Spc. Efren Valentin, a watercraft operator with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard's Landing Craft Detachment, and a native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, keeps the ramp chains alligned and away from the ramp as the ramp closes, Jan. 20, as the vessel pushes back from the dock at former Navy's Roosevelt Roads Naval Station en route to Vieques, Puerto Rico, Jan. 20. The members of the LCD are providing support to the PRARNG's engineers of the 130th and 190th engineer battalions by transporting personnel and construction equipment that will help improve the quality of life of the citizens of Vieques
Spc. Efren Valentin, a watercraft operator with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard's Landing Craft Detachment, and a native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, keeps the ramp chains alligned and away from the ramp as the ramp closes, Jan. 20, as the vessel pushes back from the dock at former Navy's Roosevelt Roads Naval Station en route to Vieques, Puerto Rico, Jan. 20. The members of the LCD are providing support to the PRARNG's engineers of the 130th and 190th engineer battalions by transporting personnel and construction equipment that will help improve the quality of life of the citizens of Vieques. The engineers will be conducting cleaning works for the next 15 days to the areas surrounding the world's most luminous bioluminescent bay, Mosquito Bay. (National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo, Puerto Rico National Guard Public Affairs Office) Guardsmen begin work at Mosquito Bay, Vieques 140120-A-SM948-631
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