MCAS Cherry Point News

Cpl. Brett R. Jacoby performs CPR on an infant mannequin during a CPR and Automated External Defibrillator class at the Jerry Marvel Training and Education Building at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Feb. 19, 2014. Jacoby is a refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 28. - Cpl. Brett R. Jacoby performs CPR on an infant mannequin during a CPR and Automated External Defibrillator class at the Jerry Marvel Training and Education Building at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Feb. 19, 2014. Jacoby is a refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 28.

Volunteers get their “Macarena” on during A Dog’s Dream Dreamer’s Foundation’s third annual family fun day at the New Bern Convention Center, Feb. 22, 2014. More than 100 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Marines and Sailors volunteered their time to assist in the event. - Volunteers get their “Macarena” on during A Dog’s Dream Dreamer’s Foundation’s third annual family fun day at the New Bern Convention Center, Feb. 22, 2014. More than 100 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Marines and Sailors volunteered their time to assist in the event.

Col. Scott S. Jensen, commanding officer of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), and Sgt. Maj. Thomas W. Foster, sergeant major of 2nd MAW (Fwd.), case the unit's colors during a deactivation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 19, 2014. - Col. Scott S. Jensen, commanding officer of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), and Sgt. Maj. Thomas W. Foster, sergeant major of 2nd MAW (Fwd.), case the unit's colors during a deactivation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 19, 2014.

Lt. Col. Troy M. Pehrson signs an allotment form for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s annual active duty fund drive at Cherry Point Feb. 25. The fund drive kicks off March 1 and runs through the end of the month. Pehrson is the executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. - Lt. Col. Troy M. Pehrson signs an allotment form for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s annual active duty fund drive at Cherry Point Feb. 25. The fund drive kicks off March 1 and runs through the end of the month. Pehrson is the executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

Sgt. Tino Garcia embraces his children Feb. 13 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point after returning from a six-month deployment to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, as part of a Unit Deployment Program rotation with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2. More than 200 Marines and Sailors with VMAQ-2 and Marine Air Logistics Squadron 14 returned from the deployment. Garcia is a power-line mechanic with VMAQ-2. - Sgt. Tino Garcia embraces his children Feb. 13 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point after returning from a six-month deployment to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, as part of a Unit Deployment Program rotation with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2. More than 200 Marines and Sailors with VMAQ-2 and Marine Air Logistics Squadron 14 returned from the deployment. Garcia is a power-line mechanic with VMAQ-2.

Marine Air Support Squadron 1 simulated a combat environment during a direct air support center drill, or DASC, at Cherry Point Feb. 10-13. DASC drills help prepare the MASS-1 Marines to operate in a deployed environment. - Marine Air Support Squadron 1 simulated a combat environment during a direct air support center drill, or DASC, at Cherry Point Feb. 10-13. DASC drills help prepare the MASS-1 Marines to operate in a deployed environment.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Parchmon reads aloud to a class of children during Graham A. Barden Elementary School’s family reading night Feb. 7. Parchmon is a hospital corpsman with Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Naval Health Clinic. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Parchmon reads aloud to a class of children during Graham A. Barden Elementary School’s family reading night Feb. 7. Parchmon is a hospital corpsman with Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Naval Health Clinic.