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Friday, April 29, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 17 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
India and Papa Company Graduates See Page 09
“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.” Lt Gen. Wissler visits Fightertown
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Provost Marshal’s Office Drug Take Back
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MP Students take on Law Enforcement Professional Exercise
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Laurel Bay schools celebrate Earth Day
Lightning takes to the sky VMFAT-501 conducts dynamic maneuver proficiency training aboard MCAS Beaufort
Lt. Col Sean Henrickson presents a student with an award during an Earth Day assembly at Middleton S. Elliott Elementary School aboard Laurel Bay April 22. Students drew Earth Day related artwork for a competition judged by the recycling department aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. Henrickson is the executive officer of MCAS Beaufort.
Story and photos by: Cpl. Jonah Lovy Staff Writer
Students aboard Laurel Bay held an art competition for Earth Day April 22. The competition focused on themes of conservation and was open for students at Charles F. Bolden Elementary/ Middle School, Robert E. Galer Elementary School, and Middleton S. Elliott Elementary School to submit artwork. “This competition has been going on for several years and it’s sponsored by the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort recycling department,” said Eleanor Huey, the educational technologist at Elliot Elementary. “This year we decided to use our art teacher as our point of contact and she worked with the students over several art classes focusing on reducing, reusing and recycling. She gave them some ideas and the children just ran with it. They came up with their own drawings with the theme see
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Photos by Cpl. Jonah Lovy
n F-35B Lightning II takes off from the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station April 25. Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 executed dynamic maneuver proficiency training to maintain aircrew efficiency with the aircraft. The aircraft is with VMFAT-501. see
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Air Station promotes awareness on Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Story and photos by: Cpl. Samantha K. Foster Staff Writer
Marines and sailors play a game of basketball at Afterburners, the enlisted club, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort April 22. The Marines and sailors attended a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response event to learn more about sexual assault and ways to prevent and report it. The Marines and Sailors are with the Tri-Command Beaufort.
Marine Corps Community Services held a Sexual Assault Response and Prevention informational event aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort April 22. Marines and sailors were invited to Afterburners, the air station’s enlisted club, to learn about the proper procedures for reporting and preventing sexual assault. Volunteers from MCCS set up different stations to educate participants about the SAPR program. Stations included an
informational table where a victim advocate spoke, “The month of April is sexual assault awareness month, and Headquarters Marine Corps puts out a [Marine administrative message] every year, mandating every installation to host a function bringing awareness to sexual assault,” said Priscilla DePinto, the civilian victims advocate for MCAS Beaufort. Marine administrative message 060/16 was released by Maj. Gen. B. W. Whitman, the director of Marine and Family Programs division, to announce the Departsee
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