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A Marine lance corporal feeds the ammunition as a Nigerian officer fires an M-60E3 machine gun during weapons training aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Course

A Marine first lieutenant explains the opeartion of an M-60E3 machine gun to 1LT Lucien Dzou on the flight deck of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise

1LT Tiburce Zonon prepares to fire an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun during weapons training aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise

CMDR T. M. Hayes, left, commanding officer of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197), talks with a group of West African officers in his office. Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise

A West African officer uses the ship's binoculars to watch the impact area as weapons training is conducted aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST 1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise

U.S. Marines from the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) march up a hill behind soldiers of a West African nation during an joint exercise. The BARNSTABLE COUNTY is visiting West African countries during its 1991 West African Training Cruise

Crew members load rounds into a Mark 32 3-inch/50-caliber gun during a general quarters aboard the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST-1181) drill. The SUMTER is transiting the Atlantic Ocean on a West African training cruise. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A West African officer watches as two petty officers work in a repair locker aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) during a general quarters drill. Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise

Members of a West African military unit stand in front of an AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault personnel vehicle as U.S. Marines from the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) watch from above. The BARNSTABLE COUNTY is on its 1991 West African Training Cruise. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A West African officer fires an M-60E3 machine gun during weapons training aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Course

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Base: Pointe Noire

Country: Congo(COG)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D. P. Flynn

Release Status: Released to Public

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15/11/1991
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51D-43-082 - STS-51D - STS-51D earth observations

LT Eric Hansen, the medical officer of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197), watches as a West African officer adjusts his camera as they pull into Pointe Noire for the first port call of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise. Several officers from West African nations traveled aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the annual cruise

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Several Marines fire M-9 9mm pistols as they compete in the 1988 Far East Matches

US Marine Corps Corporal Joseph Calebro uses an AN/PSC-3 Satellite Communications Radio on the tarmac at Pointe Noire, Congo. Corporal Calebro is attached to VMGR-252 (Detachment Bravo) to provide KC-130 Hercules aircraft secure communications while deployed in support of PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Several US Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVP7A1) assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) depart White Beach, Okinawa, in the Sea of Japan (JPN) for the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Dock Landing Ship USS HARPERS FERRY (LSD 49) (not shown)

A joint service casket team carries the flag draped casket of Leamon R. Hunt from a VC-135 aircraft upon its arrival. Mr. Hunt was the director of the Multi-National Force and Observers headquarters in Rome, Italy

Military Forces of Central Africa, the Netherlands,

Actors run from a vintage T-6 trainer aircraft being used to simulate a dive bomber during the filming of the movie "Winds of War" aboard the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5). Several crewmen from the ship were used as "extras" in the Paramount Studios film

A family has one of its bags searched while being processed aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) prior to a flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The family was brought to the BARNSTABLE COUNTY after being evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia

An officer makes a point to a crewman on the bridge of the tank landing ship USS CAYUGA (LST-1186)

Several Soviet 7.62 mm PKM light machine guns seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY

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