Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort News

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.

Lt. Col. Wade Weigel relinquished command of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 to Lt. Col. Douglas DeWolfe, during a change of command ceremony held aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 25. Weigel and VMFA-122 recently returned from a six-month deployment to the Pacific in support of the Unit Deployment Program. - Lt. Col. Wade Weigel relinquished command of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 to Lt. Col. Douglas DeWolfe, during a change of command ceremony held aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 25. Weigel and VMFA-122 recently returned from a six-month deployment to the Pacific in support of the Unit Deployment Program.

Since the March 1 implementation of sequestration, thousands of government employees have been affected by the sweeping budget cuts to local, state and federal government agencies. Employees in the Beaufort area are feeling the effects with furlough days (involuntary days off without pay), and are having to adjust household budgets drastically to adapt to the 20 percent decrease in pay. - Since the March 1 implementation of sequestration, thousands of government employees have been affected by the sweeping budget cuts to local, state and federal government agencies. Employees in the Beaufort area are feeling the effects with furlough days (involuntary days off without pay), and are having to adjust household budgets drastically to adapt to the 20 percent decrease in pay.