Caption:
Two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters from HMM-261, prepare to enter
the landing zone at W.P.T. Hill Field, during the rehearsal for the
opening ceremonies of Cooperative Osprey 96. Cooperative Osprey
is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be
conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 at Camp Lejeune,
NC. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program,
will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian
operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis in individual
and collective skills. United States, Canadian, Dutch, Albanian,
Austrian, Georgian, Moldavian, Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian,
Hungarian, Slovakian, Central Asian, and Baltic troops are expected to
participate. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo SSgt. M.T. Huff, 2d
Marine Division Combat Camera Unit.
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