Military

It's storybook time, Marine! (photo)

It was billed as a day that U.S. Marines would be reading to children at the Foothills Library, 13226 E. South Frontage Road. But when Anna-Kate Ross, 3, (first photo) said she could read too, she walked up, took a seat next to Cpl. Benjamin... Full story

Charity football game scores touchdown for children

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

A team of Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma will play against a team of players from five area high schools on Friday night in an annual charity game of flag football to collect toys for underprivileged children in Yuma County. Now in its... Full story

MCAS' new exchange opening Wednesday

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

After about 14 months of construction, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma's new Marine Corps Exchange is scheduled to open Wednesday. The grand opening of the 64,000-square-foot MCX complex will have four event-packed days - Wednesday through Saturday -... Full story

YPG NCO shows leadership in action

BY MARK SCHAUER, SPECIAL TO YUMA SUN

In a career that spans 26 years, Sgt. 1st Class Larry Thompson has served around the world, including two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan, experiences that have given him an invaluable sense of leadership while maintaining a positive... Full story

Military Working Dogs in training

BY STEPHANIE A. WILKEN, SUN STAFF WRITER

They might look cute and cuddly, but Military Working Dogs are all business when it comes to doing their jobs.In Yuma, some dogs from the Air Force, Army, Marines and Navy train at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground before being deployed with the... Full story

Yuman spends year with Iraqi legal system

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

Although the work being done by the Law and Order Task Force has gone mostly unnoticed here in this country, Yuma attorney and former prosecutor Conrad Mallek says he knows the year he spent in Iraq was important, as part of it was crucial in... Full story

YPG considers H1N1 effects

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

How Yuma Proving Ground would be affected by a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus was the topic of a training exercise Monday at YPG's Emergency Operations Center.With 2,500 employees, Ron Rodriguez, director of plans, training, mobilization and... Full story

Veterans' pride on parade (photo)

The 2009 Veterans Day parade, sponsored by American Legion Post 19, proceeded Wednesday from 17th Place and 4th Avenue to 25th Street, ending at the American Legion building, 2575 S. Virginia Drive. The parade's theme was "Women Veterans." Click on... Full story

Man recalls days of service, camping

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

For more than 35 years now, a group of friends who all served together in the military have been coming back to Yuma every year to go camping in the Kofa Desert.As part of the camping trip this year, those friends, and some of their family members,... Full story

Yuma soldier minutes from Fort Hood shooting

BY CESAR NEYOY, BAJO EL SOL

As U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly showered fellow soldiers with gunfire Nov. 5 at Fort Hood Texas, U.S. Army Private First Class Andrew Pretty was just minutes away. Pretty, who graduated from Kofa High School in 2008,... Full story

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