31st MEU spearheads multi-service, FEMA-led Yutu response on Tinian – USS Ashland arrives [Image 23 of 30]

TINIAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

11.03.2018

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Sgt. Ashlie Lowe, a 27-year-old landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, meets with a government worker during the U.S. Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief effort in response to Super Typhoon Yutu, Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 3, 2018. Lowe, a native of Huntsville, Texas, enlisted in April 2014. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super Typhoon Yutu, which made a direct hit with devastating effect on Tinian Oct. 25 packing 170 MPH winds – it is the second strongest storm to ever hit U.S. soil and the strongest storm of 2018. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and CLB-31 have been leading a multi-service contingent since Oct. 29 as part of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency-directed DSCA mission here. The Marines arrived at the request of CNMI officials and FEMA to assist relief efforts in the wake of Yutu, the largest typhoon to ever hit a U.S. territory. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.03.2018
• Date Posted: 11.03.2018 05:48
• Photo ID: 4870429
• VIRIN: 181103-M-PJ332-401
• Resolution: 1200x800
• Size: 543.85 KB
• Location: TINIAN, MP