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Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, construct the roller beam base of a medium girder bridge during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2014 aboard Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 16, 2014. DS 14 is an annual exercise held by 1st Marine Division, in which 1st MLG serves as their tactical logistics support. The bridge they built provided transportation across a 66-foot gap, allowing Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Mar. Div., the ability to engage the "enemy" over the space. - Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, construct the roller beam base of a medium girder bridge during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2014 aboard Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 16, 2014. DS 14 is an annual exercise held by 1st Marine Division, in which 1st MLG serves as their tactical logistics support. The bridge they built provided transportation across a 66-foot gap, allowing Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Mar. Div., the ability to engage the "enemy" over the space.

Marines with Maintenance Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, tow a downed bulldozer with an M88 Recovery Vehicle aboard Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook, Calif., May 21, 2014. The bulldozer, owned and operated by the National Forest Service, was used to create firebreaks and help contain the wildfires that spread across Southern California beginning May 14. Sergeant Ryan M. Stites, an amphibious assault vehicle mechanic, and his team of Marines, volunteered to recover the bulldozer for the Forest Service using their M88 Recovery Vehicle. Stites, 26, is from Arcanum, Oh. - Marines with Maintenance Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, tow a downed bulldozer with an M88 Recovery Vehicle aboard Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook, Calif., May 21, 2014. The bulldozer, owned and operated by the National Forest Service, was used to create firebreaks and help contain the wildfires that spread across Southern California beginning May 14. Sergeant Ryan M. Stites, an amphibious assault vehicle mechanic, and his team of Marines, volunteered to recover the bulldozer for the Forest Service using their M88 Recovery Vehicle. Stites, 26, is from Arcanum, Oh.

Lance Cpl. Matthew Brown, engineer equipment operator, Support Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, plows brush along a firebreak path using a V8T Dozer aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 13, 2014. Facilities Maintenance Division and seven Marines with 7th ESB, 1st MLG, began creating firebreaks May 6, 2014 in an effort to contain wildfires that may start on base and will continue to create them through Aug. 10, 2014. The FMD employees and 7th ESB Marines are still slated to meet this completion date even with the fire that destroyed 6,000 acres and caused hundreds of service members and their families to evacuate their on-base homes, May 14, 2014. - Lance Cpl. Matthew Brown, engineer equipment operator, Support Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, plows brush along a firebreak path using a V8T Dozer aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 13, 2014. Facilities Maintenance Division and seven Marines with 7th ESB, 1st MLG, began creating firebreaks May 6, 2014 in an effort to contain wildfires that may start on base and will continue to create them through Aug. 10, 2014. The FMD employees and 7th ESB Marines are still slated to meet this completion date even with the fire that destroyed 6,000 acres and caused hundreds of service members and their families to evacuate their on-base homes, May 14, 2014.

Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, learn about newborn care during Operation Parenthood aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 1, 2014. Operation Parenthood is a one day event designed to help promote the health, well-being and safety of military families who are expecting a baby or have young children. This year, families from throughout 1st MLG participated in an event which focused on educating parents on topics like parental guidance, mood and anxiety disorders, available summer camps, daycares, life guard training, single father resources, health care, schooling and family counseling. - Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, learn about newborn care during Operation Parenthood aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 1, 2014. Operation Parenthood is a one day event designed to help promote the health, well-being and safety of military families who are expecting a baby or have young children. This year, families from throughout 1st MLG participated in an event which focused on educating parents on topics like parental guidance, mood and anxiety disorders, available summer camps, daycares, life guard training, single father resources, health care, schooling and family counseling.

Staff Sgt. Juan Garcia, platoon sergeant, 2nd Platoon, General Support Motor Transport Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, visits with his 16-year old cousin, Diego Romero, at University of California San Francisco Children’s Hospital on April 19, 2014. Nineteen Marines with 2nd Plt. shaved their heads as an act of support to show Romero, that there is nothing wrong with being bald. Romero recently started receiving treatments for leukemia. After Romero’s parents divorced, Garcia took on an important role in raising him, and they developed a father-son relationship. - Staff Sgt. Juan Garcia, platoon sergeant, 2nd Platoon, General Support Motor Transport Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, visits with his 16-year old cousin, Diego Romero, at University of California San Francisco Children’s Hospital on April 19, 2014. Nineteen Marines with 2nd Plt. shaved their heads as an act of support to show Romero, that there is nothing wrong with being bald. Romero recently started receiving treatments for leukemia. After Romero’s parents divorced, Garcia took on an important role in raising him, and they developed a father-son relationship.

Servicemembers and officials with local, state and national agencies attend a static display of military vehicles during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities conference aboard Naval Base San Diego, Calif., April 29, 2014. The two-day event provided the opportunity for supporting agencies, partners and stakeholders to meet and discuss ideas that would reinforce relations and garner awareness of support goals and supporting agency abilities during local and national disasters. The blue-green team, including servicemembers from the Third Fleet, I Marine Expeditionary Force and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, educated attendees about existing and future capabilities to support disaster relief through conferences and displays of military tactical vehicle, aircraft and equipment. - Servicemembers and officials with local, state and national agencies attend a static display of military vehicles during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities conference aboard Naval Base San Diego, Calif., April 29, 2014. The two-day event provided the opportunity for supporting agencies, partners and stakeholders to meet and discuss ideas that would reinforce relations and garner awareness of support goals and supporting agency abilities during local and national disasters. The blue-green team, including servicemembers from the Third Fleet, I Marine Expeditionary Force and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, educated attendees about existing and future capabilities to support disaster relief through conferences and displays of military tactical vehicle, aircraft and equipment.

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