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Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 get cooled off with water from a hose after their inaugural Ironman Challenge at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., on July 2, 2015. The Inaugural Ironman Challenge was comprised of a one-mile sandbag carry and wall and log negotiation. The event tested Marines’ mental and physical endurance while building camaraderie within the squadron.

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 get cooled off with water from a hose after their inaugural Ironman Challenge at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., on July 2, 2015. The Inaugural Ironman Challenge was comprised of a one-mile sandbag carry and wall and log negotiation. The event tested Marines’ mental and physical endurance while building camaraderie within the squadron.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Jimenez

Sgt. Dakota Meyer, Marine Corps veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, speaks to a group of Marines during a Hiring our Heroes career and transition class at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 20, 2015. Hiring our Heroes is hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and is a nationwide initiative to help veterans find meaningful employment in public, private and non-profit sectors. The program is aimed at transitioning service members and families to assist in their integration back into the civilian community.

Sgt. Dakota Meyer, Marine Corps veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, speaks to a group of Marines during a Hiring our Heroes career and transition class at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 20, 2015. Hiring our Heroes is hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and is a nationwide initiative to help veterans find meaningful employment in public, private and non-profit sectors. The program is aimed at transitioning service members and families to assist in their integration back into the civilian community.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

Sgt. Dakota Meyer, Marine Corps veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, speaks to a group of Marines during a Hiring our Heroes career and transition class at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 20, 2015. Hiring our Heroes is hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and is a nationwide initiative to help veterans find meaningful employment in public, private and non-profit sectors. The program is aimed at transitioning service members and families to assist in their integration back into the civilian community.

Sgt. Dakota Meyer, Marine Corps veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, speaks to a group of Marines during a Hiring our Heroes career and transition class at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 20, 2015. Hiring our Heroes is hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and is a nationwide initiative to help veterans find meaningful employment in public, private and non-profit sectors. The program is aimed at transitioning service members and families to assist in their integration back into the civilian community.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

A Marine reads through an informational brochure during a Hiring our Heroes career and transition class at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 20, 2015. Hiring our Heroes is hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and is a nationwide initiative to help veterans find meaningful employment in public, private and non-profit sectors. The program is aimed at transitioning service members and families to assist in their integration back into the civilian community.

A Marine reads through an informational brochure during a Hiring our Heroes career and transition class at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 20, 2015. Hiring our Heroes is hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and is a nationwide initiative to help veterans find meaningful employment in public, private and non-profit sectors. The program is aimed at transitioning service members and families to assist in their integration back into the civilian community.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

Sgt. Roy Richardson, left, and Cpl. Duane Levy earned the biannual Leonidas Award at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 5, 2015. During the squadron’s biannual Leonidas Award competition Marines from the squadron’s three companies go head-to-head for a place in MWCS-28 history. The Leonidas Award serves to build camaraderie and esprit de corps within the noncommissioned officer and junior ranks of the squadron.

Sgt. Roy Richardson, left, and Cpl. Duane Levy earned the biannual Leonidas Award at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 5, 2015. During the squadron’s biannual Leonidas Award competition Marines from the squadron’s three companies go head-to-head for a place in MWCS-28 history. The Leonidas Award serves to build camaraderie and esprit de corps within the noncommissioned officer and junior ranks of the squadron.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

Marines with Marine Wing Communication Squadron 28 take part in a 10-mile squadron conditioning hike at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. March 5, 2015. The hike was the capstone event of the squadron’s biannual Leonidas Award competition, which pitted Marines from the squadron’s three companies against one another for a place in MWCS-28 history. The Leonidas Award serves to build camaraderie and esprit de corps within the noncommissioned officer and junior ranks of the squadron.

Marines with Marine Wing Communication Squadron 28 take part in a 10-mile squadron conditioning hike at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. March 5, 2015. The hike was the capstone event of the squadron’s biannual Leonidas Award competition, which pitted Marines from the squadron’s three companies against one another for a place in MWCS-28 history. The Leonidas Award serves to build camaraderie and esprit de corps within the noncommissioned officer and junior ranks of the squadron.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

Lt. Col. Jaime Macias, right, addresses the Marines of Marine Wing Communication Squadron 28 following a 10-mile squadron conditioning hike as part of the Leonidas Awards competition at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. March 5, 2015. The hike was the capstone event of the squadron’s biannual Leonidas Award competition, which pitted Marines from the squadron’s three companies against one another for a place in MWCS-28 history. The Leonidas Award serves to build camaraderie and esprit de corps within the noncommissioned officer and junior ranks of the squadron. Macias is the squadron’s commanding officer, and a native of Queens, N.Y.

Lt. Col. Jaime Macias, right, addresses the Marines of Marine Wing Communication Squadron 28 following a 10-mile squadron conditioning hike as part of the Leonidas Awards competition at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. March 5, 2015. The hike was the capstone event of the squadron’s biannual Leonidas Award competition, which pitted Marines from the squadron’s three companies against one another for a place in MWCS-28 history. The Leonidas Award serves to build camaraderie and esprit de corps within the noncommissioned officer and junior ranks of the squadron. Macias is the squadron’s commanding officer, and a native of Queens, N.Y.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

Cpl. Duane Levy, right, accepts the Leonidas Award as the junior Marine winner at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 5, 2015. During the squadron’s biannual Leonidas Award competition Marines from the squadron’s three companies go head-to-head for a place in Marine Wing Communication Squadron 28 history. The Leonidas Award serves to build camaraderie and esprit de corps within the noncommissioned officer and junior ranks of the squadron. Levy is a generator mechanic with Headquarters and Service Company for MWCS-28 and a native of Washington, D.C.

Cpl. Duane Levy, right, accepts the Leonidas Award as the junior Marine winner at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 5, 2015. During the squadron’s biannual Leonidas Award competition Marines from the squadron’s three companies go head-to-head for a place in Marine Wing Communication Squadron 28 history. The Leonidas Award serves to build camaraderie and esprit de corps within the noncommissioned officer and junior ranks of the squadron. Levy is a generator mechanic with Headquarters and Service Company for MWCS-28 and a native of Washington, D.C.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

Marines stand in line waiting to enter the Ironman field mess tents to sample food during the Maj. Gen. W.P.T. Hill Field Mess Competition at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., Feb. 27, 2015.
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 competed against units across the Marine Corps for the W.P.T. Hill Award which was established in 1985 as a way to improve food service operations and distinguish the top field and garrison messes across the Marine Corps.

Marines stand in line waiting to enter the Ironman field mess tents to sample food during the Maj. Gen. W.P.T. Hill Field Mess Competition at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., Feb. 27, 2015. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 competed against units across the Marine Corps for the W.P.T. Hill Award which was established in 1985 as a way to improve food service operations and distinguish the top field and garrison messes across the Marine Corps.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Bernal prepares to fry catfish during the Maj. Gen. W.P.T. Hill Field Mess Competition at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, Feb. 27, 2015. Bernal is a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 and a native of Irving, Texas.

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Bernal prepares to fry catfish during the Maj. Gen. W.P.T. Hill Field Mess Competition at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, Feb. 27, 2015. Bernal is a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 and a native of Irving, Texas.

Photo by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics

A visitor of the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show fills out information at the Disabled American Veterans booth on the flight line May 18. Founded in 1920, the DAV organization uses a B-25 Mitchell bomber "Panchito" to promote their cause – providing support and services to veterans.

A visitor of the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show fills out information at the Disabled American Veterans booth on the flight line May 18. Founded in 1920, the DAV organization uses a B-25 Mitchell bomber "Panchito" to promote their cause – providing support and services to veterans.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrea Cleopatra Dickerson

Retired Brig. Gen. George Bartlett, a former navigator bombardier during WWII, stands near a B-25 Mitchell bomber May 18 during the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show. Bartlett flew out of Cherry Point 70 years ago in a North American Aviation patrol bomber, a naval version of the B-25, for combat in the South Pacific. While there, he flew 75 combat missions. His return flight to the air station for the air show marked a significant milestone not just in aviation history, but in the passing of the torch from an older generation to a new one, said the 90-year-old aviator.

Retired Brig. Gen. George Bartlett, a former navigator bombardier during WWII, stands near a B-25 Mitchell bomber May 18 during the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show. Bartlett flew out of Cherry Point 70 years ago in a North American Aviation patrol bomber, a naval version of the B-25, for combat in the South Pacific. While there, he flew 75 combat missions. His return flight to the air station for the air show marked a significant milestone not just in aviation history, but in the passing of the torch from an older generation to a new one, said the 90-year-old aviator.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrea Cleopatra Dickerson

Members of the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team talk beside “Panchito,” a B-25 Mitchell bomber, during the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show May 18. B-25 bombers are most known for their role in the Doolittle Raid. The raid was an early American operation during WWII launched on the Tokyo and other places on Honshu Island. It was the first air raid to strike the Japanese home Islands in retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Members of the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team talk beside “Panchito,” a B-25 Mitchell bomber, during the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show May 18. B-25 bombers are most known for their role in the Doolittle Raid. The raid was an early American operation during WWII launched on the Tokyo and other places on Honshu Island. It was the first air raid to strike the Japanese home Islands in retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrea Cleopatra Dickerson

A view from the cockpit of the B-25 Mitchell bomber “Panchito” shows patrons of the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show visiting the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team display on the flight line May 18.

A view from the cockpit of the B-25 Mitchell bomber “Panchito” shows patrons of the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show visiting the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team display on the flight line May 18.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrea Cleopatra Dickerson

A member of the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team directs an aircraft tug on the flight line while it tows “Panchito,” a B-25 Mitchell bomber, during the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show May 18. Founded in 1920, the DAV uses the aircraft to promote their cause – providing support and services to veterans.

A member of the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team directs an aircraft tug on the flight line while it tows “Panchito,” a B-25 Mitchell bomber, during the 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show May 18. Founded in 1920, the DAV uses the aircraft to promote their cause – providing support and services to veterans.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrea Cleopatra Dickerson

Cpl. Joshua B. Dyer stands in front of an EA-6 Prowler on the flightline Aug. 26. Dyer is an EA-6 Prowler powerline mechanic with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1. As a powerline mechanic, Dyer inspects and maintains the engines of the EA-6 Prowler as well as performs duties relating to flightline operations.

Cpl. Joshua B. Dyer stands in front of an EA-6 Prowler on the flightline Aug. 26. Dyer is an EA-6 Prowler powerline mechanic with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1. As a powerline mechanic, Dyer inspects and maintains the engines of the EA-6 Prowler as well as performs duties relating to flightline operations.

Photo by Pfc. Cayce Nevers

Col. Robert Sofge, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 14, talks to Marines and Sailors about the importance of preventing sexual assault at the Cherry Point theater Aug. 15. The training gave Sofge a chance to look his service members in the eyes and personally relay his and the Marine Corps’ views on sexual assault. Sofge wanted the service members to walk away from the training with two specific details in mind. First, if a Marine is a victim of a sexual assault, they must have the moral courage and trust in their chain of command to come forward. Second, Marines and Sailors must step up and eliminate sexual assault within all ranks of the Marine Corps. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced seven new initiatives to strengthen and standardize the department’s sexual assault prevention and response effort Aug. 15. In a memo to the field, Hagel called elimination of sexual assault in the military one of the department’s top priorities.

Col. Robert Sofge, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 14, talks to Marines and Sailors about the importance of preventing sexual assault at the Cherry Point theater Aug. 15. The training gave Sofge a chance to look his service members in the eyes and personally relay his and the Marine Corps’ views on sexual assault. Sofge wanted the service members to walk away from the training with two specific details in mind. First, if a Marine is a victim of a sexual assault, they must have the moral courage and trust in their chain of command to come forward. Second, Marines and Sailors must step up and eliminate sexual assault within all ranks of the Marine Corps. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced seven new initiatives to strengthen and standardize the department’s sexual assault prevention and response effort Aug. 15. In a memo to the field, Hagel called elimination of sexual assault in the military one of the department’s top priorities.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Glen E. Santy

Col. Robert Sofge, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 14, talks to Marines and Sailors about the importance of preventing sexual assault at the Cherry Point theater Aug. 15. The training gave Sofge a chance to look his service members in the eyes and personally relay his and the Marine Corps’ views on sexual assault. Sofge wanted the service members to walk away from the training with two specific details in mind. First, if a Marine is a victim of a sexual assault, they must have the moral courage and trust in their chain of command to come forward. Second, Marines and Sailors must step up and eliminate sexual assault within all ranks of the Marine Corps. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced seven new initiatives to strengthen and standardize the department’s sexual assault prevention and response effort Aug. 15. In a memo to the field, Hagel called elimination of sexual assault in the military one of the department’s top priorities.

Col. Robert Sofge, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 14, talks to Marines and Sailors about the importance of preventing sexual assault at the Cherry Point theater Aug. 15. The training gave Sofge a chance to look his service members in the eyes and personally relay his and the Marine Corps’ views on sexual assault. Sofge wanted the service members to walk away from the training with two specific details in mind. First, if a Marine is a victim of a sexual assault, they must have the moral courage and trust in their chain of command to come forward. Second, Marines and Sailors must step up and eliminate sexual assault within all ranks of the Marine Corps. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced seven new initiatives to strengthen and standardize the department’s sexual assault prevention and response effort Aug. 15. In a memo to the field, Hagel called elimination of sexual assault in the military one of the department’s top priorities.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Glen E. Santy

The Blue Angels’ Fat Albert, a KC-130J Hercules, rests on the flight line outside Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252’s hangar aboard Cherry Point Tuesday. The Blue Angels sent the renowned aircraft to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s Hercules squadron to receive scheduled annual maintenance. The Fat Albert team arrived in the first week of August and left the air station Aug 14.

The Blue Angels’ Fat Albert, a KC-130J Hercules, rests on the flight line outside Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252’s hangar aboard Cherry Point Tuesday. The Blue Angels sent the renowned aircraft to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s Hercules squadron to receive scheduled annual maintenance. The Fat Albert team arrived in the first week of August and left the air station Aug 14.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Glen E. Santy

Col. Robert Sofge, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 14, talks to Marines and Sailors about the importance of preventing sexual assault at the Cherry Point theater Aug. 15. The training gave Sofge a chance to look his service members in the eyes and personally relay his and the Marine Corps’ views on sexual assault. Sofge wanted the service members to walk away from the training with two specific details in mind. First, if a Marine is a victim of a sexual assault, they must have the moral courage and trust in their chain of command to come forward. Second, Marines and Sailors must step up and eliminate sexual assault within all ranks of the Marine Corps. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced seven new initiatives to strengthen and standardize the department’s sexual assault prevention and response effort Aug. 15. In a memo to the field, Hagel called elimination of sexual assault in the military one of the department’s top priorities.

Col. Robert Sofge, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 14, talks to Marines and Sailors about the importance of preventing sexual assault at the Cherry Point theater Aug. 15. The training gave Sofge a chance to look his service members in the eyes and personally relay his and the Marine Corps’ views on sexual assault. Sofge wanted the service members to walk away from the training with two specific details in mind. First, if a Marine is a victim of a sexual assault, they must have the moral courage and trust in their chain of command to come forward. Second, Marines and Sailors must step up and eliminate sexual assault within all ranks of the Marine Corps. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced seven new initiatives to strengthen and standardize the department’s sexual assault prevention and response effort Aug. 15. In a memo to the field, Hagel called elimination of sexual assault in the military one of the department’s top priorities.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Glen E. Santy

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point