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United States Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit of Camp Pendleton "invade" the shores of Bellows Air Force Station, in Hawaii. The vehicles were disembarked by the USS BOXER Amphibious Ready Group as part of a training exercise enroute to a six-month tour in the Western Pacific. Bellows AFS is primarily used as a recreation site for military personnel, but is ideal and often used for amphibious training

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles assigned to the 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion maneuver through the waters of the Pacific Ocean, after exiting the well deck of the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS PELEIU (LHA 5), as they head toward the beach at Training Area Bellows, Hawaii (HI), to conduct infantry and amphibious training

An Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) belonging to the 1ST Marines 3rd Battalion, returns to its temporary home aboard the USS JUNEAU (LPD 10) after successfully completing missions ashore during Exercise KERNAL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ, 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), maneuver through the waters of the Pacific Ocean and head towards the beach, during an amphibious landing exercise at Okinawa, Japan (JPN). Commander, Task Force 76 (CTF-76) ships, units and embarked 31st MEU elements are returning from operations supporting Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (RSOI) and Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2006. The Exercise is designed to strengthen interoperability between the US and the Republic of Korea (ROK)

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Fabian Jasso mans the gun turret of an Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) during an amphibious assault conducted as part of RIMPAC 96 at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, by the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Pendleton, California, and involved Navy and Marine air, ground and sea forces for training as a combined amphibious assault force

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, currently on the Unit Deployment Program (UDP) to the 4th Marines Regiment, armed with 5,56 mm M16A2 rifles offload from a an AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle, after coming ashore to securing the area during an amphibious assault landing exercise at Clark Field, Philippines, during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) from the USMC 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR), Charlie Company (C CO) disembark from a US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air-Cushion (LCAC) craft after landing at a beach at Bellows Air Force Station (AFS), Hawaii (HI), during an amphibious assault training during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. The exercise designed to increase the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined sea operations. RIMPAC 2006 brings together military forces from Australia (AUS), Canada (CAN), Chile (CHL), Peru (PER), Japan (JPN), the Republic of Korea (KOR), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US)

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United States Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit of Camp Pendleton "invade" the shores of Bellows Air Force Station in Hawaii. The vehicles were disembarked by the USS BOXER Amphibious Ready Group as part of a training exercise enroute to a six-month tour in the Western Pacific. Bellows AFS is primarily used as a recreation site for military personnel, but is ideal and often used for amphibious training

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Bellows Air Force Station, Oahu

State: Hawaii (HI)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tim Kurka

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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31/03/1997
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