Yuma's Avengers embark on 13th MEU
February 24, 2011 — Marine Attack Squadron 211 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 Marines embarked on the USS Boxer Feb. 22, 2011, from San Diego for a seven-month deployment with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Approximately 100 Marines and six AV-8B Harriers will be providing close-air support for the MEU's infantry units as well as reconnaissance MORE
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Silent Drill Platoon welcomes 'New Dog'
February 24, 2011 — Discipline, precision and dedication to Corps and country are attributes found in all members of the Silent Drill Platoon. Lance Cpl. Steven Akarim, infantryman and now one of the newest member of the SDP, has given blood, sweat and tears during countless hours of training in order to become a member of one of the most prestigious drill platoons in MORE
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Canadians flock to Yuma's skies
February 17, 2011 — Exercise Desert Gander launched off station Feb. 1, 2011, marking the final step of predeployment training for approximately 220 members of Canadian military forces. During the exercise, 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron based with the Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, Alberta, practiced air-to-ground firing MORE
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Station Search and Rescue continues to save Yuma
February 17, 2011 — The station’s Search and Rescue continued their service to the citizens of Yuma in 2011 with two rescues on Jan. 29 and Feb. 2. SAR’s rescue on Feb. 2 came after a Dateland resident, Christina Renaudia, became lost while out searching for her dog. A search began at 10 p.m., however, after seven hours of searching the Yuma Police Department called MORE
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Yuma doc named best 3rd MAW sailor
February 17, 2011 — A corpsman working at the station’s Group Aid Station received prestigious awards for his commitment to duty and drive to better himself. Petty Officer 1st Class Ranald Conlin, 29, earned the Navy Aerospace Medicine Technician of the year award and was named the 3rd Marine Air Wing Senior Petty Officer of the Year recently. “It’s a great honor,” MORE
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Yuma Desert Impact exercise preps station for worst
February 17, 2011 — Few ask themselves what they would do during a terrorist attack at an air show, but more than 400 Marines, sailors and civilians got to answer that question during a simulated exercise here Feb. 14, 2011. Exercise Desert Impact forced station units to collaborate with local and federal agencies in reaction to a terrorist shooting down an F/A-18 MORE
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Commandant calls Marine Corps' future 'frugal'
February 9, 2011 — The Corps’ commandant gave a glimpse at the future of a frugal Marine Corps returning to an expeditionary mindset Feb. 9 during a speech in San Francisco’s Marine Memorial Club.Six months before Gen. James F. Amos took the stage, the Secretary of the Defense stood at the same podium, asking the Corps to define its place in the future of the MORE
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Best in the West: Yuma Marine earns NCO of the quarter
February 3, 2011 — A Yuma Marine was recently named the Marine Corps Installations-West Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter, garnering a meritorious promotion to sergeant Feb. 2, 2011. Sgt. Marcelino Mejia, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron administrative separations noncommissioned officer in charge, competed on a sergeant’s board last quarter and lost. The MORE
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Last British exchange pilot bids farewell to Harrier
February 3, 2011 — From across the pond he came. His goal, to fly the AV-8B Harrier. Now, however, as the time for his return draws near, Flight Lieutenant Douglas McKay, takes not only the British Harrier pilot exchange program, but a wealth of experience gained during his stay. In June 2009, McKay, 34, stepped off a plane with his wife and children after an MORE
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