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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Gaydeski, the officer in-charge of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, shows the fragments of a pipe bomb to Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT) members at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. SRT visited EOD to receive training on different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges they might be likely to encounter in real world situations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Gaydeski, the officer in-charge of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, shows the fragments of a pipe bomb to Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT) members at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. SRT visited EOD to receive training on different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges they might be likely to encounter in real world situations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mark Frick, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, explains different types of military ordnance to Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT) during a joint training event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The training consisted of classes and demonstrations of the effects of different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges SRT might be likely to encounter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Symira Bostic)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mark Frick, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, explains different types of military ordnance to Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT) during a joint training event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The training consisted of classes and demonstrations of the effects of different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges SRT might be likely to encounter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Cosgrove, a Marine lateral moving into Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), prepares a remote detonating device at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. EOD conducted an ordnance training range with Carteret County Special Forces Teams (SRT) that consisted of classes and demonstrations of the effects of different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges in which SRT might encounter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Cosgrove, a Marine lateral moving into Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), prepares a remote detonating device at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. EOD conducted an ordnance training range with Carteret County Special Forces Teams (SRT) that consisted of classes and demonstrations of the effects of different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges in which SRT might encounter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alexander Maxwell, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, prepares a pipe bomb during a joint training ordnance range with Carteret County Special Forces Response Team at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The pipe bombs were positioned in front of man-shaped targets to simulate the effects the bomb would have on the human body. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alexander Maxwell, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, prepares a pipe bomb during a joint training ordnance range with Carteret County Special Forces Response Team at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The pipe bombs were positioned in front of man-shaped targets to simulate the effects the bomb would have on the human body. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron packs a mortar with C-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The mortars were placed in front of man-shaped targets and detonated to demonstrate to Carteret County Special Response Teams the effect of an actual mortar going off. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron packs a mortar with C-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The mortars were placed in front of man-shaped targets and detonated to demonstrate to Carteret County Special Response Teams the effect of an actual mortar going off. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mark Frick, left, and U.S Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Cosgrove, with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, pack a mortar with C-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. Cherry Point EOD conducted joint training with Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT). The training consisted of classes and demonstrations of the effects of different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges in which SRT might encounter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mark Frick, left, and U.S Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Cosgrove, with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, pack a mortar with C-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. Cherry Point EOD conducted joint training with Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT). The training consisted of classes and demonstrations of the effects of different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges in which SRT might encounter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Carlos Villarreal, the senior noncommissioned officer-in-charge with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, teaches a class to Carteret County Special Forces Response Team prior to joint training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The training involved an ordnance range intended to demonstrate the explosive effects of different ordnance materials, allowing local law enforcement to better identify materials and understand the appropriate times to employ EOD. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Symira Bostic)

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Carlos Villarreal, the senior noncommissioned officer-in-charge with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, teaches a class to Carteret County Special Forces Response Team prior to joint training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The training involved an ordnance range intended to demonstrate the explosive effects of different ordnance materials, allowing local law enforcement to better identify materials and understand the appropriate times to employ EOD. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

A Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT) member executes a remote detonation of multiple bombs during an ordnance demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. SRT and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, conducted a joint training ordnance range to better identify and understand the effects of different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges that SRT might encounter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Symira Bostic)

A Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT) member executes a remote detonation of multiple bombs during an ordnance demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. SRT and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, conducted a joint training ordnance range to better identify and understand the effects of different military ordnance, military explosives and improvised charges that SRT might encounter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mark Frick, left, and U.S Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Cosgrove, with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, pack a mortar with C-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. EOD and Carteret County Special Response Teams conducted a joint training ordnance range where they demonstrated the effects different ordnances would have on the body. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mark Frick, left, and U.S Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Cosgrove, with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, pack a mortar with C-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. EOD and Carteret County Special Response Teams conducted a joint training ordnance range where they demonstrated the effects different ordnances would have on the body. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, conducted joint training with Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The training involved an ordnance range intended to demonstrate the explosive effects of different ordnance materials, allowing local law enforcement to better identify materials and understand the appropriate times to employ EOD. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Symira Bostic)

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, conducted joint training with Carteret County Special Forces Response Team (SRT) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 9, 2021. The training involved an ordnance range intended to demonstrate the explosive effects of different ordnance materials, allowing local law enforcement to better identify materials and understand the appropriate times to employ EOD. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

A stream in the process of being restored in the Grant’s Landing residential housing area, filters water that runs off into the Neuse River at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 29, 2015. The Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) responded to concrete lined ditched carrying contaminants to the Neuse River by removing the concrete ditches, restoring the natural curves in the streamline. They put down coconut fiber matting to give the banks steadiness for the planted shrubbery, grasslands and trees to filter water from the storm drains before making it to the streamline.

(U.S. Marine Corps Courtesy Photo by: Jessica Guilianelli)

A stream in the process of being restored in the Grant’s Landing residential housing area, filters water that runs off into the Neuse River at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 29, 2015. The Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) responded to concrete lined ditched carrying contaminants to the Neuse River by removing the concrete ditches, restoring the natural curves in the streamline. They put down coconut fiber matting to give the banks steadiness for the planted shrubbery, grasslands and trees to filter water from the storm drains before making it to the streamline. (U.S. Marine Corps Courtesy Photo by: Jessica Guilianelli)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok

A restored stream named Sandy Branch-Tributary Two, runs off and provides filtered water for the Neuse River at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 17, 2021. The stream aides in reducing the amount of contaminants polluting the river. The Neuse River has been enduring devastating conditions for more than 40 years from man-made contaminants, pollution and animal waste.

(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

A restored stream named Sandy Branch-Tributary Two, runs off and provides filtered water for the Neuse River at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 17, 2021. The stream aides in reducing the amount of contaminants polluting the river. The Neuse River has been enduring devastating conditions for more than 40 years from man-made contaminants, pollution and animal waste. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok

A restored stream in the Grant’s Landing residential housing, filters water that runs off into the Neuse River at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 17, 2021. MCAS Cherry Point EAD has restored two major creeks; Sandy Branch-Tributary Two in 2008, and Grant’s Landing waterway in 2015 it is currently restoring the living shoreline along the coast of MCAS Cherry Point and plans to begin construction by fall of 2021 to reinstate the native oyster population.

(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

A restored stream in the Grant’s Landing residential housing, filters water that runs off into the Neuse River at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 17, 2021. MCAS Cherry Point EAD has restored two major creeks; Sandy Branch-Tributary Two in 2008, and Grant’s Landing waterway in 2015 it is currently restoring the living shoreline along the coast of MCAS Cherry Point and plans to begin construction by fall of 2021 to reinstate the native oyster population. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok

Recipients of the 30 scholarships stands with Col. Mikel R. Huber, the Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, and hosts during the scholarship and assistance award program at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina June 3, 2021. The scholarships are fully merit based awards. Applicants were evaluated on GPA, resumes show casing volunteer work in their community and leadership qualities, as well as essays submitted by the applicants expanding on their experiences with resiliency and adapting to the pandemic impacted school year.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by: Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Recipients of the 30 scholarships stands with Col. Mikel R. Huber, the Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, and hosts during the scholarship and assistance award program at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina June 3, 2021. The scholarships are fully merit based awards. Applicants were evaluated on GPA, resumes show casing volunteer work in their community and leadership qualities, as well as essays submitted by the applicants expanding on their experiences with resiliency and adapting to the pandemic impacted school year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by: Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok

Recent high school graduate, Mekeila Santiago, talks to Becky Cedarholm, honorary president of the Cherry Point Spouses Club, about her academic plans after receiving a scholarship during the scholarship and assistance award program at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 3, 2021. Santiago plans to go to Brinson Honors College at Western Carolina University to major in Criminal Justice. For more than four decades the Whistle Stop Thrift Shop on MCAS Cherry Point has enabled the Cherry Point Spouses Club to donate a significant monetary value for scholarships and assistance awards to the MCAS Cherry Point community.

(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Recent high school graduate, Mekeila Santiago, talks to Becky Cedarholm, honorary president of the Cherry Point Spouses Club, about her academic plans after receiving a scholarship during the scholarship and assistance award program at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 3, 2021. Santiago plans to go to Brinson Honors College at Western Carolina University to major in Criminal Justice. For more than four decades the Whistle Stop Thrift Shop on MCAS Cherry Point has enabled the Cherry Point Spouses Club to donate a significant monetary value for scholarships and assistance awards to the MCAS Cherry Point community. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok

Recent high school graduate, Emmanuel Cantey, tells the audience his academic plans for college a during a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, June 3, 2021. Cantey received a scholarship in the amount of $500. He plans to go to North Carolina State University and study Statistics. For more than four decades the Whistle Stop Thrift Shop on MCAS Cherry Point has enabled the Cherry Point Spouses Club to donate a significant monetary value for scholarships and assistance awards to the MCAS Cherry Point community.

(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Recent high school graduate, Emmanuel Cantey, tells the audience his academic plans for college a during a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, June 3, 2021. Cantey received a scholarship in the amount of $500. He plans to go to North Carolina State University and study Statistics. For more than four decades the Whistle Stop Thrift Shop on MCAS Cherry Point has enabled the Cherry Point Spouses Club to donate a significant monetary value for scholarships and assistance awards to the MCAS Cherry Point community. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok

Ken Jones, a Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) representative, receives a grant for $1000, from Katie Walker, the Cherry Point Spouses Club chairwoman of the assistance committee at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 3, 2021. The grant will allow Jones to offer up to 5 survivors with a year of services. According to TAPS, they provides services through a peer support network. For more than four decades the Whistle Stop Thrift Shop on MCAS Cherry Point has enabled the Cherry Point Spouses Club to donate a significant monetary value for scholarships and assistance awards to the MCAS Cherry Point community.

(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Ken Jones, a Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) representative, receives a grant for $1000, from Katie Walker, the Cherry Point Spouses Club chairwoman of the assistance committee at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 3, 2021. The grant will allow Jones to offer up to 5 survivors with a year of services. According to TAPS, they provides services through a peer support network. For more than four decades the Whistle Stop Thrift Shop on MCAS Cherry Point has enabled the Cherry Point Spouses Club to donate a significant monetary value for scholarships and assistance awards to the MCAS Cherry Point community. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok

Pumps are out of service due to fuel shortage aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 11,2021.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christian J. Lopez)

Pumps are out of service due to fuel shortage aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 11,2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christian J. Lopez)

Photo by Sgt. Christian J. Lopez

Aircraft, Rescue and Firefighting conducted training with newly standardized equipment and gear from Holmatro on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina April 23, 2021. A Holmatro representative offered advice on different techniques to evacuate a motor vehicle (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Aircraft, Rescue and Firefighting conducted training with newly standardized equipment and gear from Holmatro on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina April 23, 2021. A Holmatro representative offered advice on different techniques to evacuate a motor vehicle (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

A U.S. Marine with Aircraft, Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Marine, uses a Holmatro brand hydraulic separator during a training event on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on April 23, 2021. The training introduced new Marine Corps standardized weapons to Cherry Point and a Holmatro representative demonstrated efficient rescue techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Symira Bostic

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