USS Ashland (LSD 48) and members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit assisted with disaster relief efforts in Saipan following the wake of Typhoon Soudelor, Aug. 2. The crew provided emergency supplies including drinking water, bed sheets, food, generators, and electrical equipment to various distribution sites, shelters, and schools around the island. Well done to Lt. Dennis Pelina and his team for supporting this critical Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief mission!
USS Ashland (LSD 48) disaster relief efforts in Saipan.
USS Ashland (LSD 48) disaster relief efforts in Saipan.
“Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class C. Lamacchia and Lt. A. Urech, SC, USN participated in a burial at sea ceremony aboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)” –Photo take by MCSN L. A. Preston
NC1 Alex March, Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka career counselor, is recognized for superior leadership abilities by Capt. Raymond Bichard, during an open Meritorious Captain’s Mast, a very rare event in the Navy, Sept. 14 in Yokosuka, Japan.
January/February 2016