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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REACH OUTSIDE AIRSPACE TO SAVE A MARINE:
Cherry Point ATC team of
SSgt. Paul J. Pillow, control tower supervisor, SSgt. Aaron Buhler, radar
controller and Cpl. Brandon Koon, radar approach
controller assist in a medivac of a Camp Lejune Marine during a severe
winter storm.
MARINES
PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FAA, PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:
Marine Air Traffic Control
Detachment Delta (part of Marine Air Control Squadron-1, based at Yuma,
AZ) recently deployed personnel and
equipment to Palm Springs International Airport to support air traffic
control functions there.
ATC
TRAINS TO ESTABLISH EXPEDIENT AIRFIELDS: Air traffic controllers from Marine
Air Control Squadron-2 and
Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron participated in a Marine Air Traffic
Control Mobile Team course aboard Station and
Camp Davis, Feb. 14 - 18.
MARINES
ASSIST HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PROJECT: The echo of community
service could be heard Friday as Marines from
Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Air Traffic Control and Marine
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 set hammers to
nails on a Habitat for Humanity home being built in Morehead City.
'ATC MOBILE' OPERATION ENHANCES KC-130 SAFETY: By constructing
what some call a "modern lighthouse for military
aviation," a small group of Marines here enhanced the safety environment
for more than 50 KC-130 "Hercules" squadron members
during an Aug. 9-23 training deployment.
ENLISTED
MARINES ACCEPT OFFICER CHALLENGE: While serving in the
Marine Corps, many enlisted Marines make
the choice to take their military career to a different level and become
an officer, SSgt. Dion E. Waters, Air Traffic Control tower
chief is one of them.
MOBILE
DETACHMENT STEPS IN TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT WHILE AIR STATION RADAR UNDERGOES
MAINTENANCE:
Even in this high-tech Marine Corps full of computers and state-of-the-art
warfighting equipment, things must occasionally be
shut down and checked, repaired, or replaced. The safety standdow is a
perfect example of this.
MACS-6
DEACTIVATES, REORGANIZES UNDER MACS-2 FLAG: Since August,
1944, Marine Air Control Squadron 6 has
been one of the integral pieces of a complex Marine air command and control
system here. However, Dec. 6 after 54 years
of service, the Watch Dogs will deactivate and reorganize with MACS-2 in
a joint deactivation and change of command ceremony.
OPERATIONS
DEPARTMENT SAVES AIR STATION THOUSANDS: Air Traffic Control
(ATC) ground maintenance here
saved New River thousands of dollars by making improvements themselves
on the existing Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN)
system used for non-radar approaches for aircraft.
WOMEN OF THE 24TH MEU(SOC): FORGING A NEW
EDGE FOR AN OLD SPEAR: One obstacle that faced
1stLt. Sonja Lemott, the OIC for the MEU's Mobile Air Traffic Control Team,
during a December exercise in Israel could have
seriously affected the MEU's aviation combat element.
ATC MARINES KEEP BIRDS FLYING IN TASZAR:
Gunnery Sergeant Vernon Abshire's is a job of precision.
But when you're responsible for guiding multi-million dollar aircraft loaded
with ordnance, there's no other way to be.
MACS-7 MARINES PROVIDE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL:
Marines from Marine Air Control Squadron-7 have been bivouacked
at the expeditionary airfield here for almost four weeks in support of
Combined Arms Exercise 1-97.
24TH MEU(SOC) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS:
ets and helicopters flying. That's what comes to mind when people think
about Marine Corps aviation. The average person doesn't even consider the
coordinators behind the scenes who guide those
airplanes to their destinations and keep them safely on course. The Marines
who do that are the air traffic controllers, and it takes a
collective effort and mutual support between them and the pilots to accomplish
this mission.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TRAIN FOR DEPLOYED
ENVIRONMENT: In accordance with the Marine Corps policy
concerning training in readiness, the Marine Air Control Squadron 2 Detachment
B (MACS 2 det B) here partook in a week-long
expedient training course during the last week of January.
CHERRY POINT MARINE WINS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
OF THE YEAR: After nearly a year of intense competition
and
deliberation, the recipient of the Admiral Robert B. Pirie Naval Air Traffic
Controller of the Year award for 1996 was named here
recently.
MARINES HELP STABILIZE BEACH, PREVENT EROSION:
Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 joined forces
this week with the Cherry Point Environmental Affairs Department in an
effort to stabilize the beach and stop erosion along the
Shelly Point shoreline at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue.
HARRIER PILOTS PRACTICE CARRIER LANDINGS AT
BOGUE FIELD: Training pilots from Cherry Point's Marine
Attack
Training Squadron 203 recently got a chance to do various types of flight
operations at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue.
MWSS-271 RECOVERY SUPPORTS EXERCISE HORNET'S
NEST: Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 271's
recovery section supported arrested landings for F/A-18 Hornets at Marine
Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue today as part of
Exercise Hornet's Nest.
DIRTY JOBS AND UNSUNG HEROES:
Every conflict has its heroes -- those who reach deep inside themselves
to
find the guts to reach for glory. These men are the Dan Dalys and Smedley
Butlers about whom legends arise, and the tales of their
deeds and simple eloquence of speech seem to grow in direct proportion
to the number of medals riding upon their chests.
But, what about the unsung heroes of the conflicts? Even here at Marine
Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, there are those who
band together to make Joint Task Force Exercise 1-99 possible, but will
never be recognized for the amazing feats they are
accomplishing every day.
BOGUE CFR MARINES PRACTICE SKILLS WITH NEW
FIREFIGHTING TRAINER: Repeatedly charging into the blazing
"aircraft," beating back flames and rescuing "Randy" from certain destruction,
Crash Fire and Rescue Marines at Bogue Field and
neighboring civilian firefighters trained with the Mobile Aircraft Firefighting
Training Device, tonight.
MWSS-474 MARINES PROVIDE CLEAN WATER DURING
ANNUAL TRAINING: Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron
474 do not have to worry about clean clothes or drinking water as they
engage in their annual two weeks of active duty training here.
In addition to taking part in their regular training, a handful of the
Marines, with the help of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, are
purifying water from Bogue Sound so that other Marines from the squadron
have water for drinking and cleaning up.
BOGUE FIELD GETS NEW WEATHER FACILITY:
As the Marine Corps battles its way into the information age, a new era
in weather technology is blowing away the fog of war. And for commanders,
logistical headaches associated with a tactical weather
facility are evaporating under the shine of a new system.
AUSTRALIANS JOIN VMU-2 TO TRAIN WITH DRAGON
DRONES: Soldiers from the land down under recently learned
to see
through the eyes of a dragon with the help of a few good Marines.
BOGUE RATS NEW WEATHER VAN:
The Marine Wing Support Squadron-271 "Bogue Rats," Marine Wing Support
Group-27,
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, weather team recently deployed the AN/TMQ-44AV
Meteorological Mobile Facility (Replacement) weather
van for its first operational field training exercise during Exercise Battle
Griffin '99 here.
FARP KEEPS NATO AIRCRAFT ALOFT:
To fulfill its expanding role in contingencies around the globe, the Marine
Corps must
maintain its expeditionary capabilities. Here at Camp Assiros, Greece,
one prime example of the Corps' any-clime-and-place
nature is the Forward Arming and Refueling Point.