December 17, 2012 — In the small town in North Carolina’s Outer Banks where aviation was born on this date 109 years ago, little is the same. The area once sought out by two brothers from Ohio for its ideal windy weather and relative seclusion is now a popular beach town. A large memorial now looms over a hill near the air strip the Wright Brothers used on that MORE
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October 24, 2012 — Local government officials recently got an opportunity to see first-hand how Cherry Point’s premier bombing range provides unique training opportunities to America’s warfighters. Seven officials, all members of the Civilian Military Community Council, spent a day at Bombing Target 11, located on the remote, eastern Carteret County spit of land MORE
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October 15, 2012 — The cornerstone of administration is behind a desk. That is keystrokes and mouse clicks impacting Marines’ pay, living arrangements and means of food, in other words, their livelihood. 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 MORE
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June 29, 2012 — From the outside looking in, Staff Sgt. Brian Murphy is an outspoken, motivated Marine. On the inside, he is learning to come to terms with a traumatic brain injury that is part of his everyday life.Due to the increasing number of Marines being diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, the Marine Corps is taking a comprehensive approach to treat MORE
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June 05, 2012 — More than 130 Marines from Marine Attack Squadron 542 departed Cherry Point, today, en route to the Pacific to provide aviation support with the squadron’s AV-8B Harriers as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. An advance party of more than 30 Marines along with their Harriers left the air station, June 1, for the roughly 6-month deployment, MORE
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April 26, 2012 — From Medal of Honor recipient to Marine co-pilot, Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer flew back seat in a Marine Harrier over his home-state of Kentucky during the 2012 Thunder Over Louisville air show April 21, 2012. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point based Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 facilitated the flight in a two-seat training variant of the MORE
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January 19, 2012 — Interventions in Panama and Grenada during the 1980s highlighted the conditions when Marine Air-Ground Task Forces should be used and when other methods are preferred. Though they had nearly identical objectives, one solution was not fit for both.Urgent Fury took place in Grenada in 1983, and Just Cause occurred in Panama in 1989. Both were MORE
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May 26, 2011 — Bagpipes wailed “Amazing Grace” as pallbearers clad in dress blues led Lt. Col. Benjamin J. Palmer’s coffin down the aisle of the chapel at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., during a memorial service May 23. As their shrill notes resonated off the small church’s walls, soft sobs from loved ones spilled over the melody, offering a sad MORE
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May 13, 2011 — Hurricane season begins June 1, which will bring the possibility of destructive and deadly storms to the East and Gulf coasts.Knowing the threat, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has conducted the Hurricane Awareness Tour for almost 30 years, alternating between the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. This year, one of the five tour stops MORE
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