08 August 2023 Loud and Clear: New Paint Scheme Helps Boost Workplace Safety at FRCE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- An ongoing initiative to improve understanding of personal protective equipment requirements at Fleet Readiness Center East is ensuring employees can quickly and easily identify what type of protective equipment is needed to enter industrial...
01 August 2023 FRCE Hosts Externship Program with Local Educators MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently hosted a group of Craven County School teachers as part of an externship program focused on preparing students for careers in industry...
11 July 2023 FRCE Modernization Team Improves Work Environment, Saves Time and Money While teams of expert artisans, engineers and logisticians support state-of-the-art maintenance, repair and overhaul of the military’s most advanced aircraft platforms at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) – often in buildings that date back to the depot’s World War II...
11 July 2023 FRCE ground support shop equips aircraft lines for success Fleet Readiness Center East's Ground Support Branch repairs and maintains the vital ground support equipment used to move aircraft, transport parts, test systems and perform other critical functions that support aircraft production efforts at the depot...
23 June 2023 FRCE marks first with adoption of battery-powered ground power units Fleet Readiness Center East’s (FRCE) UH-1N Huey production line is swapping out diesel-powered ground power units (GPU) for a sustainable alternative with the recent purchase of battery-powered GPUs, becoming the first adapter of this technology within the Naval Aviation community...
23 June 2023 FRCE Delivers Final Harrier Trainer to Marine Squadron Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) has reached another milestone toward the drawing down of its AV-8B Harrier program, with the completion of its last TAV-8B trainer aircraft. The two-seater trainer was delivered May 11 to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223, located at Cherry Point...
20 June 2023 FRCE engine inspection training key to aircraft safety Training developed and conducted at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) has made a real-world impact on flight line readiness. The training provides the Marine Corps with the capabilities to bolster the number of mission-capable AV-8B Harriers while ensuring aircraft safety, and is now being applied...
23 May 2023 ENC Tech Bridge hosts NavalX director at FRCE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Innovation, connection and speeding solutions to the warfighter were on the agenda as the Eastern North Carolina (ENC) Tech Bridge at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) hosted a site visit by the NavalX Director May 16...
23 May 2023 FRCE Hosts Marine Depot Maintenance Command Leaders MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) welcomed leaders from Marine Depot Maintenance Command (MDMC) May 16-17, as the two organizations compared operations, discussed common challenges and shared best practices, with the common goal of improving support of...
17 May 2023 FRCE Engineers team with local students in 2023 Ultimate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Competition MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - With the assistance of engineers from Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), teams of high school students throughout eastern North Carolina watched their ideas take flight during the 2023 Ultimate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle competition held April 22 in...