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)

Two Marines show students how to do a workout challenge at Morning Creek Elementary School, Nov. 5. Marines visited the school to volunteer with students at Mrs. Amy P. Budde’s 2nd grade class. - Two Marines show students how to do a workout challenge at Morning Creek Elementary School, Nov. 5. Marines visited the school to volunteer with students at Mrs. Amy P. Budde’s 2nd grade class.

A replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, flown by Charles Lindberg, greets visitors at the entrance to the San Diego Air and Space Museum in San Diego, Dec. 20. Many volunteers assembled the replica in 1979 with three craftsmen who helped construct the original. - A replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, flown by Charles Lindberg, greets visitors at the entrance to the San Diego Air and Space Museum in San Diego, Dec. 20. Many volunteers assembled the replica in 1979 with three craftsmen who helped construct the original.