Combat Logisitics Battalion 3 supplies success during Operation Gateway III [Image 4 of 5]

FARAH PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

12.31.2008

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald Stauffer 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command

A military front-end loader, operated by Combat Logistics Battalion 3, fills a protective barrier with dirt at Combat Outpost Barrow in Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, during Operation Gateway III, Dec. 31, 2008. Operation Gateway III was a strategically planned operation to place combat outposts along southern Afghanistan's Route 515, providing security and safer travel for Afghan residents, as well as International Security Assistance Forces and Afghan national security forces. CLB-3 is the logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force ? Afghanistan.

• Date Taken: 12.31.2008
• Date Posted: 06.15.2012 14:52
• Photo ID: 146880
• VIRIN: 081231-M-9999S-003
• Resolution: 3000x1854
• Size: 509.12 KB
• Location: FARAH PROVINCE, AF