Photo by Capt. Brittany Whitehead | 340th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.15.2025
A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) assigned to Naval Beach Unit 7 repositions to allow for rapid download of U.S. Marine Corps equipment on July 15, 2025 in Queensland, Australia. The landing was part of Talisman Sabre 2025, an exercise offering a uniquely complex and challenging multinational environment for our forces to hone their skills. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral......
Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Keeler | 340th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.14.2025
A U.S. Navy Sailor from Naval Beach Unit 7 guides a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) onto a beach in Queensland, Australia. The mission, part of Talisman Sabre 2025, delivered U.S. Marines and their equipment for the next stage of training. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Keresea Illenye | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 12.06.2024
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 6, 2024) A landing craft, air cushion, assigned to the Beach Assault Unit 21, debarks from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), as the ship returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 6, 2024. Wasp, flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG), returns from a seven-month deployment operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation. More than 4,000 Sailors and......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Keresea Illenye | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 12.06.2024
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 6, 2024) A Landing craft, air cushion, assigned to the Beach Assault Unit 21, debarks from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), as the ship returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 6, 2024. Wasp, flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG), returns from a seven-month deployment operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation. More than 4,000 Sailors and......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Keresea Illenye | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 05.31.2024
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 31, 2024) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Michael Cannon, an engineer assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, pilots a landing craft, air cushion in the Atlantic Ocean, May 31, 2024. Wasp is underway in the Atlantic Ocean and is the flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (SOC). (U.S. Navy......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tom Tonthat | USS Anchorage (LPD 23) | 06.04.2023
A landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, transports Marines assigned to 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) from amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, June 4, 2023. LCACs transport ship-to-shore personnel, weapons, equipment, and cargo during Marine operations. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tom Tonthat | USS Anchorage (LPD 23) | 04.01.2023
YELLOW SEA (April 1, 2023) – Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Michael Evans, left, and Chief Electronics Technician Justin Pinter pilot a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, to amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23), April 1, 2023. LCACs transport ship-to-shore personnel, weapons, equipment, and cargo during Marine......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tom Tonthat | USS Anchorage (LPD 23) | 04.01.2023
POHANG, KOREA (April 1, 2023) – Marines, assigned to 2nd Division, 4th Marines (2/4), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, to return to amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) after the conclusion of Ssang Yong 2023 (SY23), April 1, 2023. SY23 is a U.S./ROK joint landing drill to strengthen the......
