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Graphic: Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer

No Kickback – The Serious Guide to Motorcycle Riding

Posted on May 22, 2013 by jtozer

Riding a motorcycle is serious business, but do you really know the dos and don’t of getting on a bike? Jessica L. Tozer offers tips for staying safe on two wheels.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged airmen, Colorado, Defense Media Activity, Department of Defense, DoD, DoDLive, El Paso County Sheriff's office, Harley, Jessica L. Tozer, Marines, motorcycle riding, motorcycle safety, motorcycles, No kickback, Pat Gallagher, police officer, riding motorcycles, sailors, service members, service members on bikes, soldiers, Staff Sergeant Edward Coffey, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the serious guide to motorcycle riding, TMNT | Leave a comment

National Park Week (Military Pass)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by jtozer

National Parks week is April 20 – 28th, and military members and their families get a free pass to all 401 spectacular sites! Find out how to get your pass today!
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Air Force, airmen, America's national parks, archaeological sites, Army, battlefields, free passes to national parks, historic homes, Marines, military families, National Park Foundation, National Park Service, National Park Service's Land & Water Conservation Fund, National Park Week, Navy, ree military pass to national parks, sailors, seashores, soldiers, spectacular natural areas | Leave a comment

Women's History Month graphic created for DoDLive by Jessica L. Tozer

The Magnificent Marcelite Harris

Posted on March 6, 2013 by jtozer

The magnificent Marcelite Harris paved the way for women in the military in a time when females weren’t always welcome in some places.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator, Women's History Month | Tagged 1960s social reform, Air Force Academy, Air Officer Commanding, AOC, Defense, DoDLive, equal rights for women in the military, female firsts, females in the force, first female maintenance officer in the Air Force, History, James T. Kirk, Jessica L. Tozer, Marcelite Harris, military, military history, retired general Marcelite Harris, The Magnificent Marcelite Harris, United States Air Force, USAF, Vietnam War, White House, women in the military, Women's History Month | Leave a comment

To Infinity And Beyond – Honoring An Innovator

Posted on February 16, 2013 by jtozer

Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division scientist Dr. George Carruthers has received the 2012 Medal of Technology National and Innovation.
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Posted in African American History Month, Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 2012 Medal of Technology National and Innovation, ARGOS, DoD Space Test Program Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite, Dr. Carruthers, Halley's Comet, moon-based space observatory, National Science Foundation, Naval Research Laboratory, NRL, President Barack Obama, Ultraviolet Camera Spectrograph | Leave a comment

Vehicles pass within inches of each other through the darkened Salang Tunnel in Parwan province, Afghanistan. While there are other routes through the Hindu Kush, the tunnel is the quickest, most efficient road and deemed most protected from insurgent attacks. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Derek M. Smith, 411th Engineer Brigade)

Through The Long, Dark Tunnel

Posted on December 18, 2012 by jtozer

The Salang Tunnel has been the site of many disasters. Inside the tunnel can be pitch black. The air is filled with deadly carbon monoxide. After decades of conflict and neglect, Afghan and NATO leadership concluded something had to be done.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Afghan Ministry of Public Works, Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, construction, Defense, DoD, Highway One, Hindu Kush, into the tunnel, ISAF Joint Command, military, NATO, North and South Afghanistan, Parwan province, plunging into the darkness, reconstructing the tunnel, repairing and maintaining, Salang Tunnel, Sitting on top of the world, Task Force Red Devils, tunnel, Unusable road surface, work in Afghanistan | Leave a comment

Author Archives: jtozer

No Kickback – The Serious Guide to Motorcycle Riding

National Park Week (Military Pass)

To Infinity And Beyond – Honoring An Innovator

Through The Long, Dark Tunnel

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