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Caption:
A MK48 LVS (Logisitics Vehicle System) with a /18 Trailor Self Loading,
loads up a ISO container at the Bjugn Cave facility, Norway in
preparation for movement to Estonia for Baltic Challenge '97, a
Partnership for Peace exercise. The U.S. Marine Corps has
equipment stored in Norway, as part of the Norway Air-Landed
Marine Expeditonary Brigade NALMEB Prepositioning Program. The
NALMEB program contains equipment and 30 days of supplies to support a
13,000 person Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The
Government of Norway is the on site "contractor", and provides storage,
maintenance facilities and services, and security. This gear is
stored in a series of 6 caves, located in the Trondheim region of
central Norway.
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