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The Marine Corps is currently conducting an online survey to collect feedback on possible uniform changes. Active duty Marines can now influence the future of the policy by voting at https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/application_noncac/.. - The Marine Corps is currently conducting an online survey to collect feedback on possible uniform changes. Active duty Marines can now influence the future of the policy by voting at https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/application_noncac/..

The Color Guard awaits the command to lead the Annual Beaufort Water Festival parade in downtown Beaufort July 25. Each year, Beaufort hosts local residents and visitors from across the state and country during the annual festival. - The Color Guard awaits the command to lead the Annual Beaufort Water Festival parade in downtown Beaufort July 25. Each year, Beaufort hosts local residents and visitors from across the state and country during the annual festival.

A visitor at the Beaufort National Cemetery lays a rose on a veteran’s grave during the annual Memorial Day Ceremony, May 25. Hundreds of veterans, active duty service members, and civilians came to pay their respects to those who laid down their lives in service to the nation. - A visitor at the Beaufort National Cemetery lays a rose on a veteran’s grave during the annual Memorial Day Ceremony, May 25. Hundreds of veterans, active duty service members, and civilians came to pay their respects to those who laid down their lives in service to the nation.

Students at Bolden Elemen¬tary School on Laurel Bay held their third annual STEMposium event, May 1. STEMposium is the culmina¬tion of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, curriculum. Students in STEM learn how to apply these subjects in everyday life. - Students at Bolden Elementary School on Laurel Bay held their third annual STEMposium event, May 1. STEMposium is the culmination of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, curriculum. Students in STEM learn how to apply these subjects in everyday life.

Local singing group, The Habormasters, performed at Beaufort High School, May 2.Marines Corps Air Station Beaufort’s own Command Chaplain, Cmdr. Bill Holiman performed as one of the tenors in the choir. - Local singing group, The Habormasters, performed at Beaufort High School, May 2. Marines Corps Air Station Beaufort’s own Command Chaplain, Cmdr. Bill Holiman performed as one of the tenors in the choir.

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort conducted Exercise Fallen Angel, March 11. The training was held to meet the requirements of a mass casualty exercise 30 days prior to an Air Show and meet the annual requirement of preparing our installation against anti-terrorism and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. - Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort conducted Exercise Fallen Angel, March 11. The training was held to meet the requirements of a mass casualty exercise 30 days prior to an Air Show and meet the annual requirement of preparing our installation against anti-terrorism and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats.

Families and friends gathered to welcome home the Marines of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 with hugs and kisses, as they returned to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort from a six-month deployment to Japan, March 10. “Marines partnered with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and also made a few trips to Korea and Thailand to demonstrate interoperability between our military and theirs,” said Capt. Nils Alpers, a pilot for Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533. - Families and friends gathered to welcome home the Marines of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 with hugs and kisses, as they returned to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort from a six-month deployment to Japan, March 10. “Marines partnered with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and also made a few trips to Korea and Thailand to demonstrate interoperability between our military and theirs,” said Capt. Nils Alpers, a pilot for Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533.

A pastel sunset painted the sky in pinks, oranges and blues as Maj. Paul Holst, an instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, flies into Beaufort skies to conduct an F-35B Lightning II night flight for the first time in Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and VMFAT- 501 history, March 2. - A pastel sunset painted the sky in pinks, oranges and blues as Maj. Paul Holst, an instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, flies into Beaufort skies to conduct an F-35B Lightning II night flight for the first time in Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and VMFAT- 501 history, March 2.