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Friday, May 13, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 19 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
Bravo and November Company Graduates
“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.” MCAS Yuma Welcomes K-MAX
Setting the Example: Living up to the NCO’s Creed
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40th MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day 2016 Air Show demonstrates U.S.-Japan alliance
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Laurel Bay Schools hold science, technology, engineering, and mathematics events
Marine Corps changes policy on vehicle decals
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kiona Miller
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Department of Defense Police Cpl. O.K. Harris checks personnel and visitor identification at the Washington Navy Yard. Effective May 9, Marine Corps installations will no longer require vehicles to display DOD vehicle decals for base access.
Stor y and photos by: Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez Public Affairs Chief
tudents at Charles F. Bolden Elementary-Middle School and Robert E. Galer Elementary School on Laurel Bay held their 2016 STEMposium, May 6. STEMposium is the culmination of the science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics, or STEM, curriculum. The STEM program is designed to give students a basic understanding of the core subjects and encourage the pursuit of careers in those fields. Students in STEM learn how to apply see
STEMposium, page 7 Photo by Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez
A robot built by students sits on display at Charles F. Bolden Elementary-Middle School May 6. Bolden and Robert E. Galer Elementary School on Laurel Bay held their 2016 STEMposium. STEMposium is the culmination of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, curriculum. The STEM program is designed to give students a basic understanding of the core subjects and encourage the pursuit of careers in those fields.
MCAS Library summer reading program to begin in June Story by: Cpl. Jonah Lovy Staff Writer
The Marine Corps Community Services Library begins a summer reading program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort June 6. The library staff is slated to hold a range of free activities for children, teens, and adults in the Fightertown community to encourage and support the reading program throughout the summer. The theme for this year’s summer reading program is ‘Read for the Win!’ The theme coincides with the
XXXI Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and is being used to connect sports, games, and competitions with reading. Olympians aim to achieve greatness. They must set goals and accomplish them, despite obstacles that may stand in their way. The Library staff hopes to inspire the same attitude in children who participate in the program. “We’ve planned a wonPhoto by Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez derful program for kids to The Marine Corps Community Services Library hosts reading program this summer make the library a great aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort beginning June 6. The library staff is schedulplace to read, learn, and ing a range of free learning activities for children, teens, and adults in the Fightertown community to encourage and support the reading program throughout the summer. see
READING, page 5
Story by: Mike Barton Joint Public Affairs Office MCAS Cherry Point
Department of Defense personnel who live and work onboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will no longer be issued vehicle decals that identify them as DOD personnel. The new policy was issued May 9 in Marine Administrative Message 245/16, which directed all Marine Corps installations to cease the issue of vehicle decals, effective immediately. Officials here stress, however, that the elimination of decals will not change any other base access policies, which require a valid state vehicle registration, proof of insurance, a valid state driver’s license, a safety inspection sticker for states that require one as part of their registration, and appropriate DOD credentials. Personnel assigned permanently to MCAS Beaufort or any of its supported commands are still required to register their vehicles at the installation Pass and ID office, whether they live on or off of the air station. All personnel, whether permanent or not, will still be required to provide appropriate identification credentials to sentries at base access points each time they enter the air station, including active and retired DOD identification, see
DECALS, page 6