MCAS Cherry Point News

200812-M-HI521-1025.JPG - U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Matthew T. Schulz, a student at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, poses for a photo in front of the schoolhouse at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 31, 2020. His class is due to graduate Sept. 24, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Persistence Through COVID-19

With the Coronavirus (COVID-19) undeniably in our presence, Marines and Sailors alike have been impacted, some more than others. When U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Matthew T. Schulz arrived at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Jan. 27, 2020, COVID-19 was just a rumor. But by the end of his boot camp experience, the country had implemented the stay at home order and their graduation had been cancelled. This was only the first obstacle that would keep him separated from his fiancée and her newborn daughter.

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Making a splash

The Aviation Survival Training Center on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, provides students safe, effective, and mission essential water survivability training. The training is broken down into classroom lectures and practical application focusing on how to survive during a water based mishap. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram and Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

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200812-M-MH051-1022.JPG - U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, right, director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), speaks with Courtney Hayes, left, a clinical social worker at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, about her billet and the care of patients at the outpatient clinic, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 12, 2020. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist has recently approved a 90-day pause in activities to transition military hospitals and clinics to the DHA because of the Department’s focus on Coronavirus response efforts. Leaders will resume transition activities when conditions are right to do so and the pause remains in effect until further notice. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

200715-M-ZE543-0043.JPG - Fictional books sit on shelves at the Marine Warrior Library, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 15, 2020. The Marine Warrior Library is determined to ensure that their patrons have the literary and electronic resources they need during these difficult times. Once the materials are returned, they are sanitized and then kept in a 72 hour quarantine room before they are able to be handled again. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandra Santos Arambulo)

One for the Books

With the coronavirus (COVID-19) remaining undeniably present, the Marine Warrior Library is still determined to ensure that its patrons at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, have the literary and electronic resources they need during these difficult times.

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200806-M-KY087-349.JPG - U.S. Navy Sailors and members from the city of Havelock’s waste water treatment plant at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, leave from the Navy Boat Docks to gather water samples for testing at MCAS Cherry Point, Aug. 4, 2020. Havelock’s water treatment plant is an environmental laboratory that’s certified by the North Carolina Department of Water Resources and the Department of Water Quality. The facility tests the samples for a variety of safety concerns to help ensure the health of the installation and the surrounding community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)