l5'C'Cli lx Il Ill U ONWI. OAI? THE MARINES OF THE 15th MEU EMBARK O7 JANUARX LCU 1632 LOADED UP ACU-5 loaded up this gear at the beach for on-load of TARAWA. These Ma- rines are getting their first look at their home-away-from-home! CH-53E ON SHORT FINAL A This Super-Stallion from HMM-161 is bringing troops and supplies in mass quantities via the flight deck. AV-8B HARRIER IN HOVER The first of the six jets to embark TARAWA hovers prior to landing. BRING IT ON! PACKING TARAWA FOR WAR IS NOT FOR THE PAINT OF HEART! On the 7th of January, one day into our cruise, we embarked the bulk of the 15th Meu. Throughout the day, the flight deck and well deck worked non-stop to bring on the Marine fighting force. The LCUS and LCACs were loaded at the beach near Camp Pendleton, then brought out the Marines and their equipment, while CH-53s and CH-46s flew out with full loads. Combat Cargo hand its hands full, unloading every- thing and everyone from both the well deck and the flight deck, while simultaneously packing the upper and lower V's for the expected off-load in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Tired but satisfied with a ob well done, TARAWA was off to Hawaii, making good speed for our first port, and knowing that we had truly begun our WESTPAC deploy- ment.
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COME DOWN HERE! ln the middle of a VERTREP evolu- . . . . t' , ll hitt' t t CH-4 15th MEU's Aviation Combat Element CACEJ maintained tgoaiif itzvggveil ues O ge a 6 a high state of readiness through constant training and maintenance. We supported the Marines on the beach With continuous 24-hour flight operations, sending the jets at night and operation helos by day. All of us remem- ber clearly the sound of Harriers taking off at Reveille! A In addition to the combat sorties training and mainte- nance of the ACE the steady stream of mail from the beach det in Bahrain never seemed to end! As the flagship of the Amphibious Ready Group CARGJ seniorpersonnel were constantly arriving and departing for various plan- ning meetings. VERTREP was an all-handsfmonster that Worked the entire ship to exhaustion in a day. TARAWA required constant replenishment having spent as much as 107 days at sea! l ll T T L h gl 4 A TARAWA worked nearly non-stop throughout the deployment, supporting all aspects of air operations. The T In the end as We Watched the last bird leave We felt relief and a great sense of satisfactionat the accomplish- ments of the last six monthsg A T T yt T u gy l l 1 f L 1 . I 1 Q ui ALL HANDSMANYoUR - 'f , N ,W ' fl 2 ' ' , at l MAIL, ANYONE? LAUNCH CAT! The amount of mail brought on by air An AV-8B Harrier races down the was rivalled only by the amount of Tram-Line on a mission for Opera- FOD produced by its delivery! tion Southern Watch.
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