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Camp Patriot, Kuwait (May 16, 2005) - A Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4), transports U.S. Marines and equipment attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to Kuwait Navy Base as they prepare to conduct training in the Kuwaiti Desert. The 26th MEU is embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland and the 26th MEU are currently deployed with the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group to the Arabian Gulf in support of Fifth Fleet. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Paul Cage (RELEASED)