The battle damage of Hurricane Florence on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point continues to be erased with the groundbreaking ceremony for two new fire stations at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 31, 2023. MCAS Cherry Point leaders and representatives from Office in Charge of Construction Florence, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, and Cherry Point firefighter legacy ceremonially broke ground on the patch of land at the corner of Roosevelt Boulevard and Oak Street for Military Construction Project 142A and B...
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Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz has been selected to serve as the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. Sgt. Maj. Ruiz is currently serving as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve and U.S. Marines Corps Forces South. He will replace Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Troy E. Black during a relief and appointment ceremony slated for Aug. 8, 2023...
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Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted a simulated foreign humanitarian assistance mission during Composite Training Unit Exercise, in Perry, Georgia, May 24-27, 2023. An FHA is a type of mission conducted outside the U.S. and its territories to directly relieve or reduce human suffering, disease, hunger, or privation that may occur on short notice as a contingency operation to provide aid in specific crises or similar events...
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When the average person thinks about the nature of special operations forces, images of direct action, boat raids, and freefall insertion likely come to mind. While those images and ideas would not be incorrect, they pale in comparison to the true depth and range of what special operations can be...
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