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This identity design was created in adobe illustrator to represent the official unit insignia for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2025. The flying diamond insignia was first recognized during World War II as a shoulder patch. The patch was later mandated by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to represent all Marine Aircraft Wings.

2nd Marine Aircaft Wing

II Marine Expeditionary Force

Archive: April, 2005

AL ASAD, Iraq- Corporal Will Knies, electrician, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 stands next to his father, Chief Warrant Officer Bart Knies, product control officer, 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) here. Father and son are serving here with their respective units at the same time. - AL ASAD, Iraq- Corporal Will Knies, electrician, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 stands next to his father, Chief Warrant Officer Bart Knies, product control officer, 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) here. Father and son are serving here with their respective units at the same time.

Like father like son almost

For many children, following their father’s footsteps is a childhood dream. Cpl. Will J. Knies, electrician, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, followed his father all the way to Iraq.Knies is here serving with his father, Army Chief Warrant Officer Bart Knies, product control officer, 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance). A product

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AL ASAD, Iraq (April 5, 2005) - Sgt. Kristine A. Streng, sergeant of the guard for the security platoon here and a native of Powhatan, Va., stands guard at a watchtower overlooking an entrance to the tactical command center compound. Streng and the Marines of the security platoon are members of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing band. During times of war, Marine Corps bands and band members double as a security element for their commanding officer. - AL ASAD, Iraq (April 5, 2005) - Sgt. Kristine A. Streng, sergeant of the guard for the security platoon here and a native of Powhatan, Va., stands guard at a watchtower overlooking an entrance to the tactical command center compound. Streng and the Marines of the security platoon are members of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing band. During times of war, Marine Corps bands and band members double as a security element for their commanding officer.

Powhatan, Va., native marches to 'the beat of a different drum'

Sgt. Kristine A. Streng's training once took her marching across a parade field, clarinet in hand, and sometimes in a downtown parade through the streets of a small town in coastal Carolina. Not anymore. These days she doesn't see her clarinet much. She hasn't marched to the beat of a Marine Corps drum for almost two months now. These days she

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AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (April 2, 2005) - Each day air traffic controllers like Cpl. Marques J. Johnson, a native of Bowie Md., control the movement of thousands of tons of cargo and hundreds of lives. The Marines of MACS-2 work throughout the Al Anbar province of Iraq providing air traffic control services. - AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (April 2, 2005) - Each day air traffic controllers like Cpl. Marques J. Johnson, a native of Bowie Md., control the movement of thousands of tons of cargo and hundreds of lives. The Marines of MACS-2 work throughout the Al Anbar province of Iraq providing air traffic control services.

Green light to the skies; air controllers keep traffic lanes open

Topping the list of most stressful jobs in the United States is an occupation that is usually forgotten. It's not a SWAT team policeman or a brain surgeon who face the highest stress levels day to day, it's an air traffic controller who is responsible for tracking and controlling the movement of aircraft and hundreds of lives each day. The Marine

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AL ASAD, Iraq -- A 20 mm cannon sits in the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26 (Reinforced) Gun Shop as the aviation ordnance technicians in the shop go about their daily duties March 31. The warriors of the Gun Shop perform routine inspections and repairs on guns, cannons, rifles, turrets, and various other armaments. - AL ASAD, Iraq -- A 20 mm cannon sits in the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26 (Reinforced) Gun Shop as the aviation ordnance technicians in the shop go about their daily duties March 31. The warriors of the Gun Shop perform routine inspections and repairs on guns, cannons, rifles, turrets, and various other armaments.

Marines ‘jump the gun’ in race for quality work

A few Marines in the Ordnance Division of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26 (Reinforced) live by the way of the gun. They lock and load a rock CD, fire up the boom box and blast the jams as they go about their daily duties tuning up the most important instruments in an orchestra of destruction. Miles away from the rest of civilization here, the

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AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (March 30, 2005) - Staff Sgt. Richard E. Seeley, UAV external pilot and native of Eustis, Fla., watches as Marines from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 taxi a Pioneer UAV down the flight line prior to take off. External pilots control the aircraft during takeoffs and landings, while internal pilots in the ground control station control them during the mission. - AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (March 30, 2005) - Staff Sgt. Richard E. Seeley, UAV external pilot and native of Eustis, Fla., watches as Marines from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 taxi a Pioneer UAV down the flight line prior to take off. External pilots control the aircraft during takeoffs and landings, while internal pilots in the ground control station control them during the mission.

Night Owls scan from the sky

The earliest form of aerial reconnaissance dates back to the civil war, when the Union Army flew hydrogen filled balloons high above the battlefield to gain a greater vantage point. Today's aerial reconnaissance has come a long way from the days of Gen. George McClellan's Balloon Corps. The Marines of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, are

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Petty Officer 1st class William White, builder, and Petty Officer 2nd class Chris Roberts, steel worker, load a bench Seabees built for the Post Exchange barber shop March 23. The Sailors of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24 took over the mission in a small ceremony earlier that day. - Petty Officer 1st class William White, builder, and Petty Officer 2nd class Chris Roberts, steel worker, load a bench Seabees built for the Post Exchange barber shop March 23. The Sailors of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24 took over the mission in a small ceremony earlier that day.