060222-N-6274T-099 Southern Leyte, Republic of the Philippines (Feb. 22, 2006) - A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) Echo 2, Battalion 5, carrying a rock to assist in making a land-bridge following a massive landslide that buried a village in the southern part of the island of Leyte. The bridges and roads the Marines are creating will make the movement of heavy equipment and personnel possible. Sailors and Marines from the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), USS Essex (LHD 2) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), arrived off the coast of Leyte Feb. 19 to pro
060222-N-6274T-099 Southern Leyte, Republic of the Philippines (Feb. 22, 2006) - A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) Echo 2, Battalion 5, carrying a rock to assist in making a land-bridge following a massive landslide that buried a village in the southern part of the island of Leyte. The bridges and roads the Marines are creating will make the movement of heavy equipment and personnel possible. Sailors and Marines from the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), USS Essex (LHD 2) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), arrived off the coast of Leyte Feb. 19 to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to victims of the landslide. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Corey Truax (RELEASED) US Navy 060222-N-6274T-099 A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) Echo 2, Battalion 5, carrying a rock to assist in making a land-bridge
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