Onboard the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship, USS TARAWA (LHA 1), USN CHIEF Hull Technician (HTC) Patrick Martinez, assigned to the Damage Control Training Team instructs firefighters on techniques during a major conflagration drill. A major conflagration drill simulates a massive casualty to the ship and assesses how prepared the crew is under such circumstances. The TARAWA is preparing for an assessment by the Afloat Training Group (ATG) on its damage control abilities while underway in the Pacific Ocean on a seven-month deployment
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAA Bryan Niegel, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/04/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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