A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, fires an M240B machine gun at land-based targets during a live-fire door gunner exercise at Bombing Target 11, North Carolina, June 23, 2025. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s training areas provide critical training infrastructure that enables Department of Defense units to maintain combat readiness and support an expeditionary posture. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Matthew Williams)
U.S. Coast Guardsmen with Port Security Unit 301 conducted a sea-to-sea, live-fire training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Bombing Target 9 (Brandt Island), North Carolina, April 29 to May 1, 2025. During the exercise, crew members had to demonstrate effective communication, proper use and function of a mounted M240B machine gun and exceptional marksmanship skills to destroy a target attached to an autonomous moving boat.
(U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Andre Marshall)
The first class of MQ-9 Reaper aircraft Ground Control System technicians graduated from the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Chery Point, during a ceremony at the Cherry Point Public House, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 18, 2025.
The nine graduates of the course will be the first to establish the GCS technician military occupational specialty. This graduation marks a step towards the implementation of Force Design 2030, the official doctrine published by the Marine Corps to outline the evolution of organization's expeditionary warfighting in the 21st century.
“This is a major milestone in our Marine Corps history,” U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Enricoleo Landas, the commanding...
The Devil Dog Gym is one of the many facilities offered at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point to help keep Marines and Sailors in peak physical condition. Maintaining well-rounded fitness is essential to mission readiness, ensuring that every service member is prepared to answer the nation’s call at a moment’s notice.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen with Port Security Unit 301 conducted a sea-to-sea, live-fire training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Bombing Target 9, Brandt Island, North Carolina, April 29, to May 1, 2025. During this exercise, crewmembers must demonstrate effective communication, proper use and function of a mounted M240B machine gun and exceptional marksmanship skills to destroy a target attached to an autonomous moving boat.
