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A picture perfect view of the Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship, USS SHREVEPORT (LPD 12), with Kuwait City in the background. The shot was taken from the deck of the USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) (Not shown). Both ships were pier side in Kuwait City as part of the Soutwest Asia build-up

US Navy Electrician's Mate Third Class Lance Howell directs a US Marine Corps truck onto a Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU 1655) bound for the USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) (Not shown) as Marines draw out of Kuwait. The USS ASHLAND is in Kuwait as part of an Southwest build-up of forces in response to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapons inspections

A US Marine Corps M813, 5 Ton, (6X6) cargo truck is backed onto a US Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU 1659), bound for the USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) as Marines from Camp Legune, North Carolina, draw out of Kuwait. The USS ASHLAND is in Kuwait as part of a Southwest Asia build-up of forces in response to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapons inspections

US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed aboard the USN Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock USS NASHVILLE (LPD 13), observe as a USN Landing Craft Utility (LCU) craft enters the ship's well deck during a friends and family day cruise. The crew invited their friends and family aboard to give them a chance to see what life is like aboard ship

(left to right) The Anchorage Class Dock Landing Ship, USS MOUNT VERNON (LPD 39), and the Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship, USS DENVER (LSD 9), off-load Marines (Not shown) during an amphibious landing operation off the coast of Kuwait in support of the Southwest Asia build-up

The US Navy (USN) Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock USS OGDEN (LPD 5) navigates, with the aid of tug boats, the waters off the coast of Ketchikana, Alaska (AK), on her way to a scheduled port visit after successfully completing NORTHERN EDGE 2005. NORTHERN EDGE focused on a series of maritime training operations with the US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Air Force (USAF) in the littorals of the Alaskan Sea

US Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class John R. DesChamps Jr. loads machinery onto the Landing Dock Ship, USS OAK HILL (LSD 51) with the ship's crane while preparing for departure from a Kuwaiti port. The ship is in Kuwait as part of an Southwast Asia build-up of forces in response to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapons inspections

US Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class John R. DesChamps Jr. loads machinery onto the Landing Dock Ship, USS OAK HILL (LSD 51) with the ship's crane while preparing for departure from a Kuwaiti port. The ship is in Kuwait as part of an Southwest Asia build-up of forces in response to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapons inspections

The US Navy (USN) Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock USS OGDEN (LPD 5) prepares to form-up with other ships for Seattles SEAFAIR parade of ships event. SEAFAIR is Seattle's month-long traditional summer festival, which includes parades, amateur athletics, air shows, and boat racing

The Austin Class, Amphibious Transport Dock Ship, USS SHREVEPORT (LPD 12) is moored alongside a Kuwaiti pier, providing the fire-power of an amphibious assault ship and its Marine Corps bretheren. The ship was sent to Kuwait as part of an Southwest Asia build-up of forces in response to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapons inspections

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Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeff Viano, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Weapons Inspections, Ph 2 Jeff Viano, Uss Shreveport

US Navy (USN) Gunners Mate, SEAMAN (SN) Travis D. Parker, onboard the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), prepares to shoot a 7.62 mm M14 rifle with a shot line adapter to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler, USNS WALTER S. DIEHL (T-AO 193) during an underway replenishment (UNREP), while the USS ESSEX is conducting Spring Patrol operations and exercises in the Philippine Sea

A port side stern view showing the USN Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), a part of the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) underway in the Philippine Sea, enroute to provide much needed humanitarian assistance for the victims of a devastating land and mudslide that buried a village in the southern part of the Island of Leyte, Republic of the Philippines

Squadron Commander Dickie Druitt flies a British Royal Air Force VC-10 K3 fueling tanker on an air-to-air refueling mission with British GR-1 Tornado jets (Not shown) over Kuwait as part of the Southwest Asia build-up

Airmen 1st Class Michael Devin, an Airmen assigned

LT. Dan Taylor negotiates the broken rungs of a Jacob's ladder as he climbs down from the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) into a motor whaleboat. Taylor, a Navy Liaison Officer (NLO), will be transferred to a reflagged Kuwaiti tanker to act as a naval representative aboard the ship during an Earnest Will convoy mission in which the tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

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U.S. Navy Operations SPECIALIST Second Class Phillip Montgomery, with the Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship USS NASHVILLE (LPD 13), updates a status board on Aug. 22, 2006 in the Red Sea. The NASHVILLE is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism and Maritime Security Operations.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST First Class Shonn Moore) (Released)

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