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  • March crew chief a founding member of dog rescue organization

    Staff Sgt. Patrick Doyle, a crew chief with the 752nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, drives a sports utility vehicle that is curiously decorated with dozens of paw print decals and Golden Retriever stickers. But the vehicle's extra flair isn't just an expression of Sergeant Doyle's enthusiasm for

  • Army Reserve Honor Guard practice on base

    Members of the Army Reserve Honor Guard practice their funeral detail at the Blue Eagles Total Force Honor Guard facility at March ARB, Feb. 12. The Army Reserve has been training at March and with the Blue Eagles for the past six months, said Staff Sgt. Dana Mikles, honor guard duty

  • Conservation crew saves $250,000 in flood prevention costs

    With Southern California's winter rainy season in full force, clearing the ditch along the south side of the base to prevent flooding is a critical job. Fire Crew 4 from the Oak Glen Conservation Camp was on base for the first half of the month to accomplish this task, saving the Air Force hundreds

  • 14 Army Civil Liaison Teams from March deploy to Iraq

    They hit the ground and they haven't stopped running yet. That is the life of the newest Civil Affairs unit to arrive here in the Southern California area: the 358th Civil Affairs Brigade. The 358th was formed in Pennsylvania 60 years ago. Over the last couple of decades, the 358th has sent Soldiers

  • Photographers fulfill new tasking on deployment

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The calls were placed on Easter Sunday, nine of them. The 4th Combat Camera Squadron from March Air Reserve Base had received a tasking to Afghanistan and team members were alerted. Although they were each given some advance notice, the phone calls removed all doubt the

  • Quarterly FOD walk clears ramp of debris

    A deep sea fishing hook, a pot of lip balm, and a backpack buckle were three of the finds in the quarterly wing foreign object damage walk Jan. 28. At 7:30 a.m. sharp, almost 200 FOD walk volunteers formed a single file line that began at the aircraft control tower and stretched the half-mile width

  • Dept. of Energy shares nuclear expertise with March

    Did you know that if a nuclear weapon were to be released, the initial explosion would cause a flash of light so bright that if any person within a five-mile radius was looking in the direction of the explosion, they would be flash blinded for 90 seconds, or permanently, if their blinking reflex

  • Air Mobility Commander, Gen. Raymond E. Johns, visits March Air Reserve Base

    Lt. Col. Kurt E. Driskill, 336th Air Refueling Squadron commander, presents a 336 ARS framed KC-135R lithograph to Gen. Raymond E. Johns, Jr., during a base visit Jan. 26. The lithograph was presented as a token of appreciation for General Johns taking the time to visit the squadron, said Colonel

  • MARCH CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HAITI

    A military vehicle from Canada passes a C-17 Globemaster III from March Air Reserve Base on the ramp at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 22. The C-17 transported 15 Airmen from the 67th Aerial Port Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, who, expect to be deployed for at least 45 days to