Thursday, February 9, 2012

Landing Craft Utility (LCU 1664)

Elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (24th MEU (SOC)) offload personnel and equipment at Camp Patriot in preparation for operations in Iraq. More than 2,200 Marines attached to the 24th MEU (SOC) have hit the beaches in U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) and Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Joe Krypel.

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