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A sailor from the Spanish Navy, Puntales Naval Station, Spain, walks off a landing craft from the Spanish LSD (Landing Ship Dock) Galicia (L 31) onto El Omayed Beach on the northern coast of Egypt. He is there to help retrieve vehicles to deliver supplies to the Spanish troops participating in the BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win...
SEAMAN David Barker, USN, (left), and PETTY Officer Nathaniel Pordie, USN, observe the Spanish Navy carrying out similar procedures that our Seamen trained to do with our Navy's Assault Crafts. Marines and Navy personnel from numerous nations are active participants in both the sea and the beaches of Egypt during this year's BRIGHT STAR 01-02 exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if...
A Spanish Army M60A3 TTS Main Battle Tank (MBT) comes ashore at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners
A Spanish Army M60A3 TTS Main Battle Tank (MBT) travels along the beach at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners
THE Spanish Navy Amphibious Assault Ship (LPD), JUAN DE AUSTRIA (L 51) sit anchored off shore as landing craft approach an Egyptian Navy VYDRA CLASS (LCU) as US, Spanish and Egyptian armed forces conduct amphibious assault operations during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners
A Spanish Army M109A5 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer comes ashore at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners
Personnel assigned to the Egyptian Armed Forces rush from their Zodiac Boat, towards the beach at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Egyptian and Spanish forces conduct amphibious operations during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners
Egyptian Army Soldiers armed with 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifles and a FN 7.62mm MAG general purpose machine gun disembark from a USN Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC), on the beach at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners
Beach MASTER James N. Alston, USN, monitors the days boarding procedures with the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1658 and others on the Egyptian beach. Marines and nav personnel from numerous nations are active participants in both the sea and the beaches of Egypt during this year's BRIGHT STAR 01-02 exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multination exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance region stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key lies, and our region partners. It prepares US Centr Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our...
A Spanish Navy, Beach MASTER, directs an M1037 HMMWV from the sea craft onto the Egyptian beaches. Marines and naval personnel from numerous nations are active participants in both the sea and the beaches of Egypt during this year's BRIGHT STAR 01-02 exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02
Base: Mubarak Military City
Country: Egypt (EGY)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA D. Myles Cullen, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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