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Marines drive through in basketball

Posted May 3, 2012 by Lance Cpl. Bill Waterstreet

The basketball courts of the Winterhaven, Calif., Community Center resounded with the footsteps of Marines fighting to take their team to victory, April 27 and 28. The fourteen Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma who comprise the station’s basketball team competed in a tournament against other…

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Station celebrates Oasis Pool’s grand reopening

Posted May 24, 2012 by Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison

Station personnel and their families celebrated the grand reopening of MCAS Yuma’s Oasis Pool with a splash, May 18. The pool, which has been in use since 1943, reopened after renovations started in March...

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Upcoming station Youth Sports

Posted August 3, 2012 by

Cheerleading July 2nd-Aug. 3rd: Registration. July 13th: Clinic. Aug. 13th: Practice Starts. Sept. 22nd: Season Begins. Dec. 31st: Season Ends.   Flag Football July 16th – Sept. 5th: Registration. Sept. 6th – 8th: Clinic, Coaches Meeting, Team Assignment. Sept.9th: Practice Starts. Sept. 22nd: Season Begins. Dec. 15th: Season Ends.   Soccer (2012-2013) Nov. 26th – Jan….

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Station celebrates national fitness day

Posted May 31, 2012 by Pfc. Zach Scanlon

On May 23, 2012 a fitness day was held at the MCX on MCAS Yuma for Marines and their families. The event was to promote Michele Obama’s fitness month program. At this event there was a Marine...

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Marine’s love of racing carries over into Corps

Posted August 9, 2012 by Cpl. Sean Dennison

“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936 There are two kinds of people in this world: those who race and those who don’t.

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Wounded Warriors, families connect with first ever Warrior Family Games

Posted June 7, 2012 by Cpl. Jovane M. Henry

More than 200 wounded warriors, their spouses and dependents participated in Camp Pendleton’s first Warrior Family Games at the Wounded Warrior Battalion-West compound here, June 1.

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VMA-513 goes paintballs to the wall

Posted August 16, 2012 by Photos by Cpl. Aaron Diamant

Members of Marine Attack Squadron 513 spent a morning shooting one another with paintball guns on the station’s paintball field, Aug. 3. The stress relieving activity was sponsored by Arizona Adventures.

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Arizona Adventures takes Yuma for a ride

Posted June 7, 2012 by Lance Cpl. Zac Scanlon

Riding around on a dune buggy in the desert under the Yuma sun or jet skiing at Lake Martinez may seem like an expensive or unrealistic thing to do as a weekend activity while stationed at MCAS Yuma.

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Yuma’s Olympians

Posted August 23, 2012 by Story by Lance Cpl. Bill Waterstreet

The Olympians on NBC are not the only competitors of their type. For the past 28 years, Yuma, Ariz., has been host to some amazing athletes…

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Minimal is More: Marine takes on new challenge

Posted June 7, 2012 by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson

Every step is a tender struggle. Every sensation is heightened by each consecutive strike. Most would not even think about braving a cold winter’s day without a coat, or taking an evening stroll around the block...

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