Operation Silver Wake – Albania, March 1997 – American citizens walk single-file through a heavily guarded perimeter to board a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion combat assault helicopter in a field inside the U.S. Embassy housing compound in Tirana, Albania, on March 15, 1997.
Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Siegel, U.S. Navy
Operation Silver Wake – Albania, March 1997 – U.S. Naval forces from the USS Nassau (LHA 4) Amphibious Readiness Group continue to evacuate citizens from the U.S. Embassy in Tirana.
American citizens board a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion combat assault helicopter in a field inside the U.S. Embassy housing compound in Tirana, Albania, on March 15, 1997.
Photo: U.S. Navy
Operation Silver Wake – Albania, March 1997 – American citizens walk single-file through a heavily guarded perimeter to board a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion combat assault helicopter in a field inside the U.S. Embassy housing compound in Tirana, Albania, on March 15, 1997.
U.S. Naval forces from the USS Nassau (LHA 4) Amphibious Readiness Group continue to evacuate citizens from the U.S. Embassy in Tirana.
Photo: U.S. Navy
Operation Silver Wake – Albania, March 1997 – Military Policeman Sgt. David Smith, U.S. Marine Corps, escorts a woman and her child towards a waiting helicopter in a field inside the U.S. Embassy housing compound at Tirana, Albania, on March 14, 1997, during Operation Silver Wake.
Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) are performing a Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) to ensure the safety of American citizens and designated third country nationals. The Marines are part of the USS Nassau (LHA 4) Amphibious Readiness Group.
Photo: U.S. Marine Corps
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Operation Silver Wake – Albania, March 1997 – A CH-53E Super Stallion lands at the evacuation site inside the compound at the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania
Operation Silver Wake was a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) led by the United States to evacuate American citizens, noncombatants and designated third country nationals from Albania in March 1997.
Photo: U.S. Navy
