Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Troy E. Black visited Fleet Readiness Center East March 15 to receive updates regarding the support FRCE provides to Marine Corps aviation and the facility’s current status of operations.
Berger and Black toured the facility with FRCE Commanding Officer Capt. Mark E. Nieto and Executive Director Mark Meno. The itinerary focused on the V-22 Osprey, F-35 Lightning II and future plans for F-35 maintenance and capabilities at FRCE.
“I was proud to welcome General Berger and Sergeant Major Black to FRCE and familiarize them with the vital work we’re doing to support Marine Corps aviation,” Nieto said. “This visit gave us an excellent opportunity to provide him with a firsthand look at how FRCE operations contribute to Marine Corps readiness and explain what we need to be successful, now and in the future.”
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The U.S. military’s overarching objective is clear: defeat the enemy. For the past 12 months, COVID-19 has been an enemy.
On March 12, 2020, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune recorded its first case of the virus when a dependent tested positive while three Marines were self quarantining after returning from overseas. Within a matter of days, schools on base closed and the base hospital set up two screening sites and a phone line to help curtail community spread.
One year later, the fight continues against COVID-19.
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Julian D. Alford, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations East - MCB Camp Lejeune, says the base’s commitment to readiness, training, health and safety has not waivered over the past year.
A Sneads Ferry man and former subcontractor for the U.S. Marine Corps, who pled guilty in a federal bribery and fraud case was sentenced to prison after he came clean about destroying records during the investigation.
William J. Thompson, 56, pled guilty in May 2020 to one county of destruction of records in a federal investigation before U.S. District Chief Judge Terrence W. Boyle of the Eastern District of North Carolina. On Feb. 17, Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced Thompson was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Thompson was a subcontractor at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and owned C&D Painting and Construction in Sneads Ferry at the time of the investigation.