181023-N-VO150-0913 (Oct. 23, 2018) – Sailors assigned to Naval Cargo Handling Battalion 1 (NCHB-1) use a shipboard to lower a Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank down to an Improved Navy Lighterage System (INLS) Causeway Ferry, operated by Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 as part of the Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) offload of USNS 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez (T-AK 3010) during Exercise Northern Screen in Bogen, Norway, Oct. 22, 2018. Northern Screen is a bilateral exercise involving the United States Marine Corps’ Marine Rotational Force – Europe (MRF-E) and Norwegian military, and is ta


181023-N-VO150-0913 (Oct. 23, 2018) – Sailors assigned to Naval Cargo Handling Battalion 1 (NCHB-1) use a shipboard to lower a Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank down to an Improved Navy Lighterage System (INLS) Causeway Ferry, operated by Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 as part of the Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) offload of USNS 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez (T-AK 3010) during Exercise Northern Screen in Bogen, Norway, Oct. 22, 2018. Northern Screen is a bilateral exercise involving the United States Marine Corps’ Marine Rotational Force – Europe (MRF-E) and Norwegian military, and is taking place in the vicinity of Setermoen, Norway, from Oct. 24 to Nov. 7, 2018. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Gardner, Released)


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