U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 work with citizens of the community to build a temporary shelter provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the FEMA-directed Defense Support of Civil Authorities relief effort in response to Super Typhoon Yutu, Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 3, 2018. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is leading the multi-service DCSA mission here, with Marines and sailors from Combat Logistics Battalion 31; sailors with NMCB-1; and airmen belong with the Guam-based 36th Civil Engineer Squadron. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super Typhoon Yutu, which made a direct hit with devastating effect on Tinian Oct. 25 packing 170 MPH winds – it is the second strongest storm to ever hit U.S. soil and the strongest storm of 2018. Marines with the 31st MEU and CLB-31 have been leading the multi-service DSCA mission here since Oct. 29. The Marines arrived at the request of CNMI officials and the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist relief efforts in the wake of Yutu, the largest typhoon to ever hit a U.S. territory. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)