U.S. Marines from Engineer Operations Company, Marine
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U.S. Marines from Engineer Operations Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, walk to the site they will conduct, in coordination with the government of Bangladesh and along with elements of the Bangladesh armed forces division, an engineering civil action project exercise, the Bangladesh Interoperability Program '11, to expand the second story of a school. The school was previously prepared as part of the 20th anniversary commemoration of Operation Sea Angel in May by Marines from 9th Engineering Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III MEF, and Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Marine Support Group 47, 4th MAW, Marine Forces Reserve, based in Chicopee, Mass. Two weeks after Cyclone Marian (Tropical Cyclone 02B) struck the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh April 19, 1991, the U.S. organized a contingency joint task force commanded by Marine Lt. Gen. Henry Stackpole, to spearhead humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts to the devastated areas. The operation was dubbed Sea Angel.
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