[Kathy in Alaska]

Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Dewayne Mack, a member of the Navy's cargo handling and port group, uses a radio to communicate with a crane operator who will use a heavy lifting crane to hoist an amphibious assault vehicle to the cargo bay aboard the USNS Charlton at Port Shueiba, Kuwait, July 9, 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson

A member of the Navy's cargo handling and port group guides a line attached to an amphibious assault vehicle as it is lowered by a crane into the cargo bay of USNS Charlton at Port Shueiba, Kuwait, July 9, 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson

[Kathy in Alaska]

A member of the Navy's cargo handling and port group removes steel cable lines attached to an amphibious assault vehicle after it is lifted by crane into the cargo bay of the USNS Charlton, July 9, 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson

Members of the Navy's cargo handling and port group watch as an amphibious assault vehicle is lifted by crane into the cargo bay of the USNS Charlton at Port Shueiba, Kuwait, July 9, 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson