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Several rows of AAV7A1 amphibious assault vehicles of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are lined up parked on black beach during a training exercise which is part of Operation Continue Hope which in turn is a continuation of United Nations Operation Somalia II (UNOSOM II)

The first of fourteen AAV7A1 amphibious assault vehicles of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) begins to move out to return to the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) which is just off the coast of black beach. The landing was part of a training exercise during Operation Continue Hope which in turn is a part of United Nations Operation Somalia II (UNOSOM II)

AAVP-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit leave Black Beach after a training exercise at Mogadishu, en route to the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) anchored off the coast of Somalia

AAVP-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit leave Black Beach after a training exercise at Mogadishu, en route to the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) anchored off the coast of Somalia

A Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune, NC, marshals vehicles off an air-cushioned landing craft (LCAC-41) during a training exercise at Black Beach, Somalia. The 24th MEU is deployed to Somalia in support of UNOSOM II

CHIEF Vance of Beachmaster Unit Two from the Naval Amphibious Base at Little Creek, VA maintains radio contact with the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) which is operating off black beach during Operation Continue Hope which is a part of United Nations Operation Somalia II (UNSOM II)

AAV-P7/A1 amphibious assault vehicles assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) transit the Atlantic Ocean as part of an amphibious assault exercise during exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS).

A 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) AAV-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle comes ashore during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

Two U.S. Marine Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAV7A1) from the 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, drive out of the water and up on Red Beach during the exercise

Numerous AAV7A1 Marine amphibious vehicles from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) proceed through rough surf toward a landing on black beach as part of a training exercise during Operation Continue Hope which is a part of United Nations Operation Somalia II (UNOSOM II)

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Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPESOMALIA II (UNOSOMII)

Base: Mogadishu

Country: Somalia (SOM)

Scene Camera Operator: Joanna Seltzer

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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16/02/1994
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