Puddle of Mudd guitarist Doug Ardito slams a face-melting guitar riff during the rock band’s performance at BayFest 2011 on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 16, 2011. Celebrating its 22nd year as Hawaii’s largest summer music festival, the three-day event — sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services — opened the base’s gates to the local community, featuring concerts by Cecilio and Kapono, Hoobastank, Puddle of Mudd and Joe Nichols, in addition to contests, carnival rides, food booths and military static displays. - Puddle of Mudd guitarist Doug Ardito slams a face-melting guitar riff during the rock band’s performance at BayFest 2011 on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 16, 2011. Celebrating its 22nd year as Hawaii’s largest summer music festival, the three-day event — sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services — opened the base’s gates to the local community, featuring concerts by Cecilio and Kapono, Hoobastank, Puddle of Mudd and Joe Nichols, in addition to contests, carnival rides, food booths and military static displays.
Soldiers with Echo Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, prepare to clear the modular armored tactical combat house, or “shoot house,” at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 21, 2011. The training evolution was part of the reserve infantry battalion’s annual training package conducted both here and on Schofield Barracks from June 13 to June 30. - Soldiers with Echo Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, prepare to clear the modular armored tactical combat house, or “shoot house,” at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 21, 2011. The training evolution was part of the reserve infantry battalion’s annual training package conducted both here and on Schofield Barracks from June 13 to June 30.
From running down dirt roads as a youth in rural Oregon to finding success as one of 20 members of the All-Marine Running Team, Staff Sgt. Tyler Hubbard, the substance abuse and control officer for Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, has built a passion for the sport bordering on fixation. “The simplicity of being out there in nature and running allows you to forget about whatever problems you have going on,” Hubbard said. “When you’re running, you’re just looking for the next turn and focusing on the moment. Everything else kind of fades into the background.” - From running down dirt roads as a youth in rural Oregon to finding success as one of 20 members of the All-Marine Running Team, Staff Sgt. Tyler Hubbard, the substance abuse and control officer for Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, has built a passion for the sport bordering on fixation. “The simplicity of being out there in nature and running allows you to forget about whatever problems you have going on,” Hubbard said. “When you’re running, you’re just looking for the next turn and focusing on the moment. Everything else kind of fades into the background.”
Sgt. John Badon, a third-degree black belt Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor-trainer with the Marine Corps Martial Arts Center of Excellence, demonstrates a MCMAP technique on fellow instructor-trainer Sgt. Steven Richardson to students of a second degree advancement and re-certification workshop held by the MACE’s mobile training team on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 11, 2011. The team of top-level MACE instructors, coming to Hawaii from the Marine Corps’ MCMAP hub in Quantico, Va., offered more than 40 Hawaii-based Marines the opportunity to renew their three-year certifications as MCMAP instructors and instructor-trainers, and advance their belts to the second degree during the week-long workshop. - Sgt. John Badon, a third-degree black belt Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor-trainer with the Marine Corps Martial Arts Center of Excellence, demonstrates a MCMAP technique on fellow instructor-trainer Sgt. Steven Richardson to students of a second degree advancement and re-certification workshop held by the MACE’s mobile training team on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 11, 2011. The team of top-level MACE instructors, coming to Hawaii from the Marine Corps’ MCMAP hub in Quantico, Va., offered more than 40 Hawaii-based Marines the opportunity to renew their three-year certifications as MCMAP instructors and instructor-trainers, and advance their belts to the second degree during the week-long workshop.