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MCAS Cherry Point News

 

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Second-grade student Ben, left, reads a book out loud to Cpl. Cary T. Farrington at Arthur Edwards Elementary School May 19. Farrington, a refueler with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, and more than five other Marines helped teachers proctor elementary students during their end-of-grade exams May 18-19. “I feel it is most important to volunteer at schools because it helps out the kids and the teachers,” said Lance Cpl. John M. McDonough, a supply clerk with MWSS-271. “These kids are like us Marines. They come from all over to Cherry Point, and our volunteering helps give them a chance at a better education.” - Second-grade student Ben, left, reads a book out loud to Cpl. Cary T. Farrington at Arthur Edwards Elementary School May 19. Farrington, a refueler with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, and more than five other Marines helped teachers proctor elementary students during their end-of-grade exams May 18-19. “I feel it is most important to volunteer at schools because it helps out the kids and the teachers,” said Lance Cpl. John M. McDonough, a supply clerk with MWSS-271. “These kids are like us Marines. They come from all over to Cherry Point, and our volunteering helps give them a chance at a better education.”

Cpl. Matt B. Young, a crew chief with Marine Aerial Refueler Squadron 252, and a native of Cannon Falls, Minn., looks out the window of a KC-130J during an aerial refueling operation in support of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 in southwestern Afghanistan, May 19. VMGR-252, a KC-130J Hercules squadron deployed out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., to Afghanistan’s Kandahar Airfield, supports U.S. Marines, Afghan forces and other coalition troops by providing aerial refueling, evening battlefield illumination, and transporting cargo and troops in Afghanistan’s Nimroz and Helmand provinces and beyond. - Cpl. Matt B. Young, a crew chief with Marine Aerial Refueler Squadron 252, and a native of Cannon Falls, Minn., looks out the window of a KC-130J during an aerial refueling operation in support of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 in southwestern Afghanistan, May 19. VMGR-252, a KC-130J Hercules squadron deployed out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., to Afghanistan’s Kandahar Airfield, supports U.S. Marines, Afghan forces and other coalition troops by providing aerial refueling, evening battlefield illumination, and transporting cargo and troops in Afghanistan’s Nimroz and Helmand provinces and beyond.

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