Monday, March 2, 2009
CLB-3 Marines destroy unserviceable ammunition
CAMP BASTION, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Lance Cpl. James E. Laflin cuts through a strand of time-fuse during a training evolution at a demolition range on Camp Bastion, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2009.
Ammunition technicians with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, and Okinawa-based explosive ordnance disposal technicians with 3rd EOD Platoon, assigned to CLB-3, worked together to dispose of unserviceable ammunition and ordnance.
CLB-3 is the logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan National Police.
Laflin is an ammunition technician assigned to Headquarters Co., CLB-3.
(photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer)
BASTION, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Marines use a multifunctional crimping tool to cut through a strand of time-fuse during a training exercise at a demolition range on Camp Bastion, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2009.
Ammunition technicians with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, and Okinawa-based explosive ordnance disposal technicians with 3rd EOD Platoon, assigned to CLB-3, worked together to dispose of unserviceable ammunition and ordnance.
CLB-3 is the logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan National Police.
(photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer)
CAMP BASTION, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – The detonation of high-explosive charges sends smoke and flames soaring more than 50 feet high during a training exercise at a demolition range on Camp Bastion, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2009.
Ammunition technicians with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, and Okinawa-based explosive ordnance disposal technicians with 3rd EOD Platoon, assigned to CLB-3, worked together to dispose of unserviceable ammunition and ordnance.
CLB-3 is the logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan National Police.
(photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer)