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Aviation Logistics Marine chosen for USO leadership award

One of our own, Cpl. MaryBeth Monson, a structural mechanic with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 (MALS-13) aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., and a native of Weston, Idaho, has been selected as the United Service Organization’s (USO) Woman of the Year Military Leadership Award.

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Marine Corps weapons, tactics instructor course finishes with mass troop insertion

The initial component to Final Exercise One for Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One Weapons and Tactics Instructor course began on April 23 at the Laguna Army Airfield near MCAS Yuma, Ariz.

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Pre-Deployment: The Black Sheep, Nightmares and Avengers’ military appreciation evening muster

Marines, sailors and family members of Marine Attack Squadron 214, Marine Attack Squadron 211, Marine Attack Squadron 311 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 were brought together for a cross-squadron evening barbecue at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma’s base chapel courtyard, May 1.

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Take a Stand

The first annual "Take a Stand" bike ride to raise awareness for sexual assault.

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Ospreys support final WTI exercise

Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Zachary Scanlon A MV-22 Osprey refuels from the back of a KC-130 over the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Ranges near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., April 23.

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MAWTS-1 S-shops ensure smooth WTI

Posted  October 25, 2012

Ask any Marine at Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 and they’ll say the unit is a different beast to tame than any in the Marine Corps, due in no small part to the unit’s biannual Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course. This isn’t a sentiment shared by only MAWTS-1 instructors and students; the S-shops,…

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1st MLG CG gets close-up look at ground Marines during WTI

Posted  October 25, 2012

The commanding general of 1st Marine Logistics Group, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., visited Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Oct. 17.

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Where in the World October 25, 2012

Posted  October 25, 2012

Photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler Sarah Malina, a military spouse, and her daughter Charlotte, 7 months, wait as Bonnie Amos, wife of the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos, signs their book during the book signing for the “First Lady of the Marine Corps’ Recommend Reading List.” Photo by Sgt. Priscilla Sneden…

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16th Street Burger King Drive-through

Posted  October 25, 2012

Hey Marines, do you want to lose all faith in humanity while simutaneously unnecessarily starving yourself? Then you need to expose yourself to the horror that is the drive through at Burger King on 16th Street. Half an hour. Half an hour for some measly burgers and fries and onion rings. Oh wait, no, they…

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Refeuling Ops

Posted  October 25, 2012

Sgt.David Goldblatt, a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 powerline mechanic, works on a refueling exercise at Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) Sandhill, Oct. 24. A Marine with Marie Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 refuels a Vipers UH-1Y at Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) Sandhill., Oct. 24. A Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron…

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Coglianese to MCI-West: Support Federal Impact Aid Program

Posted  October 18, 2012

To all Personnel and Families of Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton: We have a responsibility to our children to provide each with maximum opportunities to learn.

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News to Use October 18, 2012

Posted  October 18, 2012

MMEA/MMOA Station visit MMEA will be on station Oct. 25. FTAP Brief in the theater for FY13 FTAP Marines: 8-9:30 a.m. Career Brief from 10-11 a.m. for sergeants and above. Manpower Brief from 1-2 p.m. for officers and SNCOs. The MMOA Aviation monitors will visit the station Oct. 22-23. They will provide an overall MMOA…

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5 Questions: Installation Voting Assistance Officer

Posted  October 18, 2012

Why does the Department of Defense have Voting Assistance Officers? Voting is a constitutional right that U.S. citizens are afforded and the Federal Government believes that U.S. military members deserve additional assistance with exercising this right due to hardships involved with multiple military moves and deployments. What services are provided by the Installation Voting Assistance…

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Happy 237th Navy

Posted  October 18, 2012

Photo by Lance Cpl. Zac Scanlon Seaman Zachary Bauer, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron information systems technician and a native of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., stands in front of one of the U.S. Navy’s birthday cakes at the Mess Hall at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Oct.11. Photo by Lance Cpl.Bill Waterstreet From left…

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A future C-12 Huron static display grows there . . .

Posted  October 18, 2012

Construction for the static display of the Beechcraft C-12B Huron, known simply as the C-12, continues, as of Oct. 16., next to station headquarters.

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