Task Force Koa Moana Embarks From Okinawa [Image 2 of 2]

TENGEN PIER, OKINAWA, JAPAN

05.17.2016

Photo by Cpl. William Hester 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Master Sgt. Leroy A. Forbes reads off names for accountability for Task Force Koa Moana at Tengan Pier, Okinawa, Japan on May 18, 2016. The task force is responsible for conducting a series of bilateral, multi-national exercises involving a company-sized element of Marines and Sailors from different units within III Marine Expeditionary Force. They will be traveling to countries in the Asia-Pacific region aboard the USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2), a Marine Prepositioning Force ship. The ship is normally a mobile warehouse for Marines’ supplies; however, during this exercise, it will serve to transport personnel to multiple nations, where they will conduct basic military training and cultural exchange to increase relations and interoperability between participating nations. Forbes, from Hartford, Conn., is a combat engineer with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and is the task force’s senior enlisted in charge for the series of exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Hester/ Released)

• Date Taken: 05.17.2016
• Date Posted: 05.19.2016 22:16
• Photo ID: 2600880
• VIRIN: 160518-M-IU904-002
• Resolution: 3960x2640
• Size: 3.51 MB
• Location: TENGEN PIER, OKINAWA, JP
• Hometown: HARTFORD, CT, US