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Tag: USS Arlington

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (1/6), 2d Marine Division, embark a U.S. Navy landing craft utility with Assault Craft Unit Two in Morehead City, N.C., Aug. 18, 2021. Marines with 1/6 deployed in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti for a humanitarian assistance disaster relief mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick King)

Aug. 23, 2021

Marines and Sailors arrive aboard the USS Arlington in support of Haiti disaster relief

CARIBBEAN SEA — Marines and Sailors of 2d Marine Division aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrived in U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations off the coast of Haiti in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti, Aug. 21, 2021.

Hospital Corpsman aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) prepare beds in the medical ward, Aug. 20, 2021.

Aug. 21, 2021

Fleet Surgical Team 2 Joins USS Arlington for Haiti Mission

ATLANTIC OCEAN — Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 2 joined the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) as the ship departed Norfolk to support the United States Agency for International Development/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) led humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort in Haiti to save lives and ease suffering following a 7.2-magnitute earthquake on Aug. 14, 2021.

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) transits the Atlantic Ocean Aug. 14, 2021.

Aug. 21, 2021

USS Arlington Arrives in Haiti to Support USAID

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrived in U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations off the coast Haiti to begin humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, Aug. 21.

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK (Aug. 17, 2021) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) departs Naval Station Norfolk. Arlington will support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) efforts in Haiti following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 14, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacob Milham)

Aug. 19, 2021

USS Arlington Departs Norfolk for Haiti Disaster Relief Mission

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. — NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) departed Naval Station Norfolk to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Haiti in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) led mission, Aug. 17.