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    Burma's Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief Team [Image 3 of 6]

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    A U.S. Marine in digital camouflage (MARPAT) uniform stands with arms crossed in front of stacked USAID (United States Agency for International Development) boxes at night. The setting appears to be a humanitarian aid distribution or logistics operation, with forklifts and workers visible in the background. The boxes are marked with USAID branding, indicating international development or disaster relief supplies.

    U-TAPAO ROYAL THAI AIRFIELD, THAILAND

    05.23.2008

    Photo by Cpl. Eric Arndt 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary E. Freeman, assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3's Burma humanitarian assistance/disaster relief team, said he had no problems moving from an exercise to a real world operation. "We thought we were just here on an exercise to Thailand," Freeman said. "All of a sudden, a natural disaster strikes. Myself and my mentors volunteered to stay back to do this; it was a once in a lifetime opportunity and we didn't want to pass it up." Freeman and other CLR-3 Marines, already deployed to Thailand for Exercise Cobra Gold 2008, shifted their efforts to relief operations after Cyclone Nargis struck Burma, May 2, killing and displacing thousands of people. Freeman, 21, is a Gilmer, Texas native, who graduated from Harmony High School in 2005.

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    Date Taken: 05.23.2008
    Date Posted: 06.19.2012 21:24
    Photo ID: 90278
    VIRIN: 080523-M-8232G-003
    Resolution: 4368x2912
    Size: 8.73 MB
    Location: U-TAPAO ROYAL THAI AIRFIELD, TH

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