Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Romit Chhetri, left, and Lance Cpl. Adrian Gutierrez, both motor transport operators with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, attach a 400-gallon insulated mobile portable water container to the back of a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during a convoy operation in support of exercise Pacific Pioneer, Okinawa, Japan, April 20, 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 pro
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Romit Chhetri, left, and Lance Cpl. Adrian Gutierrez, both motor transport operators with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, attach a 400-gallon insulated mobile portable water container to the back of a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during a convoy operation in support of exercise Pacific Pioneer, Okinawa, Japan, April 20, 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. Chhetri is a native Baltimore, Maryland, and Gutierrez is a native of Santa Ana, California.
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