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US Army (USA) General (GEN) James T. Hill (center left), Commander, US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) escorts the Honorable James Foley (center right), US Ambassador to Haiti, after Ambassador Foley landed at the Port-au-Prince Airport (AP), in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (HTI), to talk with the onsite multi-national military commanders about the deployment of 1,500 US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines to Haiti to participate in peacekeeping operations
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company (Co.), 3rd Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Air Contingency (MAC), Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), and CHIEF Leon Charles (center left), Director General, Haitian National Police, review a map showing the Haitian Police stations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (HTI), they will visit while participating in a multi-national military peacekeeping force
US Air Force (USAF) General (GEN) Richard B. Myers (left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF (CJCS), talks with US Marine Corps (USMC) On Scene Commanders, Brigadier General (BGEN) Ronn Coleman (center) and Colonel (COL) Mark Gurganus after arriving at the airport at Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. GEN Myers is here to speak to On Scene Commanders and service members deployed to Haiti as part of peacekeeping operations in that nation
US Marine Corps (USMC) Brigadier General (BGEN) Ronald S. Coleman (left), Commanding General (CG), Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Haiti, is greeted by USMC Colonel (COL) Mark Gurganus (right) upon his arrival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (HTI), to participate in Operation SECURE DEMOCRACY which is the on-going multi-national military peacekeeping effort in Haiti
US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Barron, Platoon Commander, 3/8 Kilo Company, 1ST Platoon, 2nd Marine Division, gives candy to children living within an apartment being searched during a predawn raid in Port-Au Prince, Haiti. The complex was believed to be the location where Marines had been taking sporadic fire from since they arrived in Port-Au Price. USMC Marines with Haitian National Police, who translate and enforce Haitian laws, conduct raids to find weapons and other violations of the law
US Air Force (USAF) General (GEN) Richard B. Myers (foreground), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF (CJCS), talks with US Ambassador to Haiti, The Honorable James Foley, at the Airport in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. GEN Myers is here to speak to On Scene Commanders and service members deployed to Haiti as part of peacekeeping operations in that nation
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 3/8 Kilo Company, 1ST Platoon, 2nd Marine Division, and members of the Haitian National Police Special Weapons And Tactics (HNP SWAT) team, conduct a forced entry on an apartment complex during a pre-dawn raid. The complex was believed to be the location where Marines had been taking sporadic fire from since they arrived in Port-Au Price, Haiti. USMC Marines with Haitian National Police, who translate and enforce Haitian laws, conduct raids to find weapons and other violations of the law
U.S. Army personnel from the 3/15 Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, dressed in combat gear with weapons, wait in a grassy area to board a helicopter at Port au Prince International Airport, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. U.S. military forces are in Haiti to preserve law and order and to restore the democratic government of President Aristide
US Army (USA) General (GEN) James T. Hill (center left), Commander, US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) speaks with CHIEF Leon Charles (center right), Director General, Haitian National Police, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (HTI), during a conference with foreign military commanders about the deployment of 1,500 US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines to Haiti as part of a multi-national military peacekeeping force
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Port-Au-Prince
Country: Haiti (HTI)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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