Weekend Scene

ISLE TROOPS GO ASHORE
Marines stage landing exercises at
Bellows Beach over the weekend

FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Military exercises connected with RIMPAC training closed Bellows Beach in Waimanalo to the public over the weekend. Yesterday, Marines staged an assault and amphibious landing at the beach. An LCAC, or landing craft air cushioned, hit the beach carrying equipment and troops;

FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM troops from one of the LCACs came ashore, never touching the water;

FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Marine Justin Gardner, in foreground, directed traffic down the beach as equipment rolled off the LCAC. The beach exercise will continue through this morning.