Caption:
Marines of 2D Light Armored Reconnaissance Battallion prepare to board
a United States Air Force C-5 Galaxy plane at Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point, North Carolina, which will take them to Howard Air Force
Base, Panama Canal, to relieve a Marine security force detatchment at
the Camp Hayes compound situated on the shoreline of the Canal, which
serves to keep the surrounding area of the base within U.S. control and
free of smugglers and intruders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by
Lance Cpl. Timothy A. Pope) (RELEASED)
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