Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort News - Year 2013

Children dance alongside thier parents and KidFest volunteers during the 18th Annual KidFest at the Cross Creek Shopping Center, April 6.The event is meant to increase the public’s awareness on the struggles that military children go through while raising awareness on child abuse. - Children dance alongside thier parents and KidFest volunteers during the 18th Annual KidFest at the Cross Creek Shopping Center, April 6.The event is meant to increase the public’s awareness on the struggles that military children go through while raising awareness on child abuse.

18th Annual KidFest celebration educates children, parents

Each year, the Tri-Command and Marine Corps Community Services organizes a free event to celebrate children and educate their parents. KidFest, now in its 18th year, is a festival meant to increase the public’s awareness on the struggles military children go through while raising awareness on child abuse, said Jeanette L. Smith, an event coordinator for MCCS. April has been designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month and Month of the Military Child for nearly 30 years.

Read More

A Marine with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 is reunited with his family after a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific in Support of the Unit Deployment Program aboard the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort flightline, March 22. While supporting the UDP, VMFA(AW)-224 increased forward presence in the area and participated in theater security cooperation activities with regional allies. - A Marine with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 is reunited with his family after a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific in Support of the Unit Deployment Program aboard the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort flightline, March 22. While supporting the UDP, VMFA(AW)-224 increased forward presence in the area and participated in theater security cooperation activities with regional allies.

Families build resiliency toward deployments

Any change in life requires adapting to the environment, deployments aren't excluded. As Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 head out in support of the Unit Deployment Program, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 just returned from completing their mission in the Western Pacific, March 22. The deployments might be in the same region with the same mission but back home every family member of a deployed Marine goes through the deployment in a different way, in their own way.

Read More

With knowledge you can save a life

The months from April through September have the highest suicide rates amongst Marines, making it important to be especially observant during these months. Jeanette L. Smith, the new Tri-Command suicide prevention specialist, is available to meet with large or small groups to train on preventing these types of incidents.

Read More

Cpl. Maria Cognac, a personal administrator with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, spends time with her four-month-old daughter Lea Cognac during the Month of the Military Child picnic at the Child Developement Center at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, April 1. This month recognizes the sacrifices military children make and struggles they go through as their parents serve our country. - Cpl. Maria Cognac, a personal administrator with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, spends time with her four-month-old daughter Lea Cognac during the Month of the Military Child picnic at the Child Developement Center at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, April 1. This month recognizes the sacrifices military children make and struggles they go through as their parents serve our country.

Month of the Military Child

The Month of the Military Child kicked off with a family picnic and parade at the Child Development Center on Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, April 1-2. As military children grow up, they deal with frequent moves, family separation through deployments, and adjustment issues that make life especially challenging for them.

Read More

Staff Sgt. Brian Telinda,an assistant operations chief at Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island,made his mixed martial arts debut at the King of Jacksonville fight series in North Carolina, March 16, where he won by decision after nearly scoring a knockout in the first round. - Staff Sgt. Brian Telinda,an assistant operations chief at Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island,made his mixed martial arts debut at the King of Jacksonville fight series in North Carolina, March 16, where he won by decision after nearly scoring a knockout in the first round.

Marine proves himself in cage

At the age of 31, Staff Sgt. Brian Telinda made his Mixed Martial Arts debut at the King of Jacksonville fight series in North Carolina, March 16, where he won by decision after nearly scoring a knockout in the first round. A self-proclaimed competitor and adrenaline junkie, Telinda currently serves as an assistant operations chief at Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, which lacks the excitement of being an infantryman.

Read More

Staff Sgt. Fernando Pupo, logistics chief for Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 and native of Miami, fought through and survived stage 4 lymphoma. Lymphoma is a cancer that forms in the white blood cells called lymphocytes. The cancer diminishes the immune system, growing and multiplying. - Staff Sgt. Fernando Pupo, logistics chief for Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 and native of Miami, fought through and survived stage 4 lymphoma. Lymphoma is a cancer that forms in the white blood cells called lymphocytes. The cancer diminishes the immune system, growing and multiplying.

Conquering cancer, continuing career

With the support of his family and chemotherapy treatment, Staff Sgt. Fernando Pupo fought through and survived stage 4 lymphoma. Lymphoma is a cancer that forms in the white blood cells called lymphocytes. The cancer diminishes the immune system, growing and multiplying. It invades nearby cells and organs, choking them off from oxygen and nutrients.

Read More