Posted: 06/01/2005
06/01/05 - A view from the cockpit of a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) shows the Craftmaster, Engineer and Navigator, all enlisted Chiefs, as they fly across the water piloting the LCAC from a Kuwaiti Naval Base staging area on June 1, 2005. The LCAC are assigned to Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) based in Little Creek, Va., and are currently deployed in the Northern Arabian Gulf with USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and USS Ashland (LSD-48) in support of transport operations with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Ashland and Kearsarge are currently supporting Maritime Interception Operations (MIO) in the Northern Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Aaron Ansarov)