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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

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Mike Corona, director of waste management at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., accepts a Federal Green Challenge Award for waste reduction during the Federal Regional Council Meeting in San Diego, Aug. 7. The air station increased recyclables from approximately 1,470 tons in 2012 to 1,911 tons this year, a 30 percent increase that significantly exceeded its goal to increase recycling by 10 percent. Solid waste disposal to the landfill was also reduced by more than 22 percent, from approximately 5,194 tons in 2012 to 4,242 tons this year. This exceeded the established goal to decrease solid waste by 10 percent.

Mike Corona, director of waste management at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., accepts a Federal Green Challenge Award for waste reduction during the Federal Regional Council Meeting in San Diego, Aug. 7. The air station increased recyclables from approximately 1,470 tons in 2012 to 1,911 tons this year, a 30 percent increase that significantly exceeded its goal to increase recycling by 10 percent. Solid waste disposal to the landfill was also reduced by more than 22 percent, from approximately 5,194 tons in 2012 to 4,242 tons this year. This exceeded the established goal to decrease solid waste by 10 percent.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

From left to right, Jared Blumenfeld, regional administrator with the United States Environmental Protection Agency for Region 9, Mick Wasco, installation energy manager, Lt. Col. Jon Davenport, director of Installations and Logistics, Susan Vanwinkle, remedial project manager, and Mike Corona, director of waste management, all with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, pose with awards during the Federal Regional Council San Meeting in San Diego, Aug. 7. The EPA honored Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., along with Naval Base Coronado, Calif., and a Drug Enforcement Agency laboratory with the Federal Green Challenge Award for their efforts in conservation.

From left to right, Jared Blumenfeld, regional administrator with the United States Environmental Protection Agency for Region 9, Mick Wasco, installation energy manager, Lt. Col. Jon Davenport, director of Installations and Logistics, Susan Vanwinkle, remedial project manager, and Mike Corona, director of waste management, all with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, pose with awards during the Federal Regional Council San Meeting in San Diego, Aug. 7. The EPA honored Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., along with Naval Base Coronado, Calif., and a Drug Enforcement Agency laboratory with the Federal Green Challenge Award for their efforts in conservation.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

Mick Wasco, installation energy manager with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., speaks to peers about steps the installation took to reduce its environmental foot print in San Diego during the Federal Regional Council San Meeting in San Diego, Aug. 7. The United States Environmental Protection Agency honored Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., along with Naval Base Coronado, Calif., and a Drug Enforcement Agency laboratory with the Federal Green Challenge Award for their efforts in conservation.

Mick Wasco, installation energy manager with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., speaks to peers about steps the installation took to reduce its environmental foot print in San Diego during the Federal Regional Council San Meeting in San Diego, Aug. 7. The United States Environmental Protection Agency honored Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., along with Naval Base Coronado, Calif., and a Drug Enforcement Agency laboratory with the Federal Green Challenge Award for their efforts in conservation.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

A crew with the Miramar Fire Department joined forces with crews from the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Inyo National Forest Fire Departments to help extinguish the Klamath National Forest wildfires, Aug. 5. Mutual aid agreements provide agencies with a reciprocal support arrangement, allowing for a cost-effective agreement to provide aid to an organization in a time of need. The Miramar Fire Department honors these agreements several times a year. (Courtesy photo provided by the Miramar Fire Department)

A crew with the Miramar Fire Department joined forces with crews from the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Inyo National Forest Fire Departments to help extinguish the Klamath National Forest wildfires, Aug. 5. Mutual aid agreements provide agencies with a reciprocal support arrangement, allowing for a cost-effective agreement to provide aid to an organization in a time of need. The Miramar Fire Department honors these agreements several times a year. (Courtesy photo provided by the Miramar Fire Department)

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Fire burns in the Klamath National Forest, Aug. 5. A crew of four personnel with the Miramar Fire Department joined crews with the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Inyo National Forest Fire Departments to help extinguish the Klamath National Forest wildfires. Mutual aid agreements provide agencies with a reciprocal support arrangement, allowing for a cost-effective agreement to provide aid to an organization in a time of need. The Miramar Fire Department honors these agreements several times a year. (Courtesy photo provided by the Miramar Fire Department)

Fire burns in the Klamath National Forest, Aug. 5. A crew of four personnel with the Miramar Fire Department joined crews with the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Inyo National Forest Fire Departments to help extinguish the Klamath National Forest wildfires. Mutual aid agreements provide agencies with a reciprocal support arrangement, allowing for a cost-effective agreement to provide aid to an organization in a time of need. The Miramar Fire Department honors these agreements several times a year. (Courtesy photo provided by the Miramar Fire Department)

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Brush trucks with the Miramar Fire Department and Cleveland National Forest are staged for action in the Klamath National Forest, Aug. 5. A crew of four personnel with the Miramar Fire Department joined crews with the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Inyo National Forest Fire Departments to help extinguish the Klamath National Forest wildfires. Mutual aid agreements provide agencies with a reciprocal support arrangement, allowing for a cost-effective agreement to provide aid to an organization in a time of need. The Miramar Fire Department honors these agreements several times a year. (Courtesy photo provided by the Miramar Fire Department)

Brush trucks with the Miramar Fire Department and Cleveland National Forest are staged for action in the Klamath National Forest, Aug. 5. A crew of four personnel with the Miramar Fire Department joined crews with the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Inyo National Forest Fire Departments to help extinguish the Klamath National Forest wildfires. Mutual aid agreements provide agencies with a reciprocal support arrangement, allowing for a cost-effective agreement to provide aid to an organization in a time of need. The Miramar Fire Department honors these agreements several times a year. (Courtesy photo provided by the Miramar Fire Department)

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Fires burns in the Klamath National Forest, Aug. 5. A crew of four personnel with the Miramar Fire Department joined crews with the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Inyo National Forest Fire Departments to help extinguish the Klamath National Forest wildfires. Mutual aid agreements provide agencies with a reciprocal support arrangement, allowing for a cost-effective agreement to provide aid to an organization in a time of need. The Miramar Fire Department honors these agreements several times a year. (Courtesy photo provided by the Miramar Fire Department)

Fires burns in the Klamath National Forest, Aug. 5. A crew of four personnel with the Miramar Fire Department joined crews with the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Inyo National Forest Fire Departments to help extinguish the Klamath National Forest wildfires. Mutual aid agreements provide agencies with a reciprocal support arrangement, allowing for a cost-effective agreement to provide aid to an organization in a time of need. The Miramar Fire Department honors these agreements several times a year. (Courtesy photo provided by the Miramar Fire Department)

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Sgt. Adrian Quinones, an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, fires an M9 Berretta pistol at a human-shaped silhouette at the 7-yard firing line at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. Marines are now required to qualify using the Corps’ newest pistol program, called Combat Pistol Program, which changed pistol marksmanship from a competition-style qualification to a combat-minded one.

Sgt. Adrian Quinones, an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, fires an M9 Berretta pistol at a human-shaped silhouette at the 7-yard firing line at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. Marines are now required to qualify using the Corps’ newest pistol program, called Combat Pistol Program, which changed pistol marksmanship from a competition-style qualification to a combat-minded one.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

An M9 Berretta pistol is secured in a holster during a training event at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The new Combat Pistol Program requires shooters to draw their M9 Berretta pistol from a holster, fire at a target, and hold their pistol in a ready position while assessing the area around them for more threats.

An M9 Berretta pistol is secured in a holster during a training event at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The new Combat Pistol Program requires shooters to draw their M9 Berretta pistol from a holster, fire at a target, and hold their pistol in a ready position while assessing the area around them for more threats.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

Staff Sgt. Juan Carrillo, a drill instructor with Receiving Company, Support Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, puts stickers over round holes on his target after firing an M9 Berretta pistol at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. Marines shooting the pistol are now required to qualify using the Corps’ newest pistol program, the Combat Pistol Program.

Staff Sgt. Juan Carrillo, a drill instructor with Receiving Company, Support Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, puts stickers over round holes on his target after firing an M9 Berretta pistol at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. Marines shooting the pistol are now required to qualify using the Corps’ newest pistol program, the Combat Pistol Program.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

Lance Cpl. Thomas Flanigan, a marksmanship instructor at the Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., offers guidance to a shooter after a course of fire, July 29. The Corps’ newest pistol marksmanship qualification, the Combat Pistol Program, implemented October 2013, allows marksmanship coaches Corpswide to make training more realistic for the thousands of Marines and Sailors who qualify annually.

Lance Cpl. Thomas Flanigan, a marksmanship instructor at the Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., offers guidance to a shooter after a course of fire, July 29. The Corps’ newest pistol marksmanship qualification, the Combat Pistol Program, implemented October 2013, allows marksmanship coaches Corpswide to make training more realistic for the thousands of Marines and Sailors who qualify annually.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

Gunnery Sgt. Erika Ibarra, engine log and records chief with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 11, reloads a pistol magazine before another course of fire at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The Corps’ latest pistol marksmanship qualification, the Combat Pistol Program, was implemented October 2013 and allows marksmanship coaches Corpswide to make training more realistic for the thousands of Marines and Sailors who qualify annually.

Gunnery Sgt. Erika Ibarra, engine log and records chief with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 11, reloads a pistol magazine before another course of fire at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The Corps’ latest pistol marksmanship qualification, the Combat Pistol Program, was implemented October 2013 and allows marksmanship coaches Corpswide to make training more realistic for the thousands of Marines and Sailors who qualify annually.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

Sgt. Cameron Garrett, right, pistol range noncommissioned officer in charge with Carlos Hathcock Range Complex, fills a pistol magazine after a course of fire for the next course of fire at the range aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The Corps’ newest pistol marksmanship qualification, the Combat Pistol Program, was implemented October 2013 and allows marksmanship coaches Corpswide to make training more realistic for the thousands of Marines and Sailors who train at the range annually.

Sgt. Cameron Garrett, right, pistol range noncommissioned officer in charge with Carlos Hathcock Range Complex, fills a pistol magazine after a course of fire for the next course of fire at the range aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The Corps’ newest pistol marksmanship qualification, the Combat Pistol Program, was implemented October 2013 and allows marksmanship coaches Corpswide to make training more realistic for the thousands of Marines and Sailors who train at the range annually.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

Captain Emre I. Albayrak

Captain Emre I. Albayrak

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Lance Cpl. Aaron Vega, center, a military police officer with the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., gets stunned during annual Taser training, July 18. The Taser causes neuromuscular incapacitation that contracts the muscles, causing them to lock up making the individual unable to move.

Lance Cpl. Aaron Vega, center, a military police officer with the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., gets stunned during annual Taser training, July 18. The Taser causes neuromuscular incapacitation that contracts the muscles, causing them to lock up making the individual unable to move.

Photo by Cpl. Raquel Barraza

A military police officer with the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., pulls a prong from a target during annual Taser training, July 18. Police officers learned the target areas at which to aim when using a Taser.

A military police officer with the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., pulls a prong from a target during annual Taser training, July 18. Police officers learned the target areas at which to aim when using a Taser.

Photo by Cpl. Raquel Barraza

Cpl. Vettel Arnold, military police officer with the special reaction team aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., practices aiming a Taser X26 during annual Taser training aboard the air station, July 18. This training provides a nonlethal alternative to controlling a situation.

Cpl. Vettel Arnold, military police officer with the special reaction team aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., practices aiming a Taser X26 during annual Taser training aboard the air station, July 18. This training provides a nonlethal alternative to controlling a situation.

Photo by Cpl. Raquel Barraza

Military and civilian police officers with the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., receive a class on how to aim a Taser X26 in the kneeling position during annual Taser training aboard the air station, July 18. The training also included learning the target areas at which to aim and learned the physical effects of the Taser.

Military and civilian police officers with the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., receive a class on how to aim a Taser X26 in the kneeling position during annual Taser training aboard the air station, July 18. The training also included learning the target areas at which to aim and learned the physical effects of the Taser.

Photo by Cpl. Raquel Barraza

Cpl. Vettel Arnold III, a military police officer with the special reaction team aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., practices aiming a Taser X26 during annual Taser training, July 18. Police officers learned the basics of the Taser, including how to handle, inspect and reload the weapon.

Cpl. Vettel Arnold III, a military police officer with the special reaction team aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., practices aiming a Taser X26 during annual Taser training, July 18. Police officers learned the basics of the Taser, including how to handle, inspect and reload the weapon.

Photo by Cpl. Raquel Barraza

A military police officer with the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., practices loading a Taser X26 during annual Taser training, July 18. The training also included learning the target areas at which to aim and the physical effects of the Taser.

A military police officer with the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., practices loading a Taser X26 during annual Taser training, July 18. The training also included learning the target areas at which to aim and the physical effects of the Taser.

Photo by Cpl. Raquel Barraza

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar