Corporal Joseph Klepac, a motor transportation specialist with 4th Landing Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and a Willoughby Hills, Ohio native, recently participated in West African Training Cruise 2008, a maritime sea-basing and humanitarian assistance exercise off the coast of, and in the city of Monrovia, Liberia. - Corporal Joseph Klepac, a motor transportation specialist with 4th Landing Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and a Willoughby Hills, Ohio native, recently participated in West African Training Cruise 2008, a maritime sea-basing and humanitarian assistance exercise off the coast of, and in the city of Monrovia, Liberia.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf shakes hands with Maj. Gen Cornell Wilson Jr., commander U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe prior to a ceremony held here March 26, to thank U.S. citizens and military for the donation and delivery, respectively, of more than $3 million in humanitarian assistance. The humanitarian assistance delivery was a combined effort of African Partnership Station, an initiative to improve maritime safety and security throughout West and Central Africa, and the Western Africa Training Cruise 08 coordinated by Marine Forces Europe, with Marines from 4th Landing Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, responsible for the delivery of $58,000 of humanitarian assistance supplies and equipment to hospitals, clinics and schools here. - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf shakes hands with Maj. Gen Cornell Wilson Jr., commander U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe prior to a ceremony held here March 26, to thank U.S. citizens and military for the donation and delivery, respectively, of more than $3 million in humanitarian assistance. The humanitarian assistance delivery was a combined effort of African Partnership Station, an initiative to improve maritime safety and security throughout West and Central Africa, and the Western Africa Training Cruise 08 coordinated by Marine Forces Europe, with Marines from 4th Landing Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, responsible for the delivery of $58,000 of humanitarian assistance supplies and equipment to hospitals, clinics and schools here.
Maj. Jason P. Smith, convoy commander and amphibious assault officer, takes time away from convoy operations to interact and play with some Liberian children during a convoy to deliver humanitarian supplies throughout the city of Monrovia, Liberia. - Maj. Jason P. Smith, convoy commander and amphibious assault officer, takes time away from convoy operations to interact and play with some Liberian children during a convoy to deliver humanitarian supplies throughout the city of Monrovia, Liberia.
CRETEIL, France (Jan. 27, 2008) ? Sgt. David Arendt, a Port Washington, Wis. native and All Marine wrestler, stands with his silver medal in the 265-pound weight during the awards ceremony at the 13th annual Cristo Lutte International Invitational in Creteil, France Jan. 27. (USMC photo by Sgt. Rocco DeFilippis) - CRETEIL, France (Jan. 27, 2008) ? Sgt. David Arendt, a Port Washington, Wis. native and All Marine wrestler, stands with his silver medal in the 265-pound weight during the awards ceremony at the 13th annual Cristo Lutte International Invitational in Creteil, France Jan. 27. (USMC photo by Sgt. Rocco DeFilippis)
Sgt. Donavan Depatto, in red, squares up with a wrestler from the Bulgarian national wrestling team during the 13th annual Cristo Lutte International Invitational in Creteil, France. Depatto, a Monticello, Minn. native, has been a member of the All Marine Wrestling team since 2004. - Sgt. Donavan Depatto, in red, squares up with a wrestler from the Bulgarian national wrestling team during the 13th annual Cristo Lutte International Invitational in Creteil, France. Depatto, a Monticello, Minn. native, has been a member of the All Marine Wrestling team since 2004.
Second Lt. Christopher Doggett, team training officer, Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program, directs a platoon during a live raid exercise at the Vasiani Range in Georgia. Doggett is one of 70 U.S. military personnel providing training to the Georgian military in preparation for future deployment to Iraq. - Second Lt. Christopher Doggett, team training officer, Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program, directs a platoon during a live raid exercise at the Vasiani Range in Georgia. Doggett is one of 70 U.S. military personnel providing training to the Georgian military in preparation for future deployment to Iraq.
Republic of Georgia capital city Tbilisi City Mayor Gigi Ugulava greets Maj. Melvin Chattman, 38, the Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program U.S. task force commander and native of Memphis, Tenn., at the Waldorf Free School, Nov. 5. Task force members donated an oak tree, bushes, flowers, axes and their personal time to improving the school grounds for the children in addition to splitting firewood to heat the school. Flanking the mayor are (left) Levan Khelaia, the school environmental coordinator, and (right) Jimi Mazanashvili, Parent Teacher Association coordinator. The more than 50-member U.S. task force, many of them veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, is training Georgian soldiers in preparation for their scheduled deployment to Iraq as Coalition members. Georgia?s GSSOP trained 22nd Light Infantry Battalion troops will form part of the dedicated force called for in UN Security Council Resolution 1546 to protect UN forces in Iraq. - Republic of Georgia capital city Tbilisi City Mayor Gigi Ugulava greets Maj. Melvin Chattman, 38, the Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program U.S. task force commander and native of Memphis, Tenn., at the Waldorf Free School, Nov. 5. Task force members donated an oak tree, bushes, flowers, axes and their personal time to improving the school grounds for the children in addition to splitting firewood to heat the school. Flanking the mayor are (left) Levan Khelaia, the school environmental coordinator, and (right) Jimi Mazanashvili, Parent Teacher Association coordinator. The more than 50-member U.S. task force, many of them veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, is training Georgian soldiers in preparation for their scheduled deployment to Iraq as Coalition members. Georgia?s GSSOP trained 22nd Light Infantry Battalion troops will form part of the dedicated force called for in UN Security Council Resolution 1546 to protect UN forces in Iraq.