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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Marines are only as good as the equipment they use. Focusing efforts to the war in Afghanistan, Camp Pendleton Marines are doing their part to keep their brothers in arms up and running.
Marines across the base work together at the unit marshalling area to support the troops in Afghanistan by transporting essential equipment to deployed personnel in the Middle East.
"Our mission is getting the gear ready for Afghanistan," said Lance Cpl. Erik A. Carroll, a supply clerk with Supply Company, Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group. "We're getting the Marines the gear they need so they can complete the mission," said Carroll, 22, Fayetteville, N.C.
Marines assigned to embark worked seven days a week for the last two months receiving equipment to send to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Afghanistan. Operational units on the West Coast are continuously delivering a variety of supplies that are mission essential, ranging from shipping containers to artillery pieces, in support of the Marines overseas. The more new and advanced equipment the Marines have, the greater edge they have on the enemy.
UMA delivers all the serviceable equipment needed to successfully complete their mission. The Marines send anything from basic tables and chow hall utensils to advanced communications transmitters and 7-ton trucks. Every item sent will help make the deployed Marines' jobs less stressful.
"Any kind of gear the Marine Corps uses, we ship out of here," said Sgt. Darrol R. Wynn, an embarker with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division.
After the military equipment is consolidated at the UMA, it's either flown from March Air Force Base or ground delivered to civilian cargo ports and shipped there. All these steps demand long, grueling hours from the service members who make this operation happen.
"Without all the hard work the Marines here have done, none of this would have been possible," said Sgt. Joseph W. Cain, a heavy equipment operator with Engineer Support Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st MLG . "Everybody has been working together as a team to complete the mission in Operation Enduring Freedom."
UMA Marines safely conduct their operations with limited time, as more equipment arrives daily.
"We don't take shortcuts," said Cain, 24, Milwaukee. "The units are giving us millions of dollars of their best equipment so we can send it over to Afghanistan to be used to fight in the war."
UMA Marines rely on all of their personnel to do their part in loading the supplies and getting them to the front lines.
"A lot of heavy equipment operators who just came out of military occupational specialty school are getting hands on training moving gear ranging from pallets to logistics vehicle systems," said Wynn, 23, Fort Wayne, Ind.
UMA Marines are scheduled to have all the equipment shipped out to the service members depending on it this month.
| Date Taken: | 04.29.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 05.04.2009 09:04 |
| Story ID: | 33155 |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 316 |
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