Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, Anderson Air Force
Base, Guam, Guam - Staff Sgt. Owen I. Wood leads his Marines in a raid
April 8 during final field exercises on Andersen South during Exercise
Guahan Shield. The exercises consisted mainly of raids and patrols in
and around abandoned housing areas and the surrounding jungle, in which
logistics Marines went toe-to-toe with Infantrymen. Guahan Shield will
facilitate multiservice engagements, set conditions for bilateral and
multilateral training opportunities, and support rapid response to
potential theatre crises and contingency operations in the Asia-Pacific
region. The logistics Marines are part of Combat Logistics Detachment
39, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III
Marine Expeditionary Force. Wood is a Platoon Sgt. with Company L, 3rd
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, which is currently assigned to 4th
Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III MEF under the unit deployment
program.
