U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jeromy Rodriguez, right, motor transport operator, and Cpl. Derek Thome, machinist, both with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, post security at an entry control point 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. Rodriguez is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and Thome is a native of Long Beach, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Hailey D. Clay)
Date Taken: | 04.21.2021 |
Date Posted: | 04.26.2021 21:10 |
Photo ID: | 6615724 |
VIRIN: | 210421-M-LR229-012 |
Resolution: | 2323x1549 |
Size: | 2.35 MB |
Location: | KIN, OKINAWA, JP |
Hometown: | BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, US |
Hometown: | LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, US |
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