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Vietnam veterans represent a historic era in the annual

Vietnam veterans represent a historic era in the annual

Vietnam veterans represent a historic era in the annual Carteret County Veterans Day parade in Morehead City, N.C., Nov. 11, 2017. The parade was to honor and recognize those who have and are currently serving ... More

Cpl. Joshua Young, left, talks with Sgt. Kyle Anthony

Cpl. Joshua Young, left, talks with Sgt. Kyle Anthony

Cpl. Joshua Young, left, talks with Sgt. Kyle Anthony after being recognized as the Service Person of the Quarter during a luncheon at Floyd’s 1921 Restaurant in Morehead City, N.C., Sept. 5, 2014. Young is an... More

An alumni with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 views

An alumni with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 views

An alumni with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 views a poster during an open house at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 8, 2019. VMA-231 celebrates their 100th year anniversary provid... More

The Montford Point Marines Museum, located at Camp

The Montford Point Marines Museum, located at Camp

The Montford Point Marines Museum, located at Camp Gilbert H. Johnson in Jacksonville, N.C., houses artifacts and memorabilia of legendary Marines like Sgt. Maj. Gilbert “Hashmark” Johnson. On June 25, 1941, Pr... More

Marines, veterans and family members with Marine Aerial

Marines, veterans and family members with Marine Aerial

Marines, veterans and family members with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 celebrate their 90th birthday on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 1, 2018. The unit is the oldest,... More

Jocelyn Jakubowski kicks off the 16th annual Christmas

Jocelyn Jakubowski kicks off the 16th annual Christmas

Jocelyn Jakubowski kicks off the 16th annual Christmas tree lighting at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Dec. 4, 2015. The event featured holiday music, refreshments, door prizes, visits from Santa ... More

74 years and counting, 2nd MAW looks toward future as premier aircraft wing

74 years and counting, 2nd MAW looks toward future as premier aircraft...

“More than seven decades have passed since 10 July 1941 when [2nd Marine Aircraft Wing] was activated in San Diego, [California]. Wars in the Pacific, in the Middle East and operations around the world have add... More

Sailors celebrate corpsmen birthday

Sailors celebrate corpsmen birthday

Seaman Recruit Lawrence Depaul, left, and Chief Marco A. Escobar, right, the youngest and oldest hospital corpsmen assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Naval Health Clinic, take part in a Navy Ho... More

U.S. Army Pvt. James J. Goldsby, left, Spc. Jacob C.

U.S. Army Pvt. James J. Goldsby, left, Spc. Jacob C.

U.S. Army Pvt. James J. Goldsby, left, Spc. Jacob C. Flippin, center, and Pfc. Trevor A. Turner prepare an RQ-7 Shadow for launch during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-18 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Co... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott R. Johnson, an aerial

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott R. Johnson, an aerial

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott R. Johnson, an aerial observer with Marine Helicopter Squadron 361, scans terrain during an aero scout mission over the Al Anbar province. Aero scout missions are an essential for f... More

Soldier records minutes

Soldier records minutes

U.S. Army Capt. Tiffany Bilderback, a civil affairs officer assigned to the Fires Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, records minutes through translations during government-led meetings in Wajihiyah, Iraq, ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, right, commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Command, speaks with Brig. Gen. Matthew G. Glavy, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Commanding General at Marine Corps Air Sta... More

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Matthew G. Glavy, the

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Matthew G. Glavy, the

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Matthew G. Glavy, the commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, attends a change of command ceremony for Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 31 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S... More

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert A. Szabo, the director

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert A. Szabo, the director

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert A. Szabo, the director of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band, leads an ensemble of Marine and Canadian Forces musicians through the National Anthem on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ca... More

Col. Andrew G. Shorter is pictured here.

Col. Andrew G. Shorter is pictured here.

Col. Andrew G. Shorter is pictured here.

Pedro Trains to Fight Forest Fires

Pedro Trains to Fight Forest Fires

An HH-46E helicopter of Marine Transport Squadron 1 drops 250 gallons of water over tree tops as its crew practices fighting fires, Oct. 6. The squadron maintains at least one HH-46E and a crew on standby in ca... More

Top Leaders Meet 2nd MAW Troops:  Senior Officials Check MALS-14 Procedures at Grass-roots Level

Top Leaders Meet 2nd MAW Troops: Senior Officials Check MALS-14 Proce...

Rear Adm. Rich O’Hanlon, left, listens to Cpl. Gabriel A. Cruz, right, as part of the "Boots on the Ground" event at Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 Oct. 14. O’Hanlon and other senior officials visited MA... More

A UC-35D wings along over the North Carolina countryside

A UC-35D wings along over the North Carolina countryside

A UC-35D wings along over the North Carolina countryside during a maintenance flight in March 2011. The UC-35 is one of several aircraft operated by Marine Transport Squadron 1 in recent years in support of it... More

Former POW to depart Afghanistan for senior post in U.S. European command

Former POW to depart Afghanistan for senior post in U.S. European comm...

Col. Russell A.C. Sanborn, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) assistant wing commander, is slated to leave Afghanistan in mid-May for Stuttgart, Germany, to become the U.S European Command’s deputy operatio... More

A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 rests on the Camp Bastion, Afghanistan flightline prior to escorting three MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 to Naval ... More

The Marines and sailors of Marine Medium Tiltrotor

The Marines and sailors of Marine Medium Tiltrotor

The Marines and sailors of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 stand in formation during a change of command ceremony at the squadron's hangar on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 15. Lt. Col. Jeffrey P. Hogan ... More

Second Marine Aircraft Wing Sgt. Maj. Susan M. Bellis

Second Marine Aircraft Wing Sgt. Maj. Susan M. Bellis

Second Marine Aircraft Wing Sgt. Maj. Susan M. Bellis speaks with Cpl. Casey West on the runway at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 22. Bellis visited Marine aviation squadrons deployed to Afghanistan in order ... More

A Marine from Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine

A Marine from Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine

A Marine from Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) speaks to an Italian soldier during a recovery mission of a downed French F-2000 Mirage aircraft May 27. U.S., French and Italian... More

Subchief 3rd Class Giovanni Papa, an Italian navy student

Subchief 3rd Class Giovanni Papa, an Italian navy student

Subchief 3rd Class Giovanni Papa, an Italian navy student at the MCAS Cherry Point Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, works on an AV-8B Harrier engine as a part of the hands-on training July 21. Ital... More

Harvest HAWK weapons system adds offensive edge

Harvest HAWK weapons system adds offensive edge

Lance Cpl. Lorenzo P. Villarreal, aviation ordnance technician for Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, straps a rack that can contain up to 10 Griffin missiles onto the loading ramp of a KC-130J. The... More

Fly By: Cpl. Jeremy J. McNeil. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Fly By: Cpl. Jeremy J. McNeil. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Cpl. Jeremy J. McNeil carries an ax and chain from a Humvee to his office. McNeil is a motor vehicle operator with Marine Air Support Squadron 1.

Lance Cpl. Nathan D. Owens keeps his team in sync during

Lance Cpl. Nathan D. Owens keeps his team in sync during

Lance Cpl. Nathan D. Owens keeps his team in sync during his team’s first race of the 2nd Annual Dragon Boat Races at the waterfront in Oriental, N.C., July 23.

Station leaders remind military, civilians to dress appropriately

Station leaders remind military, civilians to dress appropriately

Establishments like the MCX, the Commissary, the station movie theater and any institution that provides any form of service can deny service to improperly dressed Marines, sailors or civilians.

Male athletes attack the oncoming waves of the Atlantic

Male athletes attack the oncoming waves of the Atlantic

Male athletes attack the oncoming waves of the Atlantic Ocean in the beginning of the swim portion of the 8th annual Emerald Isle Triathlon which featured more than 150 athletes. Four Marines with Wounded Warri... More

More than 4,000 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Marines run

More than 4,000 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Marines run

More than 4,000 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Marines run on the streets of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point singing motivational cadences to celebrate the birth of the Marine Corps, Nov. 10.

Sgt. Maj. Thomas E. Sherwood, former sergeant major

Sgt. Maj. Thomas E. Sherwood, former sergeant major

Sgt. Maj. Thomas E. Sherwood, former sergeant major of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, salutes H&HS commanding officer, Lt. Col. Samuel P. Mowery, after passing ... More

Retired Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Braaten, former commander

Retired Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Braaten, former commander

Retired Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Braaten, former commander of Marine Corps Air Bases East and commanding general of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, speaks to a crowd of 500 Cherry Point and surrounding commun... More

Three AV-8B Harriers from a Marine Attack Squadron

Three AV-8B Harriers from a Marine Attack Squadron

Three AV-8B Harriers from a Marine Attack Squadron 231 detachment fly over friends and family below on the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point flight line Feb. 2, 2012, following a more than 10-month deployme... More

Marine Lance Cpl. David Shouse is credited for saving

Marine Lance Cpl. David Shouse is credited for saving

Marine Lance Cpl. David Shouse is credited for saving the life of a man stuck inside his burning truck Feb. 14, 2012 in the parking lot of an ABC store in Boiling Spring Lakes, N.C. "The Marine Corp teaches you... More

MWHS-2 Marines return from Afghanistan

MWHS-2 Marines return from Afghanistan

Master Sgt. Jason Vernam, an aircraft maintenance chief with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 (Forward), kisses his daughter, Jaydin, while also embracing his son, Jansen, outside the Training and Education ... More

Lance Cpl. Walter Givan III. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Lance Cpl. Walter Givan III. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Lance Cpl. Walter Givan III, facilities manager, is assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 14. He is from Selma, Ala., and joined the Marine Corps at age 25, March 30, 2009. While Marines across the air station are ... More

A salute to the Stars and Stripes

A salute to the Stars and Stripes

Contrary to the common five-minute warning dash indoors before morning colors, more than 100 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Marines stood before the brightening morning sky, April 3, to render a salute to Old Glory i... More

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs during the

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs during the

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs during the sergeant major of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point relief and appointment ceremony for Sgt. Maj. Jerry L. Bailey’s relinquishing of duties to Sgt. Maj.... More

Maj. Gen. Jon. M. Davis, right, commanding general

Maj. Gen. Jon. M. Davis, right, commanding general

Maj. Gen. Jon. M. Davis, right, commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, congratulates Maj. J. Eric Grunke, AV-8B Harrier pilot with Marine Attack Squadron 542, upon his recognition as the Marine Corps A... More

Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer tests

Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer tests

Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer tests his flight suit on a parachute simulator April 20 aboard Kentucky Air National Guard Base, before his flight on a T/AV-8B Harrier during the Thunder Over Loui... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, board

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, board

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, board an MV-22B Osprey to be relocated to an unfamiliar landing zone as part of their field exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 10, 2016. Working together help... More

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point crash fire rescue

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point crash fire rescue

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point crash fire rescue Marines and local emergency rescue workers render aid to a Marine playing the role of a simulated casualty during a mass casualty exercise on the air stat... More

Sgt. Nathaniel Duarosan, A mission assurance

Sgt. Nathaniel Duarosan, A mission assurance

Sgt. Nathaniel Duarosan, A mission assurance non-commissioned officer in charge for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., rehearses a Tahitian dance routine on the air station’s flightline, April 25, in ... More

Sgt. Drew M. Hurst, a quality assurance chief with

Sgt. Drew M. Hurst, a quality assurance chief with

Sgt. Drew M. Hurst, a quality assurance chief with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, holds his 4-day-old daughter at the squadron’s hanger April 30, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

‘Atlantic Nomads’ change commanders

‘Atlantic Nomads’ change commanders

Lt. Col. Alfred M. Sanchez, left, and Lt. Col. John R. Siary salute the colors during a Marine Air Support Squadron 1 change of command ceremony aboard Cherry Point, N.C., Friday.

Marines with Air Delivery Platoon, 2nd Marine Logistics

Marines with Air Delivery Platoon, 2nd Marine Logistics

Marines with Air Delivery Platoon, 2nd Marine Logistics Group load a Container Delivery System bundle on to a MV-22 Osprey during a training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 16, 2012. The Marines teamed ... More

Marine pilot returns home for Fleet Week New York 2012

Marine pilot returns home for Fleet Week New York 2012

Capt. Matthew J. Castagna, an AH-1W Super Cobra pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, shows off a Super Cobra on the Cherry Point flight line, May 18, 2012. Castagna and 27 other HMLA-467 Mari... More

Cpl. Aaron Rayburn is submerged in a pool with combat

Cpl. Aaron Rayburn is submerged in a pool with combat

Cpl. Aaron Rayburn is submerged in a pool with combat gear at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 25, 2016. Rayburn, originally an air framer with Marine Transport Squadron 1, volunteered to becom... More

Sgt. David Bryant (center), an aircraft rescue and

Sgt. David Bryant (center), an aircraft rescue and

Sgt. David Bryant (center), an aircraft rescue and firefighting specialist with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, uses Pfc. Cameron D. McDonald, a bulk fuel specialist with Bulk Fuel Company, 8th Engineer Support Batta... More

Fly By: Cpl. Michael J. Purdy. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Fly By: Cpl. Michael J. Purdy. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Marine maintenance keeps the helicopters flying and as an airframes collateral duty inspector Cpl. Michael J. Purdy makes sure his Marines get the job done right on the UH-1N Huey and AH-1W Cobra. He inspects t... More

Staff Sgt. Paul N. Folk, a crewmaster with Marine Aerial

Staff Sgt. Paul N. Folk, a crewmaster with Marine Aerial

Staff Sgt. Paul N. Folk, a crewmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, reunites with his children at the squadron hangar aboard Cherry Point, after returning from a 9-month deployment to Afgh... More

Ordnance Marines, with Marine Attack Squadron 231,

Ordnance Marines, with Marine Attack Squadron 231,

Ordnance Marines, with Marine Attack Squadron 231, prepare the bottom of an AV-8B Harrier to be mounted with a gun and ammunition pack inside the squadron’s hangar at Cherry Point, June 8. Ordnance Marines are ... More

The flight line footprint: ‘The first and finest’ Harrier squadron ramps up for Afghanistan

The flight line footprint: ‘The first and finest’ Harrier squadron ram...

Lance Cpl. Matthew T. Floyd, an ordnance technician with Marine Attack Squadron 231, mounts a gun and ammunition pack to the bottom of an AV-8B harrier inside the squadron’s hangar at Cherry Point, June 8. The ... More

Marines and community members came together to celebrate

Marines and community members came together to celebrate

Marines and community members came together to celebrate Flag Day by burning unserviceable American flags near the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion headquarters building, June 14, at Marine Corps Air Stat... More

Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment file towards a CH-53E, Super Stallion, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 during a battalion raid, beginning Exercise Mailed Fist, June 18. Mor... More

Marines with Company C, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines with Company C, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines with Company C, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, discuss final preparations before boarding a CH-53E Super Stallion on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station New River, as part of Exercise Mailed Fist... More

Fly By: Cpl. George M. Johnson. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Fly By: Cpl. George M. Johnson. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Cpl. George M. Johnson, an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, disassembles an M197 20 mm cannon located on the front of an AH-1W Super Cobra at a forward arming and r... More

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., prepares to land at a forward arming and refueling point at Marine Corps Auxiliary Lan... More

Staff Sgt. Corey Butts, a UH-1N Huey crew chief with

Staff Sgt. Corey Butts, a UH-1N Huey crew chief with

Staff Sgt. Corey Butts, a UH-1N Huey crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, mans the .50-caliber machine gun, in support of Exercise Mailed Fist, June 19. HMLA-467 and 2nd Light Armored ... More

2nd Lt. Carlo Salvarani, platoon commander for 3rd

2nd Lt. Carlo Salvarani, platoon commander for 3rd

2nd Lt. Carlo Salvarani, platoon commander for 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, guides one of the platoon’s M1A1 Main Battle Tanks to be refueled at a landing zone June 20, aboard Marine Corps Ba... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 hovers over a M777 155 mm Howitzer while Marines from 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, Lima Battery, attach it to the aircraft in support of... More

An AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter from Marine

An AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter from Marine

An AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 screens the ground below, providing a show of force as part of a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft or Personnel training missi... More

Lt. Col. Edward Lang, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. Edward Lang, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. Edward Lang, the commanding officer of Marine Transport Squadron 1, recieves the Chief of Naval Operations aviation safety award from Brig. Gen. Thomas Gorry, the commanding general of Marine Corps Ins... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Chase Lancaster, a corpsman

Petty Officer 3rd Class Chase Lancaster, a corpsman

Petty Officer 3rd Class Chase Lancaster, a corpsman at the Naval Health Clinic aboard the air station (left), catches a rugby ball thrown by Sgt. Othello Dayse, an air traffic controller with Headquarters and H... More

Lauren Poppy (left), daughter of Maj. James Poppy,

Lauren Poppy (left), daughter of Maj. James Poppy,

Lauren Poppy (left), daughter of Maj. James Poppy, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 detachment officer-in-charge, waits for her dad’s return home with her friend Hayley Moses, daughter of Lt. Col. ... More

19-year-old Pandora Van Orman, a Deltona Fla., native,

19-year-old Pandora Van Orman, a Deltona Fla., native,

19-year-old Pandora Van Orman, a Deltona Fla., native, plays with one of 30 new Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point library iPads at the station library, June 6. The idea began with Marine Corps Air Station N... More

Station fuels awarded for outstanding performance

Station fuels awarded for outstanding performance

Station fuels Marines and civilians around the 2011 American Potrolium Institution Award, July 12, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The station's fuel department completed every task assigned ... More

Cpl. Noreen Tarner, an electrical collateral duty inspector

Cpl. Noreen Tarner, an electrical collateral duty inspector

Cpl. Noreen Tarner, an electrical collateral duty inspector with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 performs maintenance on one of the squadron’s KC-130J Hercules under the hot sun July 20, on the fl... More

Marines from throughout Marine Corps Air Station Cherry

Marines from throughout Marine Corps Air Station Cherry

Marines from throughout Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point attend a special duty assignment brief at the theater, July 23. The Marines were given Power Point presentations by representatives from each second... More

Marine family receives Family of the Quarter Award

Marine family receives Family of the Quarter Award

Marine and family receive the Family of the Quarter Award July 24, at the Carolina Grill in Havelock, N.C., for his families outstanding performance and dedication to the local community.

Maj. James Poppy, a KC-130J Hercules Pilot with Marine

Maj. James Poppy, a KC-130J Hercules Pilot with Marine

Maj. James Poppy, a KC-130J Hercules Pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, pilots one of the squadron’s aircraft July 26, during an aerial refueling training exercise off the coast of North ... More

Q & A: New 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Assistant Wing Commander shares thoughts

Q & A: New 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Assistant Wing Commander shares th...

Brig. Gen. Gary L. Thomas speaks about his duties as the Assistant Wing Commander of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing during an interview at the Wing headquarters building on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, ... More

Marines, family members and residents the community

Marines, family members and residents the community

Marines, family members and residents the community gather July 28, for the 2.5-mile Piranha Pit fun run aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The money earned from the entry fees went to Marine Co... More

A player for the Cherry Point rugby digs in trying

A player for the Cherry Point rugby digs in trying

A player for the Cherry Point rugby digs in trying to outrun players from the all Irish team during the 2nd annual Blackbeard 7s Beach U.S. Open Rugby Championship Tournament at Atlantic Beach in Morehead City,... More

Participants in the Cherry Point Sprint Triathlon sport

Participants in the Cherry Point Sprint Triathlon sport

Participants in the Cherry Point Sprint Triathlon sport time tracking anklets, standing on the pool deck before diving into the 400-meter swimming portion at the Hancock Pool aboard Marine Corps Air Station Che... More

A Marine with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion

A Marine with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion

A Marine with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion assembles an M-240B machine gun during a Marine Air Control Group 28 squadron competition, Aug. 30, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. After ... More

Eastern NC, Marine Corps land partnership thrives through years of shared support

Eastern NC, Marine Corps land partnership thrives through years of sha...

“The Guthrie Farm off U.S. Highway 24, they grow Bogue Sound watermelons, they have for years,” said George Radford of a family that chose to sell restrictive easements for their property instead of selling it ... More

Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine

Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine

Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, putts for birdie during the Commander’s Cup Golf Tournament, Sept. 9.

Cherry Point Fly By: Admin Marine says job is about the individuals

Cherry Point Fly By: Admin Marine says job is about the individuals

Sgt. Sean A. Walker, a native of Port Lavaca, Texas, is an administration personnel chief at Fleet Readiness Center East aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. He services the more than 40 Marines attach... More

MCX celebrates 115 years of service to Marines

MCX celebrates 115 years of service to Marines

Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, ceremoniously cuts the first slice of cake at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Exchange Sept. 20 to celebrate the Marine Corps... More

Sgt. Matthew L. Jordan, a quality assurance representative

Sgt. Matthew L. Jordan, a quality assurance representative

Sgt. Matthew L. Jordan, a quality assurance representative with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3, holds his day old son, Matthew L. Jordin Jr., for the final time before going on a seven-month depl... More

1st Lt. Christian Mallamo, a KC-130J Hercules pilot

1st Lt. Christian Mallamo, a KC-130J Hercules pilot

1st Lt. Christian Mallamo, a KC-130J Hercules pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, points out the squadron’s aircraft to visiting second and fifth-grade students on the flight line at Marin... More

Cherry Point Prowler Marines depart for aerial combat exercise in Alaska

Cherry Point Prowler Marines depart for aerial combat exercise in Alas...

Marines with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1 form up three of the squadron’s EA-6B Prowlers for takeoff on the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point flight line Sept. 27. The Marines, from VMAQ-1 ... More

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, relax in the back of a KC-130J Hercules en route to Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Indiana... More

Children hold up welcome home signs for Marines with

Children hold up welcome home signs for Marines with

Children hold up welcome home signs for Marines with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 returning from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan Oct. 2. The returning Marines operated mainly from Bagram ... More

2nd MAW Band ignites Columbus Day festivities in New York City

2nd MAW Band ignites Columbus Day festivities in New York City

Members of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing band lead the 68th annual New York City Columbus Day parade Oct. 8. This was the band’s third year in a row making the trip to the region for Columbus Day weekend.

Navy Capt. John F. Ferguson, right, the commanding

Navy Capt. John F. Ferguson, right, the commanding

Navy Capt. John F. Ferguson, right, the commanding officer of Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, serves a piece of cake to Seaman Travis Wade, a corpsman at the clinic, at the MCAS Cherry Point mess hall Friday.... More

Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine

Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine

Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, speaks with local elected officials at the Marine Transport Squadron 1 hangar aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point ... More

Ben Thomas, a golfer on the Tandemloc Inc. team, watches

Ben Thomas, a golfer on the Tandemloc Inc. team, watches

Ben Thomas, a golfer on the Tandemloc Inc. team, watches his golf ball fly through the air after hitting it during the Carolina Classic Golf Tournament Oct. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The... More

Cpl. Juliana Moreno, a food service specialist with

Cpl. Juliana Moreno, a food service specialist with

Cpl. Juliana Moreno, a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, cuts a pepper in preparation for the Chef of the Year competition Thursday at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Chow... More

Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey V. Dagenhart, right, speaks about

Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey V. Dagenhart, right, speaks about

Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey V. Dagenhart, right, speaks about Sgt. Michael Brawn, during a ceremony Friday in Atlantic Beach, N.C. Brawn received the Service Person of the Quarter Award from the Carteret County Chamber o... More

The 1st and 3rd place teams, both from CNATT, pose

The 1st and 3rd place teams, both from CNATT, pose

The 1st and 3rd place teams, both from CNATT, pose with their awards after the All-Terrain Unit Competition on Friday at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Teams were made up of 10 competitors, which forced... More

Marine rushes to local teen’s aid after terrible car accident

Marine rushes to local teen’s aid after terrible car accident

Cpl. Joshua Murphy, an airframe mechanic with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, stands in front of one of the squadron’s KC-130J Hercules on the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point flight line Oc... More

Expendables captain Jermond Griffin dribles down the

Expendables captain Jermond Griffin dribles down the

Expendables captain Jermond Griffin dribles down the court during the final minute of an intramural basketball game against the Spartans inside the Marine Dome Oct. 29. Griffin scored 11 point to lead his team ... More

Sgt. Maj. Timothy King. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Sgt. Maj. Timothy King. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Sgt. Maj. Timothy King Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flyby- Timothy A. Cromer. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Flyby- Timothy A. Cromer. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Timothy A. Cromer works in front of a Harrier on Nov. 20, at Cherry Point. Cromer is a fixed-wing airframe mechanic with Marine Fixed-Wing Attack Squadron 223.

Family of the quarter. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Family of the quarter. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Sgt. Amber Loveless-Bowman and Staff Sgt. Zane Bowman will be recognized as the New Bern Military Alliance Family of the Quarter today at the New Bern Golf and Country Club for their outstanding work in the community.

Sidewalk for VMA-223, US Marine Corps Photo

Sidewalk for VMA-223, US Marine Corps Photo

Lance Cpl. Bradley Bachman, left, and Cpl. Kenneth Storvick, both combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, smooth freshly-laid concrete outside the Marine Attack Squadron 223 hangar here Jan. 9.

Lance Cpl. Ashlee Wright, a food service specialist

Lance Cpl. Ashlee Wright, a food service specialist

Lance Cpl. Ashlee Wright, a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, cuts her mushroom-stuffed pork loin during the Chef of the Quarter competition.

Lance Cpl. Ashlee Wright, a food service specialist

Lance Cpl. Ashlee Wright, a food service specialist

Lance Cpl. Ashlee Wright, a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, cuts her mushroom-stuffed pork loin during the Chef of the Quarter competition.

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