Since 1943, Fleet Readiness Center East aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, has played an important part in national defense. Their workforce has earned a reputation of excellence in providing world-class maintenance, engineering, and logistics support for Navy and Marine Corps aviation, as well as other armed services, federal agencies, and foreign governments. Their skilled workforce uses state-of-the-art technology to ensure that FRCE is without equal in providing quality, cost-effective support. Their employees take great pride in their work, and this professional spirit is evident in the high-quality products they produce. FRCE mission is to maintain and operate facilities for and perform a complete range of depot-level rework operations on designated weapon systems, accessories, and equipment; manufacture parts and assemblies as required; provide engineering services in the development of changes of hardware design; furnish technical services on aircraft maintenance and logistic problems; and perform, upon specific request or assignment, other levels of aircraft maintenance. About the Image: Steven Cope, left, and Joe Shanda, both members of the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) F-35 Rapid Response Team (RRT), perform maintenance on an F-35C for Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 (VFMA-314) aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, underway in the Indo-Pacific region. The FRCE artisans deployed to the aircraft carrier to assist with fixes that were beyond the scope of the organizational-level repairs provided by squadron maintainers.
(Photo courtesy of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314)