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Website sheds light on Yuma weather

Station Weather Service has gone 'online' to offer Marine Corps Air Station Yuma personnel easier access to weather information. The website is updated daily with current information and is written in a format that all users should be able to understand, said Sgt. Robert Brooks, weather forecaster. "We have the weather format for the day and a

Effects of stop loss, stop move felt Corps-wide

The Marine Corps initiated Stop Loss and Stop Move policies, which became effective Wednesday, in order to stabilize the Corps' manpower to meet the needs of unscheduled deployments in support of operational requirements. Stop Loss is a short-term policy that keeps Marines in their current assignments by preventing them from leaving the Marine

Kids corral for Annual Yuma Bike Rodeo

The Annual Bike Rodeo was held Jan. 11 at the station's Youth Center for all children on station. The rodeo gave Marine's of the station's bike patrol a chance to corral kids for bike safety fun. The rodeo began with a safety brief on rules of riding and safety precautions riders can take to have an even safer ride. "Bikes need to have reflectors

Corpsman survives stroke, finds self surrounded by love

The first thing one notices about Petty Officer 1st Class Joy Roane is her vitality. She has a zest for life that seems to brighten any room she's in. A quick look at her recent history is enough to understand why every day is a joyful one for her. That same look is also enough to stop someone in their tracks and wonder at the sheer miracle of her

Outstanding spouses honored

The Family Advocacy Program held a special luncheon at the Sonoran Pueblo club on station Oct. 25 to announce the winners of their Spouse of the Year award. FAP held the event to recognize the exceptional spouses on station, and the hard work they put in as military wives, said Gail Perry, prevention and education specialist with FAP and event

Reserve wing general visits VMFT-401, presents award

The commanding general of 4th Marine Air Wing paid Marine Fighter Training Squadron-401 a visit Oct. 29. Brig. Gen. Harold J. Fruchtnicht, and Maurice Bernier, West Coast representative of the Marine Corps Association, visited the squadron to present the General Hogaboon Award to Lt. Col. William J. Harkin, VMFT-401 executive officer. Harkin placed

MACS-1 Marines stand out as top in Wing

Hard-charging. Do or die. Locked-on and squared-away. Never quit. Any of these terms, and more, could be in a mantra chanted by Sgt. Chris Rivera and Lance Cpl. Darryl Thomas, radar technicians with Marine Air Control Squadron-1, as rules to live by. The two Marines, from MACS-1 Air Traffic Control Detachment 'Charlie,' applied their ambitions to

Yuma Non-combatant evacuation operation goes successfully

Swarms of helicopters were silhouetted against the dusky sunset Oct. 19 as they filled the skies while performing a non-combatant evacuation operation at various Yuma locales. In all, 22 aircraft were involved in the operation, landing at Cibola High School, McGraw Elementary School, Kiwanis Park and Auxilliary Airfield Two during the four-hour

Yuma park commemorates the efforts of past and present servicemembers

The first of 2,000 plaques was mounted at Yuma's Armed Forces Park at 291 Gila Street Oct. 10. The park, which recognizes the efforts of U.S. Armed Forces veterans past and present, recently completed its first phase of construction, and the ceremony was held to herald the beginning of the next phase of construction. Fred Ferguson, a retired Army

Sailors celebrate Navy's 227 years

Station sailors and their guests, including Col. James J. Cooney, station commanding officer, recognized the 227th birthday of the United States Navy in a cake-cutting ceremony Friday at the station parade deck.The Continental Congress of the 13 colonies that would become the first United States of America established on Oct. 13, 1775 that two

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