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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

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Cherry Point, North Carolina
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Marines and volunteers spend their morning building a house for Habitat for Humanity in New Bern Saturday. The volunteers spent the day putting up plywood on the roof and sides of the house.
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Pfc. Guy Simmons, a student with the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, carries part of a portable scaffold during a Habitat for Humanity volunteer project in New Bern Saturday. Each house built with Habitat for Humanity takes nearly four months.
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Pfc. Patrick Fluitt, a student with the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, holds up a piece of plywood against the side of the house during a Habitat for Humanity volunteer project in New Bern Saturday. Marines and volunteers spent their morning putting roofing and siding on the house.
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Retired Master Sgt. Johnnie Thompkins Jr., one of the first African Americans to enlist in the Marine Corps, prepares for an on-camera interview with a local television reporter after a ceremony celebrating the legacy of the Montford Point Marines, Friday. On June 25, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802; the elimination of racial discrimination from federal departments, agencies and the military. From 1942 to 1949, more than 20,000 black men trained on the hallowed grounds of Montford Point. Much like the African-American innovators who joined the other branches of service, the Montford Point Marines made their mark in history.
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Pfc. Patrick Fluitt, Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training student, sets a piece of plywood on a sawhorse during a Habitat for Humanity volunteer project in New Bern Saturday. The plywood was cut and used to place along the sides of the house.
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Marines and volunteers cover a roof with plywood during a Habitat for Humanity volunteer project in New Bern Saturday. Every two weeks the Single Marine Program takes Marines to the build site where the service members get their hands dirty building homes for families.
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Pfc. David Decasas, a student with the Center for Naval Aviation Tactical Training, cuts a piece of plywood during a Habitat for Humanity volunteer project in New Bern Saturday. Every few weeks Marines head to the build site location and spend several hours hammering away making steady progress.
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Lance Cpl. Zachery A. Reifsnider, a meteorology and Oceanography analyst forecaster with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, holds a board up along the edge of the roof during a Habitat for Humanity volunteer project in New Bern Saturday. The Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1967 by Millard Fuller and his wife, Linda.
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Edmund Brookins, a member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford Point Marine Association, poses for a photo with Master Sgt. Johnnie Thompkins Jr., one of the first African Americans to enlist in the Marine Corps , during a ceremony commemorating the service of the first enlisted African American Marines, at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater, Friday. Thompkins recalled enduring hardships and prejudices during his time in the service but said he did not let those obstacles stop him. He retired after serving more than 20 years in the Marines.
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Sgt. Maj. Angela M. Maness, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point sergeant major, thanks Johnnie Thompkins Jr. for his military service after a ceremony celebrating the legacy of the Montford Point Marines Friday.
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Service members and civilians aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point watch a video commemorating the Montford Point Marines, the first blacks allowed into the Marine Corps, during a ceremony commemorating the service of the first enlisted African American Marines, at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday. From 1798 to 1942, the Marine Corps practiced a discriminatory policy, not allowing African Americans into their ranks, making them the last of all the military branches to finally do so. The policy wasn’t changed until more than two decades after they began allowing women to join their elite ranks.
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Service members and civilians aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point watch a video commemorating the Montford Point Marines, the first blacks allowed into the Marine Corps, during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday. Until 1942, the Marine Corps practiced a discriminatory policy, not allowing African Americans into their ranks, making them the last of all the military branches to finally do so. The policy wasn’t changed until more than two decades after they began allowing women to join their elite ranks.
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Civilians and service members show respect while colors are presented during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater, celebrating the legacy of the Montford Point Marines, Friday. From 1942 to 1949, approximately 19,000 men trained at Montford Point, then the Marine Corps’ boot camp for African American recruits.
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A member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford Point Marines Association observes a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday, commemorating the Montford Point Marines, the first blacks allowed into the Marine Corps. Until 1942, the Marine Corps practiced a discriminatory policy, not allowing African Americans into their ranks, making them the last of all the military branches to finally do so. The policy wasn’t changed until more than two decades after they began allowing women to join their elite ranks.
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Civilians and service members show respect while colors are presented during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday, celebrating the legacy of the Montford Point Marines. From 1942 to 1949, approximately 19,000 men trained at Montford Point, then the Marine Corps’ boot camp for African American recruits.
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Members of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford Point Marines Association observe a ceremony at the at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday, commemorating the Montford Point Marines, the first blacks allowed into the Marine Corps. From 1798 to 1942, the Marine Corps practiced a discriminatory policy, not allowing African Americans into their ranks, making them the last of all the military branches to finally do so. The policy wasn’t changed until more than two decades after they began allowing women to join their elite ranks.
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