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ECU vs. Navy: Cherry Point Marines, Sailors root for both sides
Story by Lance Cpl. Glen Santy | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 10.31.2012Marines and Sailors from Cherry Point got front-row seats to see the U.S. Naval Academy sink the East Carolina University Pirates, 56-28, thanks to the Single Marine Program and the Havelock Military Affairs... Read More
Q&A: Sgt. Maj. Robinson back on the block
Story by Lance Cpl. Glen Santy | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 10.31.2012Sgt. Maj. Christopher G. Robinson arrived aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Oct. 18 to serve as the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing sergeant major. Robinson came from Marine Corps Base Hawaii, where he was... Read More
British forces hone close-air support capabilities with Harvest HAWK Marines at Cherry Point
Story by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 10.30.2012If the area just south of the air station flight line had been a village in Helmand province, Afghanistan, radio communication would have been critical. And if that had been a man with a real rocket-propelled... Read More
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: 10.24.2012It’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: 10.24.2012Fifty 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