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A crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 looks outside an MV-22B Osprey during a training flight from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8. Crew chiefs aboard the Osprey assisted with maintaining visuals during the flight for the pilots. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Michael Thorn/Released) - A crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 looks outside an MV-22B Osprey during a training flight from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8. Crew chiefs aboard the Osprey assisted with maintaining visuals during the flight for the pilots. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Michael Thorn/Released)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Skaggs, an aeromedical safety corpsman with Marine Aircraft Group 39 and a Pensacola, Fla. native, demonstrates proper compression technique for CPR during an Improvised Sudden Attack First Emergency Response (IMSAFER) course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 14. Skaggs also taught students how to use an automated external defibrillator properly during the IMSAFER course. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Skaggs, an aeromedical safety corpsman with Marine Aircraft Group 39 and a Pensacola, Fla. native, demonstrates proper compression technique for CPR during an Improvised Sudden Attack First Emergency Response (IMSAFER) course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 14. Skaggs also taught students how to use an automated external defibrillator properly during the IMSAFER course.

An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 takes off from Red Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 10. This is the first time that the F-35 conducted close air support missions in support of exercise Steel Knight. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian Marion/Released) - An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 takes off from Red Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 10. This is the first time that the F-35 conducted close air support missions in support of exercise Steel Knight. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian Marion/Released)

1st Lt. Bryan Boer and 1st Lt. Emily Favorite, F/A-18 pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101, talk with Bridget Naso, a military reporter with NBC 7 Sand Diego, during the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Media Day aboard MCAS Miramar, California, July 29. The MCAS Miramar Media Day allowed the media an opportunity to delve deeper into the moving parts that make the air station and the Marine Corps work. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alissa P. Schuning/Released) - 1st Lt. Bryan Boer and 1st Lt. Emily Favorite, F/A-18 pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101, talk with Bridget Naso, a military reporter with NBC 7 Sand Diego, during the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Media Day aboard MCAS Miramar, California, July 29. The MCAS Miramar Media Day allowed the media an opportunity to delve deeper into the moving parts that make the air station and the Marine Corps work. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alissa P. Schuning/Released)

Maj. Gen. Michael Rocco, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, and Col. Chad Breeden, Marine Air Control Group 38, hold a ribbon while Lt. Col. Wayne Zuber, 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion commanding officer concludes a rededication ceremony with a ribbon cutting aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 8. Third LAAD Bn. held the rededication ceremony for its Training and Simulation Facility, which was renovated with state-of-the-art equipment in order to provide Marines with a better training environment. - Maj. Gen. Michael Rocco, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, and Col. Chad Breeden, Marine Air Control Group 38, hold a ribbon while Lt. Col. Wayne Zuber, 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion commanding officer concludes a rededication ceremony with a ribbon cutting aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 8. Third LAAD Bn. held the rededication ceremony for its Training and Simulation Facility, which was renovated with state-of-the-art equipment in order to provide Marines with a better training environment.

First Lt. Alisa Sieber, a pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 and a San Diego native, smiles as she gives an interview aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 9. - First Lt. Alisa Sieber, a pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 and a San Diego native, smiles as she gives an interview aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 9.

Lance Cpl. Austin Hubbar, an aviation mechanic with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, places burnt debris into a garbage bag during a Carlsbad cleanup, Oct. 18. Marines and local volunteers helped cleanup a fire-damaged area to support its ecosystem returning to normal. - Lance Cpl. Austin Hubbar, an aviation mechanic with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, places burnt debris into a garbage bag during a Carlsbad cleanup, Oct. 18. Marines and local volunteers helped cleanup a fire-damaged area to support its ecosystem returning to normal.

Lt. Cmdr. Edgar Guerrero, the Association of Naval Services Officers San Diego chapter president, rings the San Diego Padres Mission Bell before the start of a baseball game at Petco Park, Aug. 25. ANSO San Diego was awarded the Padres Comunidad Award for “SERVE” because of their service with Hispanic youths in the local community. - Lt. Cmdr. Edgar Guerrero, the Association of Naval Services Officers San Diego chapter president, rings the San Diego Padres Mission Bell before the start of a baseball game at Petco Park, Aug. 25. ANSO San Diego was awarded the Padres Comunidad Award for “SERVE” because of their service with Hispanic youths in the local community.

Two MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 get refueled before continuing a training exercise at the Grand Canyon, July 24. The Grand Canyon was the turning point during the exercise with VMM-166. - Two MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 get refueled before continuing a training exercise at the Grand Canyon, July 24. The Grand Canyon was the turning point during the exercise with VMM-166.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Maj. Gen. Michael Rocco, left, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, presents an American flag to Gary Sinise, actor and musician with the Lt. Dan Band, after a colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 7. Sinise performed for service members and their families with his band. - MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Maj. Gen. Michael Rocco, left, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, presents an American flag to Gary Sinise, actor and musician with the Lt. Dan Band, after a colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 7. Sinise performed for service members and their families with his band.