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Balancing a Marine workload as a maintenance management specialist with Combat Logistics Company 16 and teaching the spinning and abdominal class at the station gym has been a typical week for Cpl. Tarah Fedor, Semper Fit fitness instructor, for the past two months. Fedor first got into teaching fitness when she was noticed by the Semper Fit staff for her enthusiasm and love of working out. - Balancing a Marine workload as a maintenance management specialist with Combat Logistics Company 16 and teaching the spinning and abdominal class at the station gym has been a typical week for Cpl. Tarah Fedor, Semper Fit fitness instructor, for the past two months. Fedor first got into teaching fitness when she was noticed by the Semper Fit staff for her enthusiasm and love of working out.

Station Marine makes fellow leathernecks feel the burn

Physical training is ingrained into the routines of all Marines the moment they step foot on the yellow footprints; running, crunches and pull ups make up the majority of that training. However, one Marine is out to change the norm and take PT to a whole new level. Cpl. Tarah Fedor, Semper Fit fitness instructor, has been wearing out her fellow

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MAWTS-1 Marine to fly with Blue Angels

A pilot from Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 here has been selected to fly with the best of the best – the Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration team. Capt. Clint C. Harris, MAWTS-1 F/A-18 Hornet weapons and tactics instructor, was one of six new officers chosen July 14, for the team’s 2007 season. Harris will begin shadowing the

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MALS-13 upgrades aviation efficiency

Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 is changing the way it does business to save the Marine Corps time, money and man-power by implementing Project AIRspeed, a Naval Aviation Readiness Integrated Improvement Program. AIRspeed, which started here June 5, is a process improvement strategy to increase readiness on the flight line while decreasing

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Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Conley (left), Search and Rescue corpsman, guides the crew chief above in the UH-1N Huey helicopter after attaching himself to Petty Officer 3rd Class Lon Souder, SAR corpsman, near Lake Martinez on July 27. Souder is training to become a qualified SAR corpsman. - Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Conley (left), Search and Rescue corpsman, guides the crew chief above in the UH-1N Huey helicopter after attaching himself to Petty Officer 3rd Class Lon Souder, SAR corpsman, near Lake Martinez on July 27. Souder is training to become a qualified SAR corpsman.

Lifesaving team serves deserts of Arizona

Search and Rescue is depended on to provide support for military personnel here and is sometimes called upon by civilians. The Marines and corpsmen train every day, going out in the UH-1N Huey helicopters and conducting technical rescue exercises to maximize the skills and techniques that are fundamental for saving lives. It involves teamwork,

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Soldiers assigned to the 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard, observe an area of the U.S.-Mexico border in southwest Arizona. The unit is currently deployed here for their annual training requirements, and is working with U.S. Border Patrol in support of Operation Jump Start. - Soldiers assigned to the 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard, observe an area of the U.S.-Mexico border in southwest Arizona. The unit is currently deployed here for their annual training requirements, and is working with U.S. Border Patrol in support of Operation Jump Start.

Army National Guard assists Border Patrol

Soldiers from the North Carolina Army National Guard arrived here July 25 in support of the U.S. Border Patrol as part of Operation Jump Start. Two hundred soldiers from Fayetteville, N.C., 252nd Combined Arms Battalion began a two-week deployment to assist along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of President George W. Bush’s proposal to keep illegal

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Station Marine lets his car do the talking

The crowd could be heard screaming and cheering in anticipation of the start of the event. One Marine also waited, but for the signal that would let him fulfill a fantasy he had since he was a child -- to put his pedal to the metal and his metal to other cars -- in a demolition derby. Gunnery Sgt. Cameron McWhirter, the 36-year-old Headquarters and

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VMA-214 detachment returns from successful tour with 31st MEU (SOC)

Maj. Gen. George J. Trautman, 1st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) commanding general, extended his personal congratulations to the Marines and sailors of Marine Attack Squadron 214 detachment for their outstanding performance and professionalism while forward deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The detachment

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MAG-13 Marines head for USS Boxer, Iwakuni

A detachment of Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 left for the USS Boxer (LHD-4) July 11, and Marines from Marine Attack Squadron 311 departed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 13. The main body of VMA-311, including the command element, will be supporting the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations

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Staff Sgt. David Ramirez, Marine Wing support Squadron 371 production chief, shows Marines the correct way to sit while firing the M2 .50-caliber machine gun at the Yuma Proving Ground's Grave Range on June 29. The Marines have been training at the range for their February development to Iraq. - Staff Sgt. David Ramirez, Marine Wing support Squadron 371 production chief, shows Marines the correct way to sit while firing the M2 .50-caliber machine gun at the Yuma Proving Ground's Grave Range on June 29. The Marines have been training at the range for their February development to Iraq.

MWSS-371 Marines show off their guns

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 spent the day firing .50-caliber machine guns and 9mm pistols at the Yuma Proving Grounds June 29. The security team Marines have been going to the range for training for their upcoming deployment to Iraq in February, said 2nd Lt. John A. Fulton, MWSS-371 logistics officer. Some of the jobs of the

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Estrada steadies station Marines

The 15th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visited the station last week to speak with Marines about issues affecting the Corps. Sgt. Maj. John L. Estrada spoke to Marines about accusations surrounding the Haditha investigation, the Global War on Terrorism, quality of life for single Marines and several other issues. Estrada spoke with the staff

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