MWSS-271 Makes Way for Engineer Training

Photo By Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok | U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Miller, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron-271 (MWSS-271), uproots a tree stump at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 7, 2020. MWSS-271 currently executes training at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina. The new location allows their training to be right here at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aliannah T. Bartok)  

NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

07.09.2020

Story by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok 

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 (MWSS-271) heavy equipment operators began clearing vegetation on 10 acres of land to build an engineer training area at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 21, 2020. The training area dubbed “Workhorse,” will be used for small field operations and other projects for heavy equipment operators. Traditionally, MWSS-271 and other units at MCAS Cherry Point have had to travel to Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina — about a 45-mile round trip — to conduct training. The construction is still in its infancy and is anticipated to continue until the second week of August 2020.

• Date Taken: 07.09.2020
• Date Posted: 07.10.2020 08:14
• Story ID: 373601
• Location: NORTH CAROLINA, US