(e.g. yourname@email.com)

Forgot Password?

    Digital Visual Information Distribution System Logo

    Marines support airfield seizure during Exercise Steel Knight 2014 [Image 3 of 4]

    Issued by: on
    VIRIN:
    Date Created:
    City:
    State:
    Country:
    Military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are positioned in a arid desert environment, appearing to conduct a field training exercise or tactical operation. Two groups are visible: a closer group of approximately three soldiers on the left, and a second group on the right with what appears to be antenna or communications equipment on a tripod. An orange panel or marker is visible on the ground between the groups, likely used as a signal or landing zone marker.

    TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    12.18.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Boynes 

    1st Marine Division

    Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, establish communications during a simulated helicopter raid in support of Exercise Steel Knight 2014 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 11th, 2013.The training developed important skills and tactics necessary for their upcoming deployment to Australia. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that includes elements from the entire I Marine Expeditionary Force that focuses on conventional operations and provides realistic training that prepares Marines for overseas operations. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Boynes/Released)

    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 12.18.2013
    Date Posted: 12.18.2013 01:24
    Photo ID: 1139731
    VIRIN: 131211-M-PC317-583
    Resolution: 3840x2560
    Size: 4.03 MB
    Location: TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US
    Web Views: 63
    Downloads: 13

    PUBLIC DOMAIN  

    This work, Marines support airfield seizure during Exercise Steel Knight 2014 [Image 4 of 4], by Cpl Jonathan Boynes, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.

    GALLERY

    Three tandem-rotor helicopters, identifiable as CH-46 Sea Knights or CH-47 Chinooks, are conducting simultaneous takeoff or landing operations in an arid desert environment. The rotor wash is kicking up significant dust clouds from the dry terrain. The setting appears to be a military training or operational area in a desert region, likely in the American Southwest based on the terrain and mountain backdrop.
    A tandem-rotor military helicopter, consistent with a CH-47 Chinook, is hovering or landing in an arid desert environment. The rotor wash is generating a significant dust cloud (brownout condition) around the aircraft. The terrain is flat and sparse with low desert scrub vegetation.
    Military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are positioned in a arid desert environment, appearing to conduct a field training exercise or tactical operation. Two groups are visible: a closer group of approximately three soldiers on the left, and a second group on the right with what appears to be antenna or communications equipment on a tripod. An orange panel or marker is visible on the ground between the groups, likely used as a signal or landing zone marker.
    Two military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are in a prone position in an arid, desert environment. They appear to be conducting a training or operational exercise, with one soldier behind a scoped rifle mounted on a bipod. Additional gear and equipment are visible in the background.

    MORE LIKE THIS

    ASSOCIATED NEWS

    Marines support airfield seizure during Exercise Steel Knight 2014

    CONTROLLED VOCABULARY KEYWORDS

    No keywords found.

    TAGS

    United States Marine Corps
    5th Marines
    1st Marine Division
    Helicopter raid
    Steel Knight
    Exercise Steel Knight 2014
    Lance Cpl. Jonathan Boynes
    Cpl. Erik Sherman
    Staff Sgt. Matthew Chesslock
    1MARDIVPAO
    Marines
    Twentynine Palms
    29
    Camp Pendleton
    USMC
    Military
    I Marine Expeditionary Force

    OPTIONS

  •   Register/Login to Download
  •   Validate Your Account to Download
  •   Connect My Placements
  •   Download Photo
  •   Download Gallery
  •   Add to My Albums
  •   Create TinyURL
  •   Connect to Placements
  •   Add to Playlist
  •   Distribute Photo
  •   Schedule Social Post
  •   Edit Photo
  •   Add Gallery to Playlist
  •   Distribute Gallery