Onslow Beach/Gallery

Onslow Beach U.S. Marine exercises. Click on the thumbnail to view larger images.

5 Nov 1979. A seven-man reconnaissance team from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, slowly move along the Onslow beach shore, during their training. They are using a light, rubberized recon boat.

24 Nov 1982. Amphibious landing vehicles (LVTP-7) come ashore. These Marines and equipment are a part of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit returning from Beirut, Lebanon.

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16 Apr 1983. A Mark 8 mechanized landing craft (LCM), right, and a utility landing craft come ashore during Exercise Solid Shield '83.

16 Apr 1983. Preparations are made to lower the bow ramp of the Newport class tank landing ship USS MANITOWOC (LST 1180) during Exercise Solid Shield '83.

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16 Apr 1983. Marines march across the causeway during Exercise Solid Shield '83. They are armed with M16A1 rifles.

16 Apr 1983. Equipment from the 2nd Light Anti-aircraft Hawk Missile (LAAM) Battalion is set up at Onslow Beach to provide close air support during Exercise Solid Shield '83.

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16 Apr 1983. Equipment from the 2nd Light Anti-aircraft Hawk Missile (LAAM) Battalion is set up at Onslow Beach to provide close air support during Exercise Solid Shield '83.

1 Jun 1985. LCM 8 (Landing Craft Mechanized) Mod-1 mechanized landing craft and utility landing craft approach Onslow Beach during Exercise Solid Shield '85.

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1 June 1985. M-809 5-ton trucks are driven from a tank landing ship across a pontoon bridge onto Onslow Beach during exercise Solid Shield '85.

1 Jun 1985. An M-60 tank is driven ashore from an Assault Craft Unit 2 (ACU-2) LCM-8 Mod-1 mechanized landing craft as Onslow Beach during Exercise Solid Shield '85. Overhead is a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter.

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17 Aug 2006. A US Marine Corps High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) drives aboard a US Navy Landing Craft, Air-Cushion (LCAC) craft from Assault Craft Unit 4 during operations at Onslow Beach at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC). The LCAC is enroute to the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BATAAN (LHD 5).

24 Oct 2006. A group of Camp Lejune Marines wait for live fire exercises to begin.