Captain David Coleman: A Name in the Lanes Record Book
March 15, 2016 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz - Marines are known for making history on the battlefield, but one Marine also believes in making history elsewhere. MORE
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Combat Readiness: Back to Basics with MWSS-371
March 10, 2016 — In order to maintain combat readiness, Marines must use every moment to hone their warfighting skills. For the Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 (MWSS-371), based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, a four-day training exercise at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground training facility is serving as that opportunity, March 8-11. MORE
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MCAS Yuma Hosts Patriot Festival
February 27, 2016 — MCAS YUMA, Ariz. - Serving as the largest community open house event of the year, the Yuma Patriot Festival made its debut to the public at the South Combat Aircraft Loading Area (SCALA) aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 27. MORE
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Yuma’s Eye in the Sky: MCAS Yuma’s Search and Rescue Team
February 12, 2016 — Certain emergency situations call for a quick response from a team of highly trained specialists. For the area surrounding Yuma, Ariz., that quick response comes in the form of a unique team of Marines and sailors – The Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Search and Rescue unit.In an effort to better understand the protocols of these military first MORE
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HMLA-469: In Flight & In the Fight
February 10, 2016 — The faint whir of helicopter rotors can be heard in the distance and gets louder as it slices through the desert air overhead. The AH-1W “Super Cobra” attack helicopter comes to a complete stop, hovering steadily in the sky. A red dash of fire suddenly amasses from the aircraft’s mounted rocket launcher, delivering hell’s fury onto simulated MORE
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Feel the Burn – MCAS Yuma Marines Complete Confidence Chamber CBRN Training
January 29, 2016 — Away from prying eyes, in the middle of the Yuma desert, stands a concrete building. A faint, crystallized fog floats from a small propane burner in the center of the room. A Marine in a woodland Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) level-4 suit, strapped with a gas mask, gloves and rubber boots, stands over the noxious fumes. He is the MORE
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MCAS Yuma Celebrates 240th Marine Corps Birthday
November 6, 2015 — Service members, families, veterans and Department of Defense employees gathered at the station parade field to celebrate the Marine Corps’ 240th birthday as part of the annual uniform pageant and cake-cutting ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Friday.The pageant paid homage to the Corps’ legacy by chronologically parading the MORE
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WTI Marines Conduct NEO Exercise at Kiwanis Park
October 17, 2015 — YUMA, Ariz. - Marines participating in Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-16 converged on Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Arizona, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, to take part in a non-combatant evacuation (NEO) exercise.The NEO provides the students and instructors with realistic training that is consistent with missions performed abroad, in support of deployed MORE
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Former Drill Instructor & Recruit – Twenty Years in the Making
April 2, 2015 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Newly-promoted Master Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Draffen stood at the position of attention in front of the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One building, aboard MCAS Yuma, Arizona, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The collar of the MAWTS-1 air traffic control chief’s uniform lay bare for but a moment before two MORE
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MCAS Yuma Marines In It To Win It: CIAP Western Divisional
March 9, 2015 — Out of roughly 240 Marine and civilian participants, only a handful of top shooters crossed the base theater stage during the 2015 Competition-In-Arms Program (CIAP) Western Divisional ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Friday, March 6, 2015.Since 1901, the CIAP has emphasized marksmanship knowledge throughout the Marine MORE
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