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Video by Lance Cpl. Angelo Garavito
31st MEU, CLB-31 Marine Reinforcements Arrive During Yutu Relief Efforts
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Nov. 5, 2018 | 1:00
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 unload debris and conduct maintenance on a bull dozer at a dump site during relief efforts in the wake of Super Typhoon Yutu, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 5, 2018. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super Typhoon Yutu, which made a direct hit with devastating effect on Tinian Oct. 25 as the second strongest storm to ever hit U.S. soil. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and CLB-31 arrived on
Tinian Oct. 29-31 in the wake of Super Typhoon Yutu as part of Task Force-West. TF-W is providing Department of Defense support to the CNMI’s civil and local officials as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency-supported Super Typhoon recovery effort. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only
continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Angelo Garavito/Released)
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