Lending a helping hand: Marines and Sailors volunteer at local monastery [Image 16 of 17]

MORON DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN

12.06.2016

Photo by Sgt. Jessika Alarcon 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Benjamin A. Proulx, the Command Element leading petty officer assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, hugs Sister Clara, a female monk, at the conclusion of a tour at the Spanish Convent Santa Clara as part of 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 15:39
• Photo ID: 3047140
• VIRIN: 161206-M-ND733-256
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 7.61 MB
• Location: MORON DE LA FRONTERA, ES