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An aerial view of a billeting area at the First Marine Expeditionary Force (1MEF) base camp during Operation Desert Shield.

An aerial view of a vehicle park, foreground, and billeting area at the First Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) base camp during Operation Desert Shield.

Members of the Combat Camera Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), sit in a parked M-998 series vehicle at the 1ST Marine Division Combat Operations Center during Operation Desert Shield

An aerial view of an Allied military encampment during Operation Desert Storm.

A view of an F-117A Stealth fighter aircraft parked in a hangar during Operation Desert Shield.

The parking ramp with covered parking spots for aircraft of the 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing of Shaw Air Force Base, N.C., during Operation Desert Shield.

An aerial view of an air base during Operation Desert Shield

An aerial view of a portion of an air base during Operation Desert Shield

A view of the artwork painted on the side of a Marine Corps AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle assigned to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm

An aerial view of a vehicle park at the First Marine Expeditionary Force (1 MEF) base camp during Operation Desert Shield.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: 1 Mef Base Camp

Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. J. R. Ruark

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/01/1990
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label_outline Explore First Marine Expeditionary Force, Base Camp, Marine Base

Corporal Leonard Rodriguez, USMC, (right) and Lance Corporal Andres Almaguer, USMC, (left), make adjustments on the Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engine. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Both are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58

Huge piles of sand and rock are being loaded onto dump trucks with front-end loaders. The dump trucks will carry the sand and rock to Members of the Army National Guard to fortify levees and other areas when the Mississippi River overran it banks after strong rain storms

A hospital corpsman stands by as a working party aboard the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) prepares to move supplies below decks during an underway replenishment with the combat stores ship USNS SPICA (T-AFS-9). The ships are part of the U.S. Navy force in the gulf supporting Operation Desert Shield

An early morning view shows the progress of Camp Palacio,

An Egyptian ranger battalion stands in formation holding AK-47 assault rifles in a demonstration for visiting dignitaries during Operation Desert Shield.

Engineers with Army National Guard, 578th Engineer Battalion use a D-7 bulldozer to dig an obstacle at Red Beach during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 97. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Well-wishers standing on a pier to view the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) battle group watch as the guided missile destroyer USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) passes by. The battle group is returning to Mayport after being deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th

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A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

A log train of Bv-206, All Terrain Carriers are backed up on their way to the lower base camp from Grouse Meadows. Bv carriers are the only way to provide hot chow and are also used to medevac Marines to the lower base camp. 2nd Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion 8th Marines from Camp Lejeune, NC spend 34 days at the Mountain Warfare Training Center to receive instruction in cold weather survival and arctic warfare training

LT. GEN. Calvin A. H. Waller, deputy chief of staff, U.S. Central Command, walks with MAJ. GEN. Barry R. McCaffrey, commanding officer, 24th Infantry Division, while touring the division's deployed location during Operation Desert Shield.

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