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[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_N_Orleans_7-06] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to New Orleans area, Louisiana, [where he met and toured with Fish and Wildlife Service staff] [48-DPA-SOI_K_N_Orleans_7-06_DOI_8736.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_MMS_Shell_7-17-06] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil [briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.] [48-DPA-SOI_K_MMS_Shell_7-17-06_DOI_8259.JPG]

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[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_MMS_Shell_7-17-06] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil [briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.] [48-DPA-SOI_K_MMS_Shell_7-17-06_DOI_8255.JPG]

Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Minkle, a boatswains

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PETTY Officer Third Class Robert Jimenez watches as a AH-1W Cobra takes off from 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

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

Captain Tom Priest of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 preflights an AH-1W Cobra 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

Aviation Boatswains Mate AIRMAN Jeremy Morris waits in the crash and salvage shop before morning colors aboard 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

Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC) 62 waits on the beach with a load of Marine Vehicles for a ship at sea 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 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

Aviation Boatswain's Mate Aircraft Handler third class (ABH3) Marc Plotner, a boardmen, keeps track of all the status of aircraft assigned to 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

A Navy Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) prepares to embark the USS TARAWA 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

PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Robert Jimenez waits for his next Helicopter launch on board 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)

Scene Major Command Shown: USS Tarawa

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

Release Status: Released to Public

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Machinery Repairman Third Class (DV) Erin Telitz works alongside Signalman First Class (EOD/SW) Joel Blea as he communicates with a patient and medical diver inside a transportable recompression chamber aboard USS DENVER (LPD 9) during a drill on the system as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 off coast of Southern California (CA). The sailors are attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3, Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA. 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)/...

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

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

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate Seaman Bryan Sumpter and

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

A Marine from 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, inserts a blasting cap in a stick of C-4 explosives prior to the amphibious assault on Red Beach

Signalman (SM), PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Kristopher Boyette, shifts the mooring and shifting colors to show that a ship has been moored on amphibious transport dock USS DUBUQUE (LPD 8) as it arrives at the Port of Valdez, Alaska, in support of exercise Northern Edge 2002

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

MARINE SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM

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

A Hospital Corpsman with 1ST Medical Battalion tends to the wounds of asimulated burned Marine during casualty training exercises for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The exercise largely taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton, is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

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