7/6/2012 - Members of Alamogordo High School’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps march down 10th Street during the Alamogordo, N.M., Independence Day parade, July 4. The parade included participants from the Otero County and Holloman Air Force Base communities, and was in celebration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which declared the U.S. an independent nation from Great Britain in 1776. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anthony M. Ward/Released)

7/6/2012 - Col. Ken Ekman, 49th Wing vice commander, rides down 10th Street in the Alamogordo, N.M., Independence Day parade, July 4. The parade included participants from the Otero County and Holloman Air Force Base communities, and was in celebration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. This was Ekman’s first time participating in the event as the 49th Wing vice commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anthony M. Ward/Released)

7/6/2012 - Firefighters with the Holloman Air Force Base 49th Civil Engineer Squadron drive a fire engine down 10th Street in the Alamogordo, N.M., Independence Day parade, July 4. The parade included participants from the Otero County and Holloman Air Force Base communities, and was in celebration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which declared the U.S. an independent nation from Great Britain in 1776. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anthony M. Ward/Released)