USS Pearl Harbor flight deck personnel launch and recover Army helicopters
171021-N-OW019-096 U.S 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Oct. 21, 2017) Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), embarked on the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), board a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC), operated by Sailors of Assault Craft Unit 5, to go ashore in support of Iron Magic 18. Iron Magic 18 is a combined-arms live-fire bilateral engagement meant to expand levels of cooperation, enhance mutual maritime capabilities, and promote long-term regional stability and interoperability between U.S. forces and the United Arab Emirates armed forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Logan C. Kellums/Released)