MCAS New River News

Renovated and ready to serve: New VA Benefits Delivery at Discharge Intake Site officially opens - Employees with Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) Intake Site pose for a photo after the VA BDD Office ribbon cutting ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 18, 2024. The new VA BDD Intake Site, located at Bldg. 316 on G Street, supports service members through the BDD process, allowing service members to file a claim for service-connected disabilities up to 180 days prior to separation. The BDD site also supports service members going through the Integrated Disability Evaluation System process and veterans seeking support from the VA. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alyssa J. DeCrane)

Bataan Amphibious Ready Group Conducts PASSEX With Royal Navy - 240225-N-HA192-1268 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 25, 2024) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) transit in formation with the United Kingdom primary casualty receiving ship RFA Argus (A135) in the Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 25. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group will be transferred to NATO command in the Eastern Mediterranean in order to conduct a series of short notice vigilance activities with elements of Allied Maritime Command’s Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 and the Turkish Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew F. Brown)

Spiritual Resiliency with a Vietnam POW - Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton speaks with U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Lyndsie J. McGaha, a student with School of Infantry-East, after a professional military education class on spiritual resiliency on Marine Corps Air Station New River, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. Halyburton survived seven-and-a-half years in captivity as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and talks about the wisdom and liberation from his harrowing experience. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

“The Best Mentor and Coach”: The Champion Award Recipient Lawrence Romua - Lawrence Romua, the lead defense travel administrator for Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, receives a phone call on MCAS New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. Romua was recently awarded the Defense Travel Management Office Excellence in Practice Champion Award for his contributions as a mentor and coach. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Fire Station 6 Tour with Fire Chief Alex Rivera - Fire Chief Alex Rivera with Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, speaks to guests as he gives a tour of Fire Station 6 on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 24, 2024. Rivera was appointed as the Marine Corps Installations East Regional Fire Chief and Installation Fire Chief at MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River in November 2023 after being the Fire Chief at the United States Military Academy, West Point for over seven years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zeta Johnson)

MCAS New River Go-Getter: Cpl. Seth Doran - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Seth Doran, an aircraft communications and navigation systems technician with Air Traffic Control, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, stands in front of the Air Traffic Control Facility on MCAS New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Jan. 4, 2024. Doran is December 2023's MCAS New River Go-Getter of the Month and nominee for the 2023 Aviation Technician of the Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Antonino Mazzamuto)

CH-53K Mishap Training - U.S. Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX 1) remove a window during a mishap training at Wilmington International Airport in Wrightsboro, North Carolina, Dec. 14, 2023. Marines with Marine Corps Air Station New River and VMX 1 integrated with civilian first responders from New Hanover County to conduct a military aircraft mishap training to enhance emergency response skills between civilian and military first responders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alyssa J. Deputee)

MCAS New River Go-Getter: PFC Juan Vazquez III - U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Juan Vazquez III, an aviation operations specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, poses for a photo on MCAS New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Nov. 7, 2023. Vazquez, the recipient of this month’s MCAS New River Go-Getter award, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2023 from Brooklyn, New York. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)