Pacific Marines Stories

CAMP H. M. SMITH, HI - Donn Murakami (left), the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Science Advisor, explains the workings of the Micro Auto Gasification System (MAGS) waste disposal process to chemistry students from Damien Memorial High School Sept. 12. The MAGS is a prototype being tested by MARFORPAC which reduces solid waste by as much as 95 percent while dramatically reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The demonstration was part of the MARFORPAC Commander's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) support program to local high schools. (USMC photo by Chuck Little) - CAMP H. M. SMITH, HI - Donn Murakami (left), the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Science Advisor, explains the workings of the Micro Auto Gasification System (MAGS) waste disposal process to chemistry students from Damien Memorial High School Sept. 12. The MAGS is a prototype being tested by MARFORPAC which reduces solid waste by as much as 95 percent while dramatically reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The demonstration was part of the MARFORPAC Commander's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) support program to local high schools. (USMC photo by Chuck Little)

A soldier with 84th Battalion, 30th Brigade, 643rd Company from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, empties a bag of cement that will be mixed into brick mortar during the Engineering Civic Action Program portion of Exercise Khaan Quest 2011 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 1. The purpose of the program is to improve medical care in the area by adding on to the Ayut Family Hospital, a 17,000 sq. ft. urgent care clinic, which will serve the 9th sub-district of khaan-Uul District. Khaan Quest is a training exercise designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other participating nations’ forces in international peace support operations and civic outreach programs worldwide. - A soldier with 84th Battalion, 30th Brigade, 643rd Company from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, empties a bag of cement that will be mixed into brick mortar during the Engineering Civic Action Program portion of Exercise Khaan Quest 2011 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 1. The purpose of the program is to improve medical care in the area by adding on to the Ayut Family Hospital, a 17,000 sq. ft. urgent care clinic, which will serve the 9th sub-district of khaan-Uul District. Khaan Quest is a training exercise designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other participating nations’ forces in international peace support operations and civic outreach programs worldwide.