Photo by Lance Cpl. Bruno Bego | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.07.2011
A roller compacts the road during construction April 7. Marines and sailors with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) rebuilt nearly 20 miles of roads to increase convoy access to combat outposts and forward operating bases as well as facilitate combat operations throughout Marjah, Afghanistan, in support of International Security Assistance Force operations....
Photo by Lance Cpl. Bruno Bego | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.07.2011
A roller compacts the road during construction April 7. Marines and sailors with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) rebuilt nearly 20 miles of roads to increase convoy access to combat outposts and forward operating bases as well as facilitate combat operations throughout Marjah, Afghanistan, in support of International Security Assistance Force operations....
Photo by Cpl. Samuel A. Nasso | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.07.2009
Cpl. Claudia Olivas, a radar technician from Marine Air Control Group 28, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, helps Staff Sgt. Heriberto Sanchez, the group's radar chief, with setting up the legs of the Army Navy/Transportable Navigational Aid Air Traffic Navigation, Intergration and Coordination System. The legs assist with stabalizing the mobile system for use......
Photo by Cpl. Samuel A. Nasso | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.07.2009
Sgt. Daniel A. Laks, an air traffic controller from Marine Air Control Group 28, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, clears two CH-53E Super Stallions to land at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 8. The controllers play a vital role here by providing guidance to incoming and outgoing aircraft. They are responsible for coordinating hundreds of......
Photo by Cpl. Samuel A. Nasso | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.07.2009
Lance Cpl. Jaron Rooks, a communication technician from Marine Air Control Group 28, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, takes a knee while conducting radio checks with a UH-1N Huey flying over Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 8. Rooks is part of a Marine mobile air team comprised of a commuication technician, a generator mechanic, a heavy......
Photo by Cpl. Samuel A. Nasso | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.07.2009
Staff Sgt. Heriberto Sanchez, the radar chief of Marine Air Control Group 28, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, sets up the Army Navy/Transportable Navigational Aid Air Traffic Navigation, Intergration and Coordination System. This system is a highly mobile, self-contained, tactical surveillance radar and precision-approach radar system that provides air......
Photo by Cpl. Samuel A. Nasso | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.07.2009
With the recent addition of permanent air assets aboard Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, a detachment of air traffic controllers fromMarine Air Control Group 28, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expediationary Brigade-Afghanistan, operates out of towers like this to ensure all aircraft land and depart safely....
Photo by Cpl. Samuel A. Nasso | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.07.2009
Cpl. Claudia Olivas, a radar technician from Marine Air Control Group 28, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, assists Staff Sgt. Heriberto Sanchez, the group's radar chief, with setting up the Army Navy/Transportable Navigational Aid Air Traffic Navigation, Intergration and Coordination System. The system allows the air traffic controllers in the group to......