Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Hometown: San Diego, CA, US
Current Personnel:
Pfc. Raquel Barraza
Staff Sgt. Brian Buckwalter
Cpl. Ryan Carpenter
Master Sgt. Grady Fontana
Trisha Gazin
Lance Cpl. Paula Kelly
Cpl. Marcus Kuiper
Capt. Anton Semelroth
1st Lt. Tyler Balzer
Staff Sgt. Donald Bohanner
Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter
Lance Cpl. Kevin Crist
Cpl. Erica Disalvo
Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller
Staff Sgt. Brian Buckwalter
Cpl. Ryan Carpenter
Master Sgt. Grady Fontana
Trisha Gazin
Lance Cpl. Paula Kelly
Cpl. Marcus Kuiper
Capt. Anton Semelroth
1st Lt. Tyler Balzer
Staff Sgt. Donald Bohanner
Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter
Lance Cpl. Kevin Crist
Cpl. Erica Disalvo
Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller
Lance Cpl. Melissa Eschenbrenner
Sgt. Sarah Fiocco
Sgt. Deanne Hagstrom
1st Lt. Chad Hill
Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns
Cpl. Isaac Lamberth
Sgt. Justin M. Martinez
1st Lt. Scott Murdock
2nd Lt. Jose Negrete
Lance Cpl. Maxwell Pennington
Lance Cpl. Michelle Piehl
Cpl. Steven Posy
Cpl. Lisa Tourtelot
Master Sgt. Steven Williams
Sgt. Sarah Fiocco
Sgt. Deanne Hagstrom
1st Lt. Chad Hill
Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns
Cpl. Isaac Lamberth
Sgt. Justin M. Martinez
1st Lt. Scott Murdock
2nd Lt. Jose Negrete
Lance Cpl. Maxwell Pennington
Lance Cpl. Michelle Piehl
Cpl. Steven Posy
Cpl. Lisa Tourtelot
Master Sgt. Steven Williams
Featured Photo
Local college club visits aircraft firefighters
Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines and five students from the Palomar College Fire Club pose on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 27. While with the firefighting Marines, the students received tours of the fire house and learned about aircraft firefighting techniques.
Courtesy Photo | MCASM | 10.27.2012
Featured Story
Local college club visits aircraft firefighters
10.27.2012 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, USStory by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - Palomar College Fire Club members received a firsthand view of life as an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marine aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 27.
Five club members came aboard the air station to gain a broader understanding of the firefighting career field with ARFF Marines.
“We displayed how our fire house is set up and some of our day-to-day operations,” said Staff Sgt. James Harris, Jr., the fire house captain and a Lake City, Fla., native. “We showed some of our firefighting techniques when it comes to certain aircraft, like the [F/A-18 Hornet and the MV-22B Osprey,] to broaden their understanding of the fire service in general.”
More than 20 Marines spent the afternoon answering questions concerning fire safety along the air station’s flight line.
“We understand structural and [civilian] firefighting,” said Chris Destefano, the fire club chief and a Vista, Calif., native. “This is a completely different aspect of [the job]. The knowledge they have to maintain is incredible. [This] club is designed to show what exactly firefighters do aside from calls and looking cool at the station.”
There is extra training, volunteer work and hard work behind being an aircraft firefighter. They must memorize different procedures for different aircraft and endure the heat and long hours in the sun at “hot spots.” This tour puts this all into perspective, explained Destefano.
These Marines seem to know what they are doing, explained Destefano. They know their jobs, they do it well and he feels any potential firefighter would learn a great deal from an experience like this.
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Recent News Stories
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Local college club visits aircraft firefighters
Palomar College Fire Club members received a firsthand view of life as an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marine aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.,...
Story by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.27.2012
Palomar College Fire Club members received a firsthand view of life as an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marine aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.,...
Story by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.27.2012
Idaho native shares giving spirit with Marine Corps,...
"Volunteering has always been a big passion of mine," explained Cpl. Nicholas Burkhardt, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing volunteer representative. "Ever since I started...
Story by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.24.2012
"Volunteering has always been a big passion of mine," explained Cpl. Nicholas Burkhardt, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing volunteer representative. "Ever since I started...
Story by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.24.2012
White Knights support ground training with insertion and...
Crew chiefs and pilots with Marine Medium Tiltotor Squadron 165 “White Knights,” 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, supported the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in troop...
Courtesy Story | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Crew chiefs and pilots with Marine Medium Tiltotor Squadron 165 “White Knights,” 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, supported the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in troop...
Courtesy Story | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Plane captains: last line of defense
“You’re standing behind the wing next to the engine and the engine is in full afterburner, and you’re just like ‘Go, go, go,’ and it’s sucking the life...
Story by Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller | MCASM | 10.25.2012
“You’re standing behind the wing next to the engine and the engine is in full afterburner, and you’re just like ‘Go, go, go,’ and it’s sucking the life...
Story by Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Mack motivation: Falcons player does extra to help team...
The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Falcons have some of the best players on the West coast; the proof is in the Best of the West Championship trophy they won last...
Story by Pfc. Raquel Barraza | MCASM | 10.24.2012
The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Falcons have some of the best players on the West coast; the proof is in the Best of the West Championship trophy they won last...
Story by Pfc. Raquel Barraza | MCASM | 10.24.2012
Station bulk fuel Marines keep fuel flowing, aircraft going
Over the course of a busy day, bulk fuel Marines with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., can pump more than 40,000 gallons of the precious liquid into aircraft...
Courtesy Story | MCASM | 10.24.2012
Over the course of a busy day, bulk fuel Marines with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., can pump more than 40,000 gallons of the precious liquid into aircraft...
Courtesy Story | MCASM | 10.24.2012
Recent Video
(326 votes; 3.55)
First Lady Reading list
First Lady of the Marine Corps Bonnie Amos visits Miramar to promote her first-ever FLOTMC Recommended Reading List for military families. Also available in high...
Video by Staff Sgt. Donald Bohanner | MCASM | 10.26.2012
First Lady of the Marine Corps Bonnie Amos visits Miramar to promote her first-ever FLOTMC Recommended Reading List for military families. Also available in high...
Video by Staff Sgt. Donald Bohanner | MCASM | 10.26.2012
Getting In, Out With VMM-165, Infantry Marines
Pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-165 "White Knights," 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, supported the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in troop insertions and...
Video by Lance Cpl. Maxwell Pennington | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-165 "White Knights," 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, supported the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in troop insertions and...
Video by Lance Cpl. Maxwell Pennington | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Don't Drink and Drive
A commercial about the dangers of drinking and driving. Available in High Definition.
Video by Lance Cpl. Kevin Crist, Cpl. Isaac Lamberth and Lance Cpl. Maxwell Pennington | MCASM | 10.26.2012
A commercial about the dangers of drinking and driving. Available in High Definition.
Video by Lance Cpl. Kevin Crist, Cpl. Isaac Lamberth and Lance Cpl. Maxwell Pennington | MCASM | 10.26.2012
Getting in, out with VMM-165, infantry Marines
Pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 "White Knights," 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, supported the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in troop insertions and...
Video by Lance Cpl. Maxwell Pennington | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 "White Knights," 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, supported the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in troop insertions and...
Video by Lance Cpl. Maxwell Pennington | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Mack Motivation:Falcons Player Helps Team For Playoffs
This is Mack’s second year with the Falcons, so he knows how it feels to win a championship and wants nothing more than to share that experience with his team this...
Courtesy Video | MCASM | 10.23.2012
This is Mack’s second year with the Falcons, so he knows how it feels to win a championship and wants nothing more than to share that experience with his team this...
Courtesy Video | MCASM | 10.23.2012
Miramar Thrift Store: Cheap Solutions for Pricey Problems
When cash is tight, service members, spouses and retirees have the thrift shop in Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., to help stretch their budget. Available in...
Video by Lance Cpl. Kevin Crist and Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.19.2012
When cash is tight, service members, spouses and retirees have the thrift shop in Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., to help stretch their budget. Available in...
Video by Lance Cpl. Kevin Crist and Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.19.2012
Recent Photos
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Local college club visits aircraft firefighters
Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines prepare to leave the station with Palomar College Fire Club students aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct....
Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.27.2012
Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines prepare to leave the station with Palomar College Fire Club students aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct....
Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.27.2012
Idaho native shares giving spirit with Marine Corps,...
Cpl. Nicholas Burkhardt, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing volunteer representative and a Hailey, Idaho native, speaks to a participant during a free face painting inside...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.27.2012
Cpl. Nicholas Burkhardt, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing volunteer representative and a Hailey, Idaho native, speaks to a participant during a free face painting inside...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | MCASM | 10.27.2012
MAG-16 hosts Spooktacular aboard air station
A Marine dressed as a clown waits to scare families in the haunted walk at the Marine Aircraft Group 16 Halloween Spooktacular aboard Marine Corps Air Station...
Photo by Pfc. Raquel Barraza | MCASM | 10.27.2012
A Marine dressed as a clown waits to scare families in the haunted walk at the Marine Aircraft Group 16 Halloween Spooktacular aboard Marine Corps Air Station...
Photo by Pfc. Raquel Barraza | MCASM | 10.27.2012
Youth Center walks for drug prevention
Volunteers and children with the Youth Center participated in a drug prevention walk aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 26. The walk is part of Red...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller | MCASM | 10.26.2012
Volunteers and children with the Youth Center participated in a drug prevention walk aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 26. The walk is part of Red...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller | MCASM | 10.26.2012
White Knights support ground training with insertion and...
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, lands after an insertion and extraction exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp...
Photo by Pfc. Raquel Barraza | MCASM | 10.25.2012
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, lands after an insertion and extraction exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp...
Photo by Pfc. Raquel Barraza | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Plane captains: last line of defense
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Levins, an F/A-18 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 and an Issaquah, Wash., native, inspects an F/A-18 Hornet aboard...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Levins, an F/A-18 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 and an Issaquah, Wash., native, inspects an F/A-18 Hornet aboard...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller | MCASM | 10.25.2012
Recent Audio
(48 votes; 3.39)
Sgt. Nikolaus Gugleman
Marine Sgt. Nikolaus Gugleman from Seattle, WA., talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his duties and responsibilities while deployed to Camp...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 11.02.2012
Marine Sgt. Nikolaus Gugleman from Seattle, WA., talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his duties and responsibilities while deployed to Camp...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 11.02.2012
SFC. Richard Paukner
Army SFC. Richard Paukner from Cleveland, OH., talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his current duties and responsibilities while deployed to...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 10.26.2012
Army SFC. Richard Paukner from Cleveland, OH., talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his current duties and responsibilities while deployed to...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 10.26.2012
LCpl. Jeff Pittman
Marine LCpl. Jeff Pittman from McDonough, GA., talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his current duties and responsibilities while deployed to Camp...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 10.19.2012
Marine LCpl. Jeff Pittman from McDonough, GA., talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his current duties and responsibilities while deployed to Camp...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 10.19.2012
MSgt. Robert Warmbir
Marine MSgt. Robert Warmbir from Canon City, CO. talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his current duties and responsibilities while deployed to Camp...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 10.05.2012
Marine MSgt. Robert Warmbir from Canon City, CO. talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his current duties and responsibilities while deployed to Camp...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 10.05.2012
Lt. Col. Stephen Lightfoot
Talks with the San Diego Union Tribune about the loss of one of his good friends from ROTC and the attack that caused it. Interview is incomplete.
Courtesy Audio | MCASM | 09.24.2012
Talks with the San Diego Union Tribune about the loss of one of his good friends from ROTC and the attack that caused it. Interview is incomplete.
Courtesy Audio | MCASM | 09.24.2012
Cpl. Nou Kou Thao
Marine Cpl. Nou Kou Thao from Milwaukee, WI., talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his current duties and responsibilities as a Aviation Supply...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 09.21.2012
Marine Cpl. Nou Kou Thao from Milwaukee, WI., talks with a Fox Sports Game Time React reporter about his current duties and responsibilities as a Aviation Supply...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | MCASM | 09.21.2012
Recent Greetings
Sgt. William Yates
Sgt. William Yates sends a greeting from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Sgt. William Yates sends a greeting from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Cpl. Quinn Schwehr
Cpl. Quinn Schwehr sends a greeting from Camp leatherneck, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Cpl. Quinn Schwehr sends a greeting from Camp leatherneck, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Gunnery Sgt. Madhur Sawhney
Gunnery Sgt. Madhur Sawhney sends a greeting from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Gunnery Sgt. Madhur Sawhney sends a greeting from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Gunnery Sgt. Madhur Sawhney
Gunnery Sgt. Madhur Sawhney sends a greeting from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Gunnery Sgt. Madhur Sawhney sends a greeting from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Lance Cpl. David Thompspn
Lance Cpl. David Thompspn sends a greeting from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012
Lance Cpl. David Thompspn sends a greeting from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan for Mother's Day 2012