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Cpl. Gabriel Trevino, Marine stationTrevino, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 aviation ordnance technician, performs “bodybuilders” continuously during the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program brown belt course::r::::n::station rotation drill here March 25. - Cpl. Gabriel Trevino, Marine stationTrevino, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 aviation ordnance technician, performs “bodybuilders” continuously during the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program brown belt course::r::::n::station rotation drill here March 25.

MCMAP attack: VMFA(AW)-533 Marines endure pain before gain

Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 Marines earned their Marine Corps Martial Arts Program brown belts after completing an exhausting station rotation drill here March 25.“I definitely feel like I earned it,” said Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Cain, VMFA(AW)-533 airframe mechanic. “I was never confident with my ground fighting. I never really knew

The Hawks soar back to Iwakuni after clawing at Cope Tiger 2011

Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 Marines wrapped up exercise Cope Tiger 2011 here March 24.“I think the exercise went extremely well. I was certainly proud of our performance as a squadron during the exercise,” said Lt. Col. George B. Rowell, VMFA(AW)-533 commanding officer. “I was very proud of all the Marines and all the hard work

The Hawks soar into Thailand, claw at Cope Tiger 2011

Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, along with several other unit detachments from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, arrived here March 8 to participate in exercise Cope Tiger 2011. Cope Tiger is a multilateral, aerial, large force exercise conducted annually in the Pacific region to improve interoperability between U.S. and Thai