TS Co., CLB-6 works through Independence Day holiday

RRP MILWAUKEE, Iraq (July 4, 2008) –  Marines from 1st Platoon, Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 1st Marine Logistics Group, made a special Independence Day combat logistics patrol to Marines at Refuel and Resupply Point Milwaukee.

This tactical-vehicle convoy delivered 20 thousand gallons of fuel, 20 pallets of food supplies, 40 pallets of water, mail, oil and Light Armored Vehicles parts to the Marines.

1st Lt. Justin A. Hooker, executive officer, TS Co., CLB-6, said this will give them a chance to flex the Motor Transportation muscle they have.

“The only way to get supplies out there is by ground or air,” said Hooker, from Winston-Salem, N.C. “Without these supplies, they wouldn’t be able to do anything.”

Resupplying the Marines at the RRP Milwaukee was something 1st Plt. had no regrets doing during the Independence Day holiday.

“I have had the past 18 years to have the 4th of July all to myself,” said Lance Cpl. Kory C. Frens, Logistics Vehicle System operator, TS Co., CLB-6. “Being out here gives me a better understanding of why this holiday is important.”

Frens, from Hesperia, Mich., said it doesn’t bother him delivering supplies on this special day, so people back in the U.S. can enjoy the freedoms they have. He said service members are all doing their part in the effort out here in Iraq.

“If I were back in the states, I would be watching fireworks with my family and hanging out with my girlfriend,” said Sgt. Gerhard C. Otero, gunner, TS Co., CLB-6. “Instead, we are out here doing our part.”

“I feel good about myself and what we are doing out here,” said Otero, from Miami, Fla. “It’s a good experience that I am glad to have had. Somebody has to do it.”

As the Marines of 1st Plt. spent the holiday away from their families, they continued to push forward to fight for the freedom their families enjoy.

“I’m here for a reason and I am doing my part to accomplish the mission,” concluded Otero. “Out of all my experiences as a Marine, I don’t have any regrets of what I have done in the Corps.”