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A mother snaps a photo on her iPhone of the children of St. Peter's Catholic School in the kitchen of the Air Station Structural Fire Department, Oct. 11. St. Peter's visit to the Air Station wrapped a week-long effort by the fire station to increase fire safety awareness during Fire Prevention Week. - A mother snaps a photo on her iPhone of the children of St. Peter's Catholic School in the kitchen of the Air Station Structural Fire Department, Oct. 11. St. Peter's visit to the Air Station wrapped a week-long effort by the fire station to increase fire safety awareness during Fire Prevention Week.

The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is showcased during a debut to the Beaufort, S.C. community aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Aug. 20. The F-35 will replace the Marine Corps' aging legacy tactical fleet providing the dominant, multi-role, fifth-generation capabilities needed across the full spectrum of combat operations to deter potential adversaries and enable future naval aviation power projection. MCAS Beaufort is expected to receive the aircraft in 2014 along with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, the Marine Corps' first F-35B training squadron, which falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 31 aboard MCAS Beaufort. - The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is showcased during a debut to the Beaufort, S.C. community aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Aug. 20. The F-35 will replace the Marine Corps' aging legacy tactical fleet providing the dominant, multi-role, fifth-generation capabilities needed across the full spectrum of combat operations to deter potential adversaries and enable future naval aviation power projection. MCAS Beaufort is expected to receive the aircraft in 2014 along with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, the Marine Corps' first F-35B training squadron, which falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 31 aboard MCAS Beaufort.

Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 2 Detachment Alpha, gather for cocktail prior to their mess night at the bar of the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Officers’ Club, Aug. 1. Mess night is one of many Marine Corps traditions which allow the unit to come together and build camaraderie amongst one another. - Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 2 Detachment Alpha, gather for cocktail prior to their mess night at the bar of the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Officers’ Club, Aug. 1. Mess night is one of many Marine Corps traditions which allow the unit to come together and build camaraderie amongst one another.

Lance Cpl. Jordan Matting, a corrosion control technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31, left, and Sgt. Robert Wilkes, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the MALS-31 corrosion control facility, right, places graphics of Navy warfare devices in honor of Hospitalman 1st Class Kevin Frank, July 29. - Lance Cpl. Jordan Matting, a corrosion control technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31, left, and Sgt. Robert Wilkes, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the MALS-31 corrosion control facility, right, places graphics of Navy warfare devices in honor of Hospitalman 1st Class Kevin Frank, July 29.