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An AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles crashes through a breaking wave as it leaves the beach to return to the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193) during UNITAS XXV, an amphibious Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

A wave breaks over the front of an AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle as it leaves the beach to return to the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193) during UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

An AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle makes its way through the surf as it leaves the beach to return to the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193) during UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

An AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle is brought about on a turntable in the tank deck of the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST-1193) after returning to the ship following a beach assault on Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, during UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

A U.S. Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle returns to the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST-1193) after carrying a squad of Colombian Marines to Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, for a beach assault as part of Unitas XXV, an exercise involving forces from the U.S. and six South American nations

Inside the tank deck of the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193), an AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle is brought about on a turntable after returning to the ship following a beach assault on Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, during UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

A US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle heads back to the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193) after carrying a squad of Colombian Marines to Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, for a beach assault during UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

Off the coast of Puerto Rico, a US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle returns to the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193) after carrying a squad of Colombian Mrines to the shore for a beach assault. The assault on the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station as part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

Three AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles move past the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193) off the coast of Puerto Rico near the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station during UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

An AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle smashes through a breaking wave as it leaves the beach to return to the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193) during UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations

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Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV

Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads

State: Puerto Rico (PR)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John W. Fox

Release Status: Released to Public

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07/07/1984
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