MCAS Miramar hosts educators during Educators Workshop

Photo By Staff Sgt. Kimberlyn Patterson | A Marine with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., assists an educator with using a fire hose during an Educators Workshop aboard MCAS Miramar, April 6. Educators from recruiting stations Lansing, Mich., and Twin Cities, Minn., visited MCAS Miramar to learn about the aviation side of the Marine Corps and life for a Marine after basic training  

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, UNITED STATES

04.06.2016

Story by Cpl. Kimberlyn Patterson 

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

Educators from high schools within recruiting stations Lansing, Michigan, and Twin Cities, Minnesota, districts visited Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, to learn about the aviation component of the Marine Corps and life for a Marine after basic training during an Educators Workshop, April 6.

The Educators Workshop Program is a recruiting initiative that gives educators from across the country the opportunity to see the Marine Corps from the inside.

During the weeklong workshop, the educators also visited Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, to give them the full Marine Corps experience, from recruit training to serving in the operational forces.

While at MCAS Miramar, educators are given the chance to ask Col. Jason Woodworth, commanding officer of MCAS Miramar, and enlisted Marines questions about the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, MCAS Miramar and the Marine Corps.

“The educators are provided the opportunity to speak with Marines and learn about the Corps through their experience,” said Sgt. Michael Thorn, community relations chief with the Consolidated Public Affairs Office aboard MCAS Miramar and a Miramar, Florida, native. “This gives them something to bring back to their respective schools, which is great, even if it ends up being a better personal perspective on the Marine Corps.”

For the rest of the educator’s time aboard the station, the enlisted Marines joined them for a trip to the Hub, which houses the library, education center and Single Marine Program, where they learned about the educational benefits and the recreational activities the Marine Corps offers to service members. Then educators were taken to the flight line where they got a closer look at an F/A-18B Hornet, an MV-22B Osprey and a P-19A Firefighting Emergency Vehicle.

“I think [the Educators Workshop] is a fantastic opportunity for the educators to see what the Marines go through and the fantastic job that they do so we can bring that back to the students that don’t know anything about the Marines,” said Meghan Olsen, a guidance counselor from Williston High School in Williston, North Dakota. “I believe that the presentation of the Marine Corps that I have seen will make a positive impact on my students looking into the military,”

• Date Taken: 04.06.2016
• Date Posted: 04.08.2016 17:06
• Story ID: 194867
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, US
• Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CA, US