Lance Cpl. Franklin Dike, a 21-year-old motor transportation operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, works to secure a generator to a 7-ton flatbed truck during Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief efforts on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 5, 2018. Dike, a native of Nigeria, enlisted in November 2015 – he immigrated from Nigeria to Chicago in January 2015. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super Typhoon Yutu, which made a direct hit with devastating effect on Tinian Oct. 25 as the second strongest storm to e
Lance Cpl. Franklin Dike, a 21-year-old motor transportation operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, works to secure a generator to a 7-ton flatbed truck during Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief efforts on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 5, 2018. Dike, a native of Nigeria, enlisted in November 2015 – he immigrated from Nigeria to Chicago in January 2015. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super Typhoon Yutu, which made a direct hit with devastating effect on Tinian Oct. 25 as the second strongest storm to ever hit soil. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and CLB-31 arrived on Tinian Oct. 29-31 in the wake of Super Typhoon Yutu as part of Task Force-West. TF-W is providing Department of Defense support to the CNMI's civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Super Typhoon recovery effort. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region.
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