Photo gallery: Marines in the Americas

May 4, 2015

Miami Herald

A special 280-member U.S. Marine unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C., is landing in Central America this month, to carry out local missions and be ready for hurricane season humanitarian relief work. Here's what a smaller, shorter mission by a similar expeditionary force looked like last year, based on photos put out by the Pentagon.

Photo gallery: Marines in the Americas

U.S. Ambassador to Honduras James Nealon, right, hears a presentation about the capabilities of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras on May 4, 2015, along with Texas Rep. Marc Veasey, center right, and Georgia Rep. Austin Scott, center left. The Air Force says the Chnook "provides a broad range of support to U.S. and partner nation efforts to stabilize the Central American region." STAFF SGT. JESSICA CONDIT U.S. AIR FORCE

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