A Landing Craft Air Cushion departs the well deck of USS New York.
Summary
AQABA, Jordan (May. 11, 2012) A Landing Craft Air Cushion departs the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and is deployed participating in exercise Eager Lion 2012. Eager Lion is designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach to meet current and future complete national security challenges, including 19 nations from five different continents and more than 11,000 participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zane P. Ecklund) File# 120511-N-NN926-051
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Date
11/05/2012 - 11/05/2012
Location
AQABA, Jordan
Source
U.S. NAVY
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Public Domain