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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Marine Transport Squadron 1 recently passed its 387th alcohol-incident free day, setting the bar on safe recreational activities.
VMR-1 provides search and rescue support to Cherry Point and the local area as well as transport of key personnel and critical logistics support to the Department of Defense. The squadron also provides wartime movement of high priority passengers and cargo with time, place or mission-sensitive requirements.
The Marines and Sailors with the squadron know the importance of those responsibilities. If they are not mission ready, lives could be lost.
“The Marines here, they own the program,” said Lt. Col. Brian D. Bernth, commanding officer of VMR-1. “The Marines and Sailors go out of their way to take care of each other in the squadron. It’s something that I keep hammering home and harping on – we take care of each other.”
Because of the Marines’ hard work at keeping their squadron incident free, Bernth will award them a 72-hour break during the upcoming weekend.
Even during their time off, Marines remain “on call,” meaning they are to remain prepared to suit up and save lives at a moment’s notice. The squadron employs HH-46E Sea Knights for medium-range rapid response missions.
“It’s not just the search and rescue guys,” said Cpl. Kyle B. Smith, a rescue swimmer with VMR-1. “Everyone has everyone’s back, squadron-wide, regardless of military occupational specialty.”
Being on call does not always mean that the Marines will be flying. Sometimes it just means being the designated driver for Marines to avoid alcohol related incidents.
“Because we work on a ‘crew’ mentality and so closely together, I think it helps bring us together as one big family to complete the ultimate mission,” said Smith. “From maintainers to aircrew everyone in our squadron is there for each other.”
| Date Taken: | 07.10.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 07.10.2013 15:05 |
| Story ID: | 109994 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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