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    Mango Mike: Marine veteran plants roots in Okinawa [Image 1 of 11]

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    A worker is moving through a covered agricultural growing area, pulling a red and blue folding wagon cart. The plants are covered with numerous white protective bags, likely to protect fruit from pests or weather. The setting appears to be a netted or screened growing enclosure, consistent with tropical or subtropical fruit cultivation.

    OKINAWA, JAPAN

    07.22.2017

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Bernadette Wildes  

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Mike A. Miranda, also known as Mango Mike, searches for ripe mangos in one of his greenhouses, July 22, 2017 in Motobu, Okinawa, Japan. Miranda is responsible for approximately 20,000 mangos spread across eight of his greenhouses. Miranda, a native of Orlando, Florida, served 14 years of active duty service in the Marine Corps before he settled down as a mango farmer with his Okinawan family. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bernadette Wildes)

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    Date Taken: 07.22.2017
    Date Posted: 08.01.2017 07:48
    Photo ID: 3623188
    VIRIN: 170722-M-GT736-001
    Resolution: 3533x5438
    Size: 1.63 MB
    Location: OKINAWA, JP
    Hometown: ORLANDO, FLORIDA, US
    Web Views: 188
    Downloads: 11

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    A worker is moving through a covered agricultural growing area, pulling a red and blue folding wagon cart. The plants are covered with numerous white protective bags, likely to protect fruit from pests or weather. The setting appears to be a netted or screened growing enclosure, consistent with tropical or subtropical fruit cultivation.
    A male agricultural worker is using pruning shears to tend to plants inside what appears to be a greenhouse or netted growing structure. He is working with what appear to be mango trees, with visible ripe red/pink fruit and protective white bags covering some of the fruit. The setting suggests a managed fruit cultivation operation with wire support systems overhead.
    A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat, gray shirt, and orange shorts works among plants inside a large greenhouse or shade house structure. The plants have white mesh or plastic bags placed over individual branches or flower clusters, likely for pollination control, pest protection, or seed collection purposes. The facility appears to be an agricultural research or commercial breeding operation.
    A worker tends to plants inside a large commercial greenhouse or shade house structure. The plants have individual white protective bags covering what appear to be developing fruits, a common agricultural practice to protect produce from pests and environmental damage. A red utility wagon with a blue crate is positioned in the central aisle, likely used for transporting harvested or bagged produce.
    A male agricultural worker is tending to plants inside a large greenhouse or shade structure. He is placing or adjusting a white protective bag over a plant or fruit, a common practice in horticulture to protect crops from pests and environmental damage. The greenhouse contains rows of plants, many of which already have white protective bags attached.
    Mango Mike: Marine veteran plants roots in Okinawa
    Mango Mike: Marine veteran plants roots in Okinawa
    A man wearing a bucket hat, gray t-shirt, and colorful shorts is loading or unloading a blue plastic crate onto/from a white kei truck flatbed. The setting appears to be a agricultural greenhouse or farm facility. Japanese characters are visible on the blue crate, suggesting a Japanese farming context.
    Mango Mike: Marine veteran plants roots in Okinawa
    Mango Mike: Marine veteran plants roots in Okinawa
    A smiling man wearing a green t-shirt and yellow head covering is handling fruit, likely a mango, inside what appears to be a small shop or storage room. A young child stands nearby watching him near a glass door. A blue plastic crate containing several pieces of fruit is visible in the foreground.

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