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British equipment and vehicles line the road as British forces visit Living Support Area 5 (LSA-5) for a terrain model briefing. The terrain model is a three-dimensional model of the terrain the British forces and US Marines will operate in as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)
British equipment and vehicles line the road as British forces visit Living Support Area 5 (LSA-5) for a briefing. They arrived at camp for a combined British forces and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines briefing as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)
Two, German made, FUCHS Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) Reconnaissance vehicles roll down the street in Living Support Area 5 (LSA-5). The British arrived at camp for a combined British forces and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines briefing as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)
Signs on the terrain model used in a sand table briefing show the designated routes that Regimental Combat Team 5th Marines (RCT-5), 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California (CA) and the British 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), will use when they get the go signal. The terrain model/sand table is a three-dimensional model of the terrain the British forces and US Marines will operate in as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
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Combined British forces and US Marine Corps (USMC) Regimental Combat Team 5th Marines (RCT-5), 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California (CA), watch from the perimeter of a sand table as RCT-5 Military Operations (S-3) briefs them. The sand table is a three-dimensional model of the terrain the Marines will operate in as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)
Combined British forces and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines watch a sand table brief from Military Operations (S-3) Regimental Combat Team 5th Marines (RCT-5), 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California (CA). The sand table is a three-dimensional model of the terrain the British forces and US Marines will operate in as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)
Combined British forces and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines gather at a sand table brief from Military Operations (S-3) Regimental Combat Team 5th Marines (RCT-5), 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California (CA). The sand table is a three-dimensional model of the terrain the British forces and US Marines will operate in as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)
A British Light Armored Field Radar Vehicle Transportpanzer 1 Carrier sits at a Living Support Area (LSA) belonging to Regimental Combat Team 5, in Kuwait (KWT), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
British equipment and vehicles line the road as British forces visit Living Support Area 5 (LSA-5) for a terrain model briefing. The terrain model is a three-dimensional model of the terrain the British forces and US Marines will operate in as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Living Support Area 5
Country: Kuwait (KWT)
Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Matthew M. Smith, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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