and Museum, is an excerpt from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Dec. 9, 1942, 'Fireside Chat' to the American people describing the events at Pearl Harbor. The quote reads "We are now in this war. We are all in it – all the way. Every single man, woman and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertaking of our American history."

This plaque, found in the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites for the USS Arizona Memorial and Museum, is an excerpt from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Dec. 9, 1942, 'Fireside Chat' to the American people describing the events at Pearl Harbor. The quote reads "We are now in this war. We are all in it – all the way. Every single man, woman and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertaking of our American history."

Photo by Sgt. Frances L. Goch

Cpl. Hayley Myroup, left, an avionic technician with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214, joins other tourists visiting the USS Arizona Memorial and Museum and pauses to remember the service members that lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor as she views each exhibit during a Committed and Engaged Leadership seminar Jan. 24. This seminar was the third CEL seminar supporting the 3rd MAW commanding general’s Committed and Engaged Leadership initiative.

Cpl. Hayley Myroup, left, an avionic technician with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214, joins other tourists visiting the USS Arizona Memorial and Museum and pauses to remember the service members that lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor as she views each exhibit during a Committed and Engaged Leadership seminar Jan. 24. This seminar was the third CEL seminar supporting the 3rd MAW commanding general’s Committed and Engaged Leadership initiative.

Photo by Sgt. Frances L. Goch

A new willowy monardella sprouts from the ground in the garden outside of the installation’s environmental office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 29. This new sprouting plant shows hope for the endangered species aboard the air station. With proper care and room to grow, this plant can begin to truly repopulate.

A new willowy monardella sprouts from the ground in the garden outside of the installation’s environmental office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 29. This new sprouting plant shows hope for the endangered species aboard the air station. With proper care and room to grow, this plant can begin to truly repopulate.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

JoEllen Kassebaum, a botanist with the installation, works in the garden outside of the environmental office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 29. Kassebaum helped see to the approval and development of the garden where she tends plants in differing micro climates. This allows her to see how plants interact with each other in certain settings while giving Marines, families and guests a chance to see and learn about these precious plants.

JoEllen Kassebaum, a botanist with the installation, works in the garden outside of the environmental office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 29. Kassebaum helped see to the approval and development of the garden where she tends plants in differing micro climates. This allows her to see how plants interact with each other in certain settings while giving Marines, families and guests a chance to see and learn about these precious plants.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

A bee lands on a native California plant in a garden used to observe endangered and non-endangered plants outside the station environmental office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 29. The area has experienced a decline in bees due to sickness spreading in the bee population. Endangered plants rely on bees to carry their pollen from plant to plant in order to reproduce.

A bee lands on a native California plant in a garden used to observe endangered and non-endangered plants outside the station environmental office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 29. The area has experienced a decline in bees due to sickness spreading in the bee population. Endangered plants rely on bees to carry their pollen from plant to plant in order to reproduce.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

JoEllen Kassebaum, a botanist with the installations environmental office works with a bloom in the office’s garden aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 29. The garden located around the installation’s environmental office where botanists tend plants in differing micro climates. This allows them to see how plants interact with each other and certain conditions in certain settings while giving Marines, families and guests a chance to see and learn about these precious plants.

JoEllen Kassebaum, a botanist with the installations environmental office works with a bloom in the office’s garden aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 29. The garden located around the installation’s environmental office where botanists tend plants in differing micro climates. This allows them to see how plants interact with each other and certain conditions in certain settings while giving Marines, families and guests a chance to see and learn about these precious plants.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

A Marine holds a cap with deceased fairy shrimp while learning more about endangered species aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 22. The shrimp lay dormant in the earth when there is no water, sometimes for years, waiting for a pool to fill above them so they can hatch from their eggs.

A Marine holds a cap with deceased fairy shrimp while learning more about endangered species aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 22. The shrimp lay dormant in the earth when there is no water, sometimes for years, waiting for a pool to fill above them so they can hatch from their eggs.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

A ruler stands secured to a pole over a vernal pool in a fenced in area aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 22. Rulers like this are used to measure the depth of vernal pools where two endangered species of fairy shrimp can be found. Without water, the fairy shrimp lay dormant in the ground until the pool fills again.

A ruler stands secured to a pole over a vernal pool in a fenced in area aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 22. Rulers like this are used to measure the depth of vernal pools where two endangered species of fairy shrimp can be found. Without water, the fairy shrimp lay dormant in the ground until the pool fills again.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, cuts a ribbon to open the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Tax Center alongside Marines who work there during a ribbon cutting ceremony aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., Jan. 30. The tax center has a team of Marines certified by the Internal Revenue Service to file taxes free of charge for active-duty service members, retirees and military spouses. For more information call 858-577-1040.

Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, cuts a ribbon to open the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Tax Center alongside Marines who work there during a ribbon cutting ceremony aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., Jan. 30. The tax center has a team of Marines certified by the Internal Revenue Service to file taxes free of charge for active-duty service members, retirees and military spouses. For more information call 858-577-1040.

Photo by Cpl. Max Pennington

Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, speaks to the Marines before the grand opening of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Tax Center aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., Jan. 30. The Marines have been training since December and are certified by the Internal Revenue Service. The services are free of charge for active-duty service members, retirees and military spouses. For more information call 858-577-1040.

Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, speaks to the Marines before the grand opening of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Tax Center aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., Jan. 30. The Marines have been training since December and are certified by the Internal Revenue Service. The services are free of charge for active-duty service members, retirees and military spouses. For more information call 858-577-1040.

Photo by Cpl. Max Pennington

John Judge, right, hazardous materials instructor with Bucks County Community College near Philadelphia, watches as a HAZMAT reconnaisance team enters the simulated leak zone during a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. Instructors will closely monitor and test the Marines in order to ensure they pass without any incidence, because failure could be fatal.

John Judge, right, hazardous materials instructor with Bucks County Community College near Philadelphia, watches as a HAZMAT reconnaisance team enters the simulated leak zone during a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. Instructors will closely monitor and test the Marines in order to ensure they pass without any incidence, because failure could be fatal.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Sgt. John Anderson, firefighter with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting and also operations chief for the exercise, calibrates metering equipment during a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. Marines taking the course learn extensively about their equipment, how to calibrate it, work it and properly operate it to be effective.

Sgt. John Anderson, firefighter with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting and also operations chief for the exercise, calibrates metering equipment during a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. Marines taking the course learn extensively about their equipment, how to calibrate it, work it and properly operate it to be effective.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Pfc. Aaron Allen, water turret operator with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting and also hazardous materials technician with the exercise, hangs a marking flag during a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. The flag will notify medical teams of which groups of simulated casualties need the most care, and in what order, or they may die.

Pfc. Aaron Allen, water turret operator with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting and also hazardous materials technician with the exercise, hangs a marking flag during a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. The flag will notify medical teams of which groups of simulated casualties need the most care, and in what order, or they may die.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Cpl. Eduardo Cornejo, left, medical surveillance personnel, measures another Marine’s pulse during a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. The 80-hour course allows the Marines a chance to take different roles in dealing with hazardous materials so they may understand the intricacies of each job.

Cpl. Eduardo Cornejo, left, medical surveillance personnel, measures another Marine’s pulse during a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. The 80-hour course allows the Marines a chance to take different roles in dealing with hazardous materials so they may understand the intricacies of each job.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear defense take part in a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the EOD complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. The 80-hour course allows the Marines a chance to take different roles in dealing with hazardous materials so they may understand the intricacies of each job.

Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear defense take part in a practical application portion of a hazardous materials course at the EOD complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 24. The 80-hour course allows the Marines a chance to take different roles in dealing with hazardous materials so they may understand the intricacies of each job.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Alyxandra Gardner, wife and coach for Sgt. Aaron Gardner, training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., cheers for her husband during Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner admitted he wouldn’t be where he was at the competition without the help of his family and friends who pushed him and gave him the encouragement he needed to prepare for the CrossFit competition.

Alyxandra Gardner, wife and coach for Sgt. Aaron Gardner, training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., cheers for her husband during Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner admitted he wouldn’t be where he was at the competition without the help of his family and friends who pushed him and gave him the encouragement he needed to prepare for the CrossFit competition.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Sgt. Aaron Gardner, training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., performs pull ups during the Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner dedicated himself to the sport he loves and trained for hours a day to compete against athletes who had either been to the CrossFit Games, or to regional qualifiers – CrossFit’s equivalent to the Super Bowl.

Sgt. Aaron Gardner, training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., performs pull ups during the Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner dedicated himself to the sport he loves and trained for hours a day to compete against athletes who had either been to the CrossFit Games, or to regional qualifiers – CrossFit’s equivalent to the Super Bowl.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Sgt. Aaron Gardner, right, training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., and teammate Wes Piatt, left, Coast Range CrossFit in Gilroy, Calif., enjoy a snack and some conversation while resting during Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner realized a three year-old dream when he competed in the CrossFit competition, and gained the notice of CrossFit Games veterans like Piatt and several others by being a new face in the rapidly growing competition.

Sgt. Aaron Gardner, right, training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., and teammate Wes Piatt, left, Coast Range CrossFit in Gilroy, Calif., enjoy a snack and some conversation while resting during Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner realized a three year-old dream when he competed in the CrossFit competition, and gained the notice of CrossFit Games veterans like Piatt and several others by being a new face in the rapidly growing competition.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Sgt. Aaron Gardner, training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., performs a squat clean during the second day of the Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner dedicated himself to the sport he loves and trained for hours a day to compete against athletes who had either been to the CrossFit Games, or to regional qualifiers – CrossFit’s equivalent to the Super Bowl.

Sgt. Aaron Gardner, training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., performs a squat clean during the second day of the Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner dedicated himself to the sport he loves and trained for hours a day to compete against athletes who had either been to the CrossFit Games, or to regional qualifiers – CrossFit’s equivalent to the Super Bowl.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Sgt. Aaron Gardner, a training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., performs a handstand push up while warming up during the Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner pushed himself through each grueling repetition and, despite an injury to one of his abdominal muscles early the second day, finished 20th.

Sgt. Aaron Gardner, a training clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., performs a handstand push up while warming up during the Orange County Throwdown at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Jan. 11. Gardner pushed himself through each grueling repetition and, despite an injury to one of his abdominal muscles early the second day, finished 20th.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar