31st MEU supports Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations in Bougainville [Image 3 of 11]

BOUGAINVILLE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

08.13.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Elijah Murphy 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

United States Agency for International Development personnel, U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), help load boxes of aid supplies onto an MV-22B Osprey during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 13, 2023. The USS America and 31st MEU team provides aircraft ready to support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations including: MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircrafts, CH-53E helicopters, and MH-60S helicopters. The USS America and the 31st MEU are working in coordination with the United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance at the request of the government of Papua New Guinea, in consultation with the Autonomous Bougainville Government, after the volcanic eruption of Mount Bagana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elijah Murphy)

• Date Taken: 08.13.2023
• Date Posted: 08.17.2023 19:10
• Photo ID: 7976613
• VIRIN: 230813-M-BI567-1003
• Resolution: 5108x3405
• Size: 1.95 MB
• Location: BOUGAINVILLE, PG