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Station volunteers assist Marines, families with taxes

The station tax center is ready to weather the storm that comes during this season tax season handling the income tax needs of station personnel beyond the Internal Revenue Service's April 15 deadline. To help station Marines, sailors and family members with what can sometimes seem to be a daunting task, a cadre of volunteers are staffing the

MCCS pledges to continue service to Marines, families

Personnel aboard the air station may have noticed the hours of some Marine Corps Community Services activities, such as the Seven-Day Store and the station fitness center, have been reduced. The revised hours of operation and subsequent reduction in staff members, effective since Feb. 3, is a result of an assessment of demand compared to supply

Marines try variety of domestic and foreign weaponry at PME

More than 25 Marines from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, mostly sergeants or below, squeezed the triggers of a variety of domestic and foreign weaponry Friday at Adair Range during a professional military education session. Heard at the range were the sounds of from weapons ranging from the small-arms chatter of an Uzi submachine gun to

Mass casualty drill keeps rescue agencies quick on their heels

With sirens blaring and lights flashing, fire trucks and ambulances went speeding through the air station Feb. 4 during a mass casualty drill. The scenario, which drew assistance from agencies such as the Yuma Fire Department, the Rural Metro Fire Department, the Branch Medical Clinic, the Provost Marshals Office, Aircraft Recovery and

;Financial stability can be achieved,;;Assistance available at financial services

A very common cause of everyday stress can be problems with finances. Not having enough money to pay the car insurance bill, getting the cell phone cut off and not having the credit to get the car that's been screaming, "buy me" are all problems Marines can encounter when they are not financially prepared. For some, financial problems might seem

Business office puts customer service on ICE;New program to measure customer satisfaction with station services

The station business performance office has implemented and will monitor a new program that will measure the customer satisfaction levels of various station services. The BPO will implement the Interactive Customer Evaluation, a user-friendly system on the Internet developed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Quality Management Office, to

Racing, Corps in former Marine's blood

To take one look at Kurt Johnson, you'd swear he was an off-duty gunnery sergeant; his closely-shorn blond hair forming a style more "in regulation" than a lot of Marines on active duty. In actuality, Johnson is a Marine, but only in the sense of the phrase, "Once a Marine, always a Marine." Johnson was a crash fire rescue man in Yuma from 1988 to

Workers fortify Yuma rifle range for safety

Permanent marksmanship training unit personnel and Marines spending a week on the rifle range for mandatory training will be able to complete their mission in a safer environment. Swapping rusty tin and particleboard for concrete and bullet-resistant glass, the sound shed and the target sheds at the range training facility's known-distance rifle

Hubbard spreads positive message at chapel;Former POW spreads positive message

More than 200 Marines and civilians gathered in the chapel Jan. 22, some of whom may have thought they were having a bad day up until that point. The speaker at the chapel that day, retired Air Force Col. Edward Hubbard, let the people in the audience in on a secret: there's no such thing as a bad day. The audience was there to hear Hubbard's

EOD looking for a proud few

Explosive Ordnance Disposal is not the easiest military occupational skill to get into. For one thing, the field is composed entirely of, and will only accept, career Marines who have made a lateral move into the MOS. And making that lateral move can be a pretty tough thing to do. "We don't want good Marines in this field," said Chief Warrant

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma