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USMC Amphibious Assault Landing San Francisco (Video)
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 15:57
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“The LCAC will land on Ocean Beach, simulating the delivery of emergency supplies,” said 1st Lt. Garth Langley of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade.
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Those supplies will go to the Shock Trauma and Surgical and Resuscitation Platoon, a unit specializing in the treatment of severely injured people. The platoon will set up in the Ocean Beach parking lot across from the Beach Chalet Wednesday morning, and it will be open to the public.
“The community will be able to see the hovercraft landing on Ocean Beach, which is a rare opportunity, in addition to being able to interact with the marines and sailors,” Langley said.
In addition to the hovercraft landing and the medical tent at Ocean Beach, CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters, each capable of carrying 38 people, will land near Lake Merced, then take off for Moffett Field to continue the medical exercise. The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management is also part of the exercise.
Both the hovercraft and the helicopters will come from the USS Makin Island, a Wasp-class aircraft carrier that brings 850 marines and sailors to participate in Fleet Week, according to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade.
