MCAS Cherry Point News

Cpl. Kyle Schiemann, a military working dog handler with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, throws a ball high into the air for Alf, a military working dog and 2 year-old Belgian Malinois, outside the dog kennels aboard Cherry Point April 1. - Cpl. Kyle Schiemann, a military working dog handler with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, throws a ball high into the air for Alf, a military working dog and 2 year-old Belgian Malinois, outside the dog kennels aboard Cherry Point April 1.

Marine Unmanned Aerial Squadron 2 launches one of the squadrons RQ-7B Shadows at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 28. - Marine Unmanned Aerial Squadron 2 launches one of the squadrons RQ-7B Shadows at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 28.

A Marine holds his plate as a Havelock Military Affairs Committee member serves him potato salad as a part of a free meal during the Havelock MAC Pig Pickin at Hancock Marina March 27. More than 200 Marines, Sailors and family members attended the event and enjoyed an Easter Carolina treat. “A Pig Pickin is a local tradition and a lot of these families are not from around here,” said Stephanie Duncan, the executive director of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce. “If nothing else, I hope they leave here with full stomachs and just a bit more relaxed then when they came in.” - A Marine holds his plate as a Havelock Military Affairs Committee member serves him potato salad as a part of a free meal during the Havelock MAC Pig Pickin at Hancock Marina March 27. More than 200 Marines, Sailors and family members attended the event and enjoyed an Easter Carolina treat. “A Pig Pickin is a local tradition and a lot of these families are not from around here,” said Stephanie Duncan, the executive director of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce. “If nothing else, I hope they leave here with full stomachs and just a bit more relaxed then when they came in.”