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The 126th Medical Company UH-60A Blackhawks, practices touch-and-go's, on the flight deck of the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

An Army helicopter from the 126th Medical Company approaches the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The 126th Medical Company operate the UH-60 Blackhawk and Bell UH-1V Iroquois (Huey) helicopters. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

An Army helicopter from the 126th Medical Company approaches the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The 126th Medical Company operate the UH-60 Blackhawk and Bell UH-1V Iroquois (Huey) helicopters. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 lands on the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 take off of the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ'97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Flight deck crew members wait on the flight deck of the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) prior to the launch of a AH-1W Cobra helicopter during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-369 (HMLA-369) practices flight operations while aboard the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Maintence personnel aboard the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) raise a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from the maintence hanger below during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

A Navy CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11) lands on the flight deck of the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

An Army UH-60 Blackhawk from the 126th Medical Company waits on the flight deck of the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

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Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97

Base: Uss Tarawa (LHA 1)

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Major Command Shown: USS TARAWA (LHA 1)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Nac) Stephen Batiz, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion from helicopter squadron HMH 466 flies to USS TARAWA (LHA 1) while deployed on the ship for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

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Marines from 1ST Marine Division, 3rd Amphibious Armored Vehicle Battalion, act as opposing forces (OPFOR) driving Soviet MT-LB Multipurpose Armored Vehicle during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Able SEAMAN Uri Kurop from Australian Clearance Diving Team One waits near the stern deck ramp of USS DENVER (LPD 9) for a night dive with the rest of his team during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. He is dressed in a Military Jump Suit; the rebreather seen (bottom left) is a Drager LAR-V Mod 2. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

The USS CORONADO (LPD 11) follows closely behind the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during underway replinishment for Exercsie KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

An AV-8B Harrier from VMFA-214, 3rd Marine Air Wing performs a vertical takeoff at Red Beach, Camp Pendleton 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

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Bottom left side view of a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 265 (HMH-265) transporting an M101 105 mm howitzer assigned to Charlie Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marines, during Operation KERNEL BLITZ

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