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ConvoyThe JUNE 27, 2014 DELIVERING QUALITY INFORMATION ON THE 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP FEX 7th ESB constructs Forward Operating Base Eager Lion 2014 1st MLG participates in MPF offload Mud Run Combat Engineers build bridge over muddy water JUNE Social media f highlight News 4. 1st MLG participates in Exercise Eager Lion 2014 COMMANDING GENERAL 8. 7th ESB constructs FOB during field exercise Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese 15. Combat Engineers support World Famous Mud Run SERGEANT MAJOR Sgt. Maj. Richard D. Thresher 16. CLB-15 conducts embarkation exercise PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICERS 20. Medical Bn. hosts change of command 1st Lt. Savannah Moyer 1st Lt. Brendan McIntyre PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHIEF Staff Sgt. Lynn Kinney COMBAT CORRESPONDENTS Sgt. Sarah Fiocco Sgt. Laura Gauna Lance Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski CONTACT US: 760-763-7795 Features 12. Ohio Marine receives Purple Heart [email protected] 23. A look back in history 24. Q&A with Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kim Jonard Hugo On the Cover Corporal Howard Savage, Combat En- gineer, Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, provides security while others from his unit construct a forward oper- ating base, a secured and fortified loca- tion used to increase operational tempo in forward deployed areas, during a field training exercise aboard Camp Pend- leton, Calif., June 12, 2014. The FOB was FOLLOW US ON: approximately 40,000 sq. meters and THE CONVOY 3 consisted of four 20-foot tall posts. EXERCISE EAGER LION ‘14 1st MLG participates in MPF offload Story and photos by: Sgt. Laura Gauna THE CONVOY 5 QABA, Jordan - More than 500 Ma- Charge of Landing Force Support Party, Arrival and Once the equipment was offloaded from the rines and Sailors assigned to 1st Ma- Assembly Operations Group, 1st MEB, and native of ship, it was taken to the landing force support par- rine Expeditionary Brigade, I Marine Toledo, Ohio. ty, where the equipment went through a limited Expeditionary Force, conducted a During an MPF operation, equipment capable technical inspection, was scanned to show it was Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of supporting a regimental-size mechanized Marine received and then issued out. operation in the Hashemite Kingdom Air-Ground Task Force is offloaded, processed, and “It’s important to maintain the vehicles coming of Jordan for Exercise Eager Lion moved from the port to the using unit. Eager Lion off the ships,” said Sgt. Nelson Guevara, Wrecker 2014, from May 26-28. personnel conducted the MPF operation at the Port of Operator Chief, Motor Transportation Company, The exercise focused on maintaining Aqaba, offloading nearly 350 pieces of gear in a total 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st MLG. Aand strengthening military interoperability with the of 16 hours. The landing force support party is in charge of Jordanian Armed Forces and practicing current MPF Marines and sailors offloaded 72 7-ton trucks, 115 all the vehicles coming off the ships. Some trucks concepts using existing platforms in support of crisis HMMWVs, seven medical vehicles, four M1A1 tanks, are partially dismantled to fit in areas of the ship response and contingency operations in an expedition- and 14 Amphibious Assault Vehicles. so Marine mechanics reassemble them before ary environment. The equipment for this mission arrived on the USNS sending them to their using units. Corporal Lopez, a 1st MEB embarkation Marine assigned to the Com- “Some of the big things we hope to accomplish here 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez, a Maritime Prepositioning The MPF Program enables the rapid deploy- bat Logistics Regiment 1 Arrival and Assembly Operations Element, are getting the Marines and Sailors trained on MPF ship, named after a U.S. Marine, a Korean War vet- ment, engagement, and retrograde of a fully ca- inventories gear during Exercise Eager Lion 2014. operations.We are refocusing everyone back to the eran and Medal of Honor recipient. The vessel is one pable MAGTF anywhere in the world. “MPF op- amphibious roots that the Marine Corps was founded of 14 ships in the Navy and Marine Corps’ preposi- erations are key to the Marine Corps because it on,” said Capt. Christopher Tucker, the Officer-in- tioning fleet. gives us the ability to get equipment expeditiously and conduct our mission fast,” said Master Gun- nery Sgt. Christopher A. Toten, Airfield Services Chief, G-4, I MEF. “It’s a lot of work and many of the Marines have never done it. It’s also a good opportunity for the Marines and sailors to conduct operations out here and work with other allied na- tions.” Jordan is an important ally of U.S. It provides sea access to the U.S. military, which is vital for Marines to conduct MPF operations, added Toten, a native of Jackson, Miss. Exercise Eager Lion 14, which has been conducted annually since 2011, includes more than 12,500 service members from more than 20 countries. The exercise provides multi-lateral forces with the opportunity to pro- mote cooperation and cohesion among coalition forces, build functional capacity, practice crisis management and enhance readiness. “Any opportunity we have to train with our partners in the region is always of great value,” said Lt. Gen. Robert B. Neller, Commander, Ma- rine Corps Forces Central Command, and native of East Lansing, Mich. “To do so with one of our very best and capable partners, the Jordanian Armed Forces, makes Eager Lion just that much more special. To the JAF, as always, we appreci- ate your professionalism and hospitality and look Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force unhook an Amphibious An Amphibious Assault Vehicle is offloaded from the USNS 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez, a Maritime Prepositioning ship, during Exercise Eager Lion forward to continuing to build and develop the Assault Vehicle on the USNS 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez, a Maritime 2014, at the Port of Aqaba, Jordan. special relationship we have with you.” Prepositioning ship, during Exercise Eager Lion 2014, at the Port of Aqaba. Eager Lion is a recurring, multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, increase interoper- ability between partner nations and enhance regional security and THE CONVOY 7 THE CONVOY 6 THE CONVOYstability. 7 Board by Board 7th ESB constructs FOB during field exercise THE CONVOY 8 Story and photos by: Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski AMP PENDLETON, Calif. – What started out as a wide open, barren area, took shape as a For- Cward Operating Base as close to 100 Marines with Bravo Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, sawed boards to build guard towers, constructed earth berms surrounding its perimeter and set up a command and con- trol center during a field training exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 11, 2014. A FOB is a site that hosts a small contingent of service Lance Cpl. Taylor Butler, Combat Engineer, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine members. It facilitates efficient Logistics Group, saws wooden planks into the proper dimensions necessary for constructing guard towers during a movement of troops from a se- field training exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 12, 2014. cure location to an area of op- could focus entirely on the task imately eight-foot tall earth eration. at hand. berms, were among the struc- “The experience we are “Time is of the essence,” tures completed in a mere 72 getting here is paramount to be- said Cpl. Charles Irish, Con- hours. Marines with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, detain two role players who were caught burying ing Combat Engineers,” said struction Noncommissioned According to Irish, a na- Improvised Explosive Devices during a field training exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 12, 2014. 1st Lt. Kyle Watkins, Execu- Officer with Bravo Co. “The tive of Leroy, Ohio, the only tive Officer, Bravo Co. “FOBs faster we build the structures, experience they usually receive play a critical role in our opera- the faster we have cover for for building FOBs is when they tional capabilities deploy. This and the engineers training allowed make it possible.” “THE EXPERIENCE WE ARE GETTING Marines to fa- Before the miliarize them- construction pro- HERE IS PARAMOUNT TO BEING COMBAT selves with the cess began, the construction of Marines swept ENGINEERS.” a FOB from the approximately ground up. Ac- 40,000 sq. meters 1ST LT. KYLE WATKINS cording to Wat- for booby-traps kins, the train- and any other dangers. Usually Marines posting security, and ing gave his Marines the skills a FOB is built in an area with the safer we are. We never want and confidence necessary to de- known dangers, offering little to be [easy] targets.” ploy and construct a FOB. protection and leaving Marines Throughout the training, “Where ever it may be vulnerable during the construc- despite role players simulating … we can take the lessons we tion phase. Other support ele- an enemy force trying to com- learned, here, and employ them ments from the battalion, such promise the site, four 20-foot to create a similar, better FOB. as Bridge Company, posted tall guard towers, a command Smaller, larger -- you name it; Marines with Bravo Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, construct the foundation for guard towers while building a forward operating base, during a field training exercise security for Bravo Co. so they and control center and approx- we can build it,” said Watkins. aboard Camp Pendleton Calif., June 12, 2014. THE CONVOY 10 THETHE CONVOY CONVOY 11 11 OHIO MARINE RECEIVES PURPLE HEART Story and photos by: Cpl. Timothy Childers THE CONVOY 13 CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Standing in a motor transportation lot with his wife and fel- low Marines, Lance Cpl.