U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 53 approaches the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17).
U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 53 approaches the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) during Bold Alligator 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 1, 2012. Bold Alligator is a joint and multinational amphibious assault exercise involving several foreign militaries and the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, designed to execute brigade-sized amphibious assaults against low-to-medium land and maritime threats to improve amphibious core competencies.