Keywords: US Navy 040707-N-2382W-035 On board the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge LHD 3, members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU prepare to board a Landing Craft Air Cushion LCAC.jpg en Arabian Gulf July 7 2004 On board the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge LHD 3 members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU prepare to board a Landing Craft Air Cushion LCAC assigned to Assault Craft Unit Four ACU-4 headed for a Kuwaiti naval base Kearsarge is surge deployed to transport elements of the 24th MEU to the Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF and the global war on terrorism U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Finley Williams RELEASED 2004-07-07 040707-N-2382W-035 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 15868 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Finley Williams PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Kearsarge LHD-3 Well decks M1A1 Abrams in United States Marine Corps service |