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Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Graham
Dawn Blitz 2017 USS Essex (LHD 2) LCAC Operations
Expeditionary Strike Group 3
Oct. 27, 2017 | 1:27
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2017) Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 transport Marines and equipment to San Clemente Island using Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) during a simulated amphibious assault as part of Dawn Blitz 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine Corps units by providing a robust training environment where forces plan and execute an amphibious assault, engage in live-fire events, and establish expeditionary advanced bases in a land and maritime threat environment to improve naval amphibious core competencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sabyn Marrs/Released)
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