An official website of the United States government
Here's how you know
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.


Marine Air Support Squadron 1
MASS-1 Unit Logo
Marine Air Control Group 28
MCAS Cherry Point, NC

LEADERS

Lieutenant Colonel Martin R. Bebell
MASS-1 Commanding Officer

A native of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Lieutenant Colonel Martin R. Bebell was commissioned a Second

Read Biography

Major Thomas C. Hambidge
MASS-1 Executive Officer

Major Hambidge completed Officer Candidate Course 199 and commissioned as United States Marine Corps

Read Biography

Sergeant Major Paul J. Vee Jr.
MASS-1 Command Senior Enlisted Leader

Sergeant Major Vee enlisted in the Marine Corps on 8 May 2001 and underwent recruit training at

Read Biography

CONTACT US

Marine Air Support Squadron 1
PSC Box 8072
MCAS Cherry Point, NC 28533

Commercial: (252) 876-6348
DSN: 582-4113

 

VOTING ASSISTANCE

Send an Email

Unit Voting Assistance Officer
Office: (252) 466-4698

READINESS COORDINATORS

DRC: Bonnie Malyk
Office: (252) 466-5828
Cell: (910) 797-4086

URCs:
1stLt Joseph Greer
1stLt Michael Nickrenz
Office: (252) 466-2027

MASS-1 Family Hotline:
1-866-242-0064
Press 5 then 5

SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR

Office: (252) 466-2591 / 7575
Relocation Assistance Page

MISSION

The squadron is responsible for the planning, receiving, coordination and processing of requests for direct or close air support. It provides this through the facility known as the Direct Air Support Center (DASC).  The DASC is the principal Marine air command and control system agency, responsible for the direction of air operations directly supporting ground forces. It functions in a decentralized mode of operation. During amphibious or expeditionary operations, the DASC is normally the first air command & control agency ashore and usually lands in the same serial (i.e., scheduled wave or on-call wave) as the Ground Combat Element's senior Fire Support Coordination Center.

MARINE AIR SUPPORT SQUADRON 1 HISTORY

1943 – 1965

ACTIVATED 1 JULY 1943 AT CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, AS HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE SQUADRON,
 1ST MARINE AIR WARNING GROUP AND ASSIGNED TO 3D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING

REASSIGNED DURING APRIL 1944 TO 9TH MARINE AIRCRAFT WING

REASSIGNED DURING MARCH 1946 TO 2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING

REDESIGNATED 1 AUGUST 1946 AS HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON, MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP 1

REDESIGNATED 1 JULY 1947 AS MARINE TACTICAL AIR CONTROL SQUADRON 1

REDESIGNATED 15 FEBRUARY 1954 AS MARINE AIR SUPPORT SQUADRON 1

REASSIGNED DURING JANUARY 1956 TO MARINE WING HEADQUARTERS GROUP 2

PARTICIPATED IN THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1962

 
1966 – 2013

REASSIGNED DURING JULY 1967 TO MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP 28

PARTICIPATED IN COUNTERNARCOTICS OPERATIONS, U.S. ATLANTIC COMMAND AREA,
 AUGUST-OCTOBER 1990

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DESERT STORM, SOUTHWEWST ASIA, JANUARY-APRIL 1991

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS SUPPORT DEMOCRACY AND UPHOLD DEMOCRACY,
 HAITI, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1993 AND JULY-OCTOBER 1994

DEPLOYED DURING FEBRUARY 2003 TO KUWAIT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, MARCH-JUNE 2003, JANUARY 2005 – FEBRUARY 2006,
 FEBRUARY 2007 – JANUARY 2008 AND FEBRUARY 2009 – JANUARY 2010

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, JANUARY-JULY 2004

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN,
 APRIL 2004 AND MARCH 2008

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, APRIL 2009 – APRIL 2010

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION UNIFIED RESPONSE, HAITI, JANUARY 2010

 
2013 - PRESENT

ACTIVELY SUPPORTED OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM THRU DEPLOYED ELEMENTS, MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNITS AND INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTS

2nd Marine Aircraft Wing