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Caption:
Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait (Feb. 19, 2004) -- A Landing Craft Air
Cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit Five (ACU-5) deployed
aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), arrives at Kuwait
Naval Base to offload equipment. 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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