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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – During the three-day air show, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar opens its gates to more than 500,000 people. With so many spectators flooding the station, personnel with the Provost Marshal’s Office work diligently to ensure the safety of Miramar.
This means the Provost Marshal’s Office will take safety precautions like bag checks, traffic control points and patrols. In order to carry out these duties, PMO will use a larger-than-normal number of civilian and military police officers.
“For the air show, we are augmenting our military police with Marines [from] the Security Augmentation Forces as well as soldiers from a local reserve unit,” said Gunnery Sgt. Ryan Ybarra, the MCAS Miramar Air Show staff noncommissioned officer in charge with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and a Salinas, Calif., native. “There are more than 10 parking lots we have to cover, and I couldn’t tell you how many check points and traffic control points we have to man. We also have to ensure our personnel know the designated routes for the public to take, where they can go and where they can’t go. It’s all very customer-service based.”
PMO asks that the public take notice of the signs posted before coming onto the air station to ensure they make it to the designated areas.
“If you bought a ticket to the air show that comes with preferred parking please ensure you enter the air station from on Harris Plant Road off of Kearney Villa Road,” said Staff Sgt. Jared Riske, the PMO traffic chief with H&HS and a Concord, Mich., native. “If you enter from any other gate, East, North or West you will be forwarded to general parking, because there is no way to get from those gates down to the preferred parking area. For those who didn’t purchase those tickets, please follow the traffic control points, they will get you to the closest parking first.”
Also, a new bus stop program has been introduced since last year’s air show. There will be bus stops set up at all parking areas so attendees do not have to walk nearly a mile to the flightline.
“We’re working to ensure that every person who comes to the air show is able to have an enjoyable time,” said Ybarra. “We are training our Marines to help the public get to where they need to be, so they can enjoy the show. It’s our job to be there to ensure everyone stays safe, feels safe and enjoys their experience here.
For more information on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s Air Show as well as a list of what is and is not permitted on the flight line, visit http://miramarairshow.com/
| Date Taken: | 09.26.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 09.27.2012 13:45 |
| Story ID: | 95383 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, US |
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