Nora Hotch, iological science technician, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, introduces Thelma, one of two ambassador desert tortoises living at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., to members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Dec. 29, 2016. The group, from Parker, Ariz., toured the installation's Archeology and Paleontology Curation Center as a part of a library field trip.

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