Caption:
Arabian Gulf (July 7, 2004) -- On board the amphibious assault ship USS
Kearsarge (LHD 3), members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)
prepare to board a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault
Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) headed for a Kuwaiti naval base. Kearsarge is
surge deployed to transport elements of the 24th MEU to the Central
Command Area of Responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
(OIF) and the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate Airman Finley Williams (RELEASED)
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