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Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, bottom right, commander, Joint Region Marianas, and the mayor of Tinian, bottom left, sign an airfield divert document during U.S. Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief efforts on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 9, 2018. With this signing, U.S. Department of Defense aircraft now have access to Tinian’s airfield for diversion landing in support of DSCA or other military operations. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super Typhoon Yutu, which made a direct hit with devastating effect on Tinian Oct. 25 as the second strongest storm to ever hit U.S. soil. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Combat Logistics Battalion 31 arrived on Tinian Oct. 29-31 in the wake of Super Typhoon Yutu as part of Task Force-West. TF-W is providing U.S. DoD support to the CNMI's civil and local officials as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency-supported Super Typhoon recovery effort. 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 Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall/Released)
| Date Taken: | 11.09.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 11.26.2018 00:16 |
| Photo ID: | 4918444 |
| VIRIN: | 181105-M-YY851-001 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 15.13 MB |
| Location: | TINIAN, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS , MP |
| Web Views: | 33 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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