U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing run in formation after the Cactus Cup at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 21, 2025. The Cactus Cup is an annual competition among MAG-14 squadrons that tests the strength of its competitors and strengthens unit morale. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Maximiliano Rosas)
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 464, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing conduct a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Nov. 21, 2025. The ceremony represented the transfer of responsibility, authority, and accountability from Lt. Col. Justin R. Carrell to Lt. Col. Jared B. Howells. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza)
U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, graduated their first class of MQ-9A Reaper student pilots and sensor operators as a Fleet Replacement Squadron at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on Monday. The graduates are the first MQ-9A Reaper pilots and sensor operators to be trained through the Marine Corps’ organic MQ-9A training syllabus.
Since 2018, the U.S. Air Force has supported Marine Corps MQ-9A training through the Inter-service Training Review Organization agreement. Beginning this year, the Marine Corps established its own training capability through the Air Vehicle Aircrew program at Naval Air Station...
11.07.2025 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by 1st Lt. John Graham
