Military

Marine Corps celebrates 234th birthday

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

The United States Marine Corps will turn 234 on Tuesday and birthday celebrations will be taking place at bases stretching from the halls of Montezuma all the way to the shores of Tripoli. Marine Air Corps Station Yuma, however, got the party... Full story

Marines blast unexploded ordnance

BY LANCE CPL. AARON DIAMANT, SPECIAL TO YUMA SUN

The Marine Corps Air Station Yuma explosive ordnance disposal team, along with a team from Twentynine Palms, Calif., recently swept and cleared the ranges for unexploded ordnance at Camp Billy Machen in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in... Full story

Yuma woman's grandson survivor of helicopter crash

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

Instead of praying for his safe return from his most recent tour of duty in Afghanistan, Yuman Ruth Kisselburg said she is now praying that her grandson survives the life-threatening injuries he received Monday when his helicopter crashed. "He was... Full story

SAR Marines honored for saving life in 2007 crash

BY CPL. LAURA A. MAPES, SPECIAL TO YUMA SUN

Three Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Search and Rescue personnel received Air Medals Oct. 14 for their meritorious in-flight actions, which led to the rescue of a fellow air crewman after a SAR helicopter crash in 2007.Capt. Sean Mitzel, pilot;... Full story

YPG hosts largest precision airdrop

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

YUMA PROVING GROUND — The largest precision airdrop demonstration held anywhere in the world was conducted in the skies above the proving ground throughout the day Thursday.The Precision Airdrop Technology Conference and Demonstration (PATCAD)... Full story

Golden Knight team leader is former Yuman

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

As a demonstration parachutist and free-fall videographer for the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute demonstration team, Sgt. 1st Class John D. Berentis gets to perform jumps all over the country. However, when the elite parachute demonstration... Full story

MCAS training exercise to be held Friday

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

Practice makes perfect. And that is the theory behind Friday's "real world" training exercise that will be conducted in Yuma by Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. "It's about repetitions. The more repetitions you get, the more successful you become at... Full story

Humvee rolls over on I-8

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

Three Marines were uninjured after the military Humvee they were riding in overturned Monday along Interstate 8 between 16th Street and Giss Parkway, near the truck weigh-in scales.Spokesman Mike Erfert said the Yuma Fire Department responded to the... Full story

Air, ground teamwork preps Marines for war

BY GUNNERY SGT. BILL LISBON

Launching from the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, a platoon of infantry Marines specializing in helicopter raids completed its first exercise from an MV-22 Osprey on Oct. 10. Taking advantage of the helicopter training in Yuma's... Full story

Flight scheduling program increases safety, efficiency

BY LANCE CPL. GRAHAM J. BENSON, SPECIAL TO YUMA SUN

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma's range scheduling department recently began using a new Web-based flight scheduling system, which helps maximize range use.The Range Facility Management System has been used for scheduling all ground training on all... Full story

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