Cpl. Curtis D. Patton, a motor transportation operator

Cpl. Curtis D. Patton, a motor transportation operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, grabs tools to fix a 7-ton truck inside the well deck aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), Sept. 12, 2018. Patton, a native of Troy, Missouri, graduated from Troy Buchanan High School in April 2014 before enlisting in April 2016. Marines and Sailors with CLB-31 and Company E, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, currently underway aboard the Ashland, are preparing with the 31st MEU and Wasp Amphibious Ready Group to assist local agencies and the Federal Emergency Management Agency with distributing emergency relief supplies to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands after it was struck by Typhoon Mangkhut, Sept. 10-11. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matt Navarra/Released)