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Lance Cpl. Franklin Dike, a motor transportation operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, stands atop a 7-ton flatbed truck packed with U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency-provided emergency shelters for delivery to residents of Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 7, 2018. Dike, a native of Nigeria, immigrated to Chicago in 2015 before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 2017. Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and CLB-31 arrived on Tinian Oct. 29-31 to lead relief efforts on Tinian in response to Super Typhoon Yutu as part of Task Force-West. TF-W is leading the Department of Defense’s efforts to assist CNMI’s local and civil authorities provide critical assistance for citizens devastated by Yutu, which struck Tinian and Saipan Oct. 25 as the second largest storm to ever hit U.S. soil. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)
| Date Taken: | 11.07.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 11.07.2018 19:41 |
| Photo ID: | 4884233 |
| VIRIN: | 181107-M-PJ332-097 |
| Resolution: | 1200x800 |
| Size: | 961.29 KB |
| Location: | TINIAN, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, MP |
| Web Views: | 26 |
| Downloads: | 11 |
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