Cpl. Ricardo Montanez, Marine Air Control Squadron 1 navigational aid technician, provides security while his squad moves forward during a corporals course July 27, 2010, at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The squad’s movements lead it to a simulated terrorist outpost which the squad then had to attack. The attack was the culmination exercise for the course focusing on small-unit combat leadership instead of drill and tradition. - Cpl. Ricardo Montanez, Marine Air Control Squadron 1 navigational aid technician, provides security while his squad moves forward during a corporals course July 27, 2010, at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The squad’s movements lead it to a simulated terrorist outpost which the squad then had to attack. The attack was the culmination exercise for the course focusing on small-unit combat leadership instead of drill and tradition.

Christopher Harris, Yuma shooting guard, dribbles the ball while contemplating how to overcome his opponents during the Marine Corps West Coast Regional basketball tournament held at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, July 19-23, 2010. Harris was named to the all-tournament team and awarded the title of most valuable player for the tournament. The team finished third overall, losing to Miramar in the first elimination round July 22, 2010. - Christopher Harris, Yuma shooting guard, dribbles the ball while contemplating how to overcome his opponents during the Marine Corps West Coast Regional basketball tournament held at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, July 19-23, 2010. Harris was named to the all-tournament team and awarded the title of most valuable player for the tournament. The team finished third overall, losing to Miramar in the first elimination round July 22, 2010.

Yuma-based Marines Lance Cpl. Raymond James, left, maintenance clerk, and Cpl. Jason Rios, aviation logistics information management and support department noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, earned the MCAS Yuma Marine of the Year and NCO of the Year awards for 2010, respectively. James is a 19-year-old Houston native, and Rios, 27, is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. - Yuma-based Marines Lance Cpl. Raymond James, left, maintenance clerk, and Cpl. Jason Rios, aviation logistics information management and support department noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, earned the MCAS Yuma Marine of the Year and NCO of the Year awards for 2010, respectively. James is a 19-year-old Houston native, and Rios, 27, is a native of Fort Worth, Texas.

Patricia Annunziata, Marine Attack Squadron 211 spouse, takes the lug nuts off a tire as she prepares to replace it during a vehicle maintenance class in the auto hobby shop at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., July 16, 2010. The class is the first in a series of educational blocks designed to help squadron spouses become more self-sufficient when their Marines are deployed overseas. “It was very scary,” said Annunziata of her first deployment experience. “I didn’t know anything. (The class) was great, it had a lot of great information.” - Patricia Annunziata, Marine Attack Squadron 211 spouse, takes the lug nuts off a tire as she prepares to replace it during a vehicle maintenance class in the auto hobby shop at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., July 16, 2010. The class is the first in a series of educational blocks designed to help squadron spouses become more self-sufficient when their Marines are deployed overseas. “It was very scary,” said Annunziata of her first deployment experience. “I didn’t know anything. (The class) was great, it had a lot of great information.”

Sgt. Jay Parales, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 logistician, runs from Hexa, a military working dog from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., as she prepares to bite him at the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona July 15, 2010. Yuma military working dog handlers trained CLR-15’s security company on how to work with and employ military working dogs in a combat environment. The regiment is slated to deploy to Afghanistan in September 2010. “It was pretty intense,” said Parales. “That dog took me down like I was a little toy. It was a little scary, but it was fun.” CLR-15 is based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. - Sgt. Jay Parales, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 logistician, runs from Hexa, a military working dog from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., as she prepares to bite him at the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona July 15, 2010. Yuma military working dog handlers trained CLR-15’s security company on how to work with and employ military working dogs in a combat environment. The regiment is slated to deploy to Afghanistan in September 2010. “It was pretty intense,” said Parales. “That dog took me down like I was a little toy. It was a little scary, but it was fun.” CLR-15 is based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Sgt. Juan Fernandez, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4 aircraft mechanic, attaches a tail piece to an RQ-7B Shadow during the squadron’s initial inventory at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., June 29, 2010. A detachment of the squadron is currently setting up in Yuma and will be the active duty component of the reserve unit. The detachment received much of its equipment, including its four aircraft, on June 25 and is still receiving Marines, but will not be fully operational until the entire squadron is fully established. At its full strength, the detachment will comprise more than 40 Marines and sailors, as well as four unmanned aircraft. - Sgt. Juan Fernandez, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4 aircraft mechanic, attaches a tail piece to an RQ-7B Shadow during the squadron’s initial inventory at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., June 29, 2010. A detachment of the squadron is currently setting up in Yuma and will be the active duty component of the reserve unit. The detachment received much of its equipment, including its four aircraft, on June 25 and is still receiving Marines, but will not be fully operational until the entire squadron is fully established. At its full strength, the detachment will comprise more than 40 Marines and sailors, as well as four unmanned aircraft.