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Archive: October, 2004

Station guest hand out laughs at Infinities

Guest comedians kept the laughs roaring during Marine Corps Community Services Comedy Night at Infinities enlisted club Oct. 24. The show kicked off at about 9 p.m. with five comedians from the Los Angeles area -- Frank Lucero, Bob Perkell, Johnny Dam, Patrick DeGuire and Rick Gene -- joking with and about the room full of Marines, sailors,

MWSS-371 receives quality time with M-9

About 40 Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron-371 took part in a day and night live-fire pistol exercise at the Rock Quarry and known-distance pistol ranges Oct. 12 and 13. The marksmanship exercise, which ran both days with about 20 Marines each day, focused on the second and third parts of the combat triad gun-handling skills and combat

Base Medical Center conducts mass casualty drill

A 7-ton vehicle collided with a pick-up truck carrying an 8 and a half month pregnant woman on her way to the Branch Medical Clinic Oct. 14. As a result of the accident, the 7-ton rolled over, injuring the 23 Marines aboard the vehicle. This scenario was used to kick off the clinic's fall mass casualty drill, simulating a variety of injuries to

Honky tonk comes to town

In some places, barbecue, cowboy hats, loud music and lots of people can mean only one thing there's a honky tonk going on. This was the situation at the station parade deck Friday when the Spirit of America Tour brought country music stars Chad Brock, David Kersh, Darryl Singletary and Rhett Akins to Yuma for the Honky Tonk Tailgate Party.

Search and Rescue trains to save lives

The crew chief looked over the corpsman's cables and connections one last time while inside the UH-1N "Huey" helicopter. Slowly the corpsmen steps out of the helicopter and prepares rappel 200 feet. Lying below is a victim trapped between a crevice. In a matter of seconds, the corpsmen rappels off the helicopter and attaches the victim to another

1st Radio Battalion trains, supports WTI

A detachment of 16 Marines from 1st Radio Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., is here supporting Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-05 and getting practical application training on their equipment and role in the aviation side of the Marine Corps war-fighting machine. "Not many people know much about us," said 2nd Lt. Devin

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma