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MCAS Cherry Point News

 

Lance Cpl. Jesiah D. Care, a motor transport operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, unhooks a strap securing more than 2,500 gallons of jet propulsion fuel at a new forward arming and refueling point at Combat Outpost Ouellette in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, April 16. The forward arming and refueling point was recently constructed at the combat outpost to enable 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) to better support Marines and other coalition troops operating near Sangin, Afghanistan. “I enjoy convoying,” said Care, a native of Reading, Pa. “I like being out here supporting the mission.” - Lance Cpl. Jesiah D. Care, a motor transport operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, unhooks a strap securing more than 2,500 gallons of jet propulsion fuel at a new forward arming and refueling point at Combat Outpost Ouellette in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, April 16. The forward arming and refueling point was recently constructed at the combat outpost to enable 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) to better support Marines and other coalition troops operating near Sangin, Afghanistan. “I enjoy convoying,” said Care, a native of Reading, Pa. “I like being out here supporting the mission.”

Lance Cpl. Jonathan J. Limrick, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, directs a bulldozer clearing ground debris to expand a forward arming refueling point at Combat Outpost Ouellette in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, April 17. The forward arming refueling point was recently constructed at the combat outpost to enable 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) to better support Marines and other coalition troops operating near Sangin, Afghanistan “We are constructing barriers, buffing up the base perimeter and building fuel bladders,” said Limrick. “This is all part of making Ouellette bigger to support the ground troops better.” - Lance Cpl. Jonathan J. Limrick, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, directs a bulldozer clearing ground debris to expand a forward arming refueling point at Combat Outpost Ouellette in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, April 17. The forward arming refueling point was recently constructed at the combat outpost to enable 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) to better support Marines and other coalition troops operating near Sangin, Afghanistan “We are constructing barriers, buffing up the base perimeter and building fuel bladders,” said Limrick. “This is all part of making Ouellette bigger to support the ground troops better.”

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point