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From the mound to the clouds: Combat Engineers’ explosive operations at YPG

 //  October 4th, 2012  //  By chelseaflowers

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma'€™s combat engineer Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 took part in a demolition range exercise at the Yuma Proving Grounds near the KOFA Mountains region, Sept. 26. "Who doesn’t want to blow things up?" said Lance Cpl. Lee Maxfield, a MWSS-371 combat engineer and a native of Anoka, Minn. "It helps me retain my knowledge. It'€™s something we do as combat engineers; this is what our job is about."

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma’s combat engineer Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 took part in a demolition range exercise at the Yuma Proving Grounds near the KOFA Mountains region, Sept. 26. “Who doesn’t want to blow things up?” said Lance Cpl. Lee Maxfield, a MWSS-371 combat engineer and a native of Anoka, Minn. “It helps me retain my knowledge. It’s something we do as combat engineers; this is what our job is about.”

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