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Caption:
Camp Patriot, Kuwait (Feb. 19, 2004) -- A Landing Craft, Air Cushion
(LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit Five (ACU-5) transports equipment
from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) to Camp Patriot,
Kuwait. Boxer departed for the Arabian Gulf on Jan. 14, 2004 as part of
Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation of forces, after returning from a
regularly scheduled deployment in August 2003. The multi-purpose
amphibious assault ship and its more than 900 Sailors and 200 Marines
are transporting equipment and aviation assets for the 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force (1st MEF) from Camp Pendleton, Calif. U.S. Navy
photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Amanda J. Stuart. (RELEASED)
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