Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 12.22.2014
Master Sgt. Christopher Rosenfelt, the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Motorcycle Club vice president, rides his motorcycle aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., before a special ride to Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, Dec. 22. Newer riders ride with veteran motorcyclists to learn from them and gain experience during these rides. But it was the box full of toys and......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 12.22.2014
Master Sgt. Gary Greenbush, the outgoing Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Motorcycle Club president, gives instructions to a motorcycle rider aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., before a special ride to Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, Dec. 22. Experienced riders like Greenbush passed their knowledge and experience to junior riders so that they can ride safer....
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 12.22.2014
Lance Cpl. Jordan Kane, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Motorcycle Club members with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, turns his headlights off and on for inspection by Master Sgt. Christopher Rosenfelt, the club’s vice president, before a ride aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Dec. 22. The motorcyclists inspected their bikes, geared up, went over the route of travel,......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 12.22.2014
A box of toys gathered by Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Motorcycle Club members sits in the Gonzales Gas Station parking lot aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., while members gather for a special ride to Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, Dec. 22. The club gathered 153 toys for children at the hospital for the start of what they hope will become a long-standing tradition....
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 12.09.2014
Officials from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society met during the Volunteer Executive Board, Dec. 9. Last year the society assisted more than 1,500 Service members in financial cases providing more than $1.1 million dollars to those in need aboard Miramar alone. That doesn’t include cases of financial counseling or......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 12.09.2014
Leah Miller, left, director of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society branch, laughs during the Volunteer Executive Board, Dec. 9. The board consisted of volunteers, staff, air station and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing officials, who came together to share figures and ideas of continued support and use of the society and the programs it offers....
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 12.09.2014
Officials from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society met during the Volunteer Executive Board, Dec. 9. The purpose behind the board was to present how much aid the branch provides to the Service members stationed aboard the air station and about the upcoming fund drive they will hold in spring....
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 12.01.2014
Ralf, a military working dog with the Provost Marshal’s Office Kennel, bites a sleeve during aggression training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Dec. 1. It takes about 160 pounds of pressure to fracture a strong bone and each day these handlers step into the ring with these dogs to be bitten over and over again with each bite ranging up to 265 to 328 pounds of force....