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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, 2007

Brigadier General Timothy C. Hanifen, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) commanding general, pins a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on Lance Cpl. Kenneth L. Houge, a Cobra team squad leader with Battery B, 2nd Low Altitude Aircraft Defense Battalion, March 12. Houge aided in the recent capture of an insurgent. - Brigadier General Timothy C. Hanifen, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) commanding general, pins a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on Lance Cpl. Kenneth L. Houge, a Cobra team squad leader with Battery B, 2nd Low Altitude Aircraft Defense Battalion, March 12. Houge aided in the recent capture of an insurgent.

2nd LAAD Marines recognized for capturing known terrorist

Two Marines from Battery B, 2nd Low Altitude Aircraft Defense Battalion, were recently recognized for their efforts on a patrol that occurred Feb. 23. Lance Cpls. Darryl E. Webb and Kenneth L. Houge Jr., were presented with Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals by Brig. Gen. Timothy C. Hanifen, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) commanding

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‘Godfather’ takes command of base defense

The “Godfather,” Marine Wing Support Group-27, arrived to defend Al Asad and maintain the safety of the service members within, Jan. 15. The Marines of Group 27 provide the aviation ground support for aviation operations to Multi-National Forces-West, Iraq. The primary role of ’27 is to command and control the integrated defense for the base,

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Service members play key role in Iraqi girl’s future

The medical staff, casualty evacuation and medical evacuation service members here are constantly prepared to save the lives of their comrades, but recently they helped ensure that a young child would live to see another day. Neba Eyad Ibrahim, a six-year-old local citizen of Ramadi, Iraq, was recently transported to the 399th Combat Support

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AL ASAD, Iraq - Sgt. Scott and Cpl. Anthony Cole, brothers from Rosemount, Minn., were able to spend the day together on Al Asad, March 21. Marc Allen, a civilian working with Agility Logistics, arranged for Anthony to fly from Camp Fallujah to Al Asad to visit his brother. Scott is a career retention specialist with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 and Anthony is a food service specialist with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines attached to Headquarters Battery 5/10. - AL ASAD, Iraq - Sgt. Scott and Cpl. Anthony Cole, brothers from Rosemount, Minn., were able to spend the day together on Al Asad, March 21. Marc Allen, a civilian working with Agility Logistics, arranged for Anthony to fly from Camp Fallujah to Al Asad to visit his brother. Scott is a career retention specialist with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 and Anthony is a food service specialist with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines attached to Headquarters Battery 5/10.

Brothers get helping hand to spend day together in Iraq

Two brothers who have been apart for over two years were reunited in Iraq with the help of a former Marine who now works as a civilian contractor. Scott and Anthony Cole spent March 21 together on Al Asad thanks to the efforts of Marc Allen, a customer service representative for Agility Logistics, a company that supplies food to coalition forces in

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AL ASAD, Iraq - Maj. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, addresses Marines of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 after eating dinner with them at Al Asad, March 25. Glueck warned the Marines not to become complacent and to remember that every Marine is a rifleman. - AL ASAD, Iraq - Maj. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, addresses Marines of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 after eating dinner with them at Al Asad, March 25. Glueck warned the Marines not to become complacent and to remember that every Marine is a rifleman.

2nd MAW CG visits Al Asad, proud of Marines, Sailors

The recently deployed Marines and Sailors of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) had a chance to talk to their commanding general during his visit to Iraq. Maj. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, 2nd MAW commanding general, ate dinner with Marines from Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, March 25, and talked to them about their year-long deployment. The dinner

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AL ASAD, Iraq- Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 engineer section roll a 14-inch-pipe into a four foot trench on the flight line, Mar., 23. The pipe will house a fuel line and be covered with cement. - AL ASAD, Iraq- Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 engineer section roll a 14-inch-pipe into a four foot trench on the flight line, Mar., 23. The pipe will house a fuel line and be covered with cement.

Combat Engineers break the deck, enhance the flight line

The combat engineers of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 have a wide variety of skills at hand. They have skills in mine detection, urban reconstruction, and demolitions. Although they only recently received the wing support mission from MWSS-273, they have already gotten their hands dirty. “We just showed up and we’re already swamped with work,”

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AL ASAD, Iraq- Cpl. Michael J. Souza, a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29 generator mechanic, and Sgt. Bobby Harlan, a reconnaissance Marine with 4th Recon Battalion, hold up Souza's Texas flag while Charlie Robison sings "My Hometown," at the Al Asad theater, March 24. - AL ASAD, Iraq- Cpl. Michael J. Souza, a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29 generator mechanic, and Sgt. Bobby Harlan, a reconnaissance Marine with 4th Recon Battalion, hold up Souza's Texas flag while Charlie Robison sings "My Hometown," at the Al Asad theater, March 24.