Lending a helping hand: Marines and Sailors volunteer at local monastery [Image 9 of 17]

MORON DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN

12.06.2016

Photo by Sgt. Jessika Alarcon 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

Sister Prudencia, a female monk, speaks with Marines and Sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa about the history of the Spanish Convent Santa Clara during a volunteer community relations project in Morón de la Frontera, Spain, Dec. 6, 2016. Over the years Marines and Sailors assigned to the SPMAGTF have helped the sisters of the poor restore and preserve the building’s appearance by tending to the monastery’s garden, cleaning inside and out the building, and assisting with minor wall repairs. The monastery is the oldest church building in Moron to survive the wars in the Andalusian peninsula. U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa Command support operations, contingencies and security cooperation in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jessika Braden)

• Date Taken: 12.06.2016
• Date Posted: 12.09.2016 15:48
• Photo ID: 3047126
• VIRIN: 161206-M-ND733-116
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 14.79 MB
• Location: MORON DE LA FRONTERA, ES