About 90 Marines with VMA-513 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 returned home to Yuma Tuesday (1-12-09) morning after a nearly six-month long deployment.

Three of the five surviving members of the original Black Sheep Squadron, VMF214, met with current squadron members at their hanger at MCAS-Yuma Thursday (4-14-11).

Hundreds gathered at MCAS Yuma on Wed, Feb. 29 to mourn the loss of U.S. Marine Major Nathan W. Anderson, a 32-year old Pilot Instructor who died in a tragic helicopter training accident on Feb. 22 near Yuma, Ariz. LOANED VIDEO/MCAS YUMA

Marines trained durning Friday's Weapon and Tactics Instructors Course at Centennial Middle School. Video by Stephanie Wilken and Amy Crawford

The mountainous desert ranges of the Yuma Proving Ground have been echoing with the sound of gunshots and explosions the past couple of weeks while one platoon trains for deployment. Produced by Cpl. Daniel Malta/MCAS-Yuma