Used shells were scattered throughout the Cherry Point Skeet Club during the spring fun shoot April 21. Nearly 40 shooters competed for the highest combined score on three different ranges. - Used shells were scattered throughout the Cherry Point Skeet Club during the spring fun shoot April 21. Nearly 40 shooters competed for the highest combined score on three different ranges.

Recycling bins sit at the Cherry Point recycling center April 22. - Recycling bins sit at the Cherry Point recycling center April 22.

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467’s new UH-1Y Venom rests on the flight line beside an UH-1Y with HMLA-167 based out of New River shortly after landing April 17. The “Sabers” are the last squadron Corps-wide to upgrade to the Venom from the UH-1N Huey. - Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467’s new UH-1Y Venom rests on the flight line beside an UH-1Y with HMLA-167 based out of New River shortly after landing April 17. The “Sabers” are the last squadron Corps-wide to upgrade to the Venom from the UH-1N Huey.

Philomena T. Pridgen, Cherry Point Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Chair of Volunteers, began volunteering with the society after a friend invited her to a function more than six years ago. - Philomena T. Pridgen, Cherry Point Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Chair of Volunteers, began volunteering with the society after a friend invited her to a function more than six years ago.

The PL-87 Stinger Missile begins launching out of the launcher as a Marine attempts to take down a flying drone at Onslow Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune during the night fire portion of the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion’s live stinger fire exercise April 17. “We never know when an enemy may attack,” said Cpl. Nicholas J. Torcia, a LAAD gunner with the battalion. “The night shoot just provides the shooter an extra confidence with this weapon system.” - The PL-87 Stinger Missile begins launching out of the launcher as a Marine attempts to take down a flying drone at Onslow Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune during the night fire portion of the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion’s live stinger fire exercise April 17. “We never know when an enemy may attack,” said Cpl. Nicholas J. Torcia, a LAAD gunner with the battalion. “The night shoot just provides the shooter an extra confidence with this weapon system.”

Pfc. Josh N. Villalobos replaces the locking screws of the propeller engine door on a KC-130J Hercules located on the flight line infront of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 April 24. Villalobos spends mornings maintaining and fixing anything and everything that has to do with three vital pieces of the aircraft – propellers, engines and fuel lines. He conducts daily checks over all three systems each morning. Villalobos, a Cincinnati, Ohio, native, said the powerline Marines aren’t like other mechanics who deal with the whole aircraft. “Powerline deals with specifics. We have a lot of different moving parts we have to deal with and maintain,” he said. He is a powerline mechanic with VMGR-252. - Pfc. Josh N. Villalobos replaces the locking screws of the propeller engine door on a KC-130J Hercules located on the flight line infront of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 April 24. Villalobos spends mornings maintaining and fixing anything and everything that has to do with three vital pieces of the aircraft – propellers, engines and fuel lines. He conducts daily checks over all three systems each morning. Villalobos, a Cincinnati, Ohio, native, said the powerline Marines aren’t like other mechanics who deal with the whole aircraft. “Powerline deals with specifics. We have a lot of different moving parts we have to deal with and maintain,” he said. He is a powerline mechanic with VMGR-252.

Marine Corps Community Services hosted Family Golf Short Game Clinics at the Sound of Freedom Golf Course Saturday and Sunday. - Marine Corps Community Services hosted Family Golf Short Game Clinics at the Sound of Freedom Golf Course Saturday and Sunday.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Sarah A. E. Lowe, a Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point corpsman, checks a Marine at the Naval Health Clinic here April 8. Lowe used the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society in 2008 when she was eight and a half months pregnant and her engine block cracked. The relief society provided her with an interest-free loan. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Sarah A. E. Lowe, a Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point corpsman, checks a Marine at the Naval Health Clinic here April 8. Lowe used the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society in 2008 when she was eight and a half months pregnant and her engine block cracked. The relief society provided her with an interest-free loan.