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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), relinquished their responsibility for providing direct logistics support to Regimental Combat Team 8 to the Marines and sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion 8 during a transfer of authority ceremony here, Feb. 7.
The ceremony included the casing of the CLB-2 colors by the commanding officer, Lt. Col. Brian N. Wolford, and the uncasing of the CLB-8 colors by the commanding officer of CLB-8, Lt. Col. Michael E. McWilliams, symbolizing the transfer of responsibilities involved with supporting RCT-8 and solidifying CLB-8’s presence in Afghanistan.
Over the course of the unit’s 7-month deployment, CLB-2 worked continuously to provide support to units operating in areas such as Sangin and Musa Qal’eh in northern Helmand province.
“We were able to do almost 150 combat logistics patrols,” said Wolford, 41, from Crofton, Md. “Plus another 50 missions including engineering and recovery operations. We transported about 19,000 short tons up north through very brutal terrain.”
After seven months in Afghanistan, the Marines and sailors of CLB-2 are ready to head back to Camp Lejeune, N.C., and are glad to have CLB-8 here to relieve them.
“We’re very happy to have CLB-8 on deck, they are a great unit,” said Wolford. “They will pick up where we left off and take it to the next level, and we’re ready to go home.”
CLB-8 is ready for the challenge of providing logistics support to the Marines and sailors of RCT-8, who continue to challange the Taliban in northern Helmand province.
“The Marines and sailors are excited to be here in Afghanistan,” said McWilliams, 41, from Downingtown, Pa. “They joined the Marine Corps in order to deploy, and that’s what they’re doing here. They know and understand they are providing logistics support to RCT-8 and they are excited to do that.”
The Marines and sailors of CLB-8 have been training hard in preparation for this deployment and are well prepared to take the reins from CLB-2.
“[The Marines and sailors have] been training for the past five or six months, and they’ve done an incredible job during that training period,” said McWilliams. “I’m very confident in them.”
| Date Taken: | 02.06.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.11.2011 04:03 |
| Story ID: | 65221 |
| Location: | CAMP LEATHERNECK, AF |
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