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MCAS Yuma, Personnel Flex Muscles in Impressing SecNav

The Secretary of the Navy, Honorable Ray Mabus, touched down upon the flight line of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., for the very first time on the afternoon of April 24, 2014. Having arrived in the midst of the final exercise of Weapon and Tactics Instructor course 2-14, the secretary said it didn’t take long to recognize and appreciate the prominence of MCAS Yuma.

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Louis Garcia, an El Centro Border Patrol agent, discusses the project with 1st Lt. Austin Brown, the mission commander for the West Desert El Centro All Weather Road Improvements, at the U.S./Mexico Border in El Centro, Calif., Feb. 25. - Louis Garcia, an El Centro Border Patrol agent, discusses the project with 1st Lt. Austin Brown, the mission commander for the West Desert El Centro All Weather Road Improvements, at the U.S./Mexico Border in El Centro, Calif., Feb. 25.

Joint Forces Work Together to Promote Homeland Security

For combat engineers in the United States Marine Corps, training is focused around expedited military operations, but particular skill sets are transferable across the profession. In El Centro, Calif., a platoon of Marines worked in conjunction with external government organizations and participated in a unique mission to enhance regional security

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Sergeant Joshua Tyler Seabol, a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 aviation supply clerk and native of North Huntingdon, Pa., scales down a halted Ferris wheel and rescues an unidentified little girl at the 7th annual Somerton Tamale Festival at Somerton, Ariz., Dec. 21. (Courtesy photo by Sgt. Isamar Seabol) - Sergeant Joshua Tyler Seabol, a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 aviation supply clerk and native of North Huntingdon, Pa., scales down a halted Ferris wheel and rescues an unidentified little girl at the 7th annual Somerton Tamale Festival at Somerton, Ariz., Dec. 21. (Courtesy photo by Sgt. Isamar Seabol)

Local Marine steps up, rescues little girl at 7th Annual Somerton Tamale Festival

"Positive anything is better than negative nothing." - Elbert Hubbard, American writer, philosopher and author of A Message to Garcia.Throughout their time in service, Marines are often asked to define their identifiable traits. From the beginning, leadership building blocks and a strong sense of personal responsibility to country become embedded

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Naval Branch Health Clinic Yuma Receives Level Three Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition

Naval Branch Health Clinic Yuma was recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a level three Patient-Centered Medical Home, Dec. 31, 2012."The patient will notice a different level of care in a PCMH, although much of the PCMH teamwork goes on behind the scenes,” said Lt. Cmdr. Greg Whaley, the department head of Medical Home

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