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    Boating School Knock-outs| Combat Engineers earn BEB licenses

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    Boating School Knock-outs| Combat Engineers earn BEB licenses

    NAHA, OKINAWA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    01.29.2019

    Photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards 

    3rd Marine Logistics Group

    First Lt. Daniel Asheim is the platoon commander of Improved Ribbon Bridge Platoon, Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. IRB Plt, Bridge Co., 9th ESB executed a bridge erection boat (BEB) operator licensing exercise Jan. 29, 2019 at Naha Military Port. BEBs are used to move and connect Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) bays, which is a tactical bridging system that can span an across bodies of water greater than 100 meters. Tactical bridging, specifically wet-gap crossing, is a unique function within logistics combat element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and ensures mobility across rivers and waterways throughout the Indo-Pacific area of operations. Asheim is a native of New York City, New York. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

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    Date Taken: 01.29.2019
    Date Posted: 02.01.2019 05:58
    Photo ID: 5068907
    VIRIN: 190129-M-IU921-2234
    Resolution: 4480x6720
    Size: 13.18 MB
    Location: NAHA, OKINAWA, OKINAWA, JP

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