Onslow Bay, N.C. (Jun. 9, 2004) - Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) Six Nine approaches the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) carrying elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). Kearsarge is surged deployed to transport elements of the 24th MEU Air Combat Element 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 Ma...