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An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) from 1ST Tank Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, breaches the obstacle belt with a mine plow during the amphibious assault on Red Beach

An AAV7A1, with a mine clearance system kit, prepares rocket launcher to breech minefield obstacles and a M1A1 Abrams provides cover while engineers setup. AAVs swim towards beachhead in preparation to cross breech lanes through minefields, during rehearsals for Kernel Blitz '99

An M1 Abrams tank from 1ST Tank Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, breaches the obstacle belt with a mine plow during the amphibious assault on Red Beach

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Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) emerge from the surf onto the beach. The AAVs from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, (BLT 2/9), Camp Pendleton, CA, deployed on board USS JUNEAU is part of the operation

A US Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV7A1) maneuvers its way through the sand, after coming ashore at Pacific Missile Range Facility, "Barking Sands," Kauai, HI. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, CA and involved Navy and Marine Air, Ground and Sea Forces trained as a combined amphibious assault force during Operation RIMPAC 96

A left rear view of a Marine M1A1 main battle tank equipped with a fording kit as it nears the stern ramp of a Navy air cushion landing craft (LCAC). The fording kit, which is being evacuated by the Marine Corps, has as its main components an exhaust tow

Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC) 31 approaches the beach for off load of an Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) 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

US Marine CH-53Es from 3rd MAW Air Combat Element (ACE), fly in assault Marines to secure the airfield (not shown), while Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) commence the beach assault. Impacts continue to pound the beach head, as the AAV7A1, with a mine clearance system kit and the M1A1 Abrams mineplow tank prepare to breach the minefield, during rehearsals for Kernel Blitz '99

Impacts come close to the M1A1 Abrams mineplow tank and an AAV7A1, with a mine clearance system kit while preparing to breech a minefield obstacle, during rehearsals for Kernel Blitz '99. Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) are seen in the water in the background approaching the beach

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Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99

Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Edward Aspera Jr

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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22/04/1999
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