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Sgt. Michael C. Oakes guides Lance Cpl. Stevie B. Pena

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190318-N-MW964-1054 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Mar. 13,

A truck from the Dutch army's 812th Transportation Group transports a load of ordnance to a pier for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

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LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicles of the 7th Marine Amphibious Brigade are lined up in the staging area after being offloaded from the transport ship USNS LYRA. They will be used during Operation Freedom Pennant

International logisticians offload a U.S. fuel transporter

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An M-54 5-ton cargo truck and a tractor trailer are driven onto the loading ramp of the Ready Reserve Fleet vehicle cargo ship CAPE HORN (T-AKR-5068). The equipment is being deployed to Saudi Arabia for use during Operation Desert Shield

Members of the 187th Ordnance Company perform routine maintenance on a cargo truck prior to loading it aboard the Ready Reserve Fleet vehicle cargo ship CAPE HORN (T-AKR-5068). Trucks and other equipment are being deployed to Saudi Arabia for use during Operation Desert Shield

M-939A2 5-ton cargo trucks are loaded into the cargo hold of a vehicle cargo ship for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

A crane lowers an M-809 5-ton truck with van body toward the pier near an M-939 5-ton truck with van body during offloading of equipment from the Military Sealift Command vehicle cargo ship CAPE DIAMOND (T-AKR-5055). The equipment has been deployed to the area for use during Exercise Reforger '91

An M-923 5-ton cargo truck is driven up the stern ramp of the Military Sealift Command vehicle cargo ship CAPE HORN (T-AKR-5068) following the combined Thai/U.S. Exercise Cobra Gold '89

An M-41 5-ton truck is loaded onto a utility landing craft for transportation to a U.S. Navy ship. Marine Corps personnel and equipment are being loaded for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5), waves from the cab of an M-93 5-ton wrecker truck as the vehicle travels a main supply route in northern Saudi Arabia prior to the start of the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm

A Marine Corps M-939 5-ton cargo truck carrying communications equipment moves across the desert during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm

An M-809 5-ton cargo truck pulls a shelter as equipment is offloaded from the Military Sealift Command vehicle cargo ship CAPE DIAMOND (T-AKR-5055) during Exercise Reforger '91

M-939 5-ton fuel trucks move toward the loading ramp of the Ready Reserve Fleet vehicle cargo ship CAPE HORN (T-AKR-5068). The vehicles are being deployed to Saudi Arabia for use during Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: Charleston

State: South Carolina (SC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: N. Miller

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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08/11/1990
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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

Crew members move a pallet of vegetables off the helicopter deck of a US Navy ship on duty in the gulf

A Marine M1A1 main battle tank moves down the open ramp of utility landing craft LCU 1658. The tank is equipped with a fording kit that is being evaluated by the Marine Corps, Naval Amphibious Base (NAB), Little Creek, Virginia (VA)

An LVTP7 Tracked Landing Vehicle is backed up to the stern loading ramp of the maritime prepositioning ship SS 2ND LT. JOHN P. BOBO (T-AK 3008) at the conclusion of the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

The U.S. Army's logistic support vessel GEN. FRANK S. BESSON JR. (LSV-1) is positioned alongside the Military Sealift Command vehicle cargo ship USNS POLLUX (T-AKR-290) as the two vessels operate near Camp Lejeune during Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) exercises, part of Exercise Ocean Venture '92. M-939 5-ton cargo trucks and M-548 tracked cargo carriers line the deck of the POLLUX

A M35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck pulls a support vehicle up the starboard loading ramp of the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon. USNS Gordon is the first United States Navy (USN) Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships, or LMSR, cargo vessel. USNS Gordon is a former commercial tanker and underwent conversion to United States Navy Military Sealift Command specifications to make it ideal for the loading, transport and unloading of United States Army and United States Marine Corps combat equipment. It is more than 300 yards long and has a storage capacity of more than 300,000 square feet. The ship is named in honor of MASTER Sergeant Gary I. Gordon, US Army, who was posthumously...

Technical Sergeant T. J. Theis, US Air Force (USAF), fuels specialist, 96th Supply Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, attaches a hose to the R-11 fuel truck to fill it back up after refueling an aircraft on the ramp at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Medical personnel attached to the 1ST Tactical Fighter Wing tend to patients during Operation Desert Shield

A medical bus backs up to the ramp of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft of the 437th Military Airlift Wing during Exercise TAC/STRAT MED EVAC

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

US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) Richard W. Hunt accepts the Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa (CJTF HOA) Command Flag from Commander, US Central Command (CENTCOM) US Army (USA) General (GEN) John P. Abizaid (left). RADM Hunt relieved US Marine Corps (USMC) Major General (MGEN) Timothy Ghormley as Commander CJTF-HOA at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti (DJI)

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