A U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion vehicle with Assault Craft Unit 4 prepares to board the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) off the coast of Norfolk, Va., during the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)’s PHIBRON/MEU Integration Training exercise Sept. 20, 2013. The MEU is scheduled to deploy in early 2014 to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)
<dl><dd>Unit: 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: LCAC; VA; USS Bataan; 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit; 22MEU; USMC; Virginia; air cushion; United States Marine Corps; U.S.S.; LHD 5; LHD-5; 22d MEU; Gator; Assault Craft Unit 4; Norfolk; landing craft; 22nd MEU</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell
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