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![American Connections Media Outreach: Cincinnati Native Serves as “Vanguard in Peace, Spearhead in War” American Connections Media Outreach: Cincinnati Native Serves as “Vanguard in Peace, Spearhead in War”](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kw56s6lwJss/WyEwNSeh0RI/AAAAAAABOg4/7NUxdzyRW2Q6q7RHOzj_JmrDymmR4H3kwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Crosby_Ryan.jpg)
American Connections Media Outreach: Cincinnati Native Serves as “Vanguard in Peace, Spearhead in War”
![Hopper 36 From Assault Craft Unit Four (acu-4) Makes Its Approach To The Well Deck Of The Uss Kearsarge (lhd 3) During Landing Craft Air Cushion (lcac) Operations In The Arabian Gulf. Hopper 36 From Assault Craft Unit Four (acu-4) Makes Its Approach To The Well Deck Of The Uss Kearsarge (lhd 3) During Landing Craft Air Cushion (lcac) Operations In The Arabian Gulf.](http://www.clker.com/cliparts/a/1/4/2/12575421101522567993zveyta-hi.png)
Hopper 36 From Assault Craft Unit Four (acu-4) Makes Its Approach To The Well Deck Of The Uss Kearsarge (lhd 3) During Landing Craft Air Cushion (lcac) Operations In The Arabian Gulf.
Hopper 36 from Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) departs the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) operations in the Arabian Gulf. - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search
![File:US Navy 030628-N-2382W-173 Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) Hoper 27 transports the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (2nd MEB) equipment embarked aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to Onslow Bay, N.C.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:US Navy 030628-N-2382W-173 Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) Hoper 27 transports the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (2nd MEB) equipment embarked aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to Onslow Bay, N.C.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/US_Navy_030628-N-2382W-173_Assault_Craft_Unit_Four_%28ACU-4%29_Hoper_27_transports_the_Second_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade%27s_%282nd_MEB%29_equipment_embarked_aboard_USS_Kearsarge_%28LHD_3%29_to_Onslow_Bay%2C_N.C.jpg)
File:US Navy 030628-N-2382W-173 Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) Hoper 27 transports the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (2nd MEB) equipment embarked aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to Onslow Bay, N.C.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) enters the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). - PICRYL - Public Domain Media A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) enters the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). - PICRYL - Public Domain Media](https://cdn14.picryl.com/photo/2006/09/15/a-landing-craft-air-cushion-lcac-from-assault-craft-unit-four-acu-4-enters-fb99ea-1024.jpg)
A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) enters the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). - PICRYL - Public Domain Media
![Landing craft air cushions (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 conduct operations at sea while assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17). [1600x1068] : r/MilitaryPorn Landing craft air cushions (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 conduct operations at sea while assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17). [1600x1068] : r/MilitaryPorn](https://external-preview.redd.it/1NvlqPMIKDdW5F212Ph4xqRB7F7kbPnnSYL3pqGCwlM.jpg?auto=webp&s=64d520c8c27069bfbc9bda28ef9663bd682b6218)
Landing craft air cushions (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 conduct operations at sea while assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17). [1600x1068] : r/MilitaryPorn
![A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU- 4), Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (VA), makes a final approach to embark aboard the USN Harpers Ferry Class Dock A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU- 4), Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (VA), makes a final approach to embark aboard the USN Harpers Ferry Class Dock](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/2006/01/26/a-us-navy-usn-landing-craft-air-cushion-lcac-assault-craft-unit-4-acu-4-naval-123bbb-1024.jpg)