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Video by Sgt. Nello Miele

Koa Moana 24: Meet the Dental Officer

1st Marine Logistics Group

Aug. 1, 2024 | 0:48

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Peter Garcia, dental officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, speaks about the dentistry mission and its significance in support of exercise Koa Moana 24 at George B. Harris Elementary School at Koror, Palau, July 29, 2024. During Koa Moana’s deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region, U.S. Marines and Sailors from I Marine Expeditionary Force work to strengthen alliances and partnerships with development of interoperable capabilities, combined operations, theater security cooperation, and capacity-building efforts. Exercises like Koa Moana administer 1st MLG to tackle complex challenges by fostering collaboration among bold thinkers and employing creative methods to optimize prepositioning, enhance sustainment and distribution networks, and bolster readiness in distributed environments such as Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Papua New Guinea. Garcia is a native of Downey, California. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Nello Miele)

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