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A Marine from Battalion Landing Team 1/1 Trailer Platoon, wearing a moulage leg wound, suits up to be an actor for a mass casualty drill aboard the USS PELELIU (LHA-5)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Brook R. Kelsey Release Status: Released to Public C More

Acting as a forward air controller, Captain Christopher Mattei, Battalion Landing Team First Battalion/First Marines (BLT 1/1) Air Officer, talks to a pilot over the radio, vectoring him to a target at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twenty-Nine Palms (MAGCC 29 Palms) during the Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise (SACEX) portion of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California, 29 Palms and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera More

Marines from the Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/1 Weapons Company, Camp Pendleton refresh at the 400-gallon M149A1 water trailer or water bull after completing the Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise (SACEX) portion of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) 29 Palms. The water bull is towed by a M939 series 6X6 5-ton tactical truck. KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major C More

Lance Corporal Jeff Schultz, Battalion Landing Team 11, posts a watch along a bridge as his team passes through on a roving patrol during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. He's armed with Colt M16A2 5.56mm Rifle and carries his gear in an All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) pack. KERNEL BLITZ, largely taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton, is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene More

Marines from Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, fire their M198 155mm Towed Howitzer during a fire support coordination exercise at Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia. These Marines are attached to Battalion Landing Team 3/2, and will deploy with the 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in February, 1998. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD9803457 or search 970916M1903W001)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC J.T. Watkins, Usmc Release Status: Relea More

Marines from Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, fire their M198 Howitzer during a fire support coordination exercise. These Marines are attached to Battalion Landing Team 3/2. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD0207682 or search 970916M1903W001)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC J. T. Watkins Release Status: Released t More

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3/2 fire a TOW (Tube Launched Optically Sighted Wire Guided) inert missile mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during a training session

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC. J. T. Watkins Release Status: Released More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Todd J. Cofield, a chart operator with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, manually checks the safety box of the impact area from the Fire Direction Center behind Howitzer Gun Position 4 during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFEX 1-98 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Phillip D. Fields, GUNNER with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, sets the sights on his M-198 Howitzer during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Nicholas D. Benton, Assistant GUNNER with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, sets the elevation on his M-198 Howitzer during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal David A. Flores, Fire Mission Data Recorder for Gun 6, Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, records firing data for his M-198 Howitzer gun during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robert J. Horton, with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, mounts a .50 caliber machine gun on a 5 ton truck during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFEX 1-98 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C More

US Marine Corps First Lieutenant Jason K. Christiansen, Executive Officer of Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, sets up the safety circle for his M-198 Howitzers during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. More

Marines from Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2 tend to the "injured" pilot after a TRAP (Tactical Rescue of Aircraft and Personnel) mission aboard Vieques Island, Puerto Rico during Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1. A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Helicopter Marine Medium Squadron 264 (attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit) is in the background

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. More

A Light Armored Vehicle with LAR Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, holds its position outside Combat Town, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, following a Mechanized Raid in support of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Composite Training Underway Exercise (COMPTUEX)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Craig W. Larson, Usm More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Aaron R. Arrington from Helicopter Marine Medium-264 (HMM-264) makes a purchase from US Navy Ship Serviceman Second Class Melvin L. Thomas at the ship's store aboard the USS WASP (LHD 1). CPL Ronald R. Lavelle from S-1, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/2 assists in bagging. These Marines and Sailors are deployed with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit as part of Landing Force Sixth Fleet

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Wasp (LHD 1) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL J. T. Watkins, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines from Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, launch in their Zodiac boat with bilateral Tunisian Special Forces soldiers, during the Tunisian Amphibious Landing Exercise (Tunisian PHIBLEX)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Tunisia (TUN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. D. Clark Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Armed with an M16A2 semi-automatic rifle, Lance Corporal Conrado Martinez of Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, leads a patrol of Tunisian Special Forces soldiers during the Tunisian Amphibious Landing Exercise (Tunisian PHIBLEX)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Tunisia (TUN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. D. Clark Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marine Corporal Jerry Venable and Lance Corporal Travis Capps, Coxswains from Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to beach their Zodiac boat during the Tunisian Amphibious Landing Exercise (Tunisian PHIBLEX)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Tunisia (TUN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. D. Clark, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines are cleared to land their combat rigid raider craft, or Zodiac boat, in the well deck of USS DUBUQUE (LPD 8) during boat raid practice. The boat company Marines are part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD '98 Base: USS Dubuque (LPD 8) Scene Camera Operator: CPL R.M. Katz, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combi More

Squad leader US Marine Corps Sergeant Juan Espinosa III signals for the rest of his squad to advance while searching for arms smugglers during a helicopter raid exercise. SGT Espinosa and his Marines are in Thailand as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Ko Samea San Island Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, Usmc Release St More

US Marine Corps Private First Class Edward C. Walsh, armed with an M16 rifle, talks with reconnaissance Marines from a radio on the back of US Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Glenn Schmid while searching for arms smugglers during a helicopter raid exercise. 2LT Walsh and PFC Schmid are in Thailand as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Ko Samea San Island Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, Usmc Release St More

US Marine Corps Captain Dave P. Holahan calls USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3) for guidance while seaarching for arms smugglers during a helicopter raid exercise. Holahan and his Marines are in Thailand as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Ko Samea San Island Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, Usmc Release St More

Marines race toward CH-53E helicopters for extraction after destroying the arms cache of smugglers on the island. The helicopter raid was a normal training exercise for the Marines, who are part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Ko Samea San Island Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, Usmc Release St More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robert Roshia, armed with an M60, lets off some steam after destroying the arms cache of smugglers on the island. LCPL Roshia is in Thailand as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Ko Samea San Island Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, Usmc Release St More

Marines from the US and Thailand hug the side of a combat rigid raider craft, or Zodiak boat, enroute to their beach landing site from USS DUBUQUE (LPD 8). The Royal Thai Marines joined their US counterparts from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, for the boat raid portion of Exercise COBRA GOLD '98

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: SGT Chris Tourge, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

Marines in Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) attack the beach during an amphibious raid. The Marines, part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, were rehearsing for the combined-arms, live-fire exercise portion of COBRA GOLD '98. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Hat Yao, Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: 1LT Kristen A. Lasica More

Marines, armed with M60's, advance through a village during a helicopter raid. The Marines, part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, were rehearsing for the combined-arms, live-fire exercise portion of COBRA GOLD '98. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Hat Yao, Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: 1LT Kristen A. Lasica More

A light armored vehicle splashes off of a Navy air-cushioned landing craft after being ferried from USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) to an amphibious raid site during rehersals for the COBRA GOLD '98 combined arms live-fire exercise. The Marines are part of Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, the ground combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Hat Yao, Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, More

Marines wait aboard their light armored vehicles as an air-cushioned landing craft ferries them from USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) to an amphibious raid site on Hat Yao Beach during rehersals for the COBRA GOLD '98 combined arms live-fire exercise. The Marines are part of Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, the ground combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public C More

Marines attack the beach in High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) after debarking a Navy air-cushioned landing craft for a practice amphibious raid for the COBRA GOLD '98 combined arms live-fire exercise. The Marines are part of Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, the ground combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. On the horizon, Marine Corps CH-53E helicopters ferry supplies and equipment from USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) (left) and USS DUBUQUE (LHA 3) to the beach

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Hat Yao, Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, More

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines get their Christmas gift, a ride back to ship. As the sun rose on Christmas morning, an airlift brought these Marines from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/4, the MEU's ground combat element, back to the ships of the BELLEAU WOOD Amphibious Ready Group. The Marines spent the last seven days here in support of Operation DESERT FOX. DESERT FOX mission goals are to degrade Saddam Hussein's ability to make and to use weapons of mass destruction

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOX Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Sgtmaj Greg Leal, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

Aerial view of the US Marine Corps (USMC), Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), standing in parade formation, at the Udari Range, Kuwait

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Don L. Maes, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

A silhouetted US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2nd Battalion (BN)/4th Marine Regiment (MAR REGT) (2/4), the ground combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), rappels to the ground under the jungle sky during training exercises at Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jungle Warfare Training Center State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Art Geahr, USMC Release Status: Released to Public More

LCPL Parrish Harvey (Hometown: Mann, West Virginia) and CPL Christopher Altivater (Hometown: Perry, Minnesota) guard the perimeter of the Marine base camp. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, is serving as the security force while Camp Hope is being built in Fier, Albania. The camp will serve as a refugee camp for ethnic Albanians (not shown) forced from thier homes. Camp Hope is the first camp built by the United States in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Camp Hope, Fier Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Marthaellen L. Ball Release Status: Rel More

LCPL Andrew Starr (Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana.), LCPL Richard Beitt (Hometown: New York, New York), and LT Chris Harbour (Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts) conduct security rounds while 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Battalion Landing Team 3/8, serves as the security force while Camp Hope is being built in Fier, Albania. The camp will serve as a refugee camp for ethnic Albanians forced from thier homes. Camp Hope is the first camp built by the United States in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Camp Hope, Fier Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Marthaellen L. Ball Release Status: Rel More

Materials to be used in the security and building of Camp Hope are staged. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, serves as the security force while Camp Hope is being built in Fier, Albania. The camp will serve as a refugee camp for ethnic Albanians (not shown) forced from thier homes. Camp Hope is the first camp built by the United States in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Camp Hope, Fier Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Marthaellen L. Ball Release Status: Rel More

A US Marine CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365, deployed on the USS KEARSARGE (LHD3) (not shown), delivers supplies to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Battalion Landing Team 3/8 at Fier, Albania, on May 7, 1999. The BLT 3/8 is providing security during the building of Camp Hope, the first Refugee camp built by the United States for ethnic Albanians forced from Kosovo. Camp Hope was erected as part of Operation Sustain Hope, the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Base: Camp Hope, Fier Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Marthaellen L. Ball Release Status: Rel More

LCPL Christopher Wallace, PFC James Middlebrooks and SGT Davon Martin unload sandbags from the back of a M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to be used as bunkers while 26th Expeditionary Unit, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, serves as the security force while Camp Hope is being built in Fier, Albania. The camp will serve as a refugee camp for ethnic Albanians (not shown) forced from thier homes. Camp Hope is the first camp built by the United States in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Camp Hope, Fier Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Marthaellen L. Ball Release Status: Rel More

26th MEU conducts tactical recovery

Adriatic Sea (May. 18, 1999) Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team Third Battalion Eighth Marines land in a CH-53E "Super Stallion" helicopter from the Helicopter Marine Mediu More

26th MEU conducts a tactical recovery exercise

Adriatic Sea (May. 18, 1999) Lance Corporal Andrew M. Rice from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Battalion Landing Team, Third Battalion Eighth Marines 81 mm mortar platoon climbs up a mountain side so he can More

Lance Corporal Gregorio Alvarez, lying in the prone position, and unidentified Marines with Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, the ground combat element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), ensure that there is no avenue of approach uncovered during Training in an Urban Environment Exercise (TRUEX) 99-2. The training is conducted to prepare 31st MEU Marines on the unique situations encountered when operating in urban environments and performing missions including non-combatant evacuations, humanitarian assistance and show-of-force operations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TRUEX 99-2 State: Guam Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT J.J. Rodriguez, Usmc Release Stat More

Corporal Matthew J. Pozorski and another unidentified Marine from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, Delta Company, sight in with the MGM-71 "TOW" (tube-launched, optically tracked, wire guided) missile system at two possible targets moving along a hillside at the MEU's forward operating base near Cernica, Kosovo. Elements of the 26th MEU deployed from ships of Amphibious Readiness Group 2 (Not shown) in support of NATO Operation Joint Guardian

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin Tyler Watkins Release Status: Rele More

Lance Corporal Joel Vega and Corporal Juan P. Ortega, holding M16A2 5.56mm rifles from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, Lima Company, Weapons Platoon, watch at a road checkpoint near the 26th MEU forward operating base in Kosovo, Marine on left looks through binoculars. Elements of the 26th MEU deployed from ships of Amphibious Readiness Group 2 (Not shown) in support of NATO Operation Joint Guardian

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Gnjilane State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin Tyler Watkins Rele More

Lance Corporal Michael O. Mitchell attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEUs) Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, Lima Company, Weapons Platoon, with an M16A2 5.56mm rifle by his side, sights in with binoculars on vehicles and people on foot and bicycle at a road checkpoint near the MEU forward operating base in Kosovo. Elements of the 26th MEU deployed from ships of Amphibious Readiness Group 2 (Not shown) in support of NATO Operation Joint Guardian

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Gnjilane State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin Tyler Watkins Rele More

Utilizing rubber raider craft, Marines from 1ST Platoon, Lima Company, Battalion landing Team, 3rd Battlaion, 8th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), silently approach the beach in the twilight at dusk. Marines from the 26th MEU (SOC), embarked aboard the USS PONCE (LPD-15), are participating in the NATO exercise, NORTHERN APPROACH, with British and Turkish forces

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Cape Ince Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele More

Marines from 1ST Platoon, Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, silently approach the beach in the twilight at dusk.Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), embarked aboard the USS PONCE (LPD-15), are participating in the NATO exercise, NORTHERN APPROACH, with British and Turkish forces

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Cape Ince Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele More

CAPE INCE, TURKEY (September 11, 1999)--Marines from Lima Company, Battalion landing Team 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, rush from a British Hellcat, Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) and storm their objective. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) ((MEU(SOC)), embarked aboard the USS PONCE (LPD-15), are participating in the NATO exercise, NORTHERN APPROACH, with British and Turkish forces

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Cape Ince Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: Corporal Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: More

Trusting in British pilots in their Westland Sea King MK4 Helocopter, Marines from Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, practice helicopter extract drills. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC), embarked aboard the USS PONCE (LPD-15), are participating in the NATO exercise, NORTHERN APPROACH, with British and Turkish forces

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Cape Ince Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele More

Using the M16A2 rifle and an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Marines from 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, return fire against an aggressor during NORTHERN APPROACH, a NATO exercise.Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) are here in Turkey to participate in the NATO exercise with amphibious forces from the United Kingdom and host nation Turkey

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Saros Bay Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele More

United Staes Marines from Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, ride an elevator into the vast hangar bay of the British amphibious assault ship HMS OCEAN (L12), during NORTHERN APPROACH, a NATO exercise.Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) are here in Turkey to participate in the NATO exercise with amphibious forces from the United Kingdom and host nation Turkey

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Saros Bay Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele More

Major General David F. Bice, Deputy Commander of Marine Forces Europe, visits Marines from the Twenty Sixth Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (26 MEU (SOC)), Battalion Landing Team, Third Battalion, Eighth Marines, just recently offloaded on to Cap Serrat Beach, Tunisia, Africa during Exercise ATLAS HINGE

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS HINGE Base: Cap Serrat Country: Tunisia (TUN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Richard T. O'Connor, Usmc Release Status: Re More