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3rd MAW sergeant leads evening colors ceremony dedicated to military spouses
By Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | May 22, 2013
As part of a committed and engaged leadership initiative, which empowers small unit leaders to carry out complex command priorities, Sgt. Christopher Prior, a 3rd MAW noncommissioned officer and a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native, acted as the reviewing officer during the ceremony, a job typically held by senior officers. Prior coordinated all the MORE
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3rd MAW Marines recognized for orchestrating intense new training
By Cpl. Lisa Tourtelot | May 17, 2013
Yuma Marines earned recognition from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Commanding General and Sergeant Major in a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., May 6.Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the 3rd MAW commanding general, promoted Lance Cpl. Jamie Rinehart for her outstanding leadership initiative, and also presented a Navy and Marine Corps MORE
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Heat is on for air station wildfire prevention and training
By Lance Cpl. Christopher johns | May 17, 2013
The Miramar Fire Department aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., conducted a controlled burn on East Miramar, May 16. The fire department and the air station gain valuable fire-prevention knowledge by conducting this type of training exercise. “We do these burns to help mitigate risk of a wildfire, train personnel and promote a positive MORE
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Falcons get ready to ‘take back what we lost’
By Lance Cpl. Raquel Barraza | May 14, 2013
The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Falcons competed at the Camp Pendleton Football League Championships for the past two years and this year they intend to do it again. Marines gathered for the start of the season at the 2013 MCAS Miramar Falcons Football Player Orientation aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., May 14. The defending “Best of the West” MORE
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‘We control the aircraft’
By Cpl. Melissa Wenger | May 08, 2013
Anyone living near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., knows the sound. Whether they are F/A-18 Super Hornets or MV-22 Ospreys, they’re flying overhead looking for a place to rest their weary wings and rotors. Air traffic controllers make sure they can do so safely and expeditiously. The tower facility coordinates the movement of any and all MORE
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3rd MAW Ospreys take flight for Alaska
By Sgt Frances Johnson | May 08, 2013
For the first time, the Corps’ youngest aircraft and the Navy’s newest ship met just off the Alaskan shore, April 30. An MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161, the first west coast squadron of MV-22B’s, flew out to meet the USS Anchoarge before it cruised into its Alaskan namesake port.Since its arrival, the Osprey’s technology MORE
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Not on their flight line: Marines foil insurgent attack
By Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns | May 08, 2013
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, earned awards for combat actions in a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 3. The squadron was one of several that came under attack by insurgents in September 2012 aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Marines with the support squadron immediately fired MORE
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Wives help Marine children go to college
By Lance Cpl. Raquel Barraza | May 07, 2013
Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, commanding general of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Cindy Busby, his wife and member of the Officer’s Wives’ Club, hosted the Miramar OWC’s Scholarship reception at their home aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 7. During the reception, recipients of the scholarship were recognized. This year, all three MORE
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