Unit Profile
Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass.
CHICOPEE, Mass.
The Marine reserve sitein Chicopee, Mass., is composed of two units, Marine Air Support Squadron 6 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 Detachment Bravo. The unit has a mix of active duty and reserve Marines that drill at the site.
The Marine reserve site of Chicopee, Mass., includes two units, Marine Air Support Squadron 6 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 Detachment Bravo. Nestled in the southern portion of the state, the units are composed of active and reserve Marines. Recent deployments and exercises, Operation Iraqi Freedom and New Horizons 2006, have included Marines from the both units.
Marine Air Support Squadron 6
Command – Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing
MASS-6 provides the Direct Air Support Center (DASC) for the Marine Forces Reserve.
Call sign – Lighthouse
Mission – MASS 6 coordinates the DASC to provide control and coordination of aircraft operating in direct support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Operations.
Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 Detachment Bravo
- Command – Marine Wing Support Group 47, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing
MWSS 472 Det B serves as the squadron’s primary engineer services site.
Call sign – Dragons
Mission – MWSS 472 provides all essential Aviation Ground Support to the rotary-wing components of the Marine Aviation Combat Element (ACE) and all supporting attached elements of the Marine Air Control Group.
CHICOPEE, Mass. – Marines from the reserve site performs funeral service ceremonies for Marine veterans in the surrounding area. As representatives for their district in Massachusetts, the unit also conducts ceremonies for Memorial Day and July 4th.
GONZALO RIVERA, Honduras. – Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 lay out plumbing for a construction project during New Horizons 2006. U.S. and Honduran troops will build four new schools and one maternity clinic, as well as provide free basic medical care to local residents during the joint
military humanitarian exercise. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Maria J. Bare
