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“B” is for Bogue – Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C. In May of 1963, the Chief of Naval Operations designated Bogue Field as a Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field to supplement Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina’s parent aviation activity. As Air Station Order 11014 states, ‘the mission of MCALF Bogue is to provide expeditionary airfield support training for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and to provide a facility for the evaluation of expeditionary airfield equipment’. Bogue is sited on 837 acres of government property located four miles east of Swansboro, North Carolina. The commanding officer of MCAS Cherry Point is the commander of MCALF Bogue and exercises overall administrative control. The commanding general of 2nd MAW exercises command of 2nd MAW Personnel utilizing MCALF Bogue and, as a tenant, exercises operational control over assigned facilities. MCALF Bogue is the only site on the East Coast that offers Marine Corps pilots the opportunity to simulate taking-off and landing on aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships; a vital skill they need to maintain to accomplish their missions while conducting forward deployed operations.

Training pilots with Marine Attack Training Squadron 203, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted practice landings and take-offs at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., Jan. 18, 2017. As the only site on the East Coast that offers Marine Corps pilots field carrier landing practice, the airfield is essential to improving expeditionary mission readiness by training pilots to land on aircraft carriers. The airfield consists of runways constructed from aluminum panels, which can be disassembled and reconstructed anywhere in the world to meet the needs of the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Mackenzie Gibson/ Released)

Capt. Michael Marron explains digital interoperability and the impact this communications technology will have on the battlefield, Dec. 15, 2015. Featured in this video is Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 and Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2. Music credited to Raw Stiles' "Rogue" and Fancy Mike's "Death Proof."

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271’s Engineer Company participated in a cantonment and capabilities field exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, Dec. 9, 2015, to practice and improve their job skills while in a deployed environment. The weeklong exercise featured events including airfield damage repair, water purification with the construction of an expedient road and a vertical take-off and landing aircraft pad. Music credited to: Indikings - Ninja Written and performed by A. Rüter and G. Elbrink Released on Humanworkshop 2010