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    31st MEU Marines help save pre-K playground after Yutu [Image 9 of 11]

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    31st MEU Marines help save pre-K playground after Yutu

    TINIAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

    11.03.2018

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    Cpl. John Bukoski, a combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, helps fix a preschool playground during U.S. Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief efforts on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 3, 2018. Bukoski, a native of Cypress, Texas, graduated from Cypher High School June 2014 before enlisting in June 2015. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super 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 the multi-service U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency-directed DSCA mission here since Oct. 29. The Marines arrived at the request of CNMI officials and FEMA to assist relief efforts in the wake of Yutu. 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 Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall/Released)

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    Date Taken: 11.03.2018
    Date Posted: 11.04.2018 05:03
    Photo ID: 4872084
    VIRIN: 181103-M-YY851-160
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 8.92 MB
    Location: TINIAN, MP

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