Yuma Auto Hobby Shop says farewell to the King Wong
April 28, 2011 — Although King Wong, the station's auto hobby shop manager, was not born in the U.S., he has demonstrated an intimate understanding of what makes prosperity attainable here."A strategy I have is making my employees and customers happy," said Wong, in his still discernible Chinese accent. "I treat them like a family. Work is not for the money, but MORE
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Yuma air station alarm center, border patrol prevent illegal activity
April 28, 2011 — In Fiscal Year 2010, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol seized 4.1 million pounds of narcotics, including 2.4 million pounds seized in between ports of entry. Approximately half of all drugs seized and illegal immigrants apprehended entering the United States are seized or apprehended in Arizona. The alarm monitors of the Marine Corps Air Station MORE
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Emergency landing eased by Marines decisive leadership
April 28, 2011 — The emergency landing of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, transporting 126 passengers, on the station’s flight line April 1, 2011, was an unusual incident that was successfully handled with the help of one Marine’s decisive leadership. The plane rapidly descended after a gaping hole was ripped into the aircraft’s fuselage, at approximately 30,000 MORE
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Senior leaders tasked with suicide prevention training
April 21, 2011 — According to a Marine Administrative Message released April 12, 2011, senior leaders are next in line to complete mandatory suicide prevention training. MarAdmin 228/11 requires all Marines and sailors E-6 through E-9, as well as officers, to complete the new Officer and Staff Noncommissioned Officer “Never Leave A Marine Behind” Suicide Prevention MORE
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VMU-4 serves as eye in Yuma sky for WTI
April 21, 2011 — The Marines of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4 are participating in their first Weapons and Tactics Instructor course here, spending more than a week in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California. While the newly minted squadron doesn’t have any students in the class, the entire squadron is gaining valuable operational MORE
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Original Black Sheep impart history to the new herd
April 21, 2011 — Marine Attack Squadron 214 welcomed three of its founding members, along with the son of its legendary commander, to the station April 14, 2011, for a reunion with each other and the squadron they helped create and name. Jim Hill, Ed Harper and Harry Johnson were all Black Sheep pilots who fought against the Japanese during World War II in the MORE
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Air station Marine coaches Yuma Dragons
April 14, 2011 — In a time when video games in air-conditioned surroundings seem to be the most preferred pastime for kids instead of organized sports and traditional outside activities, one station Marine is doing his part to get local children breaking a sweat again. Sgt. Rodolfo Ayala, Combat Logistics Company 16 utility chief, is the head coach for the Yuma MORE
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Exchange mobilizes for WTI
April 14, 2011 — With Yuma’s sunny desert weather kicking into high gear, it will soon be common to see children forming long lines in front of ice cream trucks, patiently waiting for their ice-cold edibles. A similar scene is happening right now at the Barry M. Goldwater Range, only instead of children its sunburned Marines and rather than an ice cream, the MORE
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Discovery Channel uses Yuma ranges
April 14, 2011 — Wild Horizons, a wildlife film production company, spent several days in the Yuma Dunes on the Barry M. Goldwater Range filming reptiles with high-speed cameras to show the intricacies of their movements and abilities as part of the desert segment of the upcoming Wild Planet: North America documentary series for the Discovery Channel. Using MORE
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