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    CLB-31 Marines conduct convoy lane training in Guam [Image 16 of 16]

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    A silhouetted military convoy moves along a road lined with palm trees during twilight or dusk. At least one armed soldier is visible in a turret position atop the lead vehicle. The dramatic purple and pink sky provides strong backlighting, rendering most details as dark silhouettes.

    CAMP HANSEN, AICHI, JAPAN

    03.09.2019

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    Cpl. Angel Gonzales, a combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, provides security atop a 7-ton truck during vehicle convoy training, Naval Base Guam, March 9, 2019. Gonzales, a native of Calexico, California, graduated from Calexico High School in June 2015 before enlisting in August the same year. The Marines and Sailors of CLB-31 offloaded in Guam March 6 to conduct roughly two weeks of planned unit-level training. CLB-31 provides security, logistics, and transportation as the Logistics Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harrison C. Rakhshani/Released)

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    Date Taken: 03.09.2019
    Date Posted: 03.18.2019 21:32
    Photo ID: 5185632
    VIRIN: 190309-M-SQ016-223
    Resolution: 4879x3253
    Size: 3.39 MB
    Location: CAMP HANSEN, AICHI, JP
    Hometown: CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA, US
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