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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Oscar CruzRamirez, the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz comptroller, poses for a group photo with the employees from a local hotel during Toys for Tots toy collection in Tumon, Guam, Dec. 10, 2021. - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Oscar CruzRamirez, the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz comptroller, poses for a group photo with the employees from a local hotel during Toys for Tots toy collection in Tumon, Guam, Dec. 10, 2021. This year marks the 74th year of the national Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign and its 12th year on Guam. The mission of the Toys for Tots program is to collect new, unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children during Christmas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

The Honorable Lourdes Leon Guerrero, the governor of Guam, places dirt in a burial mound during a cultural ritual at the Sabånan Fadang burial site on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Nov. 23, 2021. - The Honorable Lourdes Leon Guerrero, the governor of Guam, places dirt in a burial mound during a cultural ritual at the Sabånan Fadang burial site on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Nov. 23, 2021. The burial site includes seven grave pits comprised of multiple individuals, with the final overall number of individuals still pending analysis. The ritual is the first of its kind as the ceremonies are typically held later, as required under Guam law, when monuments are erected for reburial ceremonies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

 

Cultural Ritual Honors Ancestral Burials at Sabånan Fadang Area of Camp Blaz

Archaeologists with Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Marianas uncover a burial mound during a cultural ritual at the Sabånan Fadang burial site on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Nov. 23, 2021. The burial site includes seven grave pits comprised of multiple individuals, with the final overall number of individuals still pending analysis. The ritual is the first of its kind as the ceremonies are typically held later, as required under Guam law, when monuments are erected for reburial ceremonies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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Location: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BLAZ, Gu.

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