MCAS Cherry Point News

Newly promoted Maj. Gen. Glenn M. Walters deployed to Afghanistan in February from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. In Afghanistan, Walters leads the aviation combat element in support of NATO International Security Assistance Force’s Regional Command Southwest. - Newly promoted Maj. Gen. Glenn M. Walters deployed to Afghanistan in February from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. In Afghanistan, Walters leads the aviation combat element in support of NATO International Security Assistance Force’s Regional Command Southwest.

Aircraft rescue firefighters with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 taught six Afghan National Army firefighters the basics of fire truck operations, extinguishing fires, and rescue saw techniques at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan. “I’ve learned a lot and I want to say thank you to the Marines for all the time they spent here with us,” said Sgt. Abdul Kitaliq, a firefighter with the Afghan National Army. “We are learning these trades for the future and the good of Afghanistan. We’ll make sure to use teamwork and share these skills with the others.” - Aircraft rescue firefighters with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 taught six Afghan National Army firefighters the basics of fire truck operations, extinguishing fires, and rescue saw techniques at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan. “I’ve learned a lot and I want to say thank you to the Marines for all the time they spent here with us,” said Sgt. Abdul Kitaliq, a firefighter with the Afghan National Army. “We are learning these trades for the future and the good of Afghanistan. We’ll make sure to use teamwork and share these skills with the others.”

After hearing that his son would be deploying to Afghanistan, Sgt. Maj. Robert Allen of Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 began making the arrangements to join his son in Afghanistan. The elder Allen works in the support squadron’s compound on Camp Leatherneck and spends most of his days literally across the street from his son, also Robert Allen, a Marine lance corporal and motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 8. - After hearing that his son would be deploying to Afghanistan, Sgt. Maj. Robert Allen of Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 began making the arrangements to join his son in Afghanistan. The elder Allen works in the support squadron’s compound on Camp Leatherneck and spends most of his days literally across the street from his son, also Robert Allen, a Marine lance corporal and motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 8.

Lance Cpl. Kyle Rowe, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 ordnance technician, signals one of the squadron’s AV-8B Harriers to approach for an arming procedure on the flightline of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 22. - Lance Cpl. Kyle Rowe, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 ordnance technician, signals one of the squadron’s AV-8B Harriers to approach for an arming procedure on the flightline of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 22.

Sgt. Christopher Pou, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 quality assurance representative and ordnance technician, spruces up one of the squadron’s AV-8B Harrier’s engines in the squadron hangar at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 27. Pou, a native of Yuma, Ariz., is currently deployed to Afghanistan with high school friend Cpl. Marc Longoria, who is also a Yuma native. - Sgt. Christopher Pou, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 quality assurance representative and ordnance technician, spruces up one of the squadron’s AV-8B Harrier’s engines in the squadron hangar at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 27. Pou, a native of Yuma, Ariz., is currently deployed to Afghanistan with high school friend Cpl. Marc Longoria, who is also a Yuma native.

Petty Officer 1st Class Angelo Catindig, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Reyes, both corpsmen with Marine Attack Squadron 513, watch as Abdulhrazaik, an Afghan police officer, administers a shot at the joint regional Afghan center at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 14. - Petty Officer 1st Class Angelo Catindig, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Reyes, both corpsmen with Marine Attack Squadron 513, watch as Abdulhrazaik, an Afghan police officer, administers a shot at the joint regional Afghan center at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 14.

Sgt. Andrew W. Morey readies a .50-caliber machine gun on a UH-1Y Huey at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, July 16. 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) moved a detachment of helicopters from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh so that air ambulances and the attack helicopters that support them could be at the same place, at the same time, when they’re needed most. Morey is a native of Somers, N.Y. and a Huey crew chief with HMLA-267. - Sgt. Andrew W. Morey readies a .50-caliber machine gun on a UH-1Y Huey at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, July 16. 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) moved a detachment of helicopters from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh so that air ambulances and the attack helicopters that support them could be at the same place, at the same time, when they’re needed most. Morey is a native of Somers, N.Y. and a Huey crew chief with HMLA-267.

Sgt. Denise King, a native of Los Angeles, and Cpl. Joshua King, of Battle Ground, Wash., are both deployed with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, and are not only newlyweds, but also new parents. “I think that’s ultimately why we settled on both of us coming out here,” said Joshua, an intelligence analyst with HMLA-267, and a native of Battle Ground, Wash. “We want to be able to give him the best life possible and a lot of times that means making sacrifices. It will all be worth it in the end.” - Sgt. Denise King, a native of Los Angeles, and Cpl. Joshua King, of Battle Ground, Wash., are both deployed with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, and are not only newlyweds, but also new parents. “I think that’s ultimately why we settled on both of us coming out here,” said Joshua, an intelligence analyst with HMLA-267, and a native of Battle Ground, Wash. “We want to be able to give him the best life possible and a lot of times that means making sacrifices. It will all be worth it in the end.”

Deployed Marines and Sailors gathered at the Regional Command Southwest Memorial Chapel on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, to honor the life and service of Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Dudley, July 18. Dudley fell to his death from an MV-22 Osprey while conducting combat operations in southwestern Afghanistan, July 7. “We will we commemorate his life and not his death,” said Sgt. Maj. George P. Aurelio, the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 sergeant major. “We’re gathering to remember him for who he was, which was a great father, husband and Marine.” - Deployed Marines and Sailors gathered at the Regional Command Southwest Memorial Chapel on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, to honor the life and service of Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Dudley, July 18. Dudley fell to his death from an MV-22 Osprey while conducting combat operations in southwestern Afghanistan, July 7. “We will we commemorate his life and not his death,” said Sgt. Maj. George P. Aurelio, the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 sergeant major. “We’re gathering to remember him for who he was, which was a great father, husband and Marine.”