U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Kevin Mason, from Oregon and former command senior enlisted leader of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14, speaks to the audience during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 19, 2024. The ceremony represented a transfer of responsibility, authority, and accountability from Mason to Sgt. Maj. Donald Swanner. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Theodore Bergan)
On July 10, 2024, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) celebrated its 83rd birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo) (Music licensed from DeWolfe Music)
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), reactivated during a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, North Carolina, July 1.
HMLA-269, known as “The Gunrunners,” previously deactivated on Dec. 9, 2022, in accordance with Force Design initiatives. Throughout the course of the squadron’s brief deactivation, the Marine Corps conducted analysis on force management in order to ensure that no operational commitments were left unfulfilled. This analysis identified the need for an additional HMLA squadron on the East Coast to provide sustained operational support to II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF). This change within 2nd MAW represents incremental change to Force...
07.01.2024 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by 2nd Lt. John Graham
