MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – As the sun set on a Friday night football game at San Clemente High School, a different kind of spectacle captivated the crowd during the football team’s military appreciation night, Sept. 8. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Paul I. Padilla, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, showed high school students, family members, and teachers how to handle Marine Corps robotic systems and helped them don bomb suits.
Padilla’s son, Esteban Padilla, is a freshman at San Clemente High School and player on the football team that hosted the military appreciation event to recognize and connect with active duty and veteran family members of their students.
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Source: DVIDS