STARBASE Los Alamitos rocketry team members Franklin

STARBASE Los Alamitos rocketry team members Franklin Nguyen, 13, an eighth grader from Garden Grove, left, and seventh grader Gina Rhodeghiero, also 13, of La Habra, discuss possible design changes after a practice launch of one of the team's scratch-built rockets, March 13, 2019, at Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. The rocketry team is competing in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) competition with hopes of making it to the National Fly Offs in May. STARBASE Los Alamitos, which is located on the base, is one of two DoD STARBASE campuses facilitated by the California Military Department's Youth and Community Programs Task Force. The program focuses on inspiring youth to further explore science, technology, engineering and math. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Crystal Housman)