Faces of the MEU: Lance Cpl Ashley Schaffer

Photo By Sgt. Stormy Mendez | Lance Cpl. Ashley Schaffer, an embarkation specialist with Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, revises logistics at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 10, 2017. Schaffer reviewed plans for the upcoming 17.2 Summer Patrol. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st MEU air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez/ Released)  

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

05.10.2017

Story by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Lance Cpl. Ashley Schaffer, from Grove City, Ohio, is an embarkation specialist with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan.
Schaffer’s job is to make plans to help Marines embark and debark the ship, as well as being the guide for units when getting attached to the 31st MEU.
She is excited for the learning experience and “becoming an embark subject expert” after this upcoming float.
She said she always wanted to enlist but waited until she was 21 to start her Marine Corps career. She was influenced by family and friends who also were Marine, but she was inspired by her Grandfather who was in the U.S. Coast Guard and was lost at sea trying to save Marines’ lives.

• Date Taken: 05.10.2017
• Date Posted: 06.07.2017 22:59
• Story ID: 233248
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP