Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Rickard | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 09.29.2023
Sailors assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and Marines assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) were pinned to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the ship's hangar bay while in the Arabian Gulf, Sept. 29. Components of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (SOC) are deployed......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Jones and Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Rickard | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 09.16.2023
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Sailors and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) Marines participate in self-care Sundays while operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Self-care Sundays is a new initiative aboard Bataan for Sailors and Marines to learn how to cope with the stressors of deployment. Components of the Bataan Amphibious......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Brown, Petty Officer 3rd Class Alisha Gleason and Petty Officer 2nd Class Danilo Reynoso | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 09.16.2023
Sailors assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) participate in the 600-mile run club challenge while deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Components of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Danilo Reynoso | Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 8 | 08.01.2023
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 1, 2023) Air Department Sailors, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), conduct preflight operations. Bataan, along with the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) are currently on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and U.S. 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps routinely......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Danilo Reynoso | Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 8 | 08.01.2023
Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), and Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable conduct a foreign object debris walk down on the flight deck....
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Rickard | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 07.13.2023
ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2023) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) is replenished by the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) for a fueling at sea evolution during a scheduled deployment. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps routinely participate in scheduled deployments to improve combined combat readiness, increase operational capacity, and......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Jones | Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 8 | 07.10.2023
ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2023) Landing craft utility 1653, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 2, approaches the well deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) to onload cargo for a regularly scheduled deployment. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps routinely participate in scheduled deployments to improve combined combat readiness, increase operational capacity, and......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua M Tolbert | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 07.18.2020
200718-N-NX690-0001 NORFOLK, Virginia. (July 15, 2020) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) returns to Naval Station Norfolk. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are returning from deployment this month, marking the end of a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo......
