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Archive: October, 2009

Navy, Marine Corps team serve as America’s 911 force in the Asia-Pacific Region

Red Patchers, Dragons provide essential assets

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter hovers 20-feet above the ground, as Marines below link it to a cargo net filled with relief supplies. A signalman from Landing Support Platoon (LS Plt.) gestures to the pilot and the helicopter takes off baring the 14,000-pound load.Landing Support Plt., Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31) and Marine Medium

Philippine children, school staff welcome Marines, sailors with open arms

The joyful sounds of cheering children could be heard for miles as Marines and sailors from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit pulled up to their school.The group of Marines and sailors visited Sapang Bato Elementary, Sitio Target Elementary and Air Force City Elementary schools, Oct. 14, during a community relations visit designed to enhance the

Indonesian Villages receive shelter from Dragons

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter transported 45 shelter supply boxes to the village of Hula Banda, Oct. 11, during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations to the people of Indonesia. The “Dragons,” of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 Reinforced (HMM-265 REIN), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), transported the boxes that

AFP, US Marines seek out aid answers from Filipinos

The Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force have been coordinating aid to relieve the suffering of the Filipino people for over a week in the wake of the destruction left behind by Typhoon Katsana. The continuation of these combined efforts is being refined to the meet the needs of the people they

RP US Humanitarian Relief Operations

More than 8,000 “family food packs” that included bottled water were dispersed, more than 1200 medical patients were treated and debris removal operations were conducted this week by the combined efforts of the Republic of the Philippines and United States Forces. Areas in and around Manila were affected by flooding when Tropical Storm Katsana made

31st MEU supports humanitarian relief effort in the Republic of the Philippines