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USS Bataan (LHD-5) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy. The ship is named after the Battle of Bataan , fought in the Philippines during World War II . The ship enables the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps team to seamlessly transition from the sea to a land battle, as the lead ship and centerpiece of an Amphibious ...
“The deployment of the USS Bataan to the eastern Med is meant to do two things,” said Gregory Aftandilian, a senior lecturer at the School of International Service, at the American University ...
Approximately 4,000 sailors and Marines deployed Monday from Hampton Roads with the USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group following nine months of training. The amphibious group includes assault ship ...
It directs the deployment, employment, training, and planning for squadrons that operate the AC-130W, MC-130J, CV-22B, U-28A and MQ-9, and provides operational support to flying operations. [ 2 ] During the Second World War , its predecessor unit, the 27th Bombardment (later Fighter) Group fought in the Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean, Middle ...
Also, during the deployment the Bataan and the 22nd MEU supported an assessment of humanitarian options in support of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and initiated the air campaign against the Islamic State; AV-8B Harriers from the USS Bataan participated in reconnaissance ...
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bataan, after the Bataan Peninsula, the scene of the Battle of Bataan in 1942 in the Philippines. USS Bataan (CVL-29), was a light aircraft carrier that served in both World War II and the Korean War. USS Bataan (LHD-5), is an amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1997 and currently on ...
In December 2019, the 26th MEU deployed to 2nd, 5th, and 6th Fleet AORs aboard the USS Bataan (LHD-5), USS New York (LPD-21), and USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) with BLT 2/8, CLB 26, and VMM 365 (Rein). Bilateral training took place throughout the Mediterranean and Africa, and the AV-8B Harrier detachment provided air support for Operation INHERENT ...
The deployment, some details of which have not been previously reported, comes as China and U.S. defence treaty ally the Philippines clash over parts of the hotly contested South China Sea.