Marine returns to island home, trains local law enforcement [Image 1 of 7]

IRAI, PALAU

09.16.2014

Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Staff Sgt. Milton Donatus, right, instructs Palau national law enforcement officers on the operations of the M9A1 9 mm service pistol Sept. 16 in Irai, Palau. The chance to come home and instruct the training was a very meaningful experience, according to Donatus, who is from Ngaraard, Palau. “It feels good and it means a lot to me to come back in this situation,” said Donatus, the training chief with Combat Logistics Detachment 379, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. “I was not a wealthy kid growing up, so people kind of always looked at me thinking that I wouldn’t amount to anything. Being able to come back with a different life is just awesome because it gives me a chance to show everyone who grew up where I did that there is hope.” The training is part of exercise T-AKE 14-2, a maritime pre-positioned force, multi-country theater security cooperation event that deploys from Okinawa aboard the USNS Sacagawea to conduct training exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drew Tech/Released)

• Date Taken: 09.16.2014
• Date Posted: 10.06.2014 02:34
• Photo ID: 1599018
• VIRIN: 140916-M-GX711-188
• Resolution: 2902x1934
• Size: 1 MB
• Location: IRAI, PW
• Hometown: KOROR, PW
• Hometown: GROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI, US
• Hometown: WOONSOCKET, RI, US