Yuma's 214, 371 squadrons gas-and-go in Afghanistan
August 27, 2009 — The two Yuma units currently deployed to Afghanistan teamed up here Monday to test their speedy NASCAR-style aircraft refueling capabilities.Yuma’s Marine Attack Squadron 214 landed two Harriers to the camp’s expeditionary air field, where a veritable pit crew from Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 waited with fuel.With ongoing operations throughout MORE
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Bravery under fire earns Yuma Marine Bronze Star
August 27, 2009 — A station explosive ordnance disposal technician was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with Combat V during a ceremony at Ditto Hall here Aug. 21, 2009.Master Gunnery Sgt. Lee Sherwood, station EOD staff noncommissioned officer in charge, earned the award for his heroic actions while deployed in Afghanistan from April to September 2008.According to the MORE
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Deployed Yuma Marine home early to attend U.S. Naval Academy
August 27, 2009 — A Yuma ordnance technician from Marine Attack Squadron 214 currently deployed to Afghanistan earned an early homecoming recently after he was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Academy.Cpl. Thomas Fortuna, of Hamden, Conn., applied for the Naval Academy in February 2009 and was deployed three months later.“I really wish I could have been able to MORE
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Yuma air station energy program earns SecNav honorable mention
August 27, 2009 — The air station won a blue-level achievement award for a well-rounded energy program for the 2009 Secretary of the Navy Energy and Water Management Awards, which were announced in All Navy Message 52/09 Aug. 14, 2009.Blue level recognition identifies overall significant achievement in energy and water management.Installations were judged on their MORE
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Next Yuma CO named
August 20, 2009 — The station’s next commanding officer was announced July 28, 2009, by the Marine Corps’ fiscal year 2010 colonel command screening board.Col. Mark A. Butler, who is currently serving as the assistant deputy director of operations for operations team two under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is scheduled to replace current station CO, Col. Mark A. Werth MORE
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Yuma Snipers train Miramar Sharpshooters in air-to-air combat
August 20, 2009 — The Yuma-based Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 traveled to Miramar, Calif., to train in air-to-air combat Aug. 3-14.The VMFT-401 Snipers travel all over the country to train pilots in air combat techniques and dogfighting. The Snipers’ latest detachment tested the wits and skills of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 MORE
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Avengers headed home to Yuma from Japan, MEU
August 20, 2009 — The members of Marine Attack Squadron 211 along with the squadron’s eight AV-8B Harriers are scheduled to return Aug. 24-25, 2009, after a deployment to Japan and a tour with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.The Wake Island Avengers left Yuma in January 2009 to begin a deployment that would take them throughout Southeast Asia and Australia, as MORE
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Stellar Yuma Marine earns eleventh-hour honor
August 13, 2009 — The station’s noncommissioned officer of the year earned another honor Aug. 4, 2009, when he was meritoriously promoted to sergeant.Sgt. Samuel Powers was promoted by the station commanding officer a day before he left the air station for Okinawa, Japan.“Competition for these boards is high,” said Sgt. Maj. Terry Stanford, station sergeant major. MORE
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Yuma's Marines head to Japan: VMA-513, MALS-13 det headed to MEU
August 13, 2009 — Approximately 150 Marines and eight AV-8B Harriers from Marine Attack Squadron 513 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 are scheduled to depart Aug. 16 and 21 for a six-month deployment to Japan.While deployed, the squadron is scheduled to participate serve with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in exercises Ryuku Warrior, Talisman Saber and MORE
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Yuma awarded Corps' safest air station
August 13, 2009 — A prestigious aviation safety award was presented to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2009.With more than 2,780 mishap-free flight hours, the station proved to be the safest air installation in the Navy and Marine Corps in 2008. Maj. Gen. Michael Lehnert, Marine Corps Installations West commanding general, presented the Chief of MORE
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