U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Ralph Rizzo, from Boston, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations East, and U.S. Navy Capt. Arthur Wiggins, from Virginia, former wing chaplain, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, pose for a photo during a retirement ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 21, 2025. In April of 2004, Wiggins commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Navy Chaplain Corps after previously serving 14 years in the Marine Corps. In 2025, Wiggins completed his military career as the wing chaplain for 2nd MAW. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Crystal Scott, a native of California and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear operations coordinator, speaks on her enlisted and warrant officer career at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 26, 2025. The Warrant Officer selection requires a minimum of eight years’ time in service and enhanced proficiency and excellence within their military occupational specialty. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Mya Seymour)
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
