Faces of Freedom: From the Barracks of Beirut [Image 1 of 2]

BEIRUT, LEBANON

07.02.2019

Courtesy Photo

Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR)

Then Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Mark McNeill, pictured bottom right, was a lead broadcast engineer for the Navy broadcasting division of the U.S. Navy Office of Information (CHINFO). The team, pictured here, took the unclassified mission mobile, going into the theater around the world as part of Navy broadcasting mobile detachments. McNeill details his personal experience in Beirut during the suicide bombing that took place Oct. 23, 1983. McNeill is now an execution manager for Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic’s Installation Planning and Execution department.

• Date Taken: 07.02.2019
• Date Posted: 07.02.2019 11:13
• Photo ID: 5549858
• VIRIN: 831101-N-xx999-001
• Resolution: 1045x696
• Size: 314.4 KB
• Location: BEIRUT, LB