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Numerous AAV7A1 Marine amphibious vehicles from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) proceed through rough surf toward a landing on black beach as part of a training exercise during Operation Continue Hope which is a part of United Nations Operation Somalia II (UNOSOM II)

A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) enters the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia in support of UNOSOM II

A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) returns to the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, light armored vehicles (LAV) and trucks. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia in support of UNOSOM II

AAVP-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit leave Black Beach after a training exercise at Mogadishu, en route to the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) anchored off the coast of Somalia

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Camp Lejeune, NC, struggle to break ground for the M198 howitzer supports. The 24th MEU is deployed to Somalia in support of UNOSOM II

A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) returns to the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, light armored vehicles (LAV) and trucks. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia in support of UNOSOM II

A US Navy LCAC returns to the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia in support of UNOSOM II

STAFF SGT. Barron, TB510, 2nd Marine Division, aligns howitzers deployed from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune, NC, on a site near Black Beach, Somalia. The howitzers were deployed to Mogadishu in support of UNOSOM II

A US Navy LCAC (landing craft air cushion) in the Indian Ocean returns to the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia, in support of UNOSOM II

A Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune, NC, marshals vehicles off an air-cushioned landing craft (LCAC-41) during a training exercise at Black Beach, Somalia. The 24th MEU is deployed to Somalia in support of UNOSOM II

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Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II

Base: Mogadishu

Country: Somalia (SOM)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joanna Seltzer

Release Status: Released to Public

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02/08/1994
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