 Since the first amphibious assault landing in 1776, Marines have needed an expedient way to get from ship to shore and in the fight. Today, the sailors of Assault Craft Unit 5 use the landing craft air cushioned called an LCAC to get Marines to shore. An LCU would actually try and go up to the beach, hits a sandbar, and now they're 50 yards from shore. We take a Marine from a nice dry well deck, put them all the way up onto a nice dry beach and have them happy and dry when they go to the fight. Sailors of ACU 5 will be bringing the Marines a first light armored reconnaissance battalion ashore as a part of Exercise Steel Knight 2013. Reporting from Camp Pendleton, California, I'm Sergeant Ned Johnson.