Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta is shown a Landing Craft Air Cushion-class hovercraft by Capt. Jonathan Padfield before traveling out to visit the USS Peleliu (LHA 5) in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., on March 30, 2012. Panetta rode on the LCAC from the beaches of Camp Pendleton out to dock in the well of the USS Peleliu.