Pacific Pioneer | 9th ESB Marines Conduct MCCRE [Image 14 of 28]

KIN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

04.20.2021

Photo by Sgt. Hailey Clay 

3rd Marine Logistics Group

U.S. Navy Sailor UTCN Jesse Zimmer, right, utilitiesman with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, is awarded by CMDR Troy Brown, commanding officer of NMCB-4, during exercise Pacific Pioneer on Kin Blue training area, Okinawa, Japan, April 20, 2021. NMCB-4 provides general engineering, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance, and civil support to Navy, Marine Corps, and Joint operational forces through deployments and crisis response. NMCB-4 attached to 9th ESB during exercise Pacific Pioneer to provide support through purifying ocean water to create drinking water for the Marines at the Camp. Pacific Pioneer serves as 9th ESB's Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation as well as an opportunity to demonstrate the ability to establish and sustain expeditionary advanced bases with survivable force protection, practice naval integration, and position long range precision fires and tactical logistics nodes across littoral regions in support of naval operations. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III MEF’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Hailey D. Clay)

• Date Taken: 04.20.2021
• Date Posted: 04.25.2021 21:51
• Photo ID: 6614478
• VIRIN: 210420-M-LR229-0850
• Resolution: 2239x1493
• Size: 2.3 MB
• Location: KIN, OKINAWA, JP