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As the sun begins to rise, a Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) arrives at Blue Beach, Cap Haitien. An Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) from Golf Company 2/2 prepares to depart on a security mission during the celebration in the streets of Cap Haitien. The operation is Uphold Democracy

As the sun begins to rise, a Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: CPL P.S. Royston (Usmc) Release Status: Relea... More

A boat director from ASSAULT CRAFT UNIT-5 directs the loading of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) on to an Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) craft in support of exercise KERNEL BLITZ 97. The LCAC floats on a cusion of air contained by a rubber skirt which allows the capability to transit from water to land. With a sixty-ton payload, LCAC craft can sustain up to 50 kt/91 khp for a range of up to 328nm/607 km

A boat director from ASSAULT CRAFT UNIT-5 directs the loading of High-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

Family members wave to US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as they board a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) transport, bound for a waiting offshore ship

Family members wave to US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 26 Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Camer... More

A close-up of the Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned LCAC-37 from Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU-4) as the trucks are ready to drive off. The equipment and supplies are for the Marines in Cap Haitien in support of Operation Uphold Democracy

A close-up of the Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned LCAC-37 from Assaul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL C. S. Fowler (Usmc) Release Status: Rele... More

A Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) leaves Blue Beach on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. The LCAC was carrying Marines and equipment in support of Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98

A Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) leaves Blue Beach on Vieques Isla...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFEX 1-98 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL ... More

United States Marine Corps (USMC) men with the24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) rest on the deck of a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) aboard the USS TORTUGA (LSD-46) Dock Landing ship

United States Marine Corps (USMC) men with the24th Marine Expeditionar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2002 Base: USS Tortuga (LSD 46) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2 Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryan Reed, U... More

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) lands at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The LCAC rehearses for a demonstration that will be held the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) lands at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads into the beach to unload its compliment of Light Armored Vehicles at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, NC. This LCAC was part of a rehearsal for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads into the beach to unload it...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

US Navy (USN) personnel steer a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) vehicle in support of Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) and transport Malaysian military members out for a spin over the ocean

US Navy (USN) personnel steer a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) veh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

An LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) lands at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and unloads a LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25). The LCAC is rehearsing for a demonstration that will be held the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

An LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) lands at Onslow Beach, Camp Leje...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) loaded with Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT), approaches the beach secured by Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV-7A1) during the D-Day assault for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) loaded with Abrams M1A1 Main Battle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Cam... More

A United States Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) takes on a US Army truck with Howitzer gun in tow on Blue Beach, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. This marks the first time that Army equipment has been embarked on an LCAC. This event is taking place at the conclusion of Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1

A United States Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) takes on a US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C.... More

CAPE INCE, TURKEY (September 11, 1999)--Marines from Lima Company, Battalion landing Team 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, rush from a British Hellcat, Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) and storm their objective. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) ((MEU(SOC)), embarked aboard the USS PONCE (LPD-15), are participating in the NATO exercise, NORTHERN APPROACH, with British and Turkish forces

CAPE INCE, TURKEY (September 11, 1999)--Marines from Lima Company, Bat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Cape Ince Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: Corporal Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status:... More

A Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) launched from the amphibious assault ship, USS Bataan (LHD-5), heads towards Red Beach, during the 50th Anniversary of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, aboard Camp Pendleton, California. This fierce, bloody battle resulted in 15,000 allied casualties (most of them men of the 1ST Marine Division). 2,500 were killed in action, 5,000 were wounded in action, and 7,500 suffered severe frostbite and cold injuries. The enemy forces sustained 40,000 dead and thousands more were down with wounds and frostbite

A Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) launched from the amphibious assa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Giles M. Isham Release St... More

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)-17 from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) FIVE, Loads on board USS Anchorage (LSD-36) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ. With a normal load of fuel and a sixty-ton payload, LCAC can sustain up to 50 kt/91 kph in seastate 2 (light chop) for a range of up to 328 nm/607 km

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)-17 from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) FI...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) board a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) transport bound for a waiting offshore ship

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Camer... More

A Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) races through the shallow surf towards the beach. The LCAC from the Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) "Swift Intruders" of Camp Pendleton, CA, deployed on board USS MOUNT RUSHMORE (LSD-7) is part of the operation

A Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) races through the shallow surf to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads into Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. This LCAC was part of a rehearsal for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads into Onslow Beach, Camp Lej...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

Hundreds of civilian media and military observers gathered at El Omayed beach, Egypt to watch a USN Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) craft come ashore as US, Spanish and Egyptian armed forces conduct amphibious assault operations during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners

Hundreds of civilian media and military observers gathered at El Omaye...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: R... More

US Navy (USN) members with Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), beach their Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) and off-load US Marine Corps (USMC) High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), in support of CARAT

US Navy (USN) members with Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) members of Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), drive an assortment of vehicles, including an M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier, near a beached US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) members of Landing Force Coop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit board a Landing Craft Air Cushioned in the well deck of the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) on Aug. 24, 2006. The IWO JIMA is deployed to the Red Sea in support of Maritime Security Operations.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua T. Rodriguez) (Released)

U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit board a Landing C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua T. Rodriguez, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

A truck is loaded on Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)-37 for transportation to the USS Wasp. The port town of Cap Haitien is in the background. As Marines begin their backload, equipment and personnel will gradually retrograde as the U.S. Army moves in to provide ongoing support to Operation Uphold Democracy

A truck is loaded on Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)-37 for transpo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT J. R. Tricoche (Usmc) Release Status: R... More

Marines from Fox Company, 2/2, board Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned LCAC-9 for transportation back to the USS Wasp after participating in Operation Uphold Democracy

Marines from Fox Company, 2/2, board Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: CPL P.S. Royston (Usmc) Release Status: Relea... More

US Navy (USN) members with Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), beach their Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) and off-load US Marine Corps (USMC) High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), in support of CARAT

US Navy (USN) members with Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A U.S. Marine High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) boards a Landing Craft Air Cushioned in the well deck of the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) on Aug. 24, 2006. The IWO JIMA is deployed to the Red Sea in support of Maritime Security Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua T. Rodriguez) (Released)

A U.S. Marine High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) board...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua T. Rodriguez, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) LC 81, from Assault Craft Unit-5 (ACU-5) Detachment, West Pacific, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto a Gogu Beach for the D-Day Mobile Fuel Distribution System (DMFDS) concept demonstration in support of FOAL EAGLE 2000. The DMFDS is a Force Warfighting Lab (FWL) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded project which demonstrates new techniques in the first ever transfer of fuel from the sea to land. FOAL EAGLE is the largest Joint and Combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from October 25th to November 3rd. About 25,000 U.S. troops (Not shown) will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve...

A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) LC 81, from Assault Craft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) LC 81, from Assault Craft Unit-5 (ACU-5) Detachment, West Pacific, Sasebo, Japan, ... More

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads into Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, NC. This LCAC was part of a rehearsal for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads into Onslow Beach, Camp Lej...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, of 1ST Tank Battalion, 1ST Marine Division off load at Red Beach, from a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) during the 50th Anniversary of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, aboard Camp Pendleton. This fierce, bloody battle resulted in 15,000 allied casulties (most of them men of the 1ST Marine Division). 2,500 were killed in action, 5,000 were wounded in action, and 7,500 suffered severe frostbite and cold injuries. The enemy forces sustained 40,000 dead and thousands more were down with wounds and frostbite

M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, of 1ST Tank Battalion, 1ST Marine Divis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Giles M. Isham, Usmc Release Status: R... More

Two US Navy (USN) Boatswains Mates (BM) serving as Beachmasters use signal paddles to direct USN Landing Craft-Air Cushion (LCAC-56) craft as it comes ashore at Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base, Thailand, during an amphibious assault exercise conducted during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2002

Two US Navy (USN) Boatswains Mates (BM) serving as Beachmasters use si...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2002 Base: Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF... More

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) 57 approaches Inner Apra Harbor, Guam in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) 57 approaches Inner Apra Harbor, Gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2003 Base: Inner Apra Harbor State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) Two Three (LCAC 23), embarked onboard the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS BOXER (LHD 4), comes ashore aboard Kuwait Naval Base (KNB), Kuwait (KWT), to offload equipment during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) Two Three (LCAC 23), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kuwait Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jondior Ferrell, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, offload from the Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned LCAC-9 at the port of Cap Haitien during Operation Uphold Democracy

Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, offload from the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: CPL P.S. Royston (Usmc) Release Status: Relea... More

Marines from the Light Armored Vehicle Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, the Ground Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Okinawa, Japan, drive off a Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC). The LCAC brought the Marines ashore from USS ESSEX (LHD 2) in a training exercise preparing for the MEU's Special Operations Capable Qualification Exercise (SOCEX). The MEU is embarked aboard the Essex Amphibious Ready Group for SOCEX, which will certify the MEU's capability to execute any mission in its area of operation

Marines from the Light Armored Vehicle Platoon, Battalion Landing Team...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOCEX State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryce R. Piper Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) Two Three (LCAC 23), embarked onboard the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS BOXER (LHD 4), is underway to Kuwait Naval Base (KNB), Kuwait (KWT), to offload equipment during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) Two Three (LCAC 23), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jondior Ferrell, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit Five (ACU-5) launch from the US Navy (USN) Wasp class Amphibious Assault Ship USS ESSEX (LHD 2) in the Leyte Gulf, Republic of the Philippines (PHL)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) assigned t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Leyte Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 31 MEU Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D. Kennedy, USN Release Status: Released t... More

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class David Weyandt directs a U.S. Marine High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle onto a Landing Craft Air Cushioned in the well deck of the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) on Aug. 24, 2006. The IWO JIMA is deployed to the Red Sea in support of Maritime Security Operations.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua T. Rodriguez) (Released)

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class David Weyandt directs a U.S. M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua T. Rodriguez, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Marine Corps Corporal (CPL) Manuel Rodriguez, a radio operator with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), guards the concertina wired perimeter for the US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) craft. The LCACs were uses during the simulated Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Station, HI, during Operation RIMPAC 96

US Marine Corps Corporal (CPL) Manuel Rodriguez, a radio operator with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads ashore at Onslow Beach to join its sister craft to unload Marine equipment at Camp Lejeune, NC. These LCAC's was part of a rehearsal for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads ashore at Onslow Beach to j...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) drops off Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) on to Red Beach during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '99 held at Camp Pendleton, California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) drops off Abrams M1A1 Main Battle T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Maj... More

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) with Assault Craft Unit Five bring combat forces to the beach, while participating in the 50th Anniversary of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, aboard Camp Pendleton, California.This fierce, bloody battle resulted in 15,000 allied casulties (most of them men of the 1ST Marine Division). 2,500 were killed in action, 5,000 were wounded in action, and 7,500 suffered severe frostbite and cold injuries. The enemy forces sustained 40,000 dead and thousands more were down with wounds and frostbite

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) with Assault Craft Unit Five bring ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Giles M. Isham, Usmc ... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abram Main Battle Tanks (MBT) from the 1ST Tank Battalion, 1ST Marine Division rolls off a US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) during an assault on Red Beach, for the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign during the Korean War, at Camp Pendleton, California (CA)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abram Main Battle Tanks (MBT) from the 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Giles M. Isham, USMC ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) along the beach at Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base, Thailand, after offloading from a US Navy (USN) Landing Craft-Air Cushion (LCAC) craft, during an amphibious assault exercise conducted during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2002

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2002 Base: Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF... More

A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft-Air Cushion (LCAC) craft, approached the beach at Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base, Thailand, as two US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) fly over head. In the background the US Navy (USN) WHIDBEY ISLAND CLASS: Dock Landing Ship, USS FORT McHENRY (LSD 43) and an unidentified utility craft lie off shore. All part of an amphibious assault exercise conducted during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2002

A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft-Air Cushion (LCAC) craft, approached the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2002 Base: Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) members of Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), load equipment and vehicles onto a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) during a training assault

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) members of Landing Force Coop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

U.S. Navy Engineman First Class Kelsey W. Harris loads a U.S. Marine vehicle onto a Landing Craft Air Cushioned in the well deck of the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) on Aug. 24, 2006. The IWO JIMA is deployed to the Red Sea in support of Maritime Security Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua T. Rodriguez) (Released)

U.S. Navy Engineman First Class Kelsey W. Harris loads a U.S. Marine v...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua T. Rodriguez, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

U.S. Navy Gas Turbine System Technician Electrical Second Class Andrea Davis (left) and Hull Technician Third Class Charles Horgan (right), tie down a U.S. Marine Corps vehicle to a Landing Craft Air Cushioned with the Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU-4), in the well deck of the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) on Aug. 24, 2006. The IWO JIMA is deployed to the Red Sea in support of Maritime Security Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua T. Rodriguez) (Released)

U.S. Navy Gas Turbine System Technician Electrical Second Class Andrea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua T. Rodriguez, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Marine First Lieutenant Jonathon Kehr (Right), Landing Support Detachment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Okinawa, Japan, departs the Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) LC 81, from Assault Craft Unit-5 (ACU-5) Detachment West Pacific, Sasebo, Japan, onto a Gogu Beach for the D-Day Mobile Fuel Distribution System (DMFDS) concept demonstration in support of FOAL EAGLE 2000. The DMFDS is a Force Warfighting Lab (FWL) sponsored and Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded project which demonstrates new techniques in the first ever transfer of fuel from the sea to land. FOAL EAGLE is the largest Joint and Combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from October ...

US Marine First Lieutenant Jonathon Kehr (Right), Landing Support Deta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine First Lieutenant Jonathon Kehr (Right), Landing Support Detachment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Okinawa, Japan, d... More

A head-on view of a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) as it approaches the Cap Haitien shore. Two Marines stand by to provide logistic assistance. The LCAC will take Marines to the USS Wasp. The Marine special purpose MAGTF will turn over the port to the U.S. Army during Operation Uphold Democracy

A head-on view of a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) as it approache...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: CPL P.S. Royston (Usmc) Release Status: Relea... More

Two US Marines run for positions after disembarking a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) from the USS ESSEX (LPH 9) (not shown) during RIMPAC '96 taking place at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii

Two US Marines run for positions after disembarking a Landing Craft Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Felix Garza Jr.... More

US Marine Lance Corporal (LCPL) Walter Embser (left) and Private First Class (PFC) John Petersen both armed with 5.56mm M16a2 assault rifles, provide perimeter security from a wooded area at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Station, HI. Part of Operation RIMPAC 96, Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, CA conduct simulated Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO). The US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC 33) is parked in the background

US Marine Lance Corporal (LCPL) Walter Embser (left) and Private First...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) members of Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), drive multi-national vehicles off of a USN Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) onto a beach

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) members of Landing Force Coop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A Malaysian 151 Jeep armed with an M2 .50 caliber Machine Gun, drives by a beached Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC), in support of Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)

A Malaysian 151 Jeep armed with an M2 .50 caliber Machine Gun, drives ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) launches off Onslow Beach after simulating landing vehicles on the shore during the Capabilities Exercise (CAPEX)

A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) launches off Onslow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Gordon A. Rouse, US... More

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) transists from the Intracoastal waterway back to Onslow Bay, Camp Lejeune, NC. This LCAC was part of a rehearsal for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) transists from the Intracoastal w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

An M1A1 Abrams Tank sits in the well deck of the USS COMSTOCK (LSD 47) ready for its mission to support the exercise. The M1A1 was deployed to the USS COMSTOCK via Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)

An M1A1 Abrams Tank sits in the well deck of the USS COMSTOCK (LSD 47)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Kernel Blitz '97 Base: USS Comstock (LSD 45) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Brook Kelsey Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A United States Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) takes on US Army trucks and Howitzer guns on Blue Beach, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. This marks the first time that Army equipment has been embarked on an LCAC. This event is taking place at the conclusion of Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1

A United States Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) takes on US A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C.... More

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)-17 from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) FIVE, Loads on board USS Anchorage (LSD-36) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ. With a normal load of fuel and a sixty-ton payload, LCAC can sustain up to 50 kt/91 kph in seastate 2 (light chop) for a range of up to 328 nm/607 km

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)-17 from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) FI...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) are offloaded from a US Navy (USN) Landing Craft-Air Cushion (LCAC) craft, at Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base, Thailand, during an amphibious assault exercise conducted during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2002

US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) and High-Mobili...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2002 Base: Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF... More

US Navy (USN) members with Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), beach their Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) and off-load US Marine Corps (USMC) High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), in support of CARAT

US Navy (USN) members with Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) 57 approaches Inner Apra Harbor, Guam in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) 57 approaches Inner Apra Harbor, Gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2003 Base: Inner Apra Harbor State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A U.S. Navy landing craft air cushioned loaded with vehicles and troops from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to enter the well deck of USS Bataan (LHD-5) Jan. 5, 2007. The 26th MEU is preparing for a future deployment in support of the war on terror. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell) (Released)

A U.S. Navy landing craft air cushioned loaded with vehicles and troop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Bataan (LHD-5) State: Atlantic Coast Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL P.M. Johnson-Campbell, USMC Release... More

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads into Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, NC. This LCAC was part of a rehearsal for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

A LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) heads into Onslow Beach, Camp Lej...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

A US Navy Beachmaster guides in a LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The LCAC's were rehearsing for a demonstration that was to be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

A US Navy Beachmaster guides in a LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

A United States Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) takes on US Army soldiers and equipment on Blue Beach, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. This marks the first time that Army equipment has been embarked on an LCAC. This event is taking place at the conclusion of Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1. The soldiers and equipment are from Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 377th Artillery Regiment

A United States Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) takes on US A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C.... More

A United States Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) takes on US Army trucks with Howitzer guns in tow on Blue Beach, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. This marks the first time that Army equipment has been embarked on an LCAC. This event is taking place at the conclusion of Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1

A United States Naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) takes on US A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C.... More

British Royal Marine Sergeant Nobby Hall, standing in front of a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC), from 539th Assault Squadron explains British assault procedures to United States Marines. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), embarked aboard the USS PONCE (LPD-15), are participating in the NATO exercise, NORTHERN APPROACH, with British and Turkish forces

British Royal Marine Sergeant Nobby Hall, standing in front of a Landi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Cape Ince Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele... More

Vehicles from Delta Company, Light Armored Reconnaissance, like this Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) from the Twenty Sixth Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), were off loaded from a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) at Cap Serrat Beach, Tunisia, Africa in support of Exercise ATLAS HINGE

Vehicles from Delta Company, Light Armored Reconnaissance, like this L...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS HINGE Base: Cap Serrat Country: Tunisia (TUN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Richard T. O'Connor, Usmc Release Status: Re... More

Egyptian Army Soldiers armed with 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifles and a FN 7.62mm MAG general purpose machine gun disembark from a USN Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC), on the beach at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners

Egyptian Army Soldiers armed with 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifles and a FN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SRA D. Myles Cullen, USAF Release Status: Rele... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) down the ramp of a US Navy (USN) Landing Craft-Air Cushion (LCAC) craft at Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base, Thailand, during an amphibious assault exercise conducted during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2002

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2002 Base: Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) down the ramp of a US Navy (USN) Landing Craft-Air Cushion (LCAC) craft at Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base, Thailand, during an amphibious assault exercise conducted during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2002

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2002 Base: Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF... More

Two US Navy (USN) Boatswains Mates (BM) serving as Beachmasters use signal paddles to direct USN Landing Craft-Air Cushion (LCAC) craft coming ashore at Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base during an amphibious assault exercise conducted during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2002

Two US Navy (USN) Boatswains Mates (BM) serving as Beachmasters use si...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2002 Base: Samesan Royal Thai Marine Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF... More

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) 57 approaches Inner Apra Harbor, Guam in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) 57 approaches Inner Apra Harbor, Gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2003 Base: Inner Apra Harbor State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

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