U.S. Navy Special Warfare Operator (SO) candidates train in formation at Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, September 7, 2011.

L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky visits with members of the California Historical Group (in vintage military uniforms) during Los Angeles County Lifeguard Association's meet and greet at the Santa Monica Pier Carousel on Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

(1,2) Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca leads the 21-gun salute during the 71st Annual Memorial Day Observance at Woodlawn Cemetery on Monday, May 25, 2009. (3) The Santa Monica Police Department and the (4,5) Santa Monica Fire Department lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the graveside service at Woodlawn Cemetery (7) Two Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters flys in formation above Woodlawn Cemetery during the Military Flyover.

Arizona Army National Guard Keith Mitchell, 40, deadlifts 699lbs during the United States Powerlifting Federation's Military Nationals Powerlifting Championship at Venice Beach on Saturday, May 23, 2009. Mitchell bench pressed 457 lbs, squatted 695 lbs and deadlifted 699 for a total of 1851 lbs and won the powerlifting championship and received the 'Best Lifter Award.'

(1-5) Around two dozen cyclist pedal north on the Santa Monica Boardwalk during the final leg of Wounded Warrior Project's 'Soldier Ride' on Friday, February 20, 2009. (6,7) United States Navy Hospital Corpsman Derek McGinnis, 31, (Navy HM2) adjusts his prosthetic leg on the Santa Monica Boardwalk after finishing the 'Soldier Ride' on Friday. Doc McGinnis lost his leg in Iraq while transporting a patient during combat.

The Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride is a rehabilitative cycling program for wounded warriors. For many of these combat-wounded veterans, Soldier Ride provides the first steps in the return to an active lifestyle. Many of these men and women have been physically active throughout their lives. Soldier Ride offers these brave individuals the chance to get on a bike and prove to themselves, "I can still do this." Soldier Ride is not about politics; it's not about the war. It's simply about the soldiers. Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. For more information, please call 877 TEAM WWP (832-6997) or visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org.

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Army Servicemen (left to right) Alfredo Hernandez, 22, Manuel Chan, 22, and Ben Valdez, 22, pay respect to their friend and fallen Marine hero Romero Ramon, 19, at Santa Monica's Arlington West during Veterans Day on Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

(top) Santa Monica Fire Captain Scott Ziegert rings the bell ten times during the Police/Fire Public Safety Memorial at City Hall on Thursday, May 01, 2008. The Santa Monica Police Department  fired off a twenty-one-gun salute during the memorial on Thursday. The memorial recognized public safety officers who gave their lives in the line of duty to protect the citizens of Santa Monica.