U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. William King, from Mississippi, a MQ-9A Reaper sensor operator with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, addresses the formation during a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 3, 2025. VMUT-2 graduated its first class of students from Marine Initial Qualification Training, the Marine Corps’ only Group 5, graduate-level school for MQ-9A Reaper pilots and sensor operators. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza)
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Ryan Rideout, commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and Lt. Col. Keenan Chirhart, commanding officer, Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 2, deliver remarks to Marines with MWHS-2 following a formation run at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 7, 2025. U.S. Marines with MWHS-2 completed the final mile of a 250-mile relay run with a formation in celebration of the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza)
Maj. Gen. William H. Swan relinquished command of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) to Maj. Gen. Ryan S. Rideout during a change of command ceremony held at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Thursday.  
The ceremony represented the formal transfer of responsibility and authority from Swan to Rideout. Lt. Gen. Calvert Worth, commanding general, II Marine Expeditionary Force, presided over the ceremony.
“I have been extremely blessed, humbled and honored to serve 2nd MAW these past fifteen months,” said Swan. “I witnessed firsthand a commitment to mission excellence that I could not be more proud of. Early on, I tasked my commanders to be ready, to take care of their Marines, Sailors and families, and...
08.28.2025 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, US |
Story by 1st Lt. John Graham
