MCAS Cherry Point News

Amy E. Cox, an Officers’ Spouses Club member, helps customers at the Whistle Stop Thrift Shop. Profits from the thrift shop are one of the primary sources of fundraising for the Officers’ Spouses Club scholarships. The deadline for scholarship applications is March 31. - Amy E. Cox, an Officers’ Spouses Club member, helps customers at the Whistle Stop Thrift Shop. Profits from the thrift shop are one of the primary sources of fundraising for the Officers’ Spouses Club scholarships. The deadline for scholarship applications is March 31.

MWHS-2 Marines help each other secure their chemical protective suits before entering the Cherry Point gas chamber for their annual qualification, Feb. 24. - MWHS-2 Marines help each other secure their chemical protective suits before entering the Cherry Point gas chamber for their annual qualification, Feb. 24.

Staff Sgt. Christopher Pierce, a crew chief with Marine Transportation Squadron 1, rappels from an HH-46E helicopter during a rappel training exercise at Marine Corps Outlying Landing Field Atlantic, March 10. VMR-1 conducts rappel training exercises to prepare search and rescue crews for situations where a controlled descent is needed. - Staff Sgt. Christopher Pierce, a crew chief with Marine Transportation Squadron 1, rappels from an HH-46E helicopter during a rappel training exercise at Marine Corps Outlying Landing Field Atlantic, March 10. VMR-1 conducts rappel training exercises to prepare search and rescue crews for situations where a controlled descent is needed.

MWHS-2 Marines line the edge of Cherry Point’s combat pool during their annual swim requalifications, Feb. 23. - MWHS-2 Marines line the edge of Cherry Point’s combat pool during their annual swim requalifications, Feb. 23.

Members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visited Cherry Point’s Aerial Port of Embarkation during a trip to learn more about the air station and the surrounding area. ::r::::n::From left, Jeanette Clark, the president for the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, N.C.; Farris Opton, the chief of staff for Ladies Auxiliary VFW, N.C. department; Lynn Jones, the president for the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, N.C. department; Jan Tittle, the president of the National Ladies Auxiliary VFW; Ann Yamrus, a national council member of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW of North and South Carolina; Maria Myers, the president for the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, Beaufort, N.C.; Nancy White, a past department president and member of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, New Bern, N.C. ::r::::n:: - Members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visited Cherry Point’s Aerial Port of Embarkation during a trip to learn more about the air station and the surrounding area. ::r::::n::From left, Jeanette Clark, the president for the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, N.C.; Farris Opton, the chief of staff for Ladies Auxiliary VFW, N.C. department; Lynn Jones, the president for the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, N.C. department; Jan Tittle, the president of the National Ladies Auxiliary VFW; Ann Yamrus, a national council member of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW of North and South Carolina; Maria Myers, the president for the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, Beaufort, N.C.; Nancy White, a past department president and member of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, New Bern, N.C. ::r::::n::

Sgt. Thomas Schade, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Company 21, watches as a phlebotomist inserts a needle to draw a pint of blood during a blood drive at Cherry Point’s Naval Health Clinic, March 9. On average, the clinic holds more than 10 blood drives each year. - Sgt. Thomas Schade, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Company 21, watches as a phlebotomist inserts a needle to draw a pint of blood during a blood drive at Cherry Point’s Naval Health Clinic, March 9. On average, the clinic holds more than 10 blood drives each year.

Col. Douglas A. Denn, Cherry Point’s commanding officer, hands Virginia Parks her Individual Development Plan completion certificate during the annual civilian Marine awards ceremony, March 2. The ceremony recognized civilians who have made significant accomplishments over the past year. - Col. Douglas A. Denn, Cherry Point’s commanding officer, hands Virginia Parks her Individual Development Plan completion certificate during the annual civilian Marine awards ceremony, March 2. The ceremony recognized civilians who have made significant accomplishments over the past year.

Pfc. Lloyd H. Throop, an embarkation clerk with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4, stands in front of a plaque commemorating his squadron’s previous operational deployment to Iraq. Throop donated his bone marrow to save the life of a 60-year-old woman suffering from myelodysplastic syndrome. - Pfc. Lloyd H. Throop, an embarkation clerk with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4, stands in front of a plaque commemorating his squadron’s previous operational deployment to Iraq. Throop donated his bone marrow to save the life of a 60-year-old woman suffering from myelodysplastic syndrome.