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    31st MEU Marines Aid Displaced Bougainville Villagers [Image 5 of 18]

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    31st MEU Marines Aid Displaced Bougainville Villagers

    BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

    08.11.2023

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridgette Rodriguez 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matthew Danner, center, the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Cpl. Paige Sportsman, right, an MV-22B Osprey aircrew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st MEU, announce preparations to transport United States Agency for International Development workers during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 11, 2023. The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and the 31st MEU are working in coordination with the USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance at the request of the government of Papua New Guinea, in consultation with the Autonomous Bougainville Government, after the volcanic eruption of Mount Bagana. Sportsman is a Nixa, Missouri native. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bridgette Rodriguez)

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    Date Taken: 08.11.2023
    Date Posted: 08.13.2023 23:10
    Photo ID: 7969170
    VIRIN: 230811-M-CX509-1127
    Resolution: 6544x4363
    Size: 9.46 MB
    Location: BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, PG
    Hometown: NIXA, MISSOURI, US

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