February 19, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department is preparing to tackle a common summertime foe: wildland fires. The firefighters of Engines 60 and 61 conducted wildland fire suppression training aboard MCAS Miramar Feb. 13.According to Daniel Hernandez, assistant fire chief and proctor for this MORE
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February 11, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- With more than 50 percent of marriages ending in divorce in the country, the Marine Corps has committed itself to reducing that number within its ranks by requiring newlyweds and engaged couples to attend introduction marriage courses.Aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the Prevention Relationship MORE
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February 01, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - The annual rush for tax refunds is rapidly approaching Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Beginning Feb. 7, active duty service members, retirees and their families can visit the Tax Center for free tax return assistance.A team of 13 Marines and one civilian volunteer received almost two weeks of training MORE
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January 31, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - The First Lady of the Marine Corps, Bonnie Amos, met with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar spouses during an after-action review of her visit to Afghanistan. Over shared laughter, anxiety, and even a few tears, Amos was able to report her experience of what deployed servicemembers endure from the MORE
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January 30, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – High school can be the starting point in any person’s career, and many look to teachers and counselors for help in choosing the fate of their futures.As a commandant of the Marine Corps directive, the Educators Workshop Program brings educators from around the country together to experience different MORE
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January 22, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – With the average cost of public four-year college tuition costing approximately $22,000, wallets and change purses become skinnier.The commissary offers a $1,500 scholarship to military children in hopes of easing the burden of tuition expenses.“As a parent with a child in college and a child who is a MORE
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January 21, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – On a winding narrow back road, a woman cries for help and through the rain she sees a glimpse of hope. “I was going to my friend’s house up in Temecula on Christmas Eve, driving up a road which has a cliff to the side,” said 1st Sgt. William Cuellar, the utilities chief with Marine Tactical Air Command MORE
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November 19, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Being passionate about a job makes working that much easier. For Sgt. Anthony Clement, collateral duty quality assurance representative for the avionics shop with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, and a San Diego native, his job is worth working. Clement inspects the work performed on a MORE
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November 10, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – The Marine Corps has many different traditions, whether it is service wide like the birthday cake-cutting ceremony or a unit based birthday run like the Marines with Marine Wing Communication Squadron 38 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 9. In the halls of the squadron, a trophy case MORE
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November 09, 2012 — The Marine Corps celebrated its 237th year of existence Nov. 10, and Marines all over the globe honored those years of service with Marine Corps birthday balls and traditional cake cutting ceremonies.These celebrations remind every Marine of the sacrifices made by their brothers and sisters before them, and how the Corps became the organization it MORE
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