U.S. Marine Col. Thomas Prentice, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Col. Thomas Prentice, commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command, addresses the Marines of Marine Wing Support Detachment 31, attached to SPMAGTF-SC, for their engineering work done and support after the effects of Hurricane Matthew in Belize and in support of Joint Task Force Matthew, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 18, 2016. JTF Matthew was a U.S. Southern Command lead humanitarian assistance, disaster relief effort in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew. Matthew was a category 4 hurricane that formed in the Western Atlantic Ocean and affected Haiti, eastern Cuba, and the Bahamas before moving up the southeast coast of the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre)