USS Bataan Transits Suez Canal, Enters 5th Fleet
Sailors aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and embarked Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) transited the Suez Canal Jun. 20, entering 5th Fleet's Area of Operations and relieving the USS Boxer Amphibious Group.
Bataan is also the first ship to deploy with embarked MV-22B Ospreys in an amphibious environment.
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