Workshops prepare Marines, sailors, families for deployment
December 30, 2013 — Whether for the first time or after several deployments, leaving home and family always comes with heightened levels of stress and responsibility for the Marine leaving and the family left at home.Deployments can be exciting and scary all at the same time. Each rotation brings challenges and hardships for service members and their family, according MORE
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Cherry Point radar, control Marines maintain safety, keep eyes on sky
December 30, 2013 — Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, Cherry Point’s radar room and control tower never shut down. The air traffic controllers who oversee Cherry Point’s airspace and runway operations issue clearances and feed information to pilots and aircrew on the ground and in the air. Their mission, to prevent collision of aircraft and MORE
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CNATT Marine earns Instructor of the Year
December 30, 2013 — The Naval Education and Training Command recognized a Cherry Point Marine for excellence in the Naval Aviation training program recently during the NETC Sailor and Instructor of the Year Competition. Sgt. Martin Sanchez, Jr., a deceptive electronic countermeasure course supervisor, earned the 2013 Junior Instructor of the Year Dec. 12 for his work MORE
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“Boxes for the Brave” effort sends care packages, cards to Afghanistan
December 23, 2013 — The holidays are a time for families to enjoy the season together. For most deployed service members, the holidays are a time spent away from family and friends. Employees with Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Naval Air Systems Command spent more than half a year preparing to brighten the spirits of Marines and Sailors deployed overseas this MORE
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“Big Chill” brings holiday cheer to MAG-14 Marines
December 23, 2013 — More than 125 Marines from Marine Aircraft Group 14 gathered at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Roadhouse Dec. 17, planning for fun and a chance to eat some delicious food. The annual MAG-14 Big Chill event brought together Marines and Sailors from all MAG-14 squadrons for a night of food, games and esprit de corps. Planned by the MORE
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Naval Health Clinic hosts chili cook off
December 23, 2013 — The Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Naval Health Clinic hosted a chili cook off Dec. 18 to raise funds for the Combined Federal Campaign.The CFC is the only officially sanctioned fundraiser authorized by the Department of Defense for service members.“Usually the CFC only runs through December, but with the government shut-down, it was pushed MORE
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MASS-1 conducts direct air support center drill
December 20, 2013 — Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 1 are conducting a direct air-support center drill aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Dec. 16-20.The purpose of DASC drills is to simulate missions Marines could face while deployed, said Sgt. Marissa Miller, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the drill for MASS-1.“DASC drills prepare the MORE
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Day Walkers, Rams clash during championship game
December 20, 2013 — The Day Walkers of Marine Aircraft Group 29 clenched the intramural basketball league championship Dec. 9, defeating the Rams from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron during a nail biting match up at The Marine Dome on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.The Day Walkers fought their way to a 56-52 victory over the Rams. The league, assembled MORE
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Program plants trees in Cherry Point homes
December 19, 2013 — Since the 15th century, Christmas trees have been a staple of the holidays. For many, they are a symbol of eternal life.Cherry Point’s annual Trees for Troops event provided hundreds of trees to active-duty families Dec. 11.Trees for Troops, which began in 2005, has been hosted at Cherry Point by Marine Corps Community Services since 2006 said Beth MORE
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MAG-14 Marines support exercise Razor Talon
December 19, 2013 — Several Marine Aircraft Group 14 squadrons participated in exercise Razor Talon Friday, an Air Force led joint-exercise at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The quarterly exercise simulates a mock conflict involving numerous aircraft from Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force attack and training squadrons from across the Eastern Seaboard. MAG-14 MORE
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