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HMLA-467 rolls out big guns for family day

Story by Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 10.24.2012

It’s not every day families see the end result of their Marine’s efforts at work. For Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 families, that opportunity meant spending a day at the bombing range watching... Read More

Cherry Point pilots remember role in apocalyptic close-call

Story by Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 10.24.2012

Fifty years ago this month, RF-8A Crusaders sped hundreds of miles per hour only 50 feet above the surface of the Caribbean Sea. Their mission: to enter hostile airspace above Cuba and capture photographs.... Read More

Cross-training makes for well-rounded soldier

Story by Sgt. Shanika Futrell | 159th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs | Date: 10.23.2012

When Spc. Angelica Natalie Antiporda, now a quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer with Company E, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, first deployed to Afganistan, she did not have an noncommissioned... Read More

ALD Marine, family receives Family of the Quarter

Story by Lance Cpl. Paul Wyatt | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 10.23.2012

On top of meeting career and continuing education demands, one Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 Marine volunteers more than 200 hours of his time each year helping young athletes grow. His wife has collected... Read More

March for Cancer supports survivors, honors victims

Story by Jennifer Andersson | 159th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs | Date: 10.20.2012

"For my bestie," "for my mother," "for my sister," "for my friend's dad," "for my daughter," "for my grandmother I never met." The reasons friends, families and neighbors participated in the three-mile March... Read More