Operation Tomodachi: Civil Affairs Marines provide HADR expertise [Image 1 of 2]

CAMP SENDAI, AICHI, JAPAN

03.28.2011

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mark Stroud 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Lance Cpl. Nicholas R. Beaupre, civil affairs, Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team, Joint Support Forces Japan, uses a chime here March 28 to check his current location using the devices global-positioning-system capabilities. The device also has a satellite uplink and graphical-user-interface to allow Marines to fill out site surveys and communicate them back to the command element. The site surveys serve as a real time situation report on damaged infrastructure and buildings allowing the command element to better coordinate humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.

• Date Taken: 03.28.2011
• Date Posted: 03.29.2011 02:28
• Photo ID: 383402
• VIRIN: 110328-M-JG138-034
• Resolution: 4928x3264
• Size: 682.87 KB
• Location: CAMP SENDAI, AICHI, JP