Staff Sgt. Joseph Colvin, an ammunition technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, speaks with a Tinian resident during Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief efforts on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 6, 2018. Colvin, a native of, Croydon, Pennsylvania, graduated from Bucks County Technical High School in June 2006 before enlisting in August 2007. 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
Staff Sgt. Joseph Colvin, an ammunition technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, speaks with a Tinian resident during Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief efforts on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 6, 2018. Colvin, a native of, Croydon, Pennsylvania, graduated from Bucks County Technical High School in June 2006 before enlisting in August 2007. 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 CNMI's civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Yutu 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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