Students see careers in action

The blue pickup swerves, then skids into the dirt, its front end buried in brush. As the driver of the truck jumps out, gun blazing, the white law enforcement SUV following it slams to a stop, an officer fires at the driver, wounding him, and within seconds, a blur of brown fur bolts across the ground. Moments later, the driver of the pickup lays face down on the ground and his fleeing companion struggles in the jaws of a canine police officer.

Kevin McGuire and Carolina Dvorak watch wide-eyed along with other Fallbrook high school juniors attending School to Career day at Camp Pendleton on Ma...