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Friday, August 15, 2014 Vol. 49, No. 32 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
New School Year Information
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“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.” 2 n Entertainment 3 n News Briefs 3 n Weather 8 n Around the Corps n 2014-15 School Year 15
CAP gets inside look at military aviation Page 4
Working out: the road to success Page 5
Unlocking warrior athletes with HITT lockers Page 6
Laurel Bay goes back to school Cpl. Sarah Cherry
gust 11, and school began August 14 for kindergarten through eighth grade. At the opening ceremony, Col. Peter Laurel Bay Schools held an opening cer- D. Buck, commanding officer of Marine emony for the 2014-2015 school year, Au- Corps Air Station Beaufort, spoke to
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teachers about the impact of their work. economy, third world consumerism, and Buck stated facts and concerns of living concerns over global terrorism. in the 21st century, and asked that teachers live their lives as role models to the see schooL, pAge 12 students. He spoke of increasing global
MALS-31 supports Exercise Carolina Dragon Lance Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics II Marine Expeditionary Force
MOREHEAD, N.C. - Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 joined several other commands as well as Sailors, civilians and a Merchant Marine crew aboard the SS Wright (T-AVB 3) in the Port of Morehead City, North Carolina, July 30, as the crew of 234 prepared to set sail for Exercise Carolina Dragon 14. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 load an AIM 9M heat seaking missile on an F/A-18 Hornet, July 23. The exercise gave the Marines a rare opportunity to test their combat proficiency with live missiles.
312/533 Missile Exercise Cpl. Sarah Cherry Staff Writer
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 conducted a live missile shoot for training, July 21 through 25. Ordnance used during the training includes the AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM120, LUU-2 flare, and AGM88. The Sidewinder is a short-range, air-to-air mis-
sile with a kill radius of 30 feet, and was the world’s first combat successful airto-air guided missile in the late 1950s. The AIM-120 is an advanced mediumrange air-to-air missile with active guidance, and was introduced in Iraq in the 1990s. LUU-2 flares are not missiles and are intended to illuminate targets. They eject from a pod and deploy a parachute, and will burn approximately five
minutes. “It was an extremely successful missile shoot,” said Maj. Charles Jindrich, executive officer of VMFA-312. “Any chance you have to shoot ordnance, you have to take it.” This exercise gave Marines a rare opportunity to test their combat proficiency with live missiles. Firing live missiles is exsee
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The purpose of the exercise is to deploy a floating Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department to act as an augment to an air combat element in order to provide a platform to repair critical aircraft parts, said Col. Chuck Dunne, assistant chief of staff for the 2nd MAW Aviation Logistics Department. see
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Checkerboards assist first east coast Harrier AIM120 shoot Cpl. Sarah Cherry Staff Writer
Pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 Checkerboards from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort took to the skies in support of Marine Attack Squadron 223, August 7. VMA-223 conducted the first AIM-120 missile exercise for the Harrier platform across the east coast. Checkerboard pilots assisted by dropping ADM-141 tactical air-launched decoys for the Harriers to target. “It gives us a chance to cross train with our brothers-in-arms on the Harrier side of the house,” said Cpl. Kevin “Bigcat” Gibson, an aircraft ordnance technician for VMFA-312 from the Bronx in New York City. An F-18 is capable of carrying up to six TALDs during one flight. In combat, see
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