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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Gallagher
Dawn Blitz 2017 USS Essex Well Deck Operations
Expeditionary Strike Group 3
Oct. 23, 2017 | 0:57
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2017) Landing crafts, air cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, debark the well deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) to off-load U.S. Marine Corps vehicles in support 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 video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean P. Gallagher/Released)
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