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  • March Airman is a competitive bodybuilder

    For Staff Sgt. William Long, a 452nd Security Forces Squadron installation patrolman, his passion for working out started in college as a way to get into better shape and look good for the girls.“I worked out in high school, but I really started weight training at West Virginia University,” said

  • Luncheon caps off Women’s History Month

    The 452nd Force Support Squadron’s Airman and Family Readiness Center here capped off Women’s History Month by hosting a base luncheon at the Hap Arnold Club, March 29, 2017. There was a record number of 71 attendees to celebrate challenges overcome and contributions made by military women past and

  • March Field: 99 years and counting…

    On March 1, 1918, Alessandro Aviation Field officially opened for business. Aviation cadet Harold Compere became the first cadet to land at the new Army encampment on the Alessandro Plain. Compere had flown from Rockwell Field, San Diego. On March 11, Captain William J. Carruthers reported for duty

  • Spring Cleaning - Chaplains Corner

    It’s that time of the year again.  You’ve let things accumulate and pile up around the house.  The garage has become a storage area and you have to park your car in the driveway.  Everything is piling up and you’ve got to do something about it.  So, you get started on your spring cleaning mission. 

  • Practice makes performance: MLG Marines train for large scale deployment

    CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - What would it be like if more than 7,000 United States Marines, Sailors, and their equipment had to deploy across the ocean all at the same time? How would they do it? Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) is a training exercise conducted by the 1st Marine Logistics Group

  • Team March maintainers make ice a non-issue

    Three maintainers from Team March’s 452nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron have been busy ensuring aircraft are mission ready, but you will not find them working under the warm and sunny skies at March Air Reserve Base. These Traditional Reservists have been operating since October 2016 in temperatures

  • CHAPLAINS CORNER

    First, I just wanted to say that as we embark on our inspection this UTA weekend, hope all involved do exceptionally well. I am assigned to A Flight and this past UTA was very dramatic for me.  As I was packing up to fly home to northern California, I received a phone call that my adult son was in a

  • Social Media Misconduct by DoD Personnel Won’t be Tolerated

    The purported actions of civilian and military personnel on social media websites, including some associated with the "Marines United" group and possibly others, represent egregious violations of the fundamental values that are upheld at the Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said

  • State Partnership Program pairs Cal Guard with Ukrainian counterparts

    The California National Guard’s two State Partnership Program (SPP) nations, Nigeria and Ukraine, could be facetiously dubbed “Hot and Hotter.”But this one’s no comedy. While Nigeria festers with internal strife and Boko Haram’s brand of Islamic terrorism—and the 163rd Attack Wing offers sorely

  • How Riverside's Jamil Dada ended up on Air Force panel

    March Air Reserve Base may find it has a somewhat stronger voice now that a local businessman has been named to an Air Force citizen liaison group.Jamil Dada is the first Inland Empire resident to serve on the 14-member Air Mobility Command Civic Leader Program. He’s hoping to help steer more