31st MEU, Marine Air Control Group, Detachment 18 Marines [Image 6 of 12]

TINIAN, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS , NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

11.07.2018

Photo by Lance Cpl. Angelo Garavito 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Sgt. Robert L. Eden an Air Traffic Controller with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s, Marine Air Control Group Detachment 18, Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team, set up an expeditionary runway during U.S. Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief efforts on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 9, 2018. Eden, a native of Dearborn Michigan, graduated from Edselford High School June 2013; before enlisting October of the same year. 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 arrived on Tinian Oct. 29-31 in the wake of Super Typhoon Yutu as part of Task Force-West. TF-W is providing Department of U.S. 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. Angelo Garavito/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.07.2018
• Date Posted: 12.17.2018 01:35
• Photo ID: 4918090
• VIRIN: 181117-M-WO216-112
• Resolution: 5694x3796
• Size: 7.78 MB
• Location: TINIAN, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS , MP