Marine Wing Support Squadron 371

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Yuma, Arizona

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing News

Came to Train, Stayed to Help: 3rd MAW Marines Assist in Typhoon Recovery Efforts

6/08/2023 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

U.S. Marine Corps Activates Second F-35C Squadron

4/15/2023 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Non-Commissioned Officers Initiate Aviation Ground Support Leadership Course

2/21/2023 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Pacific Marines Conduct Command and Control Exercise

2/07/2023 | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

Marine Aircraft Group 16 Thunders Across the Skies During Steel Knight

1/09/2023 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

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Marines, Civilians Evaluate Wave Glider System

Engineers from the Naval Information Center and U.S. Marines analyze the Wave Glider at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, March 9,...

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Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 Relief and Appointment Ceremony

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Mohammad Arzola, left, outgoing sergeant major of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362, Marine Aircraft Group 16,...

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Winter Fury 22 - HMLA-469 trains on San Clemente Island

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. William Ton, a crew chief assigned to Marine Attack Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine...

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Winter Fury 22 - Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brian Holloway, an MV-22B Osprey pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine...

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Winter Fury 22: Marines Arrive in Moses Lake

U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, arrive in MV-22B Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, Marine...

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Birds view of the F35

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 21, 2022) Marines of Marine Wing Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 and sailors of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133 link up...

MWSS-371 Leaders

Lieutenant Colonel Aaron C. Norwood

Commanding Officer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 371

Lieutenant Colonel Norwood reported for enlisted boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, in October of 1990. Gunnery Sergeant Norwood was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in March of 2004. After completing The Basic School and Logistics Officers Course, he was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 and

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Sergeant Major Abel A. Olmstead

Sergeant Major, Marine Wing Support Squadron 371

Sergeant Major Olmstead was born in Huron, South Dakota in May of 1981. He enlisted in the Marine Corps and attended Boot Camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California in September of 1999. Upon graduation, he reported to the School of Infantry, Infantry Training Battalion, Camp Pendleton, CA, where he earned the Military Occupational

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Marine Wing Support Squadron 371
Yuma, Arizona

MWSS-371 Squadron Duty Officer
(928) 269-2506

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(928) 269-3009

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LINEAGE OF MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 371
1986 -2017

ACTIVATED 2 JUNE 1986 AT EL TORO, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA AS MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 371, MARINE WING SUPPORT GROUP 37, 3D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, FLEET MARINE FORCE PACIFIC

RELOCATED DURING APRIL 1988 TO YUMA, ARIZONA

PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, SOUTWEST ASIA, AUGUST 1990 - APRIL 1991

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION RESTORE HOPE, SOMALIA, JANUARY 1992 - MAY 1993

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, IRAQ, MARCH - JUNE 2001

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, DJIBOUTI, OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2001

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2002

DEPLOYED DURING FEBRUARY 2003 TO KUWAIT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, FEBRUARY - OCTOBER 2003

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, MARCH - OCTOBER 2005

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, MARCH - OCTOBER 2007

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, MARCH - OCTOBER 2009

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, SEPTEMBER 2011 - APRIL 2012

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, BAHRAIN, FEBRUARY - SEPTEMBER 2013

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, SPMAGTF-CR-CC 15.2, IRAQ, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN MARCH – OCTOBER 2015

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, SPMAGTF-CR-CC 17.1, IRAQ, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN OCTOBER 2016– APRIL 2017

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