Story by Sue Holmes | Sandia National Laboratories | 10.11.2016
A bang and a swirl of dust from detonating 9 pounds of plastic explosive in the desert signaled the beginning of tests that — thanks to advances in high-speed cameras, imaging techniques and computer modeling — will help Sandia National Laboratories researchers study fragmenting explosives in ways that weren’t possible before....
Story by Cpl. Corey Dabney | Regional Command Southwest | 01.12.2014
A leader is someone capable of setting an example for others to emulate and who strives for excellence. Every Marine is a leader, but one Marine serving with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, stood out among his peers and earned a combat meritorious promotion....
Story by Cpl. Lisa Tourtelot | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 05.23.2012
Sgt. Enrique Zamora, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 and Los Fresnos, Texas, native, keeps an unusual collection with him on flights: a selection of Chevrolet Hot Wheels cars....
Story by Cpl. Isaac Lamberth | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 04.04.2012
A four-vehicle convoy travels along the barren desert when the first vehicle is suddenly struck by an improvised explosive device. A Marine in the first vehicle is hit in the face by shrapnel. A Navy corpsman riding in the third vehicle jumps out and pulls the injured Marine from the vehicle and rushes to assess his injuries. The convoy commander immediately radios for a medical evacuation....
Story by Senior Airman David Carbajal | 451st Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.29.2011
Approximately 15 Wounded Warriors visited the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here Aug. 29 to get a closer look at the attack aircraft that supports the ground troops throughout Afghanistan - the A-10 Thunderbolt II....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Richard Williams | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 06.11.2010
On June 11, 2010, Col. Jack Briggs, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, commander, honored Airman 1st Class Giovanni Flores with the Order of the Purple Heart, in front of more than 75 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen....
