U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Steiner, from Illinois, an aviation communication system technician with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses for a photo at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Bravo Battery returned to Cherry Point after a six-month unit deployment to Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anakin Smith)
U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing display lethality and readiness across the globe, sharpened through training at home and abroad, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 20, 2025. Throughout the year of 2025, Marines with 2nd MAW have conducted various training exercises and operations enhancing overall readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Gavin K. Kulczewski)
U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, graduated their first class of MQ-9A Reaper student pilots and sensor operators as a Fleet Replacement Squadron at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on Monday. The graduates are the first MQ-9A Reaper pilots and sensor operators to be trained through the Marine Corps’ organic MQ-9A training syllabus.
Since 2018, the U.S. Air Force has supported Marine Corps MQ-9A training through the Inter-service Training Review Organization agreement. Beginning this year, the Marine Corps established its own training capability through the Air Vehicle Aircrew program at Naval Air Station...
11.07.2025 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by 1st Lt. John Graham
