Archive photo of the day
Marines headed for Afghanistan, 2001
Stars and Stripes
June 8, 2022
The Arabian Sea, Dec. 1, 2001: A Landing Cushion Air Craft backs out of the USS Bataan, loaded with Marines headed for Afghanistan. Members from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit launched Task Force Sledgehammer that weekend to reinforce Marines from the 15th MEU already on the ground in Afghanistan.