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Sgt. Sean Sweeney, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Intermediate Maintenance Activity and student in the station?s Nutrition 101 class, looks for items during a scavenger hunt at the station commissary Aug. 30. - Sgt. Sean Sweeney, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Intermediate Maintenance Activity and student in the station?s Nutrition 101 class, looks for items during a scavenger hunt at the station commissary Aug. 30.

Nutrition 101 class designed to promote healthy lifestyles

The station’s Nutrition 101 class started Aug. 28 at the Sonoran Pueblo.Nutrition 101 is hosted five or six times per year, and the five-week course meets a total of eight times, said Kate Osborne, Semper Fit Health Promotions director and Nutrition 101 class instructor.“I know you all are very busy and this may be a break from your shops, but I am

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Cpl. Andrew Russell, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Marksmanship Training Unit primary marksmanship instructor, reads to children attending the fifth annual American Heroes Book Fair Sept. 8 at the Yuma Barnes and Noble. The event was organized by the Yuma Reading Council and Friends of the Library, and aimed to promote literacy as well as honor service members and the events of Sept. 11, 2001. - Cpl. Andrew Russell, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Marksmanship Training Unit primary marksmanship instructor, reads to children attending the fifth annual American Heroes Book Fair Sept. 8 at the Yuma Barnes and Noble. The event was organized by the Yuma Reading Council and Friends of the Library, and aimed to promote literacy as well as honor service members and the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Marines volunteer to help promote literacy at 5th annual American Heroes Book Fair

The fifth annual American Heroes Book Fair, organized by the Yuma Reading Council and Friends of the Library, was held at Yuma Barnes and Noble Sept. 8, where station Marines were invited to read to children attending the event.The aim of the event is to promote literacy and alert children to the outlets through which they can attain reading

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Local Marine given Purple Heart after surviving IED blast

A Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Marine was awarded the Purple Heart Sept. 6 during a ceremony at the station explosive ordnance disposal building here.Sgt. Mark Hupp, H&HS EOD technician, was given the medal in front of his fellow EOD Marines, as well as the H&HS sergeant major, commanding officer and station executive officer.The room was

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MCFTB improves by leaps and bounds: Commandant approves $30 million to improve Marine Corps family programs

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway, approved a $30 million Marine Corps Family Team Building program budget increase in early September after three separate Marine Corps assessments determined the Corps’ current programs could not sustain prolonged war-time family readiness requirements.According to information provided by the

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K-9 course prepares dogs, handlers for the stresses, challenges of combat

Two H&HS Marines are teaching a new joint service K-9 pre-deployment training course at Yuma Proving Ground’s K-9 school.Gunnery Sgt. Greg Massey, H&HS chief K-9 instructor and Sgt. Brian Burgess, H&HS K-9 instructor, educate the students during the three-week course, which prepares the military dogs and their handlers for work in the operating

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