MCAS Cherry Point News

200819-M-CJ305-1102.JPG - U.S. Navy Lt. Jessica Colston, the team lead at the Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point (NHCCP) Respiratory Clinic, locates a piece of equipment for a COVID-19 test at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 18, 2020. Colston worked in the women’s health department of NHCCP before taking lead in the respiratory clinic during the fight against COVID-19. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

200904-M-MH051-1046.JPG - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mikel Huber, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, gives the opening speech for the future P-199 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter maintenance hangar’s construction groundbreaking ceremony at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Sept. 4, 2020. The groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of fully modernizing the installation, bringing MCAS Cherry Point squadrons and their support components from the World War II era into the modern day. Supporting the Marines and the extending their warfighting abilities to maintaining strategic deterrence and discouraging aggression from our enemies foreign and domestic by bringing the fifth generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Micha Pierce)

200823-M-KY087-1086.JPG - Volunteers return to their starting point after participating in a base cleanup at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 23, 2020. The Single Marine Program-led event included Marines and their family members working to help improve the cleanliness of the installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

200819-M-CJ305-1015.JPG - U.S. Navy CDR Joseph Ford, left, a social worker at the Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point (NHCCP), recognizes Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jacob Watt, right, a hospital corpsman and work center supervisor at NHCCP, as the Service Person of the Quarter at NHCCP, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 21, 2020. Watt volunteered over 80 hours with Surface Interval Dive Company (SIDCO) as the Field Operations Officer. SIDCO is a 501c non-profit organization, dedicated to identifying and preserving historic shipwrecks and maritime artifacts found along the coast of North Carolina. Watt has successfully managed and led a team of eight members on four dive excursions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)