MARINES TO DISPLAY DISASTER-RESPONSE CAPABILITIES & EQUIPMENT DURING LA FLEET WEEK 2018

Photo By Sgt. Joseph Prado | U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, display a row of vehicles and equipment during the Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief Village demonstration in Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 29, 2018. Attendees walked through a static display to learn about community preparedness and how to prepare themselves, their family and their community during a disaster. I Marine Expeditionary Force annually provides support to civil authorities through key relationship building exercises and tactically focused training across the state to support regional actors in responding to wildfires, catastrophic earthquakes or other natural disasters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Prado)  

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

08.30.2018

Story by Capt. Maida Zheng 

I Marine Expeditionary Force

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – U.S. Marines of the I Marine Expeditionary Force will be displaying various military equipment providing a firsthand look into the capabilities of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, during Fleet Week Los Angeles, Aug. 30 through Sept. 3.

I MEF provides the Marine Corps a globally responsive, expeditionary, and fully scalable Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), capable of generating, deploying, and employing ready forces and formations for crisis response, forward presence, major combat operations, and campaigns.

The Marines’ demonstrations and equipment displays will be among the many highlights at LA Fleet Week® 2018.

Media are invited to attend this demonstration where Marines will be on hand to display their Shock Trauma Platoon, a small, mobile medical unit designed to serve as a modern battlefield emergency room, as well as various military equipment such as the M777 Howitzer, the Light Armored Vehicle, a Stinger and many more weapon sets. Members of the Marines’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team will demonstrate their EOD robot and bomb suit, often used in emergency response situations to safely identify and neutralize explosives.

I MEF is comprised of more than 50,000 Marines and Sailors who make I MEF “the World’s Finest Expeditionary Force.”

For information and questions regarding Marine Corps participation during LA FLEET WEEK®, contact Capt. Maida Zheng, the LA FLEET WEEK Marine Corps Media Officer, at 760-846-0356, [e-mail] or [e-mail].

For information and questions regarding LA FLEET WEEK®, contact Mrs. Rachel Campbell, the Port of Los Angeles Media Relations at [phone] or email [e-mail].


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• Date Taken: 08.30.2018
• Date Posted: 08.30.2018 18:46
• Story ID: 291037
• Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US