Story and photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan L. Tomlinson
1st Marine Logistics Group
1st Marine Logistics Group
AL HASA — Locating and counteracting improvised explosive devices is part of a normal day for the Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward). During those missions, they may encounter IED blasts, small-arms fire or rocket-propelled grenades.
When the enemy manages to disable one of their vehicles, the battalion relies on a dedicated small group of Marines to come to the rescue: the wrecker operators.
“We are very vital to 9th ESB’s operation,” said Lance Cpl. Jesse W. Harrison, a wrecker operator with Support Company, 9th ESB. “If a vehicle is damaged in any way, it is up to us to get it out of the danger zone and back to base.”
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When the enemy manages to disable one of their vehicles, the battalion relies on a dedicated small group of Marines to come to the rescue: the wrecker operators.
“We are very vital to 9th ESB’s operation,” said Lance Cpl. Jesse W. Harrison, a wrecker operator with Support Company, 9th ESB. “If a vehicle is damaged in any way, it is up to us to get it out of the danger zone and back to base.”
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(Photo: Staff Sgt. Kain Van Holland, 27, Security Team leader with 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), and a native of Peru, Ind., provides security during a vehicle-recovery mission in Al Anbar Province.)
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