Yuma fire chief retires after 34 years of service
December 17, 2009 — Station personnel bid retiring Fire Chief Patrick Bailey farewell as they celebrated his 34-year career at the Sonoran Pueblo here Dec. 11, 2009. Bailey began his firefighting career in Yuma as an enlisted Marine, working at Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting in 1973. “It was a passion, a childhood dream,” said Bailey, a native of Glendora, Miss. “I MORE
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Reserve Marines help Santa visit isolated Arizona tribe in Grand Canyon
December 16, 2009 — For the 14th straight year, Marine aviators brought Christmas to an isolated Native American tribe living within the Grand Canyon.Flying three CH-46 Sea Knights through the canyon, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764 carried donated food and toys into the village of Supai, Ariz., on Dec. 15, 2009.The next day, they returned carrying Santa Claus MORE
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Yuma's EOD team supports president’s China visit
December 10, 2009 — A group of Marines from Yuma's Marine Wing Support Squadron 371’s explosive ordnance disposal team travelled to Beijing in support of President Barack Obama’s visit there, Nov. 12-18, 2009.The four Marines, along with EOD technicians from the Army and Air Force, cleared buildings and vehicles carrying officials to keep the president and official MORE
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Wounded Yuma Marine reunites with team after IED blast
December 10, 2009 — When Yuma's Marine Wing Support Squadron 371’s explosive ordnance disposal team returned from a deployment to Afghanistan in October, they were one man down.The Marine, Staff Sgt. Alonzo Smith, MWSS-371 EOD technician, made an unexpected early trip home after being severely wounded while attempting to defuse an improvised explosive device. Smith MORE
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Yuma opens new energy-efficient barracks
December 10, 2009 — The station opened its newest barracks lauded for being a first in enegry-efficient design for Yuma during a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 4, 2009.The new barracks, building 860, will house sergeants and below from Marine Air Control Squadron 1, as well as Combat Logistics Company 16 and Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1. The MORE
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Marine Forces Pacific bans spice, salvia as drugs
December 10, 2009 — Marine Forces Pacific issued a punitive order Dec. 1, 2009, to its personnel explicitly banning both possession and use of two of the nation’s newest designer drugs: spice and salvia divinorum. The order closes a loop hole in previous regulation that didn’t prohibit possession of the drugs.According to MarForPac Order 5355.2, Marines are MORE
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Tough Love: Yuma's VMA-311 families walk a day in their Marines' boots
December 3, 2009 — Marine Attack Squadron 311 spouses and family members spent a day marching in the boots of their Marines during the squadron’s Jane Wayne day at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Nov. 20, 2009.Jane Wayne days allow family members to experience the cornerstones of Marine training and conditioning, such as physical training and weapons MORE
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