H&HS Marine continues battle against post-traumatic stress disorder
April 28, 2005 — Sgt. Terrance A. Beadles of Phoenix, Ariz., is a six-foot, two-inch, 200-pound Primary Marksmanship Instructor at the Marksmanship Training Unit who earns first-class scores on his physical fitness tests. He is quick to smile, quick to lend a hand, and quick to give everything he has to his job and his fellow Marines. His coworkers at MTU describe MORE
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Battery A explodes on the Yuma scene
April 28, 2005 — Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, provided ground support to aviation Marines during the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course at Siphon 8, which is located north of Nyland, Calif., at the Chocolate Mountain Gunnery Range. This is the first time Battery A has participated in Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics MORE
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Marines volunteer at inaugural Camp Not-A-Choo
April 28, 2005 — Several Marines from various units on station volunteered time out of their weekend Friday and Saturday to help get Camp Not-A-Choo running at the Yuma County Sheriff's Posse Arena. This is the first time the camp for children with severe asthma has been held in Yuma, although similar camps are held in larger cities annually. The Marines were MORE
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Pro basketball team, MCAS Yuma All Stars battle during awareness event;
April 28, 2005 — The Harlem Ambassadors professional basketball team visited the air station Friday night for a game against the Yuma All-Stars at the station fitness center as part of the Drug Demand Reduction Program. The Ambassadors travel around the world doing shows and promoting drug-free lifestyles, and are not the type of basketball team people would MORE
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Spouse keeps the home fires burning while husband is deployed
April 26, 2005 — With Yuma Marines deploying regularly in support of the Global War on Terror, spouses are more often finding themselves left to keep the home fires burning on their own. A strong sense of purpose surrounds CC Vizcarrondo -- after all, she has an 11 year old and an 18 month old, both boys, to take care of while her husband, Staff Sgt. Keith MORE
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CSSC-133 takes to the field
April 21, 2005 — Each year during the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course, approximately 2,000 Marines from units across the Marine Corps visit the station to train. These units then spread out to the various training sites in Yuma. That is where the station's Combat Service Support Company 133 comes into play as a third-echelon maintenance support unit. For MORE
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A lil' old fashioned family fun
April 21, 2005 — Hundreds of station Marines, civilian personnel and families attended the 8th Annual Old Fashioned Family Picnic Saturday at Ramada Field and Pavilion here. Marine Corps Community Services, the Single Marine Program, Semper Fit and volunteers from Marine Aircraft Group-13 and other station squadrons all joined together to put on the event, which MORE
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Yuma Marine blowin' up 'Viscious'ly
April 20, 2005 — Making use of personal talents sometimes falls to the wayside for busy Marines, but that's not the case for a few active duty and former Marines who have teamed up to form the rapidly rising rap group, Vicious. Lance Cpl. Ramsey Flowers, Cpl. Cornelius Morgan, Cpl Gatewood Supreme and former Marine Anthony Strachan are all members of Vicious, which MORE
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3/7 trains on Yuma's streets
April 15, 2005 — Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 held its Weapons and Tactics Instructor course assault support training exercise April 15 in the Yuma community.The training evolution is conducted twice each year during each of the two biannual WTI courses and teaches aviation and ground Marines what to do in an urban environment."The main objective MORE
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