U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman First Class Robert Zaruba, from Florida, an aeromedical safety corpsman with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses for a portrait at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March. 28, 2025. Zaruba was named the 2024 Robert Graham Senior Enlisted Aerospace and Operational Physiology Professional of the Year for outstanding performance as an aeromedical safety corpsman. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza)
This video features a compilation of U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) in training and operational environments. This video ends with a message regarding reenlistment opportunities available for enlisted Marines during fiscal years 2025 and 2026. 2nd MAW is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anakin Smith)
The ice-cold breeze blew right into the face of Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Robert Zaruba, a Florida native and Aeromedical Safety Corpsman (AMSC) with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), as he and a fellow corpsman stepped out from the parked commercial plane and into the Arctic Circle.
“Me and another one of my fellow corpsmen stepped out into the cold,” said Zaruba. “We were like, WOW, we’re not in Kansas anymore Toto.’”
This stark change in scenery contrasted to his corner office located inside the 2nd MAW headquarters building at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, where he is currently stationed. In Norway, Zaruba and a team of six corpsmen and two U.S. Navy medical corps officers were...
03.27.2025 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by Cpl. David Ornelasbaeza
