Cpl. Gregory L. Simmons is a bulk fuel specialist with 2nd Platoon, Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Marines with 2nd Plt., Bulk Fuel Co., 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, assembled fuel sites across Central Training Area to enhance their training and readiness within a harsh environment on Jan. 28, 2019 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The bulk fuel specialists set up and maintained their bulk fuel equipment during a week-long training evolution. Simmons is a native of Spring Hill, Kansas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Armando Elizalde) - Cpl. Gregory L. Simmons is a bulk fuel specialist with 2nd Platoon, Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Marines with 2nd Plt., Bulk Fuel Co., 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, assembled fuel sites across Central Training Area to enhance their training and readiness within a harsh environment on Jan. 28, 2019 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The bulk fuel specialists set up and maintained their bulk fuel equipment during a week-long training evolution. Simmons is a native of Spring Hill, Kansas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Armando Elizalde)
Combat engineers navigate across the water in bridge erection boats (BEBs) and a combat rubber raid craft Jan. 29, 2019 at Naha Military Port. The Marines with Improved Ribbon Bridge Platoon, Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group are designated as BEB operators, who were tested on a series of maneuvers at the port in order to attain BEB licenses. BEBS are used to move and connect Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) bays, which is a tactical bridging system that can span across wet-gaps greater than 100 meters or can function as a raft to ferry vehicles and equipment across larger bodies of water. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards) - Combat engineers navigate across the water in bridge erection boats (BEBs) and a combat rubber raid craft Jan. 29, 2019 at Naha Military Port. The Marines with Improved Ribbon Bridge Platoon, Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group are designated as BEB operators, who were tested on a series of maneuvers at the port in order to attain BEB licenses. BEBS are used to move and connect Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) bays, which is a tactical bridging system that can span across wet-gaps greater than 100 meters or can function as a raft to ferry vehicles and equipment across larger bodies of water. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)
181106-M-IV944-1491.JPG - Lance Cpl. Christopher Starnes transfers water from a tactical water purification system to a water container during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 6, 2018. Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, deployed tactical water purification systems on the beach of Kin Blue Training Area as part of the MCCRE. The MCCRE is a battalion wide test to see how the units of 9th ESB perform in combat situations. The tactical water purification system can safely purify 1,200 gallons of salt water from the ocean into simulated fuel in an hour. Starnes, a water purification specialist with Bulk Fuel Co., 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, is a native of Bonham, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mark Fike)
Staff Sgt. David Cain retrieves a Mark II Talon Explosive Ordnance Disposal robot during charge employment training Aug. 2, 2018 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The training taught EOD technicians to effectively neutralize improvised explosive devices with unmanned robotic platforms by safely finding and removing any hazards. Cain, a native of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is an EOD technician with EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ortega) - Staff Sgt. David Cain retrieves a Mark II Talon Explosive Ordnance Disposal robot during charge employment training Aug. 2, 2018 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The training taught EOD technicians to effectively neutralize improvised explosive devices with unmanned robotic platforms by safely finding and removing any hazards. Cain, a native of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is an EOD technician with EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ortega)