Photo by Seaman Darren Newell | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 06.03.2023
230603-N-LZ839-1066 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 3, 2023) Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Darius Whitmore (left) pins Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Timothy Anderson, both assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Engineering Department, during a frocking ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th MEU are underway participating in the......
Photo by Seaman Darren Newell | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 06.03.2023
230603-N-LZ839-1293 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 3, 2023) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Commanding Officer Paul Burkhart congratulates newly promoted Sailors during a frocking ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th MEU are underway participating in the Carrier Strike Group Four Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is......
Photo by Seaman Darren Newell | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 06.03.2023
230603-N-LZ839-1495 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 3, 2023) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Sailors celebrate after a frocking ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th MEU are underway participating in the Carrier Strike Group Four Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is the final pre-deployment exercise that certifies the......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Riley Gasdia | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 05.26.2023
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 26, 2023) Chief Aviation Structural Mechanic Mike Cook (left) and Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Bradley Gosson operate the aviation bridge crane during the removal of a main rotor head off of a CH-53E Super Stallion, assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 162 (reinforced), aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). The Bataan Amphibious Ready......
Photo by Seaman Darren Newell | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 02.16.2023
NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 16, 2023) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Medical Department Sailors transfer a simulated casualty into a hospital bed as part of a pier-side trauma training exercise, Feb. 16, 2023. The medical exercise was conducted as part of a Naval Medical Forces Atlantic and U.S. Fleet Forces Command-driven effort to align with and support fleet and joint......
Photo by Seaman Darren Newell | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 02.16.2023
NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 16, 2023) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Devon Fontenot (right) and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Stephanie Fallon, both assigned to the wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Medical Department, perform a simulated x-ray on Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Farrie Jalin as part of a pier-side trauma training exercise, Feb. 16, 2023. The medical exercise was conducted as......
Photo by Seaman Darren Newell | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 02.16.2023
NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 16, 2023) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Internal Medicine Doctor Lt. Thomas Brooke examines Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Farrie Jalin as part of a pier-side trauma training exercise, Feb. 16, 2023. The evolution was conducted as part of a Naval Medical Forces Atlantic and U.S. Fleet Forces Command-driven effort to align with and support fleet and joint......
Photo by Seaman Darren Newell | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 02.16.2023
NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 16, 2023) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Medical Department Sailors perform a simulated x-ray as part of a pier-side trauma training exercise, Feb. 16, 2023. The medical exercise was conducted as part of a Naval Medical Forces Atlantic and U.S. Fleet Forces Command-driven effort to align with and support fleet and joint requirements, and to improve......
