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Peak season nears for TMO

As the summer season approaches Yuma, so does the busiest time of the year for the station Traffic Management Office. More service members retire, separate and change duty stations during the summer than any other time of the year. Each year during peak season, TMO faces several problems that slow the shipping process. "Once service members

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Station volunteers honored

Marine Corps Community Services held the fifth annual Volunteer Appreciation Award Event at the Sonoran Pueblo Consolidated Club here April 28. The purpose of the event was to recognize personnel who volunteered their time and efforts to benefit the station community. There are about 385 volunteers aboard station, including civilian spouses,

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Lance Cpl. Cort Albert, Marine Attack Squadron-211 aviation operations, laughs off the heat after winning the jalapeno eating contest at the biannual Health and Wellness Fair on the station parade deck May 5. The fair aimed to teach Marines about healthy living and the health services available to them on station. - Lance Cpl. Cort Albert, Marine Attack Squadron-211 aviation operations, laughs off the heat after winning the jalapeno eating contest at the biannual Health and Wellness Fair on the station parade deck May 5. The fair aimed to teach Marines about healthy living and the health services available to them on station.

MCCS, BMC host Health and Wellness Fair

Marine Corps Community Services' Semper Fit and the station's Branch Medical Clinic joined forces May 5 to host the biannual Health and Wellness Fair on the station parade deck. More than 1,200 personnel attended the event, which featured 30 health-related booths providing information and samples, two jalapeno eating contests, prizes and hands-on

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An overenthusiastic jump on the inflatable bouncer nets 3-year-old Hayden Smith at Marine Attack Squadron-214's family picnic at Britain's Farm Chuckwagon and Steakhouse Friday. His father, Maj. Samuel Smith, a native of Princeton, N.J., is the aviation maintenance officer for VMA-214. - An overenthusiastic jump on the inflatable bouncer nets 3-year-old Hayden Smith at Marine Attack Squadron-214's family picnic at Britain's Farm Chuckwagon and Steakhouse Friday. His father, Maj. Samuel Smith, a native of Princeton, N.J., is the aviation maintenance officer for VMA-214.

VMA-214 Marines take some time to relax after hard work and deployments

Everyone needs a little "down time" to relax after a long period of hard work, and for Marine Attack Squadron-214, that time was Friday at a family picnic at Britain's Farm Chuckwagon and Steakhouse. The entire squadron gathered together to enjoy some of that down time as a unit for the first time in more than a year after multiple deployments to

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1st Lt. Eric Grunke, native of Boise, Idaho, a replacement pilot with Marine Attack Training Squadron-203 who is training for his certification on the AV-8B Harrier, goes through a pre-flight checklist prior to flying a training mission. VMAT-203 visits Yuma four times a year to take advantage of Yuma's ranges and perfect flying weather. - 1st Lt. Eric Grunke, native of Boise, Idaho, a replacement pilot with Marine Attack Training Squadron-203 who is training for his certification on the AV-8B Harrier, goes through a pre-flight checklist prior to flying a training mission. VMAT-203 visits Yuma four times a year to take advantage of Yuma's ranges and perfect flying weather.

VMAT-203 trains Yuma's Harrier pilots of tomorrow

Marine Attack Training Squadron-203 arrived on station April 30 to begin a month-long series of training for pilots working on their certification on the AV-8B Harrier. The unit, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., brings two classes of four students, known as replacement pilots, here four times a year to take advantage of the

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