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Members of the Marine Security Force participate in a training exercise outside their barracks. The Marine in the center is armed with an M-249 squad automatic weapon

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Armed with an M-249 squad automatic weapon (SAW), LCPL Whidbee of Military Police (MP) Co., Headquarters Bn., 2nd Marine Division, stands guard at a checkpoint on an access road leading to the division combat operations center (COC) during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89

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Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89

Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT J.H. Hyp

Release Status: Released to Public

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27/05/1989
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A vehicle and personnel landing craft (LCVP) from the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST-1181) lies tied up with other craft alongside a floating causeway at Onslow Beach during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89

Lt. Cmdr. Eduardo M. Jimenez Jr., left, from Manila, speaks to Lt. Ryan J. Aylsworth, from Stuart, Fla., inside the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (3rd. MEB) command operations center at Villamor Air Base.

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