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Operation Support Democracy. A UH-60 Blackhawk crewman directs his pilot onto a landing spot aboard USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) as they practice takeoffs and landings in preparation for the invasion of Haiti

Operation Support Democracy. UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from 3rd Battalion, 25th Assault Helicopter Brigade, Fort Drum, NY, and the 57th Medical Evacuation Company, Fort Bragg, NC, practice take off and landings on board the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in preparation for the assault on Haiti

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An SH-60B Seahawk helicopter of Light Helicopter Squadron 38 (HSL-38) embarked aboard the Spruance class destroyer USS CONOLLY (DD-979), approaches the helo flight deck of the destroyer for a landing at sunset. The ship and air detachment are part of Operation Support Democracy off the coast of Haiti

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The US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air-Cushioned Craft (LCAC-72) craft, assigned to Assault Craft Unit Five (ACU-5), moves away from the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS PELEIU (LHA 5), as it heads toward the beach at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii (HI), while conducting amphibious training

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Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY

State: Caribbean Sea

Country: Puerto Rico (PRI)

Scene Camera Operator: LT Scott Gureck

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/08/1994
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The Department of Justice and the Department of Defense Agents work hand and hand to disassemble a staging area at Camp Garcia on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, as US Military and Department of Justice Agents reclaimed the federal property on which protestors were residing for over a year

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