U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eddie Machuca, water support technician with Engineer Support Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, ground guides for Lance Cpl. Tyler Rinicker, heavy equipment operator with ESC, 9th ESB, 3d MLG, transporting a sixcon of water with a Tractor, Rubber-Tired, Articulated, Multi-Purpose (TRAM) during exercise Pacific Pioneer on Kin Blue training area, Okinawa, Japan, April 21, 2021. Pacific Pioneer serves as 9th ESB's Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation as well as an opportunity to demonstrate the ability to establish and sustain expeditionary advanced bases with survivable force protection, practice naval integration, and position long range precision fires and tactical logistics nodes across littoral regions in support of naval operations. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III MEF’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. Machuca is a native of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Rinicker is a native of Henning, Minnesota. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Hailey D. Clay)
Date Taken: | 04.21.2021 |
Date Posted: | 04.26.2021 21:17 |
Photo ID: | 6615713 |
VIRIN: | 210421-M-LR229-001 |
Resolution: | 1682x2523 |
Size: | 2.96 MB |
Location: | KIN, OKINAWA, JP |
Hometown: | HENNING, MINNESOTA, US |
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