Station parties Mardi-Gras style to benefit Katrina victims
September 30, 2005 — Yuma civilians, Marines, sailors and their families let loose at the Sonoran Pueblo Sept. 30 to raise money for service members affected by Hurricane Katrina. One-hundred percent of the proceeds from Marine Corps Community Services’ annual Mardi Gras party this year will go to the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society’s Hurricane Katrina Fund, which is MORE
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Yuma Marine calls shots on the field
September 30, 2005 — Marines can often be seen moonlighting at facilities on station and in town to supplement their incomes. All the civilian jobs Marines take on require particular skills, but one Marine has found a job that allows him to use Marine skills, apply Marine Corps knowledge and be close to the game he loves so much. Brian Stelly, network technician, MORE
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Marine and wife save 2 from desert heat
September 29, 2005 — A Marine and his wife rescued two Yuma area teenagers from dehydration in the desert behind the foothills Sept. 17. Master Sgt. Brian Benbow, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron operations chief, and wife Maria Benbow, were in the area with a metal detector, a hobby Benbow says they enjoy occasionally, when they saw 15-year-old Kelby Carley MORE
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Marine celebrates 26 years with 5K
September 29, 2005 — More than one hundred Marines participated in Master Sgt. Roberto Pou’s 5K retirement run sponsored by Semper Fit Friday on station. Pou spent 22 of his 26 years on station and has been extremely active in the Semper Fit program ever since his first assignment with Marine Aircraft Group 13 in 1979 and even made drives from Marine Corps Air Ground MORE
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New high tech ISMT opens
September 23, 2005 — The station Marksmanship Training Unit’s new Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer is now ready for firing. The new ISMT, which up and running Sept. 23, is more realistic then it’s predecessor, said Sgt. Anthony R. Rodriguez, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron MTU ISMT noncommissioned officer. “The old one was a dinosaur,” said Rodriquez, a MORE
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Station fire department teach PMO hazardous lessons
September 23, 2005 — The Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Fire Department held an Emergency Response Guidebook and Fire Department Integration class for the station Provost Marshal’s Office Sept. 27 at Building 916 here. Michael R. Batson, assistant fire chief for the station fire department, held the class. “The training was broken up in to two different classes,” said MORE
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Kindlers keep it in the family
September 23, 2005 — “It’s a family business that’s been passed on for four generations now,” said Master Gunnery Sgt. Jeffery W. Kindler, staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge at Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting on station. Most would assume the “Master Guns” was talking about a local restaurant, construction company, or a law firm. “Joining the Marine Corps was MORE
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MAWTS-1 hosts retired Marine, astronaut
September 22, 2005 — Retired major general and former astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. addressed Marines enrolled in the Weapons and Tactics Instructors Course Sept. 14 in Toad Hall in Building 406 on the subject of operational risk management. Currently self-employed as a military and aerospace consultant, Bolden is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a MORE
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Hispanic Heritage Month helps station Marines keep in touch with their roots
September 15, 2005 — Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, and many Hispanic Marines on station are taking this time to reflect on the importance of their cultural heritage. September 15 was chosen as the start of Hispanic Heritage Month to coincide with the independence of five Latin-American countries -- El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica MORE
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Station Marine shows combat through art
September 15, 2005 — Many people will never have the opportunity to experience war firsthand, but through the paintings and sketches of a Marine Corps illustrator, art can serve as eyes into the world of combat. Cpl. Annette Kyriakides grew up in Wellsboro, Pa., and has always had an interest in art. She began drawing as soon as she was able to hold a pen, she said. MORE
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