Land & let loose: Grunts, helos team up in Yuma
May 27, 2010 — The machine-gun beat of helicopter rotors set the scene at a remote desert airfield as sweat-drenched, dirt-covered Marines loaded onto CH-53D Sea Stallions to begin the final exercise of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course May 15, 2010. Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, bearing the call sign “Red Death,” completed a MORE
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Yuma's VMA-211 spouses spend day in Marines' boots
May 27, 2010 — Marine Attack Squadron 211 hosted a Jane Wayne Day at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., May 21, 2010, to allow family and friends to spend a day in a Marine’s boots, some literally, and witness first-hand what Marines do.More than 20 Wake Island Avenger spouses spent the day touring the station’s various shops and personally stepping MORE
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Yuma locals welcome MALS-13 home with celebration meal
May 27, 2010 — Two dozen Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 Marines and their families were treated to a celebratory dinner, cooked by local retirees May 22, 2010, in Yuma, Ariz. The event welcomed the Marines’ return from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit on April 23, 2010, and commended their service. “We couldn’t be here enjoying the privileges of our MORE
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Yuma's VMA-311 deploys with 15th MEU
May 27, 2010 — Approximately 110 Yuma Marines left the air station recently for a seven-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Members of Marine Attack Squadron 311 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 boarded two KC-130 Hercules aircraft to fly to San Diego May 19, 2010, where they loaded onto the USS Peleliu for their tour at sea. Six MORE
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Marine Corps meets first term re-enlistment goal
May 27, 2010 — Re-enlistments for first-term Marines have closed for this fiscal year, meeting the goal of 6,735 boat spaces in only seven months. Marines also re-enlisted with a noteworthy 98.4 percent military occupational specialty match, meaning most Marines stayed in their MOSs. “This is a result of all the career planners working together to meet their MORE
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Yuma Marine honored with name on VMA-214 Harrier
May 20, 2010 — The Marine Attack Squadron 214 Black Sheep honored one of their plane captains by painting his name onto the squadron commander’s AV-8B Harrier, which was unveiled at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., May 13, 2010. Cpl. Jonathan Prince, squadron powerline mechanic, now shares a name on the jet along with Lt. Col. Robert Schroder, MORE
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Yuma's Search and Rescue crew ensures young guitarist keeps playing
May 20, 2010 — With the aid of a Search and Rescue crew from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., a local teenager, who severely injured his hand in the Gila Mountains Feb. 27, 2010, can still play guitar. In fact, Bobby Brown, 17, was able to perform in the Yuma Battle of the Bands with his band “Palo Verde Street” May 15, 2010. As a guitar player, Brown MORE
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Plan for basing F-35B Joint Strike Fighters at Yuma, Miramar out for public review
May 20, 2010 — The latest draft of various plans to base the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter on the West Coast was released for the public May 21, allowing the Yuma and Miramar, Calif., communities one more chance to voice concerns on the Corps’ future aircraft. The comprehensive survey on the jet’s environmental impacts outlines six possible plans for the West Coast MORE
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Yuma's VMA-211 returns from Alaska aviation training
May 13, 2010 — Approximately 165 Yuma-based Marines returned home to the air station May 4, 2010, after two-and-a-half weeks of aerial warfare training at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. With eight AV-8B Harriers, the Marines from Marine Attack Squadron 211 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 participated in Exercise Red Flag-Alaska, which is one of the MORE
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Yuma Marines learn to detect homemade explosives
May 13, 2010 — With the vehicle-borne explosives found in New York City’s Times Square dominating headlines recently, explosive ordnance disposal Marines here took part in a timely course on homemade explosives May 3 to Friday. Taught by a Joint Asymmetric Threat Awareness and Counter Improvised Explosive Device team, the 40-hour course covers everything from MORE
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