U.S. Marines Sgt. Anthony Panyko, a force fitness instructor assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron One (MACS-1) leads a High-Intensity Interval Training (HITT) workout for Marines stationed on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 28, 2019. HITT is a high intensity workout that strengthens stamina and endurance, two key components of a Marine's physical fitness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Isaac D. Martinez)
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Headuarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Staion (MCAS) Yuma, participate in a squadron-wide obstacle course exercise on Nov. 8, 2019. The Marine Corps obstacle course is composed of various obstacles such as high and low logs, high bars, incline bars and traverse logs, and a rope climb. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John Hall)
El Camino del Diablo “The Devil’s Highway” is a historic 250-mile road that extends through the Sonoran Desert in both Pima County and Yuma County, Arizona with parts of the trail falling on Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma’s Barry M. Goldwater Range (BMGR).
The BMGR spans more than one million acres of land and is used as a bombing range where pilots can practice air maneuvers and dropping ordnance. The range is managed by MCAS Yuma’s Conservation Office, a station asset that is in charge of taking care of the land ranges and protecting the wildlife that lives there.
Over 70% of the BMGR is accessible by the public for recreational activities such as camping, hiking, wildlife viewing, recreational shooting and more....
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. (Aug. 15, 2019)— “The SMP volunteers are here and the job WILL get done,” stated Sgt. Christian Huesca, an aviation radar technician assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 1 and the 2019 Station Volunteer of the Year.
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. (Aug. 5, 2019) -- As he gets in the prone position, keeping both feet flat on the deck, Cpl. Jacob Campos, a Tactical Air Defense Controller assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 1, conducts his mental checklist of the Marine Corps rifle fundamentals; firm and high pistol grip, leaving his index finger straight and off the trigger, his cheek pressed up against the buttstock of the rifle, and...
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. (May 20, 2019)— For Sgt. Angelica Mendoza, the Receiving Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma’s Distribution Management Office (DMO), fitness isn’t just about herself, it’s about helping others.
