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181208-N-GC129-0087 NAGASAKI, Japan (Dec. 8, 2018)
A member of the local community heats a brand used
Eiah, one of the house parents at the El Shaddai Orphanage serves lunch to the orphans, US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and US Navy (USN) sailors visiting during a regional community relations effort in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
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The camera shoots past some Somalis from the village of Maleel as they watch a US Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion deliver a sling load of wheat donated by the people of Australia. Several Somali men and Australian Army Soldiers wait near the loading zone where the helicopter rotor wash is kicking up large amounts of red dirt. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, talk with two Somali men. The Somalis earlier turned in some weapons for food vouchers. They now want to turn in the vouchers for a bag of grain each. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Two Somali men each hold a bag of grain they received from the back of a US Marine M54 Series 5-ton Cargo Truck manned by Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendeton, California. The Marines are conducting an arms for food transfer with the Somalis in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Medium close-up of two Somali children looking toward the camera. Somali women are in the background with their backs to the camera. They are watching US Marine helicopters deliver sacks of wheat to a field outside their village of Maleel (not shown). This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Men from the village of Maleel stack bags of wheat delivered by Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 (HMH-363) during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. The grain, donated by Australia, is being delivered to Maleel by helicopter instead of truck convoy because it is suspected that the roads to village have been mined
In the foreground Somali men carry large bags of wheat and put them in neat stacks. In the background a US Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter faces the camera and hovers about fifty feet off the ground. A large cloud of red dust is kicked up by the helicopter rotor wash. The "Red Lions" of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 of Tustin, California fly the helicopters. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Straight on shot of a Somali man carrying a 50 Kilogram bag of maize over his head. He carries it for a Somali woman that is left in the frame. The food is being distributed by the Irish relief organization Concern. The food and supplies provided are in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Shot from a high angle looking out the back of US Marine 5-ton, stake rack truck as Marines and Somali men unload bags of grain in a crowded village. This is part of a humanitarian relief effort in the Somali town of Bardera. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Somali men unload sacks of grain from the back of a commerical truck at a feeding center, run by CARE, in Mogadishu, Somalia. This was in effort to flood the streets of Mogadishu with food, and thus weaken the city's bandits. The non-governmental agencies, coalition forces and new Somali police force did a mass food distribution in the Somali capital. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Shot from a high angle down at two Somali men loading large bags of Australian wheat in the back of a truck for transport into the village of Maleel. The delivery of the donated wheat was cooperative effort between the US Marines, who provided the helicopter air support and the Australian Army, which provided ground perimeter security. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE
Base: Mogadishu
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell
Release Status: Released to Public
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