MALS-13, MWSS-371 Marines get certified as instructors
January 30, 2006 — A group of six Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 joined Marines from West Coast Marine installations in attending the Marine Instructor Development Course at the Gunsite Academy in Prescott, Ariz., from Jan. 30 to Feb.10. The Marines completed the 12-day training course to become certified MORE
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Station color guard escorts local beauties
January 28, 2006 — Station color guard Marines took the spotlight Jan. 28 at the Miss Yuma County Scholarship Pageant 2006 at the Historic Yuma Theatre in downtown Yuma, Ariz. “I’ve done a few performances and every one is different,” said Lance Cpl. Eric Eskildsen, Search and Rescue crew chief and native of Phoenix. “For this particular event, we brought the colors MORE
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Single Marines hit the slopes at Big Bear
January 28, 2006 — A group of service members, with help from the Single Marine Program, took a snowboarding vacation Jan. 27-29 to Bear Mountain in Big Bear Lake, Calif. Twelve Marines, a sailor and a guest hit the snow for a full day of fun on the packed powder of Bear Mountain, which features a terrain park with 82 man-made jumps, rails, boxes, banks, quarter MORE
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VMA-513 prepares, practices precision
January 26, 2006 — Marine Attack Squadron 513 is taking the time it has prior to its upcoming deployment to Iraq to prepare on station for the conditions it may face there. One of these conditions is a shorter and possibly narrower landing surface than the pilots are accustomed to landing on. Named echo taxiway operations, the training focuses on ensuring the pilots MORE
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Riggers make sure pilots’ parachutes are good to go
January 26, 2006 — Like an airbag in a car, a parachute is a safety device pilots have, but hope to never use. If the time ever comes for station pilots to eject from their aircraft, parachute riggers from Aviation Life Support Systems, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13, have bettered the pilots’ chance of survival despite whatever may have happened in a MORE
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MWSS-371 sets aside a day for the ladies
January 26, 2006 — Women Marines and spouses of Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 Marines gathered in the Sonoran Pueblo’s Gonzalez Room Jan. 19 to learn about women’s health and how the Marine Corps supports the fairer sex. The MWSS-371 women’s symposium met the squadron’s annual training requirement for women Marines, which includes equal opportunity and the MORE
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Station tax center open for business
January 26, 2006 — The station tax center has processed more than 350 returns in the two weeks since it opened its doors and began processing taxes for service members, civilian employees and retirees Jan. 9 at the new Bldg. 852 location. The tax center provides full tax services to people with all kinds of financial and family situations and has a staff with MORE
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VMA-513 prepares to deploy
January 20, 2006 — Marine Attack Squadron 513 is scheduled to deploy to Iraq in February, and the Marines and sailors of the unit are busy preparing for their journey to the Middle East. In addition to ensuring all the aircraft are ready to deploy, VMA-513 is making sure that its personnel are prepared to go, both mentally and administratively. The squadron held an MORE
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The right tool for the job
January 19, 2006 — Finding the right tool for the job can sometimes be as difficult as searching for a needle in a haystack. Keeping track of all of the tools can be even more difficult, especially when so many look alike and each tool kit contains such a large number of tools. These are just two of the challenges the Marines of the Marine Attack Squadron 311 tool MORE
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Pharmacy keeps Marines, sailors ready for duty
January 19, 2006 — Every service member goes through a battery of physical tests before and during their time in the military. Along with that, most eventually feel a bit under the weather at some point and need to go to medical for treatment. Usually the doctor sees them, diagnoses the problem and sends them to the pharmacy for medication, whether it is pain MORE
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