slow is smooth and smooth is fast

Photo By Sgt. Micha Pierce | Members of the Carteret County Special Response Team (SRT) and their students pose for a group photo at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point’s Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Atlantic, North Carolina, Sept. 23, 2020. MCAS Cherry Point supported the Carteret County SRT by lending the MCOLF Atlantic training grounds to the special weapons and tactics class, where they utilized the range, mock towns, and classrooms for practical application training and sit-down classes. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Micha Pierce)  

MCOLF ATLANTIC, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

09.29.2020

Story by Sgt. Micha Pierce 

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

With readiness comes training, and with training comes preparedness, and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point’s Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Atlantic provides the environment for it all. The Carteret County Special Response Team (SRT) teamed up with MCAS Cherry Point to begin using MCOLF Atlantic training grounds for special weapons and tactics trainees, Sept. 21-24, 2020. MCOLF Atlantic offered facilities such as an indoor range, a mock town, and classrooms for practical application training and sit-down classes, MCOLF Atlantic also provided barracks overnight.
MCAS Cherry Point and its satellite facilities, such as MCOLF Atlantic and Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, are utilized by military branches across the Department of Defense, including foreign militaries and even local civil partners, in support of overall mission accomplishment. MCAS Cherry Point boasts a wide spectrum of training grounds, to include in the air and sea, allowing for a multitude of training conditions useful for supporting almost any training scenario.

• Date Taken: 09.29.2020
• Date Posted: 09.29.2020 16:14
• Story ID: 379695
• Location: MCOLF ATLANTIC, NORTH CAROLINA, US