Marine Corps Celebrates 231 Years of Service with 10 K Run [Image 6 of 6]

TAQADDUM, IRAQ

11.10.2006

Photo by Sgt. Geoffrey Ingersoll 

1st Marine Logistics Group

Army Chief Warrant Officer Edwin W. Sugai, commander of the Joint Logistics Support Element and a 57-year-old Los Angeles native, charges forward toward the finish line. Sugai held high the United States' colors during the entire 10 kilometer run. It was the second of the five-race Camp Taqaddum Road Race Series. Mr. Ron Farmer of Marine Corps Community Services Camp Pendleton donated 150 t-shirts and will end up donating a total of 600 throughout the series. The first place Marine male was Cpl. Rodriguez-Perez, a heavy equipment mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 3rd Marine Air Wing (Forward), finishing with a time of 41:35. The first place Marine female was Sgt. Colleen Shuster, MWSS 373, with a time of 45:21. The second place military male, Marine Major Steve L. Newsome, a 34-year-old native of Jacksonville, Fla. and an operations officer for CLR-15, 1st MLG (Forward) said the run was just one more thing service members did to bond together and remember the sacrifices of past service members. A total of 262 service members and civilians contractors ran and finished the race.CLR-15 is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq (MNF-W) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. (USMC photo by: Lance Cpl. Geoffrey P. Ingersoll (061110-M-8187I-006) (Released)

• Date Taken: 11.10.2006
• Date Posted: 11.18.2006 01:24
• Photo ID: 33108
• VIRIN: 061110-M-8187I-006
• Resolution: 2160x1171
• Size: 1.75 MB
• Location: TAQADDUM, IQ