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Marines from the 1ST Landing Support Batallion (LSB) (identified by red patch) work their way down Red Beach on D-day during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The Marine in background is armed with the 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) light machine gun, while his aid gunner (foreground) carries extra SAW ammo over his flack vest and around his helmet. KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Marines from the 1ST Landing Support Batallion (LSB) (identified by re...

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

In full gear with helmet and flack vest, AIRMAN (AMN) Thomas Deakins, USAF, 89th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) stands, with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, guard at the main entrance into Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. The action is part of the Threat Con implementation due to recent terrorist attack at the Pentagon

In full gear with helmet and flack vest, AIRMAN (AMN) Thomas Deakins, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joseph Lozada, USAF Release Statu... More

Marine LCpl E. Lampe of H&S Company walks security at the port of Cap Haitien wearing an M-85 Kevlar-lined helmet, flack vest and M-16A2 rifle. The port is a major logistical and command center for the special Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) for Operation Uphold Democracy

Marine LCpl E. Lampe of H&S Company walks security at the port of Cap ...

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

A High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), with an Mk-19 40mm automatic grenade launcher mounted on top, leads the convoy through Cap Haitien. The soldier standing through the top is wearing a flack vest and an M-85 Kevlar-lined helmet. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), with an Mk-19 40...

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

Navy Medical Personnel form up for inspection after receiving their 782 combat gear, Kevlar PASGT (pass-get) Infantry Combat Helmet and Flack Vest for use during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Navy Medical Personnel form up for inspection after receiving their 78...

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

In full gear with helmet and flack vest, AIRMAN (AMN) Thomas Deakins, USAF, 89th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) stands, with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, guard at the main entrance into Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. The action is part of the Threat Con implementation due to recent terrorist attack at the Pentagon

In full gear with helmet and flack vest, AIRMAN (AMN) Thomas Deakins, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joseph Lozada, USAF Release Statu... More

During Operation Uphold Democracy, an army soldier, wearing a flack vest, sits atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) from the 55th MP Battalion mounted with an M60 machine gun. He is providing security just inside the gate of the Presidential Palace during the inauguration ceremony for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide who is being returned as president. Haitian supporters crowd the outside of the gate

During Operation Uphold Democracy, an army soldier, wearing a flack ve...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT M. T. Huff (Usmc) Release Status: Rel... More

Left side profile medium close-up of an unidentified USAF Techincal Sergeant as he lies prone in the grass aiming his M16 Rifle downrange. The sergeant is part of a 220-member team taking part in Phoenix Readiness at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. M.I.L.E.S. (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear is seen on the Sergeant's helmet an flack vest. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SC-02-04606 or search 980120-A-0000K-002)

Left side profile medium close-up of an unidentified USAF Techincal Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX READINESS COURSE Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

Marines in flack vest from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Marines, Houston, Texas, charge out the rear of a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter during training at Camp Pendleton, California, as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. Marine in background is armed with M240G 7.62mm medium machine gun. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Marines in flack vest from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Marines,...

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

With his 5.56 mm M16A2 and flack vest, US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Robert Wood, a driver with Marine Wing Support Squadron-271 (MWSS-271), Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC), stands with an Iraqi farm boy during a humanitarian visit in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The village is located near Three Rivers in Iraq

With his 5.56 mm M16A2 and flack vest, US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Alicia M. Anderson, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

PFC Robert Luis from the Headquarters Company First Brigade, Fort Drum, New York, communicates on a Tactical Satellite (TACSET) set up on the flightline during Operation Restore Democracy at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. PFC Luis is wearing a flack vest and an M-85 Kevlar-lined helmet. A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter lifts supplies in the background

PFC Robert Luis from the Headquarters Company First Brigade, Fort Drum...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis (USAF) Release Status: Rel... More

U.S. Army PFC Moran, 362nd Air Defense, 10th Mountain Light Infantry Division, searches a local Haitian turning in a weapon on 26 Sep 94 during the Gourds for Guns Program held at Bowen Army Airfield, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. PFC Moran is wearing a flack vest and an M-85 Kevlar-lined helmet. Another soldier stands guard nearby with an M-16A1 rifle

U.S. Army PFC Moran, 362nd Air Defense, 10th Mountain Light Infantry D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: SGT R.J. Pixler (Usmc) Release Status: Rel... More

Corporal T.M. Woodard from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Marines, Houston, Texas, rides a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter with members of his company during training at Camp Pendleton, California, as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. Woodward is in a Kevlar hemet and flack vest with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Corporal T.M. Woodard from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Marines,...

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

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