Marines Provide Assistance to Hurricane Sandy Victims in Far Rockaway, N.Y.

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Marines set up a water pump to clear out the basement of an apartment complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. The detachment of Marines volunteered to support victims that were affected by Hurricane Sandy. The Marines are assigned to a detachment from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb Gomez
  • Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Justin Gober, left, and Sgt. Ryan Ewing, right, prepare a pump to excavate water from the basement of an apartment complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb Gomez
  • Marine Corps Cpl. Shaun Staley pumps water out of an apartment complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. Stanley is a combat engineer assigned to the 8th Engineer Support Battalion. U.S. Marine Corps photos by 1st Lt. Timothy Irish
  • Marines begin pumping the fourth apartment building of the Ocean Bay housing complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photos by 1st Lt. Timothy Irish
  • Marines set up a water pump to clear out the basement of an apartment complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. The Marines are assigned to a detachment from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb Gomez
  • Marine Corps Cpl. Smith Thenor prepares a pump to excavate water out of the basement of an apartment building in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. Thenor is a combat engineer assigned to a detachment from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb Gomez
  • Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Ewing prepares a hose to excavate water from the basement of an apartment complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. Ewing is a water support technician assigned to a detachment from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb Gomez
  • Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Justin Gober controls a hose that is pumping water out of the basement of an apartment complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. Gober is a combat engineer assigned to a detachment from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb Gomez
  • Marine Corps Sgt. Justin Armstrong uncoils a hose to pump water out of the basement of an apartment complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb Gomez