2010 soccer champs crowned, two All-Marine team candidates picked from Yuma
September 30, 2010 — The West Coast Regional Soccer Tournament came to a close here Sept. 24, 2010. The Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton team emerged the overall winner after a 3-1 victory over the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms team in the championship game. The two California-based teams remained scoreless in the first half, with Camp MORE
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VMU-4 casts Shadow over Yuma
September 30, 2010 — The Corps’ newest unmanned aerial vehicle squadron debuted its capabilities with the maiden flight of one of its RQ-7B Shadow aircraft at the Barry M. Goldwater Range east of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 29, 2010. The Yuma-stationed detachment of VMU-4 showcased its operational readiness with a 40-minute flight and MORE
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Exercise tests Yuma air station response
September 23, 2010 — In order to prepare for a shooting similar to the events at Fort Hood, Texas, in November 2009, the station held an exercise to assess its response to a workplace shooting here Sept. 21, 2010. Station emergency and support personnel, as well as personnel from local law enforcement, took part in Exercise Desert Fire and helped evaluate the exercise, MORE
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Blacksheep Marine leads the herd, earns I MEF, 3rd MAW NCO of the quarter award
September 16, 2010 — When you ask Sgt. Sheriff Showunmi what he did to earn the titles of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force noncommissioned officer of the quarter, he’ll tell you he just did the basics. After looking at his accomplishments, it’s obvious Showunmi, Marine Attack Squadron 214 maintenance administration clerk, has very high MORE
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Every clime, place: Desert Marines become mountain warriors
September 9, 2010 — Yuma Marines returned to the station Sept. 4, 2010, after spending nearly a month supporting predeployment training operations at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif.The 32 Marines supported infantrymen from 1st and 2nd Battalions, 5th Marine Regiment, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., marking the first time aviation MORE
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Snipers on point: CMC recognizes 401 safety
September 9, 2010 — Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 was recently recognized by the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Conway for flying more than 50,000 mishap-free flight hours.The Snipers broke the 50,000 hour mark in early July 2010, and have not had a mishap since October 1995. A mishap can range from maintenance to pilot errors, sometimes resulting in MORE
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