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Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry S. Pring (left), a hospital corpsman with Detachment B, Marine Wing Support Squadron-472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, Lance Cpl. David J. Rowe (center), an aircraft rescue and firefighting specialist with Det. B, MWSS-472, and Lance Cpl. Benjamin A. Bakker (right), an automotive maintenance technician with Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, simulate a casualty evacuation at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, July 9, 2016. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry S. Pring (left), a hospital corpsman with Detachment B, Marine Wing Support Squadron-472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, Lance Cpl. David J. Rowe (center), an aircraft rescue and firefighting specialist with Det. B, MWSS-472, and Lance Cpl. Benjamin A. Bakker (right), an automotive maintenance technician with Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, simulate a casualty evacuation at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, July 9, 2016. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadrons 471 and 473, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, began a humanitarian aid project to expand an aircraft landing strip for native Alaskans in Old Harbor a fishing village on Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska July 2013. This project is scheduled to be completed in approximately two years and will allow the local civilians to land large aircraft on the remote island. - Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadrons 471 and 473, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, began a humanitarian aid project to expand an aircraft landing strip for native Alaskans in Old Harbor a fishing village on Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska July 2013. This project is scheduled to be completed in approximately two years and will allow the local civilians to land large aircraft on the remote island.