A sailor from the Spanish Navy, Puntales Naval Station, Spain, walks off a landing craft from the Spanish LSD (Landing Ship Dock) Galicia (L 31) onto El Omayed Beach on the northern coast of Egypt. He is there to help retrieve vehicles to deliver supplies to the Spanish troops participating in the BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: A sailor from the Spanish Navy, Puntales Naval Station, Spain, walks off a landing craft from the Spanish LSD (Landing Ship Dock) Galicia (L 31) onto El Omayed Beach on the northern coast of Egypt. He is there to help retrieve vehicles to deliver supplies to the Spanish troops participating in the BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners.
Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02
Base: El Omayed Beach
Country: Egypt (EGY)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Patricia Bunting, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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