31st MEU, CLB-31 Marines play baseball with Tinian locals [Image 5 of 24]

TINIAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

11.09.2018

Photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Col. Robert Brody, the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks at a community relations baseball event during U.S. Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief efforts on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 9, 2018. 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 as the second-strongest storm to ever hit U.S. soil. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Combat Logistics Battalion 31 arrived on Tinian Oct. 29-31 in the wake of Super Typhoon Yutu as part of Task Force-West. TF-W is providing U.S. Department of Defense support to the CNMI's civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Super Typhoon recovery effort. 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)

• Date Taken: 11.09.2018
• Date Posted: 11.10.2018 07:23
• Photo ID: 4890996
• VIRIN: 181109-M-YY851-437
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 8.97 MB
• Location: TINIAN, MP