Concerns over possible coastal habitat changes on military bases prompt a government-funded, multi-year study of Onslow County’s New River, which flows through Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, by scientists from the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences and other universities.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Our Coast’s History: JFK’s Visit, 55 Years Later
The Carolina coast was seemingly far removed but also vitally engaged in the escalating Cold War in April 1962, when President Kennedy toured area military installations.
The Greening of the Marines
Solar panels are sprouting up all over Camp Lejeune. You can see them in fields, covering parking lots and on the roofs of new base housing, which are far “greener” than most houses outside the gate.
