Amphibious Naval Operations

Visuals capture naval landing crafts and amphibious operations, showcasing military logistics and transport capabilities in marine environments.

220503-N-GF955-1004NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (May 3, 2022) The Royal Netherlands navy Walrus-class diesel-electric attack submarine HNLMS Dolfijn (S808) arrives at Naval Station Mayport, Florida for a routine port visit, May 3, 2022. Dolfijn is deployed to the Western Atlantic and has been conducting bilateral exercises with U.S. forces to enhance our relationship and capabilities.

A Djiboutian coast guard vessel protects a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey during the combined joint interoperability exercise Bull Shark near Arta Range, Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2022. The exercise included the Djiboutian coast guard, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and Spanish navy. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)

Coast Guard MSST New Orleans small boat standby during tactics training near New Orleans, Louisiana, November 9, 2022. Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans conducts training on a regular basis to stay mission ready year round for any deployment.

110513-N-SP676-378 CHANGI, Singapore (May 13, 2011) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Herman Bennett points out the naval base to Quartermaster Seaman Joshua Kissel and Culinary Specialist Seaman Victor Maldonadocolon during a sea and anchor evolution aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Avenger (MCM 1). The Singapore navy and the U.S. Navy are a part of a multi-national anti-piracy and anti-terrorism security force patrolling the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's most traversed shipping lanes.

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, U.S. Army Soldiers aboard Logistics Support Vessel-3 Gen. Brehon B. Somervell” assigned to the Transportation Company Pacific-Provisional, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, and members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), stage a G-Wagon, belonging to the Australian Army, on the U.S. Army LSV-3 during preparations for exercise Koolendong 22 at Darwin Port, NT, Australia, July 12, 2022. The preparations included the loading of vehicles and equipment onto LSV-3 with the help of U.S. Army Soldiers and members of the ADF.

050714-N-7912E-002. Subject Operation/Series: CARAT 2005 Base: Kuala Rompin Beach Country: Malaysia (MYS)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-357-58. Liberty Pics - ANH #669794. Hurricane Katrina

US Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313, Tacoma, Washington, team members power a 25-foot Boston Whaler, Transportable Port Security Boat, during a bay and dock security drill during Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000 in Pusan, Korea. The boats are used to protect high-value assets from small boat and swimmer attacks. Foal Eagle is held annually in South Korea to demonstrate US and South Korean military cooperation and is the US Militarys largest Joint-Service, Multi-National field training drill. This years drill involves about 25,000 active duty, Reserve, and National Guard troops from the the United States and bases throughout the Pacific Command. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

221117-N-XB010-1003 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 17, 2022) - Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) stand by in the well deck as members of the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) return in Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) from the Philippine Sea during Keen Sword 23. Keen Sword is a joint, bilateral, biennial field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability and strengthen the ironclad Japan-U.S. alliance.

020429-N-6077T-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

DM-ST-86-08265. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An amphibious assault vehicle from 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, returns to the ship from White Beach. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD0304211 or search 960626M9368G003). An amphibious assault vehicle from 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division, returns to the ship from White Beach. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD0304211 or search 960626M9368G003)

France, Normandy, on 2020-10-11. Illustration of daily life in Normandy. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Normandie, le 2020-10-11. Illustration de vie quotidienne en Normandie. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Utility 1663 enters the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during embarkation operations off the coast of Brazil, Sept. 6, 2022. Marines and their equipment embarked the Mesa Verde in preparation for amphibious training events during exercise UNITAS LXIII. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

The Navtec, Incorporated Owl MKII Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) travels in excess of 30 knots through the waters of Mile Hammock Bay, New River, during a demonstration to highlight it's marine reconnaissance capabilities to the Riverine Insertion Operation Exercise (RIOEX) '98 participants. The Owl MKII is funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and is remote-controlled from a small shoreline control station by Brad Dowling, a Navtec, Inc. electronics engineer at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during the Riverine Insertion Operation Exercise (RIOEX) '98. Subject Operation/Series: RIOEX '98 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011128-M-2427M-073. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Israeli harbor craft pulls away from the USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) during a port visit by the battleship. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

PFC. Randy Price, U.S. Army, mans a variation of the German MG3 machine gun while providing security for U.S. troop redeployment on an armored personnel carrier. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), disembark a Finnish U700 Jehu- class amphibious assault craft, during an island seizure exercise on Russaro Island, Finland, Aug. 12, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

DA-SC-87-04230. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86 Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030328-M-7371B-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

990424-M-7028L-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California (July 11, 2022) - U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, lands onto Red Beach, July 11. LCACs bolster the interoperability of the U.S. Navy and Marines using Navy craft to transport Marine land vehicles and troops from ship to shore creating a more lethal force in support of naval expeditionary warfare. The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit is currently embarked aboard the USS Makin Island conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet.

050905-N-0000X-001. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) KATRINA Base: Biloxi State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220405-N-RB149-1091 KEFLAVIK, Iceland (April 5, 2022) Members of U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 8, Icelandic Coast Guard, Icelandic Police and British Royal Marines with K Co, 42 Commando, prepare to board an Icelandic Coast Guard vessel while conducting visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training during exercise Northern Viking 22 (NV22) in Keflavik, Iceland, April 5, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between U.S., Iceland and allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.

A U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement truck is loaded onto Logistic Support Vessel 4 during exercise Bougainville III at Kamuela, Hawaii Feb. 14, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d Littoral Combat Team live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations. Marine Corps

National Fleet Days and Celebration 200 Years Port City. BRigade Lobith RV 176 patrol boat from the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee from Tolkamer in the new navy port at a demonstration with a Lynx helicopter.

970628-N-9315S-015. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Chief Warrant Officer Michael Fifer, Officer-in-Charge of Command Beachmaster Unit (BMU) 2, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2, United States Navy, supervises the loading of a Light Amphibious Recovery Craft (LARC) aboard Landing Craft, Utility 1663, at Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 6, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that brings together forces from 19 countries to include Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Uruguay. The exercise focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

Soldiers from the 155th Transportation Company guide a container of chemical munitions as it is hoisted from the cargo hold of the Military Sealift Command auxiliary crane ship GOPHER STATE (T-ACS-4) during Operation Steel Box. The munitions will be taken to the U.S. Army Chemical Activity on the atoll for storage and disposal. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL BOX Country: Johnston Atoll

LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicles from Co. D, 3rd Marines, 3rd Mar. Div., approach the beach. The LVTP-7s are on a routine training exercise. Base: Fort Hasey, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 30, 2022) - Republic of Korea Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicles land on the beach as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, during an amphibious raid. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Royal New Zealand Air Force photo by Cpl. Dillon)

MINA SALMAN PIER, Bahrain (Oct. 29, 2012) A Royal Bahrain Coast Guard vessel escorts two skiffs that belong to Bahraini fisherman who were rescued by the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) during heavy weather. The seven fishermen were assisted aboard by Ponce's crew, treated by the ship's medical staff and returned to shore in Bahrain. Ponce, formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock (LPD) ship, was converted and reclassified to fulfill a longstanding U.S. Central Command request for an AFSB to be located in its area of responsibility. The U.S. Navy is constantly deployed to preserve peace, protect commerce, and deter aggression through forward presence. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.

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050809-F-3177P-275. Country: Panama (PAN)

International partners gather at the Port of Djibouti before beginning Exercise Bull Shark on June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark, led by Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, is a joint training between U.S. service members and partner forces to strengthen personnel recovery capabilities and interoperability in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network Initiative throughout Africa.

A starboard beam view of a PBR Mark 2 riverine patrol boat of Special Boat Unit 26 (SBU-26). Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)

Marines and sailors offload a 2 1/2-ton truck from a mechanized landing craft (LCM Mark 8) onto the beach during Operation KERNAL BLITZ. Subject Operation/Series: KERNAL BLITZ Base: Bellows Beach, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (V16), 2nd Marine Division, conduct an amphibious landing during the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 26, 2022. V16 conducted the MCCRE in order to formally certify the unit to composite at the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. V16 will be the Ground Combat Element, a part of the Marine Air Ground Task Force.

A landing craft unit unloads at a compound outside Leogane, Haiti, Jan. 20. The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is a multi-mission capable force comprised of Aviation Combat Element, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (Reinforced); Logistics Combat Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 22; Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment; and its command element.

220613-N-PG340-1022 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 13, 2022) U.S Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 load equipment and materials during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise, at San Clemente Island. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

011020-F-7203T-008. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Dawn at Port Canaveral in Florida finds preparations under way for the departure of NASA's Liberty Star ship.Liberty Star has been enlisted to support the Crew Module Recovery Attach Fitting Test (CRAFT) which began at-sea operations Nov. 29. Multiple attach clips are being evaluated against the current recovery cleat configuration by U.S. Air Force pararescue jumpers (PJs) and a U.S. Navy diver. The 21st Century Ground Systems Program will use data collected from the tests to help develop ground operations support equipment that could be used to recover an uncrewed Orion flight test capsule after splashdown. The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle is NASA's next-generation spacecraft being developed for deep space missions to asteroids, moons and other interplanetary destinations throughout the solar system.

DF-ST-86-07608. Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

220411-N-PC065-2047 ATLANTIC OCEAN - A U.S. Marine, center, attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, stands atop an amphibious assault vehicle, assigned to the 22nd MEU, that is secured aboard a landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, in the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) in support of exercise Northern Viking 2022, April 11, 2022. Arlington with embarked 22nd MEU is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6nd Fleet area of operation. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and allied nations and enables execution of multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland the Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.

Army personnel maneuver a Military Cargo container onto a Modular Causeway System (Causeway Ferry) from the United States Naval Vessel POLLUX on Oct. 18, 1998 during Exercise Foal Eagle. The POLLUX is anchored in the Port of Pusan, Republic of Korea, and is loaded with military tracked and wheeled vehicles participating in Exercise Foal Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Air-cushioned landing craft LCAC-23 of Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) emerges from the water. Country: Unknown

A Humvee launches from a landing craft utility assigned to amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). Whidbey Island is deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

The Ecuadoran corvettes BAE LOS RIOS (CM-13), left, and BAE ESMERALDS (CM-11), center and the Colombian frigate ARC ANTIOQUIA (53) lie tied up at the naval station during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Base: Naval Station, Rodman Country: Panama(PAN)

YOKOSUKA, Japan (February 29, 2024) - Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Security Forces Harbor Patrol Unit patrol the waters from a boat during an Installation Training Team Drill (ITT). For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families. Navy

Marines from Small Craft Company cruise the river after "splashing" (Not shown) their Riverine Assault Craft into the Rio Parana. Asuncion, Paraguay can be seen in the background. Marines from Small Craft Company, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, demonstrated their capabilities to Paraguayan Marines in the Joint Training exercise Unitas. The exercise was conducted in Asuncion, Paraguay. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS Base: Asuncion Country: Paraguay (PRY)

A Thai beachmaster signals to a truck that is being driven off of the Thai utility landing craft WANG NAI (LCU-10) during the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 State: Rayong Province Country: Thailand (THA)

Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-62. Hurricane Katrina

120425-N-BJ279-701PANAMA CITY (April 25, 2012) Divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Company 2-1, and Panamanian divers work on a salvage project. Company 2-1 is participating in Navy Dive-Southern Partnership Station 2012, a multinational partnership engagement designed to increase interoperability and partner nation capacity through diving operations.

US Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) atop an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) perform an amphibious assault at Freshwater Bay inside the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia in support of exercise Crocodile '99. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

HAGÅTÑA, Guam (July 25, 2022) - Service members represent their units during Guams 78th Liberation Day parade in Hagåtña, July 21. Military leadership, government officials, and local residents celebrated the islands liberation by American forces during World War II.

Naval Station Everett, Washington - Navy Region Northwest Police conduct two-man watches in the Puget Sound. The patrol boats are the forefront of security surrounding the Naval Station.

060515-N-4772B-032. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2006 Base: Hat Yao, Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

Shot of members of the Haitian Coast Guard Station on patrol in port. Country: Haiti (HTI)

U.S. Special Operations Forces members fly over Tampa Bay in a U.S. Army MH-6 helicopter during a SOF capabilities demonstration May 18, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. SOF Week is the premier gathering for the SOF community and industry, bringing together more than 11,000 attendees, including representatives from more than 100 countries to collaborate on new initiatives and capabilities needed for SOF professionals to compete and win in the future.

DN-SC-89-02619. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM WORK 88 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

The Coast Guard Cutter William Chadwick (WPC-1150) transits through the Boston Harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 13, 2022. The Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) is designed for multiple missions, including drug and migrant interdiction; ports, waterways and coastal security; fishery patrols; search and rescue; and national defense.

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-198. Hurricane Katrina

Warships participating in Operation Nanook 2022 follow HMCS Margaret Brooke in line ahead formation within Saglek Fjord in northern Labrador, Canada.

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) landing craft air cushion lands on Numazu beach training area during Transport Exercise (TRANSPORTEX) in Suruga-wan Shizuoka, Japan, Sep. 17. TRANSPORTEX is a humanitarian aid & disaster relief exercise further enhancing interoperability between Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the JMSDF, enabling a combined rapid response force in the event of crisis or natural disaster. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

220707-N-LY962-1016 PUGET SOUND (July 7, 2022) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits Puget Sound. Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.

NEW YORK -- Navy and Coast Guard ships arrived in New York marking the beginning of Fleet Week New York 2010, May 26, 2010. More than 3,000 Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen will be participating in community outreach events and equipment demonstrations May 26 -

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