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Assult Craft Unit Five
ACU-5 "Swift Intruders"
(Photos by Nancy Wingo)
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| Assault Craft Unit Five operates LCACs built by Textron. LCAC stands for Landing Craft Air Cushion. Each of the hovercraft can carry an Abrahms tank, or a whole bunch of other stuff, at high speed on the water and up onto the beach. |
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I didn't exactly get to hear the lecture, but I
believe the propellers "propel" the Hovercraft
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The swiveling stacks help steer the LCAC
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Crewmaster Kiko Garcia swaps stories
with Joe Brecka and "Snuffy" Smith
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OS1 Jason Alexander, OSCS David
Lessenberry and Sheryl Smith
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Sheryl Smith, Kiko Garcia and Joe Brecka
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Crewmaster Kiko Garcia
is in the driver's seat
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Snuffy Smith rides shotgun
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Joe Brecka gets the back seat
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| The Swift Intruders didn't say they wouldn't give me a ride to Catalina. They said it would be $12,500 per hour "and, oh by the way, there was that unfortunate accident where we lost an Abrahms tank in 60 feet of water. |
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"KILROY WAS HERE!"
Holding the ANA Banner are OS1 Jason Alexander, Joe Brecka,
Nancy Wingo, Sheryl Smith, Snuffy Smith, and GSMC Kiko Garcia.
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