Miami Marine supports fight against ISIL
U.S. Marine Cpl. Ernesto VegaHernandez, of Kendall, Fla., is currently forward deployed as a motor transportation mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command. SPMAGTF – CR – CC is a self-sustaining expeditionary unit, designed to provide a broad range of crisis response capabilities throughout the Central Command area of responsibility, using organic aviation, logistical, and ground combat assets. Vega was a part of a select group of mechanics and communications maintainers from the unit who conducted joint limited technical inspections of recently refurbished Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles being shipped into countries like Iraq, where Marines are supporting Iraqi Security Forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (Photo by SSgt. Lynn Kinney/ Released)