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Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) exits the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 25, 2017) A Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) exits the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) during 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sabyn L. Marrs/Released)
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Keywords: 1st, 3, 2017, blitz, dawn, esg, essex, expeditionary, group, meb, strike, uss