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A Marine Infantry Officer Course (IOC) student descends from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a fast rope drill on the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Auxiliary Landing Field 2, Wednesday, August 18, 2014. The fast rope training instilled in these Marines the skills necessary to complete IOC’s final exercise, Talon Reach IV. - A Marine Infantry Officer Course (IOC) student descends from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a fast rope drill on the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Auxiliary Landing Field 2, Wednesday, August 18, 2014. The fast rope training instilled in these Marines the skills necessary to complete IOC’s final exercise, Talon Reach IV.

Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow: Infantry Officer Course at MCAS Yuma

Infantry Officer Course relocated the final planning phase of Talon Reach, the course's final exercise, to MCAS Yuma from MCAGCC Twentynine Palms in order to emphasize to its students the importance of communicating with assets that are not part of a rifle platoon; more specifically, their airborne counterparts.

Women In Combat – The Final Test

The utilization of female engagement teams in Afghanistan and the acceptance of female Marines into the School of Infantry are the most recent accomplishments in the line of efforts by the Marine Corps in recognizing the prominence of women in what has perennially been a man’s world. On May 22, the establishment of the Ground Combat Element

Pressure Forging Diamonds - VMA-211 Tackles Pre-Deployment Training

In preparation for an upcoming deployment, Marine Attack Squadron-211 (VMA-211), based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., departed from the comforts of garrison life to take part in the Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-14 aboard Camp Wilson in the fields of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 13.

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