The Jet Stream | June 3, 2016

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Friday, June 03, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 22 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.

Kilo & Oscar Company Graduates See Page 11

“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.” DoDEA Announces Structural Changes in DDESS Leadership

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Marines help children in need during Fleet Week New York

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French, U.S. come together during Memorial Day ceremony

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Beaufort Memorial Day Parade, Ceremony honors fallen

Photo by Sgt. Jarrod Rayner

Photo by Cpl. Olivia Ortiz

A memorial to a fallen sailor is displayed at the A Marine Corps color guard marches during the Memorial Day Parade in downtown Beaufort Beaufort National Cemetery during a Memorial May 30. Marines from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, and 6th Day Ceremony May 30. Service members from Marine Corps District participated in the Memorial Day Parade and remembrance ceremony. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Air Stor y by: Station Beaufort, and 6th Marine Corps District Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez participated in the City of Beaufort’s Annual Public Affairs Chief Memorial Day Parade and remembrance ceremony. Service members greeted members of the public during parade and paid respects ctive duty service members, veterans, their family members, to the fallen troops during the ceremony at Beaufort National Cemetery. and the local community attended the Memorial Day Parade

Col. Peter D. Buck delivers his remarks during Memorial Day Ceremony at the Beaufort National Cemetery, May 30. Service members from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, and 6th Marine Corps District participated in the City of Beaufort’s Annual Memorial Day Parade and remembrance ceremony. Service members greeted members of the public during parade and paid respects to the fallen troops during the ceremony at Beaufort National Cemetery. Buck is the commanding officer of MCAS Beaufort.

Photo by Cpl. Olivia Ortiz

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MEMORIAL DAY, page 8

and Ceremony in Downtown Beaufort May 30.

Thunderbolts bid farewell to leader during Post and Relief, retirement ceremony

Groundbreaking ceremony on Laurel Bay officially starts construction of new facility

Photo by Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Charles F. Bolden Elementary/Middle School’s new facility at Laurel Bay May 25. The ceremony marked the official start of the construction and honored Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr., the 12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and who the school is name after. Col. Peter D. Buck, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, spoke during the ceremony. Members of the Department of Defense Education Activity, staff and students from Bolden Elementary/Middle School, Marines and sailors from MCAS Beaufort and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, took part in the traditional ceremony.

Photo by Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez Photo by Cpl. Olivia Ortiz

Sgt. Maj. Jason P. Moffitt salutes during a post and relief, and retirement ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, May 27 . Moffitt transfered authority as sergeant major of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 to Sgt. Maj. Rosalia Scifo during the ceremony. Moffitt retired after twenty-nine years of honorable service in the Marine Corps.

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MOFFITT, page 6

Members of the Department of Defense Education Activity, staff and students from Bolden Elementary/Middle School, Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, alongside Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr., break ground during a ceremony on Laurel Bay, May 25. . A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Charles F. Bolden Elementary/Middle School’s new facility. The ceremony marked the official start of the construction and honored Administrator Bolden, the 12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and who the school is name after. Col. Peter D. Buck, commanding officer of MCAS Beaufort, participated and spoke during the ceremony. see GROUNDBREAKING, page 7


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