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Archive: March, 2010

Corps' top support squadron upgrades Yuma's auxiliary airfield

Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 began replacing matting at Auxiliary Airfield 2 on March 1, 2010, to certify it for another year so squadrons could use it for carrier landing training.The project, scheduled for completion by the end of the month, will replace 40,060 square feet of aluminum matting making up the airfield’s taxiway and maintenance

Helo squadron trains pilots, aircrew in Yuma skies

Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., spent two weeks here training its pilots and aircrew in Cobra and Huey helicopters Feb. 22, 2010, through March 5, 2010.The detachment sent to Yuma consisted of 293 personnel and 22 aircraft, including 12 AH-1W Cobras, seven UH-1N Hueys and three UH-1Y Venoms, logging

Yuma improves combat realism in urban convoy course

In January, the range management department upgraded the Barry M. Goldwater Range’s Convoy Security Operations Course offering Marines a more realistic combat setting.With the addition of 15 shock-absorbing concrete structures, computer-controlled targets, and other effects simulating the fog of war, the course’s urban setting, dubbed Murrayville,

Yuma exchange sees regular use of price match guarantee

While perhaps not widely know, a program designed to match any competitor’s price on items for sale at the exchange is widely used here.On average, at least five products per day are being price-matched using the Marine Corps Exchange Price Match Guarantee Program, said Ruth Slaughter, customer service desk sales manager.The advertised item being

After combat, suicide top killer of Marines

According to the latest report released by the Corps, more Marines are killing themselves than die in on- or off-duty accidents, making suicide the second leading cause of death after combat.In January, seven active duty Marines committed suicide, after a record-high 52 killed themselves in 2009, reported the Corps’ suicide prevention program

New handbook helps Corps understand tactical air operations

A new handbook outlining proper Tactical Air Operations Center guidelines, developed by Yuma’s Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, was released Jan. 8, 2010, to clarify for commanders the purpose and execution of TAOC operations.The rewritten handbook clarifies and explains the purpose and changes to the TAOC community, and provides a

Greenhouse gas limits may change how Yuma air station operates in future

In June, the air station will know how much it needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and that could lead to some big changes in station operations.The Department of Defense is expected to soon release reduction goals for military bases after President Barack Obama tasked all federal agencies to establish new greenhouse gas policies in an

Yuma's VMA-311 wrap up Cobra Gold 2010 in Thailand, headed to Philippines

A detachment from Yuma’s Marine Attack Squadron 311 wrapped up its part in this year’s Cobra Gold exercise Feb. 11, 2010, in Thailand.Deployed with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Tomcats flew daily training missions during the world’s largest multinational exercise, which began Feb. 1, 2010.In its 29th consecutive year, Cobra Gold’s

March on! - Drill master shapes Silent Drill Platoon while in Yuma

A young man, dressed in a white and dark blue uniform, claps against wood as a glint of spinning steel flashes across his face. He is a member of the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, which performs across the world, demonstrating the Corps’ discipline, precision and dedication to tradition.But who chooses these men? Who teaches them the

Marauders visit Yuma to raise MIA awareness

A group specializing in recovering service members listed as missing in action visited the local Marine Corps Aviation Association chapter at the Sonoran Pueblo here to spread awareness of their mission Feb. 19, 2010.Moore’s Marauders is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that travels the world searching for those who have made the ultimate

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