Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

Cherry Point, North Carolina

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Cpl. Adelius Johnson fires his rifle at a moving target during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Johnson is a field radio operator with the battalion.

Lance Cpl. Stephen Gomes resets after shooting at a moving target during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Gomes is a cyber-networks operator with the battalion.

1st Lt. Benjamin Pearce fires his rifle at a moving target during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Pearce is the adjutant with the battalion.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)

Lance Cpl. Stephen Griffith loads rounds into the barrel of a rifle during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Griffith is an automotive maintenance technician with the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)

Lance Cpl. Austin Martin fires his rifle at a moving target during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Martin is a supply administration and operations clerk with the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)

Staff Sgt. Jermaine Vereen fires his rifle at a moving target during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Vereen is the Headquarters and Support battery gunnery sergeant with the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)

Staff Sgt. Harrison Porquin fires a rifle at a moving target during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Porquin is a warehouse chief with the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)

Cpl. Adelius Johnson aims his rifle at a moving target during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Johnson is a field radio operator with the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)

1st Lt. Austin Mass fires a rifle at a moving target during a skeet range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 7, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion held a weapons safety class and participated in the range as part of their Firearms Mentorship Program to promote proper weapons safety and education in a recreational manor. The program allows Marines to maintain their basic rifleman skills and receive further education on safety measures while handling weapons. Mass is a logistics officer with the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)

An electrician performs a live-wire safety demonstration during the Emergency Preparedness Fair at the Two Rivers theater at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 4, 2015. During the month of September, the National Preparedness Month grants Marines and their families the opportunity to learn how to prepare and stay safe from natural disasters. Service members and their families were educated at the fair on resources available at Cherry Point and in surrounding communities to prepare for and respond to hurricanes and other natural disasters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. H.W. Huertas/ Released)

An electrician performs a live-wire safety demonstration during the Emergency Preparedness Fair at the Two Rivers theater at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 4, 2015. During the month of September, the National Preparedness Month grants Marines and their families the opportunity to learn how to prepare and stay safe from natural disasters. Service members and their families were educated at the fair on resources available at Cherry Point and in surrounding communities to prepare for and respond to hurricanes and other natural disasters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. H.W. Huertas/ Released)

Members of a construction crew make final adjustments near the end of the initial construction stage of a stream restoration project at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Only weeks before, this piece of ground was the site of a dysfunctional concrete culvert that did a very poor job of routing storm water runoff from an air station housing area to the Neuse River. The Cherry Point Environmental Affairs Department tackled this project in effort to clean up the inefficient site and to improve water quality in the Neuse. The project will soon move into its next stage with a series of plantings throughout the stream’s riparian zone. (Photo by Jessica Guilianelli)

Members of a construction crew lay stabilizing mesh along the serpentine sides of a newly dug streambed during the initial construction stage of a stream restoration project at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The mesh will help control erosion of the stream’s banks until appropriate plant life is introduced to the stream’s riparian zone in later stages of the project. The Cherry Point Environmental Affairs Department tackled this project in effort to clean up a formerly dysfunctional concrete drainage system between an air station housing area and the Neuse River. (Photo by Jessica Guilianelli)

Jessica Guilianelli examines water samples two weeks after the initial construction stage of a stream restoration project at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Guilianelli is primarily seeking early signs of biological progress in the new stream’s ecosystem, evidence that the stream restoration project is moving in the right direction. There is still much to do on this project, particularly the planting of numerous plant species in the stream’s riparian zone, which will contribute the stream’s ability to succeed in the local environment. Little over a month ago, this piece of ground was the site of a dysfunctional concrete culvert that did a very poor job of routing storm water runoff from an air station housing area to the Neuse River.

Jessica Guilianelli examines water samples two weeks after the initial construction stage of a stream restoration project at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Guilianelli is primarily seeking early signs of biological progress in the new stream’s ecosystem, evidence that the stream restoration project is moving in the right direction. There is still much to do on this project, particularly the planting of numerous plant species in the stream’s riparian zone, which will contribute the stream’s ability to succeed in the local environment. Little over a month ago, this piece of ground was the site of a dysfunctional concrete culvert that did a very poor job of routing storm water runoff from an air station housing area to the Neuse River.

Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Bravo Battery tactically enter a building during military operations on urban terrain training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 16, 2015. MOUT training is utilized to prepare Marines for urban warfare in areas such as towns and cities. The Marines conducted the training to sharpen combat skills and the knowledge required for MOUT operations is equal across the entire platoon.

Lance Cpl. Matthew Ford scans a passageway during military operations on urban terrain training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 16, 2015. MOUT training is utilized to prepare Marines for urban warfare in areas such as towns and cities. 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Bravo Battery Marines conducted the training to sharpen combat skills and ensure the knowledge required for MOUT operations is equal across the entire platoon. Ford is a low altitude air defense gunner with 2nd LAAD.

Cpl. Mohamad A. Jrad scans the area during military operations on urban terrain training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 16, 2015. MOUT training is utilized to prepare Marines for urban warfare in areas such as towns and cities. 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Bravo Battery Marines conducted the training to sharpen combat skills and ensure the knowledge required for MOUT operations is equal across the entire platoon. Jrad is a low altitude air defense gunner with 2nd LAAD.

Micheal McGarr participates in a K-9 training demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 18, 2015. The demonstration was a part of a series of activities available for spouses and families to partake in, for the 2nd annual Open House event hosted by Marine Air Control Squadron 2. The event was designed to emphasize the importance of family readiness by allowing the family members to visit the work space and become familiar with the equipment that their Marines use on a day-to-day basis. Garr is the chief trainer of the K-9 unit, with Headquarters and Headquarters squadron at MCAS Cherry Point.