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USS Carter Hall was loaded and underway at 2224 last night. USS Fort McHenry was loaded and underway at 0745. USS Gunston Hall has been diverted from a theater security cooperation event in Africa and picked up some AAVs early this morning across Onslow Beach. GUN was loaded and underway at 0757. There is a contingent of Marines aboard GUN… USS Bataan was underway at 0905 and we have brought aboard our CH-53Es and UH-1N Hueys.
SF Capt Carpenter – 22nd MEU PAO
Gunston Hall was a last-minute addition. The MEU commanders had loaded their normal compliment of three ships with 7-ton trucks, a few LAVs, 81 HMMWVs and extra medical supplies. They had not planned on taking their Amphibious tractors, but Gunston Hall picked up the AMTRACS and will also add the contingent of infantry they have aboard (probably a company) to the Battalion Landing Team.
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