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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jordan Chavez, a squad leader for Bridge Platoon, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, speaks about the purpose of building an Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 20, 2020. IRBs provide a wet-gap crossing capability either as a floating bridge or as a multi-bay for tracked and wheeled combat tactical vehicles. Chavez, a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, graduated from Como Park Senior High in 2015. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. David Esparza)

Looped photo compilation of Marines deploying Improved Ribbon Bridges (IRB) during training operations Aug. 30, 2018 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa Japan. An IRB can be used as a bridge or ferry to carry vehicles and equipment across bodies of water. The Marines are with Bridging Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Jamin M. Powell)

U.S. Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct bridge operations in support of 1st Light Armored Reconaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, across the Colorado River between Sept. 6-17, 2017. A continuous span bridge across the Colorado River hasn't been acheived in approximately 14 years.

U.S. Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, contruct a continuous bridge span across the Colorado River in support of 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, at Blythe, Calif., Sept. 6-17, 2017. A continuous span bridge hasn't been constructed across the Colorado River in approximately 14 years.

Lance Corporal James Gribble, a native of Burleson, Texas, speaks about why he joined the Marine Corps, his responsibility as a raft commander and his experiences with the different aspects of being a combat engineer.

Marines with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group build approximately a 1,000 foot bridge using Improvised Ribbon Bridges with Soldiers with 502nd Multi Role Bridge Company, Fort Knox, Ky., aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 30, 2013.

Marines serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 7th Engineer Support Battalion demonstrated the bridging capabilities of the Improved Ribbon Bridge and Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge aboard Camp Pendleton, May 16, 2013. Available in high definition. Interview: 1st Lt. Nick Martino, company commander, bridge company, 7th ESB