Maj. Patrick DeGraaf, the Search and Rescue (SAR) officer-in-charge with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, leads a discussion at the Sonoran Pueblo banquet hall as part of a SAR conference aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. The MCAS Yuma SAR team hosted a conference with regional emergency services personnel to discuss and better understand tactics, techniques and procedures. - Maj. Patrick DeGraaf, the Search and Rescue (SAR) officer-in-charge with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, leads a discussion at the Sonoran Pueblo banquet hall as part of a SAR conference aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. The MCAS Yuma SAR team hosted a conference with regional emergency services personnel to discuss and better understand tactics, techniques and procedures.

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 prepare for a perimeter sweep foot patrol during the security force exercise in support of pre-deployment training Dec. 7-10, 2014, at the Auxiliary Landing Field II on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. The exercise provided Marines a hands-on experience for installation night and day security operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reba James/ Released) - Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 prepare for a perimeter sweep foot patrol during the security force exercise in support of pre-deployment training Dec. 7-10, 2014, at the Auxiliary Landing Field II on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. The exercise provided Marines a hands-on experience for installation night and day security operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reba James/ Released)

The Search and Rescue unit aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., conducted its second rescue mission of the week Wednesday. SAR teamed up with agencies from Riverside County, Calif., to successfully rescue a person that was stranded on top of a car that had been swept off Highway 78 by a flood. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Border Patrol) - The Search and Rescue unit aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., conducted its second rescue mission of the week Wednesday. SAR teamed up with agencies from Riverside County, Calif., to successfully rescue a person that was stranded on top of a car that had been swept off Highway 78 by a flood. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Border Patrol)

Navy Seaman Curt Hansen, a search and rescue medical technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and a native of Burlington, Ky., goes over proper harnessing procedures before being lifted up into the air by a SAR UH-1N Huey helicopter during a routine training exercise conducted at Ledge on the River, just northeast of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.,Thursday. - Navy Seaman Curt Hansen, a search and rescue medical technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and a native of Burlington, Ky., goes over proper harnessing procedures before being lifted up into the air by a SAR UH-1N Huey helicopter during a routine training exercise conducted at Ledge on the River, just northeast of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.,Thursday.