Noncombatant Evacuation Operation
Mayor Alan L. Krieger, of Yuma, Ariz., left, and Cpl. Timothy Rossiter, a Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 CH-53 Super Stallion crew chief and a Belleville, N.Y. native, right, hold on to the 50-caliber machine gun mount and enjoy the scenery passing below the helicopter. Krieger and other community officials and VIPs were passengers on this CH-53 flight to help improve relations between Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and the local community. This flight observed the Noncombatant Evacuation Operation exercise, part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors’ course held biannually on MCAS Yuma, as it progressed.

