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Caption:
A LVS (Logistics Vehicle System) with fuel bladders and a pump system
is loaded on the MV Villars, a Swiss ocean going ferry, at the
Norweigan port of Valsneset. All equipment loaded here had been
pulled from the caves located in the Trondheim region of central
Norway; and is on its way 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.
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