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Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader

Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader

Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Sierra Vista, Ariz., buries a training mine before a raid training exercise here, Oct... More

Cpl. Thomas Blanchard, a Marine Corps Air Station Yuma

Cpl. Thomas Blanchard, a Marine Corps Air Station Yuma

Cpl. Thomas Blanchard, a Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting assistant section leader and a native of Menomonie, Wis., lifts a bucket of water out to be transferred to another tub in ... More

A U.S. Marine with the All Domain Reconnaissance Detachment,

A U.S. Marine with the All Domain Reconnaissance Detachment,

A U.S. Marine with the All Domain Reconnaissance Detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights in with an M4A1 carbine while conducting dry-fire drills during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Co... More

Sailors aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma

Sailors aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma

Sailors aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma celebrate 122 years of service of the Navy Hospital Corps for its dedication to tending to the sick and injured, at the Branch Medical Clinic on June 17, 2020... More

Retired Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, the 16th Sergeant

Retired Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, the 16th Sergeant

Retired Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, the 16th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, shares his career experiences with Marines during a leadership panel at the station theater aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, ... More

Get your groove on at Ball Boot Camp

Get your groove on at Ball Boot Camp

Marine spouses work out at the station gym during Ball Boot Camp, Sept. 15. Twice a week, until Oct. 25, female spouses and Marines who want to look good in their gowns or dress blues, are encouraged to attend ... More

Sidney Bedoni, Navajo Code Talker and World War II

Sidney Bedoni, Navajo Code Talker and World War II

Sidney Bedoni, Navajo Code Talker and World War II veteran, educates Marines during Exercise Javelin Thrust aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Ariz., July 2, 2012. Navajo Code Talkers have been invited to sha... More

Mr. Timothy Etheridge, counter-improvised explosive

Mr. Timothy Etheridge, counter-improvised explosive

Mr. Timothy Etheridge, counter-improvised explosive device (IED) instructor, debriefs U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (HHS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Ariz., after their pat... More

Marine runners take off from the starting point of

Marine runners take off from the starting point of

Marine runners take off from the starting point of a 5-mile course here during the All-Marine Cross Country championship race, Jan. 8. Approximately 50 runners represented the 10 teams from Marine Corps install... More

Falconers kick up dust with convoy ops training

Falconers kick up dust with convoy ops training

Lance Cpl. Dereck Osborn, Marine Air Control Squadron 1 truck mechanic, guides an MK-23 short bed vehicle to the convoy line during a convoy training exercise at Site 50 in the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Feb. 3.... More

PMO aims high in new civilian M4 qualifications

PMO aims high in new civilian M4 qualifications

Lance Cpl. Riley France, right, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron marksmanship training unit shooting coach, instructs Sgt. Stephanne Van, Provost Marshal Office civilian military police officer, from the ... More

IPAC Marines step up to Bataan Memorial Death March

IPAC Marines step up to Bataan Memorial Death March

Marines from Installation Personnel Administration Center hike in preparation for the 22nd annual Bataan Memorial Death March at Meyer Park at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 8.

EOD Marines remember fallen, immortalize them

EOD Marines remember fallen, immortalize them

A memorial tribute that shows 35 explosive ordnance disposal Marines who have died supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and on duty, stands at the Combined Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit building her... More

Marine Barracks, Washington D.C.

Marine Barracks, Washington D.C.

The U.S. Marine Corps Commandant's Own Drum and Bugle Corps with Marine Barracks, Washington D.C., perform a unique precision drill movement aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 7, 2013. Each year... More

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Air Show

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Air Show

A formation of World War II-era aircraft participates in the air show at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 26, 2011. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ken Kalemkarian/Released)

Johns Hopkins University students link academics with Marine experience

Johns Hopkins University students link academics with Marine experienc...

Amanda M. Penner, a student of the strategic studies program at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, is taught how to properly hold an FIM-92A Stinger weapon system by a 3rd Low Altitude Air ... More

AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack Squadron 513, deployed

AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack Squadron 513, deployed

AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack Squadron 513, deployed out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., rest at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, following their arrival, May 20. VMA-513, which was the first Marine... More

AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack Squadron 513, deployed

AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack Squadron 513, deployed

AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack Squadron 513, deployed out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., rest at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, following their arrival, May 20. VMA-513, which was the first Marine... More

Carrying your own weight: station Marine pushes 402 lbs.

Carrying your own weight: station Marine pushes 402 lbs.

A station Marine broke the state bench press record June 4, 2011, when he lifted more than twice his weight of 200 pounds.

Lance Cpl. Mark Kenny, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron

Lance Cpl. Mark Kenny, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron

Lance Cpl. Mark Kenny, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 ordnance technician, performs routine maintenance on parts of a 25 mm gun system in the MALS-13 ordnance bay July 11. The system is part of Harriers’... More

Maj. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commanding general of the

Maj. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commanding general of the

Maj. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commanding general of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, is welcomed to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., by Col. Kevin M. Iiams, the commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4... More

A UH-1N Huey helicopter with HMLA-773 prepares for

A UH-1N Huey helicopter with HMLA-773 prepares for

A UH-1N Huey helicopter with HMLA-773 prepares for takeoff during a night firing close air support exercise July 21. The mission was part of Operation Javelin Thrust in which reserve Marines trained and prepare... More

Sgt. John Umlauf a motor transportation operator with

Sgt. John Umlauf a motor transportation operator with

Sgt. John Umlauf a motor transportation operator with Detachment A, Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, Marine Wing Support Group 47, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, engages targets during a realistic convoy training s... More

Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 24, Marine

Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 24, Marine

Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 24, Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, check on the functionality of radar equipment at site 50 in the Yuma desert near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma... More

Sgt. Shawntrel O. McCoy, Marine Aircraft Group 41 line

Sgt. Shawntrel O. McCoy, Marine Aircraft Group 41 line

Sgt. Shawntrel O. McCoy, Marine Aircraft Group 41 line mechanic, looks over the AH-1W Super Cobra before it lifts off for a maintenance flight as part of Operation Javelin Thrust at Marine Corps Air Station Yum... More

Sgt. Shawntrel O. McCoy, Marine Aircraft Group 41 line

Sgt. Shawntrel O. McCoy, Marine Aircraft Group 41 line

Sgt. Shawntrel O. McCoy, Marine Aircraft Group 41 line mechanic, looks over the AH-1W Super Cobra before it lifts off for a maintenance flight as part of Operation Javelin Thrust at Marine Corps Air Station Yum... More

Marine tactical air command squadron 48 Marines operate

Marine tactical air command squadron 48 Marines operate

Marine tactical air command squadron 48 Marines operate out of a complete tactical air command center for Operation Javelin Thrust 2011 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., July 23, 2011. The TACC receives ... More

Sailors with Wing Support Squadron 471, Marine Wing

Sailors with Wing Support Squadron 471, Marine Wing

Sailors with Wing Support Squadron 471, Marine Wing Support Group 47, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, take part in medical training at site 50 near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., July 24. The training was part... More

Marines with Military Police Company, Marine Wing Support

Marines with Military Police Company, Marine Wing Support

Marines with Military Police Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, Marine Wing Support Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, recently began providing quick reactionary assistance and security for the Air Com... More

Lance Cpl. Christopher Knight, Marine Aviation Logistics

Lance Cpl. Christopher Knight, Marine Aviation Logistics

Lance Cpl. Christopher Knight, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 flight equipment technician and 23-year-old Vancouver, Wash., native, operates an oxygen system test stand they call “the Green Monster,” nea... More

Gunnery Sgt. Angel Alvarez, Marine Aircraft Group 41

Gunnery Sgt. Angel Alvarez, Marine Aircraft Group 41

Gunnery Sgt. Angel Alvarez, Marine Aircraft Group 41 aviation ordnance chief, and Sgt. Jacob R. Copeland, MAG-49 aviation ordnance system technician, lock the 2.75 mm rockets into the external wing rocket syste... More

Crash, fire and rescue Marines with Marine Wing Support

Crash, fire and rescue Marines with Marine Wing Support

Crash, fire and rescue Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, Marine Wing Support Group 47, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing take part in training to put out fires on aircraft at the flight line at Marine Corps... More

Cpl. Gregory Yorton, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron

Cpl. Gregory Yorton, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron

Cpl. Gregory Yorton, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 ordnance technician, takes advantage of the free boating opportunity the 2011 Warrior Ride event provided to participating Marines Aug. 6, 2011. Captai... More

Sgt. Skyler Taylor (Left), MAG-13 Armory NCOIC, spends

Sgt. Skyler Taylor (Left), MAG-13 Armory NCOIC, spends

Sgt. Skyler Taylor (Left), MAG-13 Armory NCOIC, spends his entire day training and looking after the well being of his junior Marines like Lance Cpl. Robert McRoy, MAG-13 Armorer. McRoy attributes most of what ... More

McCain visits with MCAS Yuma Marines at YPG

McCain visits with MCAS Yuma Marines at YPG

Before meeting with senior leadership from the Yuma Proving Grounds and air station, Sen. John McCain walked around and viewed some of the various equipment being tested at YPG. The meeting regarded issues such... More

The anatomy of aviation logistics support: MALS-13 airframe mechanics keep aircrafts in shape

The anatomy of aviation logistics support: MALS-13 airframe mechanics ...

Cpl. Zachary Vincent, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 airframes mechanic and 20-year-old Caldwell, Idaho native, changes a seal stake which attaches to a Harrier's fuselage at the Marine Corps Air Station... More

Civilian Leadership - A man giving a presentation to a group of people

Civilian Leadership - A man giving a presentation to a group of people

Civilian Marine are going through a pilot course so that a standardized course can eventually be used.

Snipers get new exchange pilot

Snipers get new exchange pilot

Capt. Darren Woodside, Air Force exchange pilot, taxis an F-5 jet on the station flight-line Wednesday.

Cpl. Vicente Martinez, Marine Attack Squadron 311 power

Cpl. Vicente Martinez, Marine Attack Squadron 311 power

Cpl. Vicente Martinez, Marine Attack Squadron 311 power line mechanic, is from Cameron, Texas, a small town with a little more than 8,000 inhabitants. His parents, who were originally illegal immigrants, came t... More

MAWTS-1 Combat Camera provides vital assets to squadron, station, Corps

MAWTS-1 Combat Camera provides vital assets to squadron, station, Corp...

U.S. Marines (left to right) Cpl. Phillip Brunch, Cpl. Alphonse Didomenico, and Cpl. Olivia Childers, firefighters with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373 evacuate a simulated casualty from a UH-1 Huey dur... More

CLC-16's 'Common 30' - A group of military men sitting around a table

CLC-16's 'Common 30' - A group of military men sitting around a table

Marines with Combat Logistics Company 16 are eating lunch in front of the "Common 30," a giant toolbox that houses everything needed to fix vehicles, generators and anything else mechanical. Aside from the full... More

ARFF Marines keeping watch

ARFF Marines keeping watch

The P-19 fire trucks hold 1,000 gallons of water. Every morning Cpl. Jeff Lee, P-19 crew chief does wet checks, which ensures all of the fire hoses and turrets are functioning properly. There are a number of fu... More

Hinzman takes the reins: VMU-4 gets its first sergeant major

Hinzman takes the reins: VMU-4 gets its first sergeant major

Lt. Col. Kyle J. Moore, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4 commanding officer, passes the ceremonial non-commissioned officers sword to Sgt. Maj. Robert W. Hinzman, newly appointed squadron sergeant majo... More

Families and friends wait to greet Marine Attack Squadron

Families and friends wait to greet Marine Attack Squadron

Families and friends wait to greet Marine Attack Squadron 513 pilots and avionic technicians. More than 200 Marines and Sailors from VMA-513 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 deployed to Afghanistan wit... More

Yuma tops off new JSF hangar

Yuma tops off new JSF hangar

Col. Robert Kuckuk, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma commanding officer, talks to participants in the topping off ceremony, in which steel workers attached the highest piece of steel to the world's first operation... More

MCAS Yuma tops off new JSF hangar

MCAS Yuma tops off new JSF hangar

Steel workers attach the highest piece of steel to the world's first operational Joint Strike Fighter hangar, Nov. 20. The beam was first signed by key personnel to the construction project, before being hoiste... More

Yuma tops off new JSF hangar

Yuma tops off new JSF hangar

Steel workers attach the highest piece of steel to the world's first operational Joint Strike Fighter hangar, Nov. 20. The beam was first signed by key personnel to the construction project, before being hoiste... More

Gunnery Sgt. Lora Sutter, Marine Corps Air Station

Gunnery Sgt. Lora Sutter, Marine Corps Air Station

Gunnery Sgt. Lora Sutter, Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., explosive ordnance disposal, watches as a controlled detonation takes place on the Munitions Treatment Range during a two-day exercise involvin... More

Col. Robert Kuckuk, MCAS Yuma commanding officer, kicked

Col. Robert Kuckuk, MCAS Yuma commanding officer, kicked

Col. Robert Kuckuk, MCAS Yuma commanding officer, kicked off the All Wrapped Up event by making an opening statement during the tree lighting and introducing Santa Claus in front of the Marine Corps Exchange, Dec. 2.

Lt. Col. Christopher Raible, left, newly appointed

Lt. Col. Christopher Raible, left, newly appointed

Lt. Col. Christopher Raible, left, newly appointed Marine Attack Squadron 211 commanding officer, receives the squadron colors from Lt. Col. Bret Ritterby, outgoing Marine Attack Squadron 211 commanding officer... More

Flag flown in Afghanistan presented to elementary school

Flag flown in Afghanistan presented to elementary school

Staff Sgt. Rickie Tucker, Marine Attack Squadron 513, operations chief, and native of Enid, Okla., 32, watches the U.S. colors and Ariz., state flag raised over a ceremony presenting a flag that flew over Geres... More

Wake Island Avenger's farewell to sergeant major

Wake Island Avenger's farewell to sergeant major

Outgoing Sgt. Maj. Robert Pullen relinquished command to incoming Sgt. Maj. Michael Cayer in a Relief and Appointment ceremony in the Marine Attack Squadron 211 hangar, Jan. 5, 2012.

Judith Proksch and Janice Senderling are both volunteers

Judith Proksch and Janice Senderling are both volunteers

Judith Proksch and Janice Senderling are both volunteers at the Military Comfort Center at Yuma International Airport and have accumulated over 1,000 hours. “I do my little part to help serve the military membe... More

Yuma Marine hits all the right notes in recording project

Yuma Marine hits all the right notes in recording project

Lance Cpl. Brian Powell, Jr., an Installation Personnel Administrative Center travel claims clerk and native of New Brunswick, N.J., records a song in a Southwest Records studio in Yuma, Ariz., Jan. 9.

Capt. Kyle Ugone achieved the Guinness World Record

Capt. Kyle Ugone achieved the Guinness World Record

Capt. Kyle Ugone achieved the Guinness World Record for the most completed Lego sets in a private collection with an astonishing 1,091 sets. Ugone actually has 1,251 sets, but some did not count toward the reco... More

Nursing on the go - A woman standing in front of a wall with pictures on it

Nursing on the go - A woman standing in front of a wall with pictures ...

Paula Snook, visiting nurse with the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, travels through a total of eight states helping wounded warriors and their families. On station she provides a number of different services... More

The Great Outdoors - at 50 mph

The Great Outdoors - at 50 mph

Sergio Medina, Arizona Adventures recreation assistant, 19, stands next to the array of new off-road vehicles at Arizona Adventures, Jan.12. These vehicles, along with boats, jet skis, bicycles, paintball gear ... More

Cpl. Harold Cline, Station Admin Clerk and native of

Cpl. Harold Cline, Station Admin Clerk and native of

Cpl. Harold Cline, Station Admin Clerk and native of Circleville, Ohio, walked around the Spirit of Yuma Festival on Main Street in downtown Yuma, Jan. 14. Marines from different units at Marine Corps Air Stati... More

Capt. Daniel Fiust, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 AV-8B

Capt. Daniel Fiust, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 AV-8B

Capt. Daniel Fiust, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 AV-8B Harrier pilot and a native of San Carlos, Calif., receives the Bronze Star Medal from Lt. Col. Samuel Smith, the VMA-513 commanding officer, at the squadro... More

CO's Story - A man sitting in front of a group of children

CO's Story - A man sitting in front of a group of children

Col. Kuckuk, commanding officer, MCAS Yuma, reads Night Catch, a book about a child dealing with his father being away on deployment, to the children of Marines on station, at the community center here, Jan. 20... More

Top: Cpl. Jakob Schulz, a Headquarters and Headquarters

Top: Cpl. Jakob Schulz, a Headquarters and Headquarters

Top: Cpl. Jakob Schulz, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron combat correspondent and a native of Chicago, prepares to clear a room at the station’s special reaction team house off County 14th Street in Yum... More

Yuma Marines among best in the West

Yuma Marines among best in the West

Sgt. Paulina Alvarado, left, an Installation Personnel Administration Center quality assurance clerk and a native of El Paso, Texas, and Cpl. Raymond Thiesen, a military policeman and a native of East Islip, N.... More

Family readiness officers sign in prior to a professional

Family readiness officers sign in prior to a professional

Family readiness officers sign in prior to a professional development workshop at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26. The I Marine Expeditionary Force family readiness officers came from as far as Marine Corps Air... More

Bill Posley entertains station Marines at the Sonoran

Bill Posley entertains station Marines at the Sonoran

Bill Posley entertains station Marines at the Sonoran Pueblo, Jan. 27, as part of the Leatherneck Comedy and Entertainment Tour. The event, hosted by Marine Corps Community Services, kept Marines, sailors and c... More

Lance Cpl. Yshurun Ayly, a Headquarters and Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Yshurun Ayly, a Headquarters and Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Yshurun Ayly, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron air-traffic-control communications technician, and a native of Parker, Col., cuts hard down the slopes of Big Bear Mountain, Calif., Jan. 28. Ma... More

From Honduras to America

From Honduras to America

Lance Cpl. Jose Avila, air conditioning mechanic with Marine Air Control Squadron-1 and native of Chaluteca, Honduras came to America and joined the Marine Corps. He was recently made an American citizen.

Within the world of MAG-13 supply

Within the world of MAG-13 supply

Pfc. Jace Willets, a Marine Aircraft Group 13 warehouse clerk and a native of Fullerton, Neb., moves supplies around the MAG-13 supply warehouse, Feb. 6.

MCAS Yuma civilian awards

MCAS Yuma civilian awards

Robert C. Kuckuk, station commanding officer, awarded Christian A. Kost, environmental protection specialist as civilian of the quarter. Kost also received a check for $1,000 for his accomplishment. Kost works ... More

A Marine inserts the fuel nozzle into an AH-1W Super

A Marine inserts the fuel nozzle into an AH-1W Super

A Marine inserts the fuel nozzle into an AH-1W Super Cobra to pump fuel, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 14. MWSS-373 bulk-fuel Marines ensure aircraft are functional, allowing the air station... More

Pfc. Bradley Hinsley, a bulk-fuel specialist with Marine

Pfc. Bradley Hinsley, a bulk-fuel specialist with Marine

Pfc. Bradley Hinsley, a bulk-fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 and a Bakersfield, Calif., native, secures the fuel hose after refueling an AH-1W Super Cobra aboard Marine Corps Air Station Y... More

An HH-1N Huey from the Marine Corps Air Station Search

An HH-1N Huey from the Marine Corps Air Station Search

An HH-1N Huey from the Marine Corps Air Station Search and Rescue Unit flies over the parade deck during exercise Desert Impact 12, Feb. 14. The SAR Unit was flying Marines role-playing as victims to Yuma Regio... More

Master Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Buckles, drum major of “The

Master Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Buckles, drum major of “The

Master Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Buckles, drum major of “The Commandant's Own” Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps, United States Marine Corps Battle Color Detachment, and native of New Orleans, speaks to high school st... More

Kuwait-born Marine repays corps with service

Kuwait-born Marine repays corps with service

Lance Cpl. Abdullatif Alghanem, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 maintenance administration clerk and a native of Kuwait City, Kuwait, was inspired to become a Marine after seeing them parade down the streets of hi... More

Bernie, and 11-year-old Belgian Malinois, retired after

Bernie, and 11-year-old Belgian Malinois, retired after

Bernie, and 11-year-old Belgian Malinois, retired after a lifetime of service to the Marine Corps. She'll be in the capable hands of her former handler, Cpl. Bret Reynolds, a native of Northwood, Ohio, who will... More

The story of Stevie Beatz: Marines record album while deployed

The story of Stevie Beatz: Marines record album while deployed

Stevie Beatz's album has no release date determined.

A Yuma elementary student handles an M240B machine

A Yuma elementary student handles an M240B machine

A Yuma elementary student handles an M240B machine gun during the 2012 Children's Expo at MCAS Yuma, March 16.

Lance Cpl. Eric Olopai, a Headquarters and Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Eric Olopai, a Headquarters and Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Eric Olopai, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron correctional officer and a native of Hollywood, Fla., plays his ukulele on the station, March 19.

MCCS Easter egg hunt - A little girl sitting at a table with a toothbrush in her mouth

MCCS Easter egg hunt - A little girl sitting at a table with a toothbr...

Gabby Donaldson has her face painted during the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Family Readiness Easter Event, March 23. The event featured an Easter egg hunt, face painting, balloon animals, food, toys, and an o... More

Children and parents celebrate a successful soccer season

Children and parents celebrate a successful soccer season

Master Sgt. Ken Wertman, the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Installation and Logistics Chief, presents trophies to his youth soccer team, the seven-nine Rapids, on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, March 2... More

Yuma hosts first flight for new electronic warfare system

Yuma hosts first flight for new electronic warfare system

Personnel assemble the Intrepid Tiger II electronic warfare pod at MCAS Yuma, March 26.

Telephone buddies: An ever-growing friendship

Telephone buddies: An ever-growing friendship

James Verness, left, an MCAS Yuma telecommunications assistant, and Michael Harrison, an MCAS Yuma telecommunications specialist, are rarely without smiles while working with each other.

MWSS-371 main body one comes home

MWSS-371 main body one comes home

Lance Cpl. Drew Waite, a Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 generator mechanic, and a Raleigh, N.C., native, returns home to his loved ones after a seven month deployment to Afghanistan. Waite returned March 31 w... More

A Canadian with Oscar Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal

A Canadian with Oscar Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal

A Canadian with Oscar Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, waits orders during a mock assault in a village at the Yuma Proving Grounds, April 9.

Canadian soldiers with Oscar Company, 3rd Battalion,

Canadian soldiers with Oscar Company, 3rd Battalion,

Canadian soldiers with Oscar Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, prepare to load onto U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters during the CH-53 Stallion Flex exercise aboard Marine Corps A... More

Courtesy photo provided by Lockheed Martin Corp., taken

Courtesy photo provided by Lockheed Martin Corp., taken

Courtesy photo provided by Lockheed Martin Corp., taken by Fred Clingerman in April 2012 at the Lockheed Martin Factory in Ft. Worth, Tx.

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets preform air-to-air

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets preform air-to-air

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets preform air-to-air refueling with a Marine Corps KC-130 Hercules above Yuma, Ariz., April 19, 2012. The refueling exercise was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Cours... More

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets preform air-to-air

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets preform air-to-air

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets preform air-to-air refueling with a Marine Corps KC-130 Hercules above Yuma, Ariz., April 19, 2012. The refueling exercise was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Cour... More

The artwork of Lance Cpl. Gerod Wallace, a Marine Attack

The artwork of Lance Cpl. Gerod Wallace, a Marine Attack

The artwork of Lance Cpl. Gerod Wallace, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 ordnance technician, and a native of Bay Minette, Ala.

U.S. Marines with Second Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion,

U.S. Marines with Second Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion,

U.S. Marines with Second Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., provides security during Assault Support Tactics 3 (AST-3) at Kiwanis Park, Yuma, Ariz., April 20, 2012.... More

Staff Sgt. David Crosby, a Combined Explosive Ordinance

Staff Sgt. David Crosby, a Combined Explosive Ordinance

Staff Sgt. David Crosby, a Combined Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, technician and a Newport, Va., native, helps students from 4th Avenue Junior High School into the bomb suit,... More

Marines gain confidence in new gas chamber

Marines gain confidence in new gas chamber

A military working dog takes a bite out of an aggressor during training at MCAS Yuma's new gas chamber, May 3.

Station ARFF trains in setting up decontamination site

Station ARFF trains in setting up decontamination site

MCAS Yuma aircraft rescue and firefighting department firefighting specialists Lance Cpl. Dakota Richardson, left, a native of Newark, Penn., and Pfc. Timothy Simon, a native of a Vacaville, Calif., practice se... More

A station child enjoys MCAS Yuma's newly renovated

A station child enjoys MCAS Yuma's newly renovated

A station child enjoys MCAS Yuma's newly renovated Oasis Pool during its grand reopening, May 18. The pool now boasts four two-story waterslides and a splash pad for toddlers. The pool has been under constructi... More

A call to serve, whether overseas or in community

A call to serve, whether overseas or in community

Lance Cpl.Zachary Sheehy, a Marine Attack Squadron 214 avionics technician and a native of Levittown, Penn., high fives a student at C.W. McGraw Elementary School in Yuma, Ariz., May 23. Sheehy is among the hun... More

Marine Attack Squadron 513 airframe mechanics and their

Marine Attack Squadron 513 airframe mechanics and their

Marine Attack Squadron 513 airframe mechanics and their fellow maintainers perform maintenance on one of the squadron's AV-8B Harrier in the squadron's hangar at MCAS Yuma, June 4.

Stephanne Van: Giving of Herself

Stephanne Van: Giving of Herself

Stephanne Van is now a secretary in environmental as well as the AFGE Union's president and the MCAS Yuma men's basketball team's head coach.

SMP volunteers for Humane Society of Yuma

SMP volunteers for Humane Society of Yuma

Lance Cpl. Meagan Craigo, a Marine Air Control Squadron 1 motor transportation operator and a Fort Wayne, Ind. native, helps care for pets at the Humane Society of Yuma by interacting with the animals outside t... More

MCAS Yuma awards City Employees for Volunteer Efforts

MCAS Yuma awards City Employees for Volunteer Efforts

Six City of Yuma employees were recognized for their superior support of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma's Exercise Desert Fire on June 6, 2012 at Yuma City Hall. From left to right, Mike Erfert, Yuma Fire Depar... More

A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, based out of MCAS Miramar, Calif., lands at Auxiliary Airfield II in the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona, June 7. An improvised Marine ... More

Capt. Doug Webster, British Royal Artillery 148th Battery,

Capt. Doug Webster, British Royal Artillery 148th Battery,

Capt. Doug Webster, British Royal Artillery 148th Battery, 29th Commando Fire Support Team commander, operations officer and a native of Hampshire, Eng., leads his commandos off of a Marine Aircraft Group 39 Ch... More

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