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    Marines and airmen load a C-17 with pallets of supplies for earthquake victims in eastern Turkey [Image 4 of 6]

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    Marines and airmen load a C-17 with pallets of supplies for earthquake victims in eastern Turkey

    AKERSHUS, NORWAY

    10.31.2011

    Photo by Sgt. Matt Lyman 

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    Airman 1st Class Curtis Sibby, 62nd Airlift Wing, loadmaster, waits on the ramp of his C-17 Globemaster III while SRA Nicholas Hebert guides a forklift, driven by a Norwegian soldier assisting the loading of emergency relief supplies headed to eastern Turkey. Marines, airmen and Norwegian soldiers work around the clock to load emergency equipment onto a C-17 U.S. Air Force Globemaster III. Marines assigned to U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, along with airmen with 62nd Airlift Wing, based out of Joint-Base Louis-McChord, and the Norwegian soldiers assembled 16 pallets loaded with 369 arctic tents, 369 space heaters and 369 fuel cans – totaling more than 91,000 lbs., Oct. 31. The gear they delivered was stored at the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway. MCPP-N provides a responsive source of equipment and supplies for Marine Corps operations, including humanitarian assistance, in the European theater.

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    Date Taken: 10.31.2011
    Date Posted: 11.03.2011 03:09
    Photo ID: 483220
    VIRIN: 111031-M-NQ873-328
    Resolution: 4368x2912
    Size: 5.42 MB
    Location: AKERSHUS, NO

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