MCAS Cherry Point News

200904-M-MH051-1046.JPG - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mikel Huber, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, gives the opening speech for the future P-199 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter maintenance hangar’s construction groundbreaking ceremony at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Sept. 4, 2020. The groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of fully modernizing the installation, bringing MCAS Cherry Point squadrons and their support components from the World War II era into the modern day. Supporting the Marines and the extending their warfighting abilities to maintaining strategic deterrence and discouraging aggression from our enemies foreign and domestic by bringing the fifth generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Micha Pierce)

200823-M-KY087-1086.JPG - Volunteers return to their starting point after participating in a base cleanup at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 23, 2020. The Single Marine Program-led event included Marines and their family members working to help improve the cleanliness of the installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

200819-M-CJ305-1015.JPG - U.S. Navy CDR Joseph Ford, left, a social worker at the Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point (NHCCP), recognizes Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jacob Watt, right, a hospital corpsman and work center supervisor at NHCCP, as the Service Person of the Quarter at NHCCP, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 21, 2020. Watt volunteered over 80 hours with Surface Interval Dive Company (SIDCO) as the Field Operations Officer. SIDCO is a 501c non-profit organization, dedicated to identifying and preserving historic shipwrecks and maritime artifacts found along the coast of North Carolina. Watt has successfully managed and led a team of eight members on four dive excursions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

200821-M-MH051-1068.JPG - U.S. Marines grieve after the memorial service of Lance Cpl. Devon Foreman at the Cherry Point Base Chapel, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 21, 2020. Foreman represented the future of the Marine Corps, and his tragic loss is deeply felt by those Marines he worked with daily. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this very difficult time. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

200820-M-CJ305-1015.JPG - Jen Merlo, left, the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point Single Marine Program (SMP) coordinator, and U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mikel Huber, commanding officer of MCAS Cherry Point, accept a check donated by the Havelock Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee Aug. 20, 2020. The Havelock Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee donated funds to the SMP, the Disabled American Veterans charity, chapter 26, and the aeronautical technology program at Craven County Community College in lieu of hosting an annual membership event for installation leadership. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)