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MCCS gives Marines outdoor fun for low cost

In a non-descript building next to the station car wash sits a business that many Marines use and find extremely helpful. Arizona Adventures is an outdoor recreational rental facility that rents out equipment to active duty military members and their families, said Tricia L. Nichols, Arizona Adventures manager. “We rent all kinds of sports

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ARFF training gets serious;Aircraft rescue Marines practice for pilots’ worst nightmare;

Marines from Aircraft Rescue Fire fighting held a training exercise Nov. 4 at the CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter mock-up at the ARFF training area here. “The training was used to familiarize the truck crew chiefs and rescuemen with the proper rescue procedures and how to properly spot on an aircraft emergency,” said Cpl. Anthony L. Mixon, training

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Youth center dishes out fright

The youth center held it’s annual haunted house at the station’s youth center Oct. 21. The house worked like a maze through several rooms, each with a different Halloween theme. The children who attend the youth center put the haunted house together. “This year, I absolutely loved the way the house turned out,” said Pat Carson, youth center

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Sikorsky Support Systems Inc. guide an F-5E Tiger as it is lifted by a crane over the concrete barriers next to the main gate here Nov. 3. Onlookers included representatives from Sikorsky and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, and was called by some ?the slowest F-5 in the air.? The F-5E was put on display as a joint project by the Marine Corps and Sikorsky to honor the work done by the Marines and civilians of Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401. - Sikorsky Support Systems Inc. guide an F-5E Tiger as it is lifted by a crane over the concrete barriers next to the main gate here Nov. 3. Onlookers included representatives from Sikorsky and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, and was called by some ?the slowest F-5 in the air.? The F-5E was put on display as a joint project by the Marine Corps and Sikorsky to honor the work done by the Marines and civilians of Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401.

F-5E taxis across station, parks at the main gate

After thousands of flight hours logged, an F-5E Tiger was taxied to its final resting place next to the station main gate Nov. 3 by Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., employees and Marines from Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401. The F-5E is being added to the displays as a joint project by the Marine Corps and Sikorsky, who provides maintenance

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Cpl. Wes Clarke, military policeman, scans the identification card of a civilian contractor Nov. 1 in a drive-through inspection station in the parking lot of Building 852 here. Station MPs, with help from government security agencies, screened all contractors entering the air station?s main gate as part of on-going random anti-terrorism measures. - Cpl. Wes Clarke, military policeman, scans the identification card of a civilian contractor Nov. 1 in a drive-through inspection station in the parking lot of Building 852 here. Station MPs, with help from government security agencies, screened all contractors entering the air station?s main gate as part of on-going random anti-terrorism measures.

PMO screens civilian contractors at main gate

About 20 station military policemen, with help from government agencies, screened all civilian contractors entering the air station through the main gate during the early morning of Nov. 1. The inter-agency security operation, which included representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and

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