Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com While Cherokee County is not home to a Marine base, several significant Marine Corps facilities are in North Carolina, including Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River in Onslow County and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Craven County. The Marines often train in and around Cherokee County because of its geography. A CH-53E, like the one at right idling before takeoff at Western Carolina Regional Airport in Andrews on May 8 before heading-
Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com While Cherokee County is not home to a Marine base, several significant Marine Corps facilities are in North Carolina, including Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River in Onslow County and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Craven County. The Marines often train in and around Cherokee County because of its geography. A CH-53E, like the one at right idling before takeoff at Western Carolina Regional Airport in Andrews on May 8 before heading
