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A Fast Attack Vehicle Crew from "B" Co., Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), provides heavy weapons support with an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun for security at the US Embassy housing complex in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th MEU (SOC) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
American citizens are escorted to a CH-46E "Sea Knight" helicopter by a 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) Marine, during Operation SILVER WAKE. 26th MEU (SOC) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) CH-53E "Super Stallion" lifts off to transport American citizens from Tirana, Albania, to the USS Nassau. 26th MEU (SOC) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
Corporal Nathan Church, 3rd Platoon, "B" Co, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), sits with fixed bayonet on his M16A2 assault rifle behind a sandbagged defense position in the US Embassy housing complex in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th MEU (SOC) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
At the Evacuation Control Center, a Marine searches and screens evacuees prior to movement from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, to the USS Nassau during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of U. S. citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
Marines from Charlie Company, 1ST Batttalion, 8th Marines, fill sandbags to reinforce defensive positions inside the compound at the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
Sergeant Kevin Clifton, Evacuation Control Center team member and Platoon Sergeant for MSSG-26's Landing Force Shore Party Platoon, stands by with his M16A2 assault rifle to provide security for an incoming helicopter near the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
Lance Corporal (LCPL) Michael Skinton and LCPL Christopher Hinebaugh, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) man a rooftop post at the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. 26th MEU (SOC) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
Armed with an M16A2, Corporal James Kendrick, Command Element, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), provides the communications link from ship to shore for ground commanders during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th MEU (SOC) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SILVER WAKE
Base: Tirana
Country: Albania (ALB)
Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Tim Shearer, Usmc
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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