SMC hosts Holocaust survivor for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Regina Hirsch shared her story with an audience of Air Force personnel during the Holocaust Remembrances Day held at Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., April 18. Hirsch talked of the hardships she, her family and friends suffered at the hands of the German soldiers and Gestapo after Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. U.S. Air Force Photo by: Lou Hernandez

Girl Scout cookies donated to the U.S. military

Capt. Adam Zanotti passes a box of Girl Scout cookies to a young girl assisting in Operation U.S. Mint April 17, 2012. Operation U.S. Mint is a partnership between the Girls Scouts organization and the United Services Organization to donate Girl Scout cookies for U.S. military. More than 18,000 boxes of cookies were donated to the Bob Hope Hollywood USO at Los Angeles International Airport. Zanotti, a member of the Development Planning Directorate at Space and Missile Systems Center, was one of several SMC airmen who joined Girl Scouts from various troops in the Los Angeles area to unload the first pallet of cookies: 2,400 boxes. The cookies will serve as a tasty morale boost for military members preparing to deploy. (Photo by Capt. Angelic Dolan)

Air Force Saxophonists visist LAAFB

Saxophone players from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., entertain members of the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, El Segundo, Calif., Dec. 9, 2011.

Air Force Saxophonists visit Los Angeles AFB

Space and Missile Systems Center Command Chief Master Sgt. Mark Repp gives a warm welcome to saxophone players from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., during their visit to entertain members at Los Angeles Air Force base, El Segundo, Calif., Dec. 9, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah Corrice/Released)

US Coast Guard illustrates military working dog duties at LAAFB KUDOS

US Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Nick Antis, a member of US Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team (MSST) 91103, Long Beach, Calif., rewards Ryder, a bomb-sniffing dog assigned to the team after successfully detecting a simulated hidden explosive at the annual Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOS) event at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, Calif., Oct. 22, 2011. KUDOS is a military and youth interaction program sponsored by the Airman & Family Readiness Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., and is designed to give children a taste of what deployment is like. The children ages five to 15 pass through a mobility line, interact with displays and engage in military-inspired activities throughout the event. (Photo by Sarah Corrice)

KUDOS teaches military children the many aspects of deployment

Justin Diedolf, 61st Air Base Group Emergency Manager at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., assists a participant with properly fitting his gas mask at the annual Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, Calif., Oct. 22, 2011. KUDOS is a military and youth interaction program sponsored by the Airman & Family Readiness Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., and is designed to give children a taste of what deployment is like. The children ages five to 15 pass through a mobility line, interact with displays and engage in military-inspired activities throughout the event. (Photo by Sarah Corrice)