U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnathan Fitzgerald, an air traffic controller assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, center left, is photographed among his unit leadership and local community leaders during a Service Person of the Quarter ceremony, at the New Bern Golf and Country Club, New Bern, North Carolina, June 12, 2025. The New Bern Military Alliance recognized Fitzgerald as the Service Person of the Quarter for his performance of duty and volunteer work as a youth leader at the Latitude Church in New Bern. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lauralle Gavilanes)
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 New Bern Chamber of Commerce Military Alliance recognized U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnathan Fitzgerald, an air traffic controller assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, as the Service Person of the Quarter during a ceremony at the New Bern Golf and Country Club, New Bern, North Carolina, June 12, 2025.
Fitzgerald holds a position as the administrative non-commissioned officer while in uniform, and on a weekly basis serves as a youth grouth leader at the Latitude Church in New Bern, North Carolina.
“Lance Cpl. Fitzgerald regularly looks after the well-being of the other Marines from his crew,” said U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Keith Means, the air traffic control facility...
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.
