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Richard Nixon, boiler technician, and other Base Services Department workers carry pipes down flooded Meyer Avenue at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Jan. 21, 2010. BSD began working early against the storm that dumped more than 2 inches of rain on Yuma by pumping out the excess rainwater to nearby retention basins and Meyer Park. Approximately 4.7 million gallons of water were pumped off station streets and parking lots, according to Jerry Deppen, station facilities maintenance manager. - Richard Nixon, boiler technician, and other Base Services Department workers carry pipes down flooded Meyer Avenue at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Jan. 21, 2010. BSD began working early against the storm that dumped more than 2 inches of rain on Yuma by pumping out the excess rainwater to nearby retention basins and Meyer Park. Approximately 4.7 million gallons of water were pumped off station streets and parking lots, according to Jerry Deppen, station facilities maintenance manager.
A downed radio tower on the Barry M. Goldwater Range east of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., is scheduled to be replaced before the start of the next Weapons and Tactics Instructors course in March 2010. The air station received approval in December 2009 to build a similar tower on a site north of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range west of the air station that allows for maintenance without halting training. - A downed radio tower on the Barry M. Goldwater Range east of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., is scheduled to be replaced before the start of the next Weapons and Tactics Instructors course in March 2010. The air station received approval in December 2009 to build a similar tower on a site north of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range west of the air station that allows for maintenance without halting training.
Approximately 10 months after the Marine Corps took over what was Vincent Air Force Base, a sign for Vincent Field remains on the main gate of the Marine Auxiliary Air Station Yuma on Sept. 26, 1959. The station dropped the word "auxiliary" on July 20, 1962. One of the first four Marines assigned to the air station in 1958 as part of the transition team, Reg Garavito, returned to Yuma Jan. 12, 2010, and donated the photo to the station. - Approximately 10 months after the Marine Corps took over what was Vincent Air Force Base, a sign for Vincent Field remains on the main gate of the Marine Auxiliary Air Station Yuma on Sept. 26, 1959. The station dropped the word "auxiliary" on July 20, 1962. One of the first four Marines assigned to the air station in 1958 as part of the transition team, Reg Garavito, returned to Yuma Jan. 12, 2010, and donated the photo to the station.