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Friday, February 26, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 08 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
Golf & Papa Company Graduates
“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.”
NMCRS Active Duty Fund Drive begins March 1
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Fightertown comes together for Black History Month
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Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy
A UH-1Y Venom rests on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Feb. 22. Squadrons from MCAS Cherry Point will visit MCAS Beaufort to participate in Exercise Eager Response Feb. 24-28. Eager Response is a Battalion sized tactical insertion and combined arms exercise with units from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing from MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. and 2nd Marine Division from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The exercise will be conducted at Fort Stewart, Georgia. F/A-18 Hornets from MCAS Beaufort will also participate in the exercise providing close air support and airborne forward air control. The Venom is with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29.
Fightertown PMO receives federal accreditation
Col. Peter Buck, Left, receives a plaque of recognition from Lt. Col. Jan Durham aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Feb. 18. The plaque was accepted on behalf of the Provost Marshal’s Office who received federal accreditation from Headquarters Marine Corps. The recognition came after seventeen months of observation from Headquarters Marine Corps through a modified course of inspections and criteria used for high-tempo municipal police forces. Buck is the commanding officer of MCAS Beaufort. Durham is a representative of the Deputy Commandant of Security Plans, Policies, and Operations Security Division.
Story and photos by: Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy Staff Writer The Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort received federal accreditation Feb. 18. The recognition came after a 17-month observation from Headquarters Marine Corps through a modified course of inspections and criteria used for high-tempo municipal police forces. “It is the Marine Corps’ recognition of our efforts and a credit to the Provost Marshal’s Office,” said Maj. Eduardo Pinales, the Provost Marshal for MCAS Beaufort. “Receiving this award allows our department to say we are a professional, accredited department and we meet all the needs of the installation commander by providing security and safety of the installation to the best of our ability.” HQMC representatives visited Beaufort on several occasions during the accreditation process to evaluate each service section within PMO. The representatives addressed the strengths and deficiencies within each section throughout the process. “We have an expected standard to demonstrate proficiency in our daily jobs and we have met that standard here today,” said Pinales. “It is because of the hard work of every section and the individual Marines in those sections that we have made it to this level of excellence.” see
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Volunteers help community bring a piece of history home Story and photos by: Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez Public Affairs Chief Two bright yellow moving trucks parked by the quaint white-painted building in a small downtown Street. On the adjacent street, looking pass the road, sail boats of all sizes anchored in the bay. The beeping of a forklift and voices of the volunteers filled the air. The voices came from eight Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and volunteers from the local community as they helped move articles that are part of a Santa Elena Foundation historical exhibition. The volunteers, in coordination with the foundation staff, moved and transported the articles from St. Helena Island to the Santa Elena History Center in downtown Beaufort. “It took a long time to organize all this but I’m glad it worked out,” said Guy Collier, the project leader with the foundation. “Not many people know about Santa Elena and how it’s an impor-
tant part of our history.” The mission of the Santa Elena Foundation is the discovery, preservation, and promotion of the “Lost Century” of European colonization through the international story of Santa Elena, the 16th Century La Florida settlement that became the colonial Spanish capital in present-day United States, according to the Santa-Elena.org site. “It’s not every day we get to do things like this since our operational tempo is high,” said Lance Cpl. Marvin Edwards, an air defense operator with the Early Warning Control Detachment, Marine Air Control Squadron 2. “I am always looking for opportunities to volunteer and, when I heard from my staff sergeant about this, I signed up right away. Helping out the community we lived in is always a good feeling.” The historical exhibition was first put together and displayed by the Spanish Government in celebration of the 450th anniversary of the port see
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Marines and local volunteers transport articles to the Santa Elena History Center in downtown Beaufort Feb. 18. The articles are part of a Santa Elena historical exbition, a 16th century Spanish settlement once located in present-day Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. The Santa Elena Foundation plans to display the exhibition in the Parris Island Museum in the near future.