Pacific Pioneer | 9th ESB Marines Conduct MCCRE [Image 23 of 28]

KIN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

04.20.2021

Photo by Sgt. Hailey Clay 

3rd Marine Logistics Group

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alpha Hernandez, left, combat videographer with 3d Marine Logistics Group, speaks with Lance Cpl. Johnny Olson, motor transport operator with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d MLG, before conducting a convoy operation from Kin Blue training area to Camp Hansen during exercise Pacific Pioneer, Kin Blue training area, Okinawa, Japan, April 20, 2021. 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. Hernandez is a native of Houston, Texas, and Olson is a native of Goldthwaite, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Hailey D. Clay)

• Date Taken: 04.20.2021
• Date Posted: 04.25.2021 20:16
• Photo ID: 6614487
• VIRIN: 210420-M-LR229-0918
• Resolution: 2415x1610
• Size: 2.25 MB
• Location: KIN, OKINAWA, JP
• Hometown: GOLDTHWAITE, TX, US
• Hometown: HOUSTON, TX, US