Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.16.2013
Sergeant Andrew McClure, an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge vehicle commander serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, and a native of Boise, Idaho, and Cpl. Phillip Hopper, an AVLB operator, and a native of Memphis, Tenn., make the two-man team to operate their AVLB. Marines used the AVLB during combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and numerous humanitarian aid and disaster relief exercises....
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.16.2013
Sergeant Leclair Harris, a raft commander serving with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Montgomery, Ala., carries a piece of the Improved Ribbon Bridge after a demonstration of its capabilities here, May 16, 2013. Marines operated the IRB during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The bridging system can be used for humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations....
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.16.2013
Staff Sgt. Jacob Deford, a platoon sergeant serving with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, unhinges part of the Improved Ribbon Bridge, after a demonstration here, May 16, 2013. Deford, a native of Bath, Ill., and his Marines launched from the Camp Del Mar basin and carried an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge....
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.16.2013
Corporal David Sichmeller, a heavy equipment operator serving with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Valley Center, Calif., unhinges the ramp of the Improved Ribbon Bridge, after a demonstration of the IRB’s capabilities here, May 16, 2013. The IRB is designed to carry heavy vehicles including the M1A1 Abrams Tanks....
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.16.2013
Sergeant Andrew McClure, an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge vehicle commander serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion supervises an AVLB folding up during a demonstration here, May 16, 2013. McClure a native of Boise, Idaho, deployed twice to Afghanistan and operated the AVLB during combat operations....
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.16.2013
Sergeant Andrew McClure, an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge vehicle commander serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and a native of Boise, Idaho, and Cpl. Phillip Hopper, an AVLB operator and a native of Memphis, Tenn., demonstrate the vehicles bridging capabilities here, May 16, 2013. Marines used the vehicles during combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, helping Marines cross over......
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.16.2013
Sergeant Andrew McClure, an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge vehicle commander serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and a native of Boise, Idaho, and Cpl. Phillip Hopper, an AVLB operator and a native of Memphis, Tenn., demonstrate the vehicles bridging capabilities here, May 16, 2013. The demonstration included Marines serving with 7th Engineer Support Battalion and their Improved Ribbon......
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.16.2013
Marines serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion operate an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge during a demonstration here, May 16, 2013. Marines have used the vehicles during combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to cross water and dry obstacles. It can also be deployed for humanitarian aid or disaster relief operations....
