U.S. Marine Corps Darwin Gutierrezmarte, a logistics specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, directs fuel into the motor of a light weight purification system during a combat support service area exercise, at Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 10, 2024. The CSSA exercise utilized CLB-31 to create fresh water, maintain radio communications, and provide food, fuel, and fire support to sustain Battalion Landing Team 1/4 as the 31st MEU’s ground combat element. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. Gutierrezmarte is a native of New York. 

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