A light-armored vehicle assaults the beach from a landing craft utility from Assault Craft Unit 2 during an amphibious assault demonstration conducted as part of Bright Star 2009, Egypt, Oct. 12, 2009.
Following World War II and the rise of the importance of a Sea to Shore connection, all Landing Craft were organized into Beach Party Battalions. The Beach Party Battalions joined and formed the Naval Beach Group TWO. Furthermore, in 1949 Boat Unit TWO[2] and Beachmaster Unit TWO were added to Naval Beach Group TWO.[3] Boat Unit TWO originally had LCM-6 craft and later gained the LCM-8 in 1957 and gained LCU's in 1959 when it merged with Landing Craft Squadron TWO. After the merger, Boat Unit TWO changed its name to Assault Craft Unit TWO (ACU TWO).[4]
Notable campaigns or eventsedit
1980 – Cuban Refugees in the Florida Straights
1982 – PLO Evacuation from Beirut
1983 – Grenada Island Evacuation
1991 – Liberation of Kuwait - Desert Shield/Desert Storm
1994 – Restoration of Democracy in Haiti
1999 – Operation Allied Force
2006 – Joint Task Force Lebanon Civilian Evacuation[5][6]
Structureedit
The six departments of ACU-2 are Landing Craft, Administration, Repair, Medical, Operations, and Supply.
The LC department is divided into two divisions: LCU and MPF.
The LCU Division operates its LCUs which can make long deployments independently or aboard larger amphibious vessels such as LHDs and LHAs.
The MPF Department operate and maintain its LCM-8 and MPFUB crafts locally and are mobilized and flown to theaters to perform maritime prepositioning operations within 24 hours' notice.
Referencesedit
^. www.navy.mil. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
^. www.public.navy.mil. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
^Boose, Donald (2008). Over the Beach: US Army Amphibious Operations in the Korean War. Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 444. ISBN978-1907521089.
^. www.public.navy.mil. Archived from the original on September 2, 2018. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
^MacDonnell, Emily (Jan 2010). "The Surfrider Jan 2010" (PDF). Navy - ACU1 Documents. Department of the Navy, PEO. Retrieved Jan 18, 2016.
External linksedit
ACU-2 Home Page
April 08, 2024
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