MCAS Cherry Point News

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaron Smith, an expeditionary firefighting and rescue specialist with Aircraft, Rescue, and Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, stands beside a P-19R ARFF truck at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 11, 2025. Marines with ARFF conducted pit drills to practice advancing toward a simulated fuel fire, pushing it into a single location and suppressing the fire, with goals of sharpening communication skills and building teamwork and trust on the firegrounds. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samantha Rodriguez) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaron Smith, an expeditionary firefighting and rescue specialist with Aircraft, Rescue, and Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, stands beside a P-19R ARFF truck at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 11, 2025.

The training tested a new firehose for the P-19R firetrucks before the equipment becomes standard issue for Marine Corps ARFF and Expeditionary Fire and Rescue operations. - U.S. Marines with Aircraft, Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF), Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, put out a controlled fuel burn during a training event at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 11, 2023. The training tested a new firehose developed by Oshkosh for the P-19R firetrucks before the equipment becomes standard issue for Marine Corps ARFF and Expeditionary Fire and Rescue operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lauralle Walker)

MWSS-472 Expeditionary Fire Rescue platoon collaborated with station Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting to complete annual requirements and utilize training simulators not available within their unit. - U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 472 utilize hand-line hoses to extinguish fuel fires during a live-burn training event at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 16, 2022. MWSS-472 Expeditionary Fire Rescue platoon collaborated with station Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting to complete annual requirements and utilize training simulators not available within their unit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Symira Bostic)

210423-M-CH301-081.JPG - U.S. Marine Corps Tyler Tesch with Aircraft, Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Marine, uses Holmatro Jaws of Life during a training event on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on April 23, 2021. The training introduced the new Marine Corps standardized weapons to Cherry Point and demonstrated efficient rescue techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

201007-M-YY148-1011.JPG - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Johnathan H. Cobb, the aircraft, rescue and firefighting truck master, runs a Vehicle Automated Diagnostic System (VADS) on a P19-R at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Oct. 7, 2020. The VADS is used by automotive mechanic technicians to run diagnostics on vehicles to pinpoint and troubleshoot problems that the vehicles may have. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christian J. Lopez)

Battling the heat from the flames, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines extinguish some of their first fuel fires at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 16, 2015. The training exercise taught the new Marines to battle the heat and keep pushing until they annihilate the flames, as well as get used to the environment of a real fire. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Nicholas P. Baird/ Released) - Battling the heat from the flames, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines extinguish some of their first fuel fires at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 16, 2015. The training exercise taught the new Marines to battle the heat and keep pushing until they annihilate the flames, as well as get used to the environment of a real fire. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Nicholas P. Baird/ Released)