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  • Student learn Predator theory at TAMS course

    When the 163d Reconnaissance Wing's conversion to the MQ-1 Predator took effect, many former KC-135 Stratotanker crew chiefs felt uncertain about what their role would be with the Unmanned Aerial System. But the wing's new Field Training Detachment (FTD) has given instructors and students a renewed

  • March pilot cycles for injured Marines

    When Lt. Col. Paul Thompson, a C-17 pilot with 729 AS, spent more than a year evacuating injured Marines from Iraq to Germany, he was so moved by how "banged up" they were that he wanted to do more to help. So he landed his plane and hopped on a bike. He and 20 other cyclists raised $72,240 for the

  • March hosts Mobile Field Hospital training

    While the Emergency Operations Center became the nerve center for March ARB's response to a 7.8 magnitude earthquake during Golden Guardian, the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) put its responders through the wringer at a 200-bed mobile field hospital just a few blocks

  • March aces Golden Guardian 2008

    March ARB survived the Golden Guardian's 7.8 magnitude earthquake with a better idea of what needs to be done when the "Big One" really does hit. March's exercise was conducted in conjunction with the state's "Great California Shakeout" exercise, which followed a scientifically based scenario where

  • March helps deliver supplies to Afghanistan

    March ARB's 452nd Aerial Port Support Flight recently helped load 65,320 pounds of humanitarian supplies onto two McGuire AFB-based KC-10s. The supplies were shipped to Afghanistan as part of the Denton Cargo Program. March participates in the program once a year, according to Chief Master Sgt.

  • HONORED BY A LEGEND

    Navy lieutenant receives Bronze Star pinned on by Medal of Honor recipient Col. Lewis Millett. During the Korean War, Millett led America's heaviest bayonet charge since the Civil War.Navy Lt. Ed Giron, executive officer, Naval Operational Support Center (NOSC) Moreno Valley, was presented a Bronze